one of those knights looking for the holy grill

[aria]

Oh today. I don't even know what to do with it; suffice to say that I have spent roughly $50 on necessary but unwanted stuff, gone into town on three separate occasions to get the same damn thing, tripped down the stairs, and actually accidentally stepped in dog shit. Looked at one way, clearly I have some petty bad karma to work out; looked at another, I have actually done everything I needed to do, I got a few nice walks in, I am undamaged from my fall, and I'm pretty sure my shoes are clean. I'm still very ready for it to be tomorrow.

There is fail on the internet (surprise!!) but I would much rather link to 119 Ways to Store and Organize Your Cats. Also, I have a meme:

Comment on this entry with a pairing I ship from one of my fandoms and I will tell you:
1. When I started shipping them
2. What I think their challenge is
3. What makes me happy about them
4. What makes me sad about them
5. What moment I wish had never happened
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other
7. My happily ever after for them

Okay, White Collar time. It'd better be good.

Comments

[aria]

SO GOOD. *happyflail*

Appropriately enough, Peter/El/Neal:
1. When I started shipping them: ...The pilot? I don't actually recall a moment after they'd all appeared on screen together that I didn't ship them.
2. What I think their challenge is: Well, Peter is legally in charge of Neal and it would be deeply unprofessional to have a sexual relationship with him within their four-year limit. Also I imagine that El would have to coax him into [a] admitting attraction to Neal and [b] deciding that they should all do something about it. And I suspect that Neal might worry about screwing up Peter and El if he got involved with them.
3. What makes me happy about them: EVERYTHING. Peter and Neal's epic trust! The way that Peter and El can tell each other anything and everything! How El and Neal apparently spontaneously run to one another with their problems! How weirdly fuzzy and domestic they all are!
4. What makes me sad about them: Um ... they're not actually an official OT3 on screen? I dunno, nothing makes me sad about them except that they are not explicit canon, and it's not like I'm actually ever expecting that.
5. What moment I wish had never happened: That awful lack of El in the past few episodes!
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: Well, obviously Peter and El have to stay together! I ... really don't know about Neal. Weirdly enough I'd be much happier shipping him with June or Mozzie than with the canonical love interests, ie Kate or Alex.
7. My happily ever after for them: All three of them living in the Burke household, with Neal walking Satchmo and buying them good coffee, and Peter and Neal fighting crime, and sometimes El fighting crime and always keeping them from getting too emotionally inarticulate. *covers them in hearts*

Tom/Carl:
1. When I started shipping them: Wow, I first read the YW books so very long ago that I'm not sure. I may have spontaneously started shipping them when I first met them, though, and I definitely did by Deep Wizardry.
2. What I think their challenge is: Hm. Re: The Book of Night With Moon, the auxiliary book about the cats at Grand Central, [spoiler redacted in case you haven't read it] made me realize that, since both of them are Advisory-then-Senior wizards, their Art and their professionalism necessarily has to come before their relationship, and sometimes that's going to be painful and scary.
3. What makes me happy about them: They live together in a house full of sheepdogs and prophesying fish!! I completely adore all the moments like the beginning of Wizard Alone, when they're banter-fighting about duct tape and electrical maintenance. Their relationship is pseudo-canon without ever being a highlighted issue, and I love the way it just is.
4. What makes me sad about them: They never get as much screentime as I want them to! I realize that's silly, though.
5. What moment I wish had never happened: I really don't think there is one!
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: Does not compute.
7. My happily ever after for them: That they continue on exactly as they are, actually!

Aaaaand Buffy/Faith:
1. When I started shipping them: Probably s7? The most recent time I watched Buffy, I know that I was shipping it hard from the moment Faith turns up in s3.
2. What I think their challenge is: Faith's bout of evil is definitely a biggie. Also, they're both really damaged people, and while they can connect on a Slayer level, I'm not sure that their damage is of an entirely compatible kind.
3. What makes me happy about them: They can kick so much ass together! They have both been the only girl in all the world who blah blah and that would keep them connected in a world with hundreds of Slayers. They challenge each other's viewpoints and in the main that could be really healthy and productive.
4. What makes me sad about them: They're both such. damaged. people. They might have too many issues to ever properly work out.
5. What moment I wish had never happened: I don't think there is one?
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: I think Faith/Willow might be really excellent! Meanwhile in my soul I ship Buffy/Angel and Buffy/Spike, so there. (Fucked-up OT3?? PERHAPS.)
7. My happily ever after for them: Being an awesome Slayer team together! Possibly they could get a house somewhere with the other Scoobies nearby.