God this meme is going to make me look OLD.

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The steady:
dueSouth, FF7 (ShinRa),LOST, L/R Licensed by Royal, Sherlock Holmes, Inception, Supernatural - though you know, I find once I'm in a fandom I tend to at least go back every so often, unless it's an anime.

The old flame you don’t see very often any more but whom you still really enjoy getting together with for a few drinks and maybe a pleasant nostalgic romp in the sheets:
Starsky & Hutch, Cowboy Bebop - both are old enough that only rarely does anything new come out for them. Starsky & Hutch for me will always just be about the episodes themselves - for me it's like comfort food. Like an age of innocence piece that still has moments where they deal with heavy issues and always come through it as a team. Bebop is just a piece that has a fantastic feel and makes the most punch of every episode of it's time. It doesn't drag on too long, nor is it too short. Perfect.


The one who seduced you and fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about it:
Heavy Rain - the game itself is fantastic, the fandom is like all mouth-breathers. Or it was when I first peeked into it, and I haven't gone back. I guess I could fix that by writing for it, but I felt the characters were given to you just enough in the game that exploring them any further might take away rather than add to.

The mysterious dark gothy one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffee houses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized he really was fucking crazy:
God I don't know. I don't spend a lot of time with dark gothy shows. Maybe Tron? I want to write it in a very 1984 style, but the way the fandom seems to work is that it attracts 13 year olds.

The one you spent a whole weekend in bed with and who drank up all your liquor, and whom you’d still really like to fuck again although you’re relieved he doesn’t actually live in town:
Battlestar Galactica. I watched this in a very short time - read: a week, just in time to see the last 5 episodes air in real time. It's a crazy ride when condensed into that much time, and I really enjoyed it.

The alluring stranger whom you’ve flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with:
Fringe. I watched season 1, but then promptly fell off. I'll go back to it, but it's going to be something I want to watch in a big chunk, I think, or else I'll just get skeeved at it.


The one you hang out with and have vague fantasies about maybe having a thing with but ultimately you’re just good buddies ‘cause the friendship is there but the chemistry ain’t:
X-Files. I want to write it, I love Doggett/Scully. I just don't have the voice for it. Maybe someday. Maybe someday.

The one your friends keep introducing you to and who seems like a hell of a cool guy except it’s never really gone anywhere:
Um, Various new animes. Ten years ago I said I'd never grow out of them, but lately they've either been super lackluster or my tastes have just changed. I do still occasionally enjoy an outstanding show (like Mushi Shi), but I no longer watch shonen flavor-of-the-week.

The one who’s slept with all your friends, and you keep looking at him and thinking, “Him? How the hell did he land all these cool babes?”:
Dexter. Why? Why is this so popular? It's like a bunch of twelve year olds sit around a table trying to think of how they're going to 'shock' their audience, giggling to themselves with glee any time they think they've come up with something witty. Any show that actually has the main character spout the line, in the first episode, 'I don't feel feelings.' - yeah okay, shut up. Nobody feels feelings, asshole. Congratulations, you are not a special snowflake.

The one your friend has fallen for like a ton of bricks and whom she keeps babbling to you about on the phone for hours, and you’d be happy for her except you just know it’s going to end badly:
Um, my friends pretty much just talk about Dexter and Archer. Maybe Glee. I see a lot of Glee fly by on Twitter; to the point where I'm almost averse to it now. I'll go back and watch it at some point, but It was always a guilty pleasure anyway. I don't write for things I find stupid, and I don't consider myself to be in a fandom unless I write for it, I guess.

The ones you repeatedly cheat on your steady with:
Anything shiny and new that comes along and looks decently intelligent. I'll admit it, I'll try anything at least for a little while. Right now Life and I are being buddies.

The one who gave you the best damned summer of your life and who you measure all other potential partners against:
I've had a lot of fantastic summers, I think. Sherlock Holmes helped me through some bad times, and Inception helped me into some really good ones. But I had a summer with Naruto that was pretty special, and one with Final Fantasy 12, and... well Xenogears, too. Ruroni Kenshin. Right now, though, I'm inclined to say that the one I will probably still love in four years is Inception, because it has so much potential in so shortform a package and I can really explore what it means to me on my own.