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eumelia.
List five of your favourite TV shows:
A) Babylon 5
B) Torchwood
C) Angel
D) Doctor Who (that is, New Who; and at least for the moment not counting S5.)
E) Buffy
And then answer the following questions:
1. Who's your favourite character in B (Torchwood)?
Favourite is maybe the wrong word, because there are episodes where I don't even like him, 'identify with' is even more wrong, because it's kind of ridiculous, considering that I'm as unlike him as possible, but the character that intrigues me the most is certainly Jack. If I had to meet any character in real life, it'd probably be Tosh.
2. Who's your least favourite character in A (Babylon5)?
Difficult. I don't really like Byron, but then again, who does. I guess my guilty secret is that I don't like Ivanova as much as most people do.
3. What's your favourite episode of D (Doctor Who)?
Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords. The whole arc, Jack and the Doctor being so pleased about humanity surviving so far in Utopia, and then turning that completely upside down until the revelation in LotTL is simply fantastic. So dark and ambiguous. It has Big Damn Hero!Martha, Jack, the complicated relationship between Jack and the Doctor, the utterly fucked-up relationship between the Doctor and the Master, and the Face of Boe relevation. What's not to love? (All right, the religious imagery I could do without. But otherwise it's really quite perfect.)
4. What's your favourite season of E (Buffy)?
I know that's an unpopular opinion, but 4. It's more grown up than the early seasons, but still fun. It would be 6 for Once More With Feelings and Buffy/Spike, but I just can't stand the never-ever-ending moralising. Repent, repent, repent, ad nauseam.
5. Who is your favourite ship in C (Angel)?
Wesley/Angel, Wesely/Lilah.
6. Who is your anti-ship in B (Torchwood)?
Not anti-ship as such, but while I like Gwen, I simply can't see Jack/Gwen work in the long run. Gwen is still much too undamanged, and Jack needs someone who is a bit broken and can understand all his broken, complicated parts.
7. How long have you watched A (Babylon5)?
Back when the dubbed version first aired on Austrian TV, which imdb tells me was sometime in 1996. He.
8. How did you become interested in C (Angel)?
Started watching it on TV, I think. Memories are fuzzy.
9. Who's your favourite actor/actress in D (Doctor Who)?
Couldn't decide. I love both Christopher Ecclestone and David Tennant's Doctors, and all the companions, although actress-wise Donna is maybe my favourite.
10. Which do you prefer: Show A (Babylon 5) or B (Torchwood) or E (Buffy)?
I'll have to go with A, because B5 has epic epicness, gritty politic realism, fantastic female characters, an awesome female lead, the best TV romance ever, with the added bonus that it isn't either vapid or angsty OMG!doomedness, but an actual grown-up complex relationship, and a series finale that makes me cry every time, but in a good way.
11. Which show have you seen more episodes of, A (Babylon 5) or C (Angel)?
Exactly the same number, since I never watched the B5 pilot.
12. If you could be anyone from D (Doctor Who), who would you be?
God, I don't know. I'm not a very adventurous (or heroic) person, so I'm not so sure I'd actually even want to travel with the Doctor. Be the Doctor? I'm bad with decisions. Really bad. Some oblivious random extra without any lines, probably.
13. How would you kill off your favourite character in A?
How about I wouldn't?
14. Give a random quote from A (Babylon 5)?
The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us and our lives slip away moment by moment, lost in that vast terrible in-between.
15. Would a C/D (Angel/Doctor Who) crossover work?
Possibly, but probably not very well. Angel/Torchwood would work, though.
16. Pair 2 characters in A (Babylon 5) that would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple.
I've really never given it any thought.
17. Has E (Buffy) inspired you in any way?
Not inspired as such, but it definitely made me think about misogyny in slash fandom and my own internalised misogyny.
18. Overall, which show has a better cast, B (Torchwood) or D (Doctor Who)?
Doctor Who. I think.
