5 Fandom Friday: OTPs

First off, I had to Google "OTP." Apparently, I've been doing fandom all wrong, because I don't know all of the initializations. Anyway, OTP = One True Pair (characters who belong together). Now, I don't know if this means the characters ended up together like they should, or if they just belonged together. I'm going with the latter, because I don't know if I could do five with the former.

1 Malcom & Inara (Firefly). It would be a nightmare, yeah, yeah, I know. But the heat! If they could turn off their pride, they might be good for each other.

2 Samwise & Rosie (Lord of the Rings). I'm still a little annoyed that the LoTR movies didn't keep to the part of the story where Sam & Rosie moved in with Bilbo and were a family all together, with all the kids, etc.

3 & 4 Neville & Luna, Harry & Ginny (Harry Potter). In the books, Neville and Luna do not get together, but they manage a moment in the 8th movie. Doesn't matter. They were two of my favorite characters and I had high hopes for them. Harry and Ginny did end up together, and it was good.

5 Scarecrow and Mrs. King as probably my first "shipper" experience. I rooted hard for those two to get together, but when it happened, it actually killed the show (I'm sure behind the scenes stuff had as much an impact as writing, but if the show had ended with the wedding, it might have been okay.) They had to be on the list because...first.

5 Fandom Friday: Favorite Late to the Game TV Discoveries

I'm a joiner all of a sudden. I just joined The Nerdy Girlie's 5 Fandom Friday and hope to keep up with it. I discovered the blogalong (?) on a penpal's blog: The Unicorn Princess. I even made my own little banner! I'm joining something else and am starting another thing, so please come back tomorrow for those details!

This week's topic is: Favorite Late to the Game TV Discoveries. I know a lot people do these lists in reverse order of significance, but I'm just posting them in the order I think of them.

Babylon 5

This is my most recent discovery. Season one was tough to get through (I was warned of this by several people, including the friend who gave me the first set of DVDs), but it really picks up and gets fascinating very quickly in season 2. I got special, bonus geeker joy by responding to the intro for the first two seasons. Whenever the captain said "in the night," I would respond with "in the dark." (I'll send a goodie to the first commenter who gets the reference (offer expires 6 months from today).)

Doctor Who

I know, I know. Truth is, I was very aware of the show. Actually, probably more aware of The Scarf. But for some reason, it never crossed my radar growing up. I never saw a promo for it, or "coming up next" notice or anything. I didn't meet The Doctor until the show was revived in 2005, and boy howdy, was I all over it from the first episode. I've managed to see quite a bit of past Doctors, but not nearly enough. 

I'm hiding the rest behind a cut, because all of these videos are going to make for a long scroll for someone that is not interested.