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Dexter/Rita?

I am on such shifting ground with those two! I used to really, really love their semi-fabricated, semi-intimate, totally-chaste relationship of pastries and movies and Maintaining The Facade...and then I was pleased with how the writers handled the progression and the slow development of sexuality. But I think the Paul thing kind of soured it for me, in that I could see why they were doing it and what purpose it served, but I didn't find it very interesting. I find it understandable and slightly hilarious that Dexter liked the broken Rita better, but I'm interested to see how his survival mechanisms are adapting to the unraveling of his situation (addict wtf).

I like their jokes. And their hugs. And their slight, slight frictions that are contained in nothing more than facial expressions.

Sidenote: Dexter w/Cody & Astor is pretty much the best thing EVER. He really is the perfect boyfriend in that regard.

I'm not sure I like the s2 storyline with them so far, and I've always been a little up-and-down on their relationship, but I LOVE RITA so much that ... I almost don't even care ...

Talk about Dex and Deb (not in that way!).

I love Rita...but not as much as you do, I think :)

DEX AND DEB. THERE ARE NO WORDS. Okay, there are inadequate words. I love that one of the very first things we know about Dexter is 'if I had feelings for anyone, I guess I would have them for Deb' and the constant little reminders that we see of this. He does look out for her and help her and tease her and let her stay at his place, and maybe it's not because he knows to want to do this but because he knows that he should, that this is what big brothers do, this is what Harry would have wanted him to do. I love that when they're talking it's very easy to forget that Dex is a sociopath and just enjoy the sibling banter.

Speaking of Harry: the way they are the two prongs of Harry's forked approach to justice is one of my favourite things about the show, and about the glimpses into their past. It's unfair on Deb that she had to grow up thinking she was loved less because Harry had to pour so much effort into Dexter, and I really like that for all her faults and her tendency to snap, Deb makes a real effort not to hold this against her brother. I like that the most she ever accuses him of is shutting her out emotionally. I like that she expects him to have her back, always, because she'll always have his, and she'll call him on it fiercely whenever he doesn't.

Tia Dalma/Jack! Or Tia Dalma/Barbossa. Or Jack(-/?)Barbossa. YOUR CHOICE THEREOF. Asdlkfjsla; pirate ships.

HMMM. I find Tia Dalma so fascinating, and the discovery of her real identity only added a few more layers onto the existing fascination with her character. But as things stand, Tia Dalma/any pirate is that glorious, complex thing: a sailor's relationship with the sea. It's tempests & coquetry & complete submission to the whims of the more powerful party. Which is her. Sometimes her bargains will have an edge and sometimes she'll just help you because you're both going in the same direction. And she does have that element of spitefulness to her, especially where men are concerned, because the human (or at least anthropomorphic) part of her has lowered herself to emotion and direct attachment, and has been hurt.

Jack/the sea (& Calypso, by extension) is by no means as intimate a relationship as Jack/the Pearl, because the balance of power is so uneven, but Jack seems to ignore ANY kind of power imbalance and just trust that things will turn out his way. You know. Eventually.

Whereas Barbossa is the type to make bargains, again and again and again, and curse the wind when it turns against him and then sigh and start finding loopholes and escape routes and new ways to tack.

Jack just pretends he wanted to go that way in the first place.

(What the hell are you talking about, Fahye, be quiet.)

1) Min/Detective Calendar.
2) Mr Mumby/Mrs Mumby.

:D?

1) OH LESBIAN DETECTIVES <3333 I don't have a lot of intelligent analysis about those two, really, but I FUCKING ADORE the way the audience makes the immediate assumption - and reasonably so - that their relationship is that of employer and employee, and that even when we find out that they are partners, this vibe doesn't change. That even in their own kitchen they act like the sassy secretary and the fond, exasperated boss. And then they look at each other juuuust for a moment and you can see that they love each other enormously, but they're far too British and far too no-nonsense to advertise the fact unless they can embarrass someone else with it :D

2) Like a lot of the things in Larklight, the Mumbys are a fairly standard fictional archetype - the absent, well-meaning scientist and his calm, organised wife - but like everything else the book shows us that fits into a comfortable mould, it's got just enough quirkiness and adorable hilarity to make it awesome nonetheless. And then you have the added archetype-layer of the higher being who adopted human form and then fell in love. And, you know, turned her fancy powerful ship into a house, with balconies, and settled down to raise her kids and gently organise the world around her husband's obsessions. I am really looking forward to seeing more Mumby-parent interactions in the new book.

Since you did post with the Avatar icon . . .

Sokka/ladies! Any or all ladies.

I think we all know that the world's greatest OT3 is Sokka/ladies/poetry slammin'. Yes?

