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Katee Sackhoff, Tricia Helfer, and Grace Park have a Barbarella inspired spread in April's GQ. *brain explodes* I think I'm in lust with the entire cast of Battlestar Galactica.
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lilysaid asks, "What makes a pairing work for you?" I answered there but I'm answering here, too.
* While I love the spark of something on screen and that definitely pushes me toward pairing two characters (Jack & Daniel, Dan & Casey, Bones & Booth, Adama & Roslin), what I need most of all is the idea that, based on what I've seen and learned about characters, even independently of each other, they would work well together.
* I have to care about the characters and have an interest in investing more in the character than we're given on screen. Zelenka is a perfect example. I like him just fine but I'm not looking for more so I don't read Zelenka fic.
* I love pairings that come together against all odds. Sam & Dean (moral taboos!), Harry & Snape (personal history and power differentials), Jack & Daniel (DADT!), John & Rodney (more DADT!). Initial bickering/difference of opinions that leads to a meeting of minds is the perfect set up for me.
* I'm a huge sucker for crossovers. I love when an author writes a crossover so plausible it's hard to believe the universes will never collide in canon because clearly these characters are meant to be together.
* I have an OTP in every fandom but I am not OTP-centric. I read multiple pairings in almost all of my fandoms including fic where 1/2 of my OTP is paired with someone else (as evidenced by my SGA OTP).
SGA: Rodney/Ronon
SG-1: Jack/Daniel
SPN: Sam/Dean
Torchwood: Jack/Ianto
HP: Harry/Snape
BSG: Adama/Roslin
Now let me talk some more about how much I love Ianto Jones. He is a man who knows what he wants and goes after it. Knowing that he had Lisa to take care of, he made it a mission to get a job with Torchwood Three and he was persistent. I loved that he wasn't afraid to use Jack & Torchwood to get what he wanted because I think it makes it that much more believable that his relationship with Jack is one of equals.
I was delighted to see the initial attraction with Jack! It's not that I thought the relationship came out of the blue (maybe a little) but, again, seeing that the attraction was there long before Ianto let go of Lisa solidifies something for me.
In other, non BSG related news (except how, these days I can relate everything to BSG),
lilysaid asks, "What makes a pairing work for you?" I answered there but I'm answering here, too.* While I love the spark of something on screen and that definitely pushes me toward pairing two characters (Jack & Daniel, Dan & Casey, Bones & Booth, Adama & Roslin), what I need most of all is the idea that, based on what I've seen and learned about characters, even independently of each other, they would work well together.
* I have to care about the characters and have an interest in investing more in the character than we're given on screen. Zelenka is a perfect example. I like him just fine but I'm not looking for more so I don't read Zelenka fic.
* I love pairings that come together against all odds. Sam & Dean (moral taboos!), Harry & Snape (personal history and power differentials), Jack & Daniel (DADT!), John & Rodney (more DADT!). Initial bickering/difference of opinions that leads to a meeting of minds is the perfect set up for me.
* I'm a huge sucker for crossovers. I love when an author writes a crossover so plausible it's hard to believe the universes will never collide in canon because clearly these characters are meant to be together.
* I have an OTP in every fandom but I am not OTP-centric. I read multiple pairings in almost all of my fandoms including fic where 1/2 of my OTP is paired with someone else (as evidenced by my SGA OTP).
SGA: Rodney/Ronon
SG-1: Jack/Daniel
SPN: Sam/Dean
Torchwood: Jack/Ianto
HP: Harry/Snape
BSG: Adama/Roslin
Now let me talk some more about how much I love Ianto Jones. He is a man who knows what he wants and goes after it. Knowing that he had Lisa to take care of, he made it a mission to get a job with Torchwood Three and he was persistent. I loved that he wasn't afraid to use Jack & Torchwood to get what he wanted because I think it makes it that much more believable that his relationship with Jack is one of equals.
I was delighted to see the initial attraction with Jack! It's not that I thought the relationship came out of the blue (maybe a little) but, again, seeing that the attraction was there long before Ianto let go of Lisa solidifies something for me.
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