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Yesterday I watched my tape of this week's Firefly, and enjoyed it, in a relaxed way, and then this morning I woke up at five, in a cheerful mood, and found myself thinking that fandoms are like romances, and that it's fun to have a show that I'm just casually dating.
Then I started constructing my own romantic taxonomy, of fandoms past and present:
The one who seduced you and fucked you over and broke your heart in a million pieces and laughed about it: X-Files
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: Highlander
The mysterious dark gothy one whom you used to sit up with talking until 3 a.m. at weird coffeehouses and with whom you were quite smitten until you realized he really was fucking crazy: Millennium
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: Hard Core Logo
The steady: Due South
The alluring strangers whom you've flirted with at parties but have never gotten really serious with: Homicide, La Femme Nikita
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: Buffy
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: Sports Night
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?: Sentinel
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: Smallville
And so now I have Firefly, and we've gone out a couple of times, and are still in that nice relaxed state of exchanging small talk, getting to know each other a little better, and maybe it'll go somewhere, maybe it won't, and it's fun either way. As much as I might yearn sometimes for the sturm und drang of a hot new romance, there's something to be said for low-key dating.
And now I must go and start doing laundry--I'm flying off this afternoon to Salt Lake City for a professional conference, and won't be back on-line until Wednesday or Thursday. Be well, everyone.
Replies: 19 comments
OMG, I think we're seeing a lot o the same people.
For myself I'd add: The bad boy you just can't get enough of even though you know he's going to break your heart or something worse, and probably steal something from you: Oz.
Posted by dargie @ 09/29/2002 01:52 PM CST
X-Files: That is so. Painfully. True.
Posted by Sara @ 09/29/2002 02:00 PM CST
They're all funny and right on, I think. But yeah, the X-Files one hits the nail right on the head. Ouch.
I would suggest that Oz might be the one that gave you a treatable, but embarrassing and uncomfortable STD. ;)
Hope the trip to SLC goes well!
Posted by Ardent @ 09/29/2002 02:30 PM CST
LOL! Too true.
Another one: The one you meet at places where your friends never go, who you'll never bring home to meet your folks, because honestly, it's all there but you still can't help feeling ashamed that you're hanging together: Harry Potter.
Posted by Carla @ 09/29/2002 09:11 PM CST
In the same vein as Harry Potter, I'd like to add Yaoi.
Posted by Prototype09 @ 09/29/2002 09:31 PM CST
Mmmm... Millenium. How I miss thee. And kind of scary how right-on your descriptions are. *Especially* X-files.
Posted by Ramius @ 09/29/2002 10:21 PM CST
Got the link for this from dargie's blog. Oh my God, this is perfect. Beautifully done. I laughed. I howled. I wiped tears from my eyes.
Posted by Anne @ 09/30/2002 09:43 AM CST
Got the link for this from dargie's blog. Oh my God, this is perfect. Beautifully done. I laughed. I howled. I wiped tears from my eyes.
Posted by Anne @ 09/30/2002 09:43 AM CST
I thought of one other while trying to fall asleep: The guy down the street who you've known since you were just this high. You and he have hung around together forever, and you know just about all there is to know about him. All your friends love him, too, but you're pretty sure he's still a virgin, not because he's not attractive but because sex just isn't part of his mindset. You'd love to have more, but frankly, there's just no room for anyone else in his richly detailed fantasy life: Lord of the Rings.
Posted by dargie @ 09/30/2002 11:31 AM CST
Oh, thank you, thank you!! This had me hooting with laughter during lunch on a very strange Monday afternoon. It was much needed.
Posted by Kalena @ 09/30/2002 03:23 PM CST
Oh! Oh, this is lovely. Thank you. I am delighted.
Posted by Kass @ 09/30/2002 03:46 PM CST
I copied it from you, Kat, and now it's a meme. And it's named after you. You have a meme :)
Have a safe trip!
Posted by bonibaru @ 09/30/2002 10:09 PM CST
Lovely and right on point! I'm making my own list right now.
Posted by Luminosity @ 10/01/2002 07:25 AM CST
This is brilliant, Kat. I grinned like a fool.
Posted by Anna S. @ 10/01/2002 05:33 PM CST
*snerk* - add to that, in some of them, the guy who you knew was a loser but you went out with him anyway cause you felt sorry for him, and he's going out with all your friends and you keep shaking your head and wondering *what* they see in him...
Posted by auk @ 10/01/2002 07:17 PM CST
*erk* that would be Smallville... *g*
Posted by auk @ 10/01/2002 07:17 PM CST
The creepy guy who sat in the back of the class and you weren't sure if he was whacked out or just too cool for you, too deep to ever truly understand, but you were drawn to him anyway.... "Push, Nevada"
Posted by catherwood @ 10/03/2002 02:19 AM CST
The ex who you are still friendly with as he's so just so comfortable to be around - in a non-threatening, non-sexual kind of way, because he so OBVIOUSLY in love with his partner: Starsky & Hutch
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