Where is the love?

[sunshine_queen]

I so totally have my lines down. I'm impressed with myself. However, the play is going to suck just SO bad. It's depressing. Especially since everyone's going to see it. I'm cringing in advance.

Hanging out behind stage is so fun. I love Carolina and Chang and Galvez so much. And Venessa is back! She got into a (minor) car accident and then was sick, so all IB was sure she was dead.

Today in Khausinau I read the best part of Wuthering Heights. Because Catherine's death scene was just beyond fantastic. Khausinau says he can't decide if I'm Cathy or Catherine. Now I wonder.

kerlin

Julia/Simon

JuSi is the quite literally the juiciest ship around, simply because it's so wrong. As Julia, Syd was a completely different person- darker and stranger and more daring and more cold-blooded. While it was fun to think that Julia was some unrelated facet to Syd's personality, now we all know that Syd was indeed completely herself just playing Julia- meaning her dark side is just below the surface.

Did Simon exacerbate her darkness, or was he a mere compliment. I doubt that he was her equal, simply because Syd is just so good, but I'm assuming he was close, otherwise she wouldn't have bothered. What was it about him that drew her to him? There was something, because Sydney wasn't the type to mindlessly screw someone, not even as Julia. There was nothing soft or comforting or familiar about him- he was sharp edges and jarring and exciting and dangerous and dark and so like herself-as-Julia- but what was it between them? Was it just lust? Was there more than a spark of attraction- was there a tiny bit of affection? More than that? After all, Simon defending Julia when no one else would, making it clear that Julia was his girl, and that no one was going to mess with her while he was there.

Simon was what she needed at the time, not to mention fantastically handsome. and Julia was some gorgeous, brilliant, talented assassin. They threw sparks freely when they clashed.

Word count: 244 (144 over.)

Lauren/Sydney

For the most part, I'm against slash pairings. Simply because I generally go with canon pairings. Ignore my affinity for Virina, Nack, and Naughty. Just ignore that.

And reading 'Office Wars' just turned me off Lauren/Sydney forever. Because that fic scarred me for life.

However, I can see where the attraction to this pairing would lie. Lauren was, essentially, Sydney's replacement, not only for Vaughn, but for Sark as well. Because Sark has proclivities. They were rivals, stuck in a love triangle with Vaughn, who was married to Lauren! And honorably wanted to... honor... his marriage vows to Renny! Meaning he couldn't drop anything with Sydney "Lazarus" Bristow came back from the head. Sydney being his soooooulmate and all.

Sydney loved Vaughn. For a while, we all thought Lauren loved Vaughn. (Until we found out she had Irina'd him. But Irina loved Jack. But that's a story for another day.)

Both of them vying for Vaughn's affection, both wanting to do their own thing at work and constantly running into one another... the sexual tension could arise, okay? I'm just sayin'.

Word count: 181 (81 over. I suck at word limits.)

thepodsquad

Naughty (Nadia/Vaughn)

Oh, god almighty.

By all accounts, and in the name of decency, this is one of the sicker pairings. Because Sydney and Vaughn are soooooulmates. And Neiss is just so cute. And Vaughn and Weiss are best friends. And SYDNEY AND NADIA ARE SISTERS!

But why is it so right?

Nadia's just so pretty, and fresh, and exotic, and different from Syd. I mean, she's the same, but she's got something different- she went off with Sloane, which showed her darkside, and unlike Syd, she can remember it. She also constitutes pretty clearly as 'forbidden fruit'- which only made Vaughn want Syd more in the olden days of Season One and early Season Two.

As for Nadia- Vaughn is easily the most gorgeous man in the vicinity, and while he's her sister's boyfriend- she didn't grow up with Sydney. They're only half-sisters, anyway.

And they're so pretty. They'd be sooo pretty.

As I have said before, Naughty is like cheesecake. You know you shouldn't have any. It's fattening. It's artery-clogging. But every forbidden, calorie-laden bite is worth it.

But too much makes you sick. Just ask Hannah.

Word count: 184. (84 over, not too bad.)

puggywuggy

Han and Leia

(This is how Nica and I met!)

Han and Leia came together in the grand tradition of opposites who work in the same area, who are pretty, and who are constantly thrown together, attract. She was a high-falutin' princess from the now 'sploded Alderaan, he was the footloose and free-lovin' heartthrob of the Millenium Falcon. She lived for the Rebellion, he lived for his freedom. She wanted to save the galaxy, he wanted to save himself. She had a cause, he had a debt. She was petite. He was tall.

They were the Dana and Mulder of a galaxy far, far away.

They had adventures. They argued. A lot. Watching them attack one another verbally was a glorious thing.

The ship was so enjoyable merely because you KNEW the attraction was coming. The barbs, and the actual devotion that they couldn't see that they had. Everyone saw it coming before they did, actually.

God bless the Rebel Base being attacked. Else they might never've gotten stranded together on the Falcon, and they might never've catalysted into a couple.

Word count: 181

dollsome

Laughn

... Against my better judgment: Laughn was cute. They were. They were domestic and sweet and they even had little lovers' spats. Unlike SyVa, who fought over, like, two things, and then Vaughn refused to give Syd the key to his apt.

So, before we found out that Lauren was a Cheap And Evil Girl, Laughn was darling. Once you got past the whole Laughn-being-the-obstacle-between-Syd-and-SyVa. Because that was just said. And made me hate Lauren briefly.

And Laughn.

With a passion. A BURNING PASSION!

But then Lauren turned evil.

And in retrospect, Laughn was adorable. Picket-fences and matching picnic-attire adorable.

Too bad they aren't destiny.

Word count: 106. (And what! Close enough!)

Comments

[puggywuggy.livejournal.com]

She was petite. He was tall.

Ah, Han/Leia in a nutshell. :P

I'm sorry I gave you such a toughie! It's just... nostalgic. Because it's Han and Leia. There love needs no stinkin' 100-181 words. It just is.

They are pretty, though. And GOM at the sparks! The Falcon kiss still gets me giddy.

[puggywuggy.livejournal.com]

*THEIR, not there. Dammit.

[kerlin.livejournal.com]

hee, these were WAY too fun. I love all of them, and completely agree with you on all of them.

Mmm, cheesecake...

(also, if you want some actually *good* Sydney/Lauren...let me know, because there is some *brilliant* stuff out there)

[yubsie]

They had adventures. They argued. A lot. Watching them attack one another verbally was a glorious thing.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!