20. Which has better theme music, C (Angel) or E (Buffy)?
Can't remember Angel's and don't like Buffy's. Babylon 5 always had the best credits.
eumelia.List five of your favourite TV shows:
A) Babylon 5
B) Torchwood
C) Angel
D) Doctor Who (that is, New Who; and at least for the moment not counting S5.)
E) Buffy
And then answer the following questions:
1. Who's your favourite character in B (Torchwood)?
Favourite is maybe the wrong word, because there are episodes where I don't even like him, 'identify with' is even more wrong, because it's kind of ridiculous, considering that I'm as unlike him as possible, but the character that intrigues me the most is certainly Jack. If I had to meet any character in real life, it'd probably be Tosh.
2. Who's your least favourite character in A (Babylon5)?
Difficult. I don't really like Byron, but then again, who does. I guess my guilty secret is that I don't like Ivanova as much as most people do.
3. What's your favourite episode of D (Doctor Who)?
Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords. The whole arc, Jack and the Doctor being so pleased about humanity surviving so far in Utopia, and then turning that completely upside down until the revelation in LotTL is simply fantastic. So dark and ambiguous. It has Big Damn Hero!Martha, Jack, the complicated relationship between Jack and the Doctor, the utterly fucked-up relationship between the Doctor and the Master, and the Face of Boe relevation. What's not to love? (All right, the religious imagery I could do without. But otherwise it's really quite perfect.)
4. What's your favourite season of E (Buffy)?
I know that's an unpopular opinion, but 4. It's more grown up than the early seasons, but still fun. It would be 6 for Once More With Feelings and Buffy/Spike, but I just can't stand the never-ever-ending moralising. Repent, repent, repent, ad nauseam.
5. Who is your favourite ship in C (Angel)?
Wesley/Angel, Wesely/Lilah.
6. Who is your anti-ship in B (Torchwood)?
Not anti-ship as such, but while I like Gwen, I simply can't see Jack/Gwen work in the long run. Gwen is still much too undamanged, and Jack needs someone who is a bit broken and can understand all his broken, complicated parts.
7. How long have you watched A (Babylon5)?
Back when the dubbed version first aired on Austrian TV, which imdb tells me was sometime in 1996. He.
8. How did you become interested in C (Angel)?
Started watching it on TV, I think. Memories are fuzzy.
9. Who's your favourite actor/actress in D (Doctor Who)?
Couldn't decide. I love both Christopher Ecclestone and David Tennant's Doctors, and all the companions, although actress-wise Donna is maybe my favourite.
10. Which do you prefer: Show A (Babylon 5) or B (Torchwood) or E (Buffy)?
I'll have to go with A, because B5 has epic epicness, gritty politic realism, fantastic female characters, an awesome female lead, the best TV romance ever, with the added bonus that it isn't either vapid or angsty OMG!doomedness, but an actual grown-up complex relationship, and a series finale that makes me cry every time, but in a good way.
11. Which show have you seen more episodes of, A (Babylon 5) or C (Angel)?
Exactly the same number, since I never watched the B5 pilot.
12. If you could be anyone from D (Doctor Who), who would you be?
God, I don't know. I'm not a very adventurous (or heroic) person, so I'm not so sure I'd actually even want to travel with the Doctor. Be the Doctor? I'm bad with decisions. Really bad. Some oblivious random extra without any lines, probably.
13. How would you kill off your favourite character in A?
How about I wouldn't?
14. Give a random quote from A (Babylon 5)?
The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us and our lives slip away moment by moment, lost in that vast terrible in-between.
15. Would a C/D (Angel/Doctor Who) crossover work?
Possibly, but probably not very well. Angel/Torchwood would work, though.
16. Pair 2 characters in A (Babylon 5) that would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple.
I've really never given it any thought.
17. Has E (Buffy) inspired you in any way?
Not inspired as such, but it definitely made me think about misogyny in slash fandom and my own internalised misogyny.
18. Overall, which show has a better cast, B (Torchwood) or D (Doctor Who)?
Doctor Who. I think.
20. Which has better theme music, C (Angel) or E (Buffy)?
Can't remember Angel's and don't like Buffy's. Babylon 5 always had the best credits.