As for particular ladies...I am really fond of the vibe he has with the ninja-chick (Suki?) and if that ends up being his 'ship then more power to both of them. They can kick ass together all across the world.

However, my overwhelming and indomitable love for Toph means that if she wants Sokka, I want her to have Sokka. I think their love would be so great. They could go on double dates and Katara and Aang would be so Zen and respectful and mischievous and completely besotted with each other, and then you'd have Toph calling Sokka names VERY LOUDLY and bending the floor to tip him off his chair, and Sokka trying to develop his stealth skills so that he could sneak up behind her and pick her up with her legs flailing and sdkjhasnvd.

Also, I feel that Sokka and Ty Lee should have sex at least once, or else that is a great waste of her bendiness and his wit.

Apparently the only Avatar icons I have are of the villains! Oops! However did that happen!

Hee! Okay, I think you have just sold me on Sokka/Toph. (Not that I was anti Sokka/Toph! It is just that she is so comparatively wee - age-wise, I mean - and so for the time being I tend to pat her head and dismiss it as an actual 'ship. Wee!)

Actually, the world's greatest OT3 is Sokka/library/me. AFTER comes Sokka/ladies/poetry slammin'. Close second! But.

I cannot imagine why you would ever have icons of the villains.

She IS comparatively wee, and yet...so much more mature than Sokka sometimes :D I adore them.

Look! Rectified!

Elwood/Robyn

It has been a veeeery long time since I saw the film, so all I have are pleasing yet fuzzy snapshots of their relationship. But I'll list those.

- I am a sucker for relationships that start with ulterior motives and then develop into real ones. I love that they both found each other convenient for the personal rebellions they wanted to stage, and were perfectly frank about it, and got on much better than they expected to.

- Their interactions are a weird, weird mixture of real affection and screaming amorality. (You and relationships like that, huh? *eyes AJ/Sands*)

- They're both so screwed up that you can't really imagine them being happy with anyone else. They both need someone with scars, mental and physical, to match their own.

- I love that for all the complete fucked-up shit that brings them together and happens to them in the film, they get a bright shiny future. In Hawaii. With sunglasses.

(You and relationships like that, huh? *eyes AJ/Sands*)

I could look shifty, I could sigh, or I could admit it with a smile. It's a habit. I don't look for them, they find ME!

And eee, I liked this. And YES. To the last bit. YES, YES, YES. HAWAII.

Lucifer/Mazikeen.

Damn, I could have talked about this with a lot more coherence (& a lot more pertinent examples) a while ago. I haven't read the comics for ages, even though I do mean to reread the whole series this summer. Let's see.

The archetype of the perfect knight with unwavering loyalty is one of the strongest for me personally. It always, always gets me where I live. See also: my love for the Arthurian legends with special focus on Lancelot and Galahad. My love for Catherine Jinks' Pagan series. My TOTAL love for the movie Kingdom of Heaven, despite all its flaws. And Mazikeen is first and foremost a knight with a single master, and a bond with that master that is rock-solid. That had me interested in their relationship from the word go.

All the scenes to do with her face - when he kisses her, when he gives the half-face back, when he hands her the mask - are just gut-wrenchingly powerful for what they say about a) their history, and b) Lucifer's perspective of the world. It just takes our own human aesthetic assumptions and slams them with these dark, twisted patterns of acceptance and the reflection of the inner self on the outer display and all these things that can only be appreciated from the perspective of eternity and Hell.

Lucifer's trust of and attachment to Mazikeen, over every other being in every universe, seems at first inexplicable and then curious and then wonderful. He has such an independent, isolated attitude that it's easy to forget about her, but then you remember that he's sent her off to do something vital and she hates being away from him, but she'd never set eyes on him for the rest of eternity if it was what he wanted of her.

Um. I don't know. I try to think about how awesome they are and I can feel my brain just collapse into this state where all it wants to do is make high-pitched noises and flap around gleefully.

I try to think about how awesome they are and I can feel my brain just collapse into this state where all it wants to do is make high-pitched noises and flap around gleefully.

*promptly does so*

Honestly. Yes, to everything. GUH. *flails*

Also, when I think of Mazikeen, the word that comes to mind is sacrifice. For Lucifer, she will make the impossible (within herself, and within the universe at large) possible; her desire to be his instrument is reality-bending, that's how powerful it is.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

KARA/LEOBEN

'Cause it hasn't been asked yet - Kara/Lee.
And to cheat the meme slightly: where do you think it will go, if anywhere, in S4?

War/Famine.
I was going to go with War/Lucifer, but then I thought that maybe not being in the same fandom was too off the prompt.
Plus, you've already given some lovely thoughts on Lucifer.