Fandom Q& Afor Xena, SVU and Bad Girls

[cabenson]

As directed by eclecticfan Who asked me about Xena, SVU, and Bad Girls:


01. The first character I fell in love with: Xena, of course. Tall, dark, swinging a sword...what's not to love?

02. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Callisto. As the series progressed I felt that Callisto was a victim of her circumstances.

03. The character everyone else loves that I don't: Gabrielle. I just never felt it. Mrs. CB did, so it worked out for us.

04. The character I love that everyone else hates: Mrs CB hated Meg, but I found her absolutely amusing. And really, who didn't hate Joxer...

05. The character I used to love but don't any longer: Najara. I found her completely fascinating in her first ep, and completely manipulating in her second. And KM's hideous plastic surgery has even turned me of Cold Case.

06. The character I would shag anytime: Ares...yeah, I said it.

07. The character I want to be like: Xena...strong, flawed, even headless, I think her positive character traits outweigh the negative.

08. The character I'd slap: Bad-wigged, pre-adolescent Hope

09. A pairing that I love: Even though I wasn't a Gabby fan, I adored Xena and Gabby's relationship

10. A pairing that I hate: Gabrielle and Perdicus

11. Favorite character: Xena

12. My five favorite characters: Xena, Callisto, Ares, Meg, Aphrodite

13. My five least favorite characters: Joxer, Gabrielle, Alti, Eve, Virgil

14. Which character I am most like: Mrs CB says Warlord Xena lol

15. My deep, dark fandom secret: I have the most outrageous collection of Xena memorabila and I had to make sure Mrs. CB understood how important the show was to me before we got together, cause if she didn't accept my need to watch it (I wasn't even online back then), well that was gonna be a deal breaker.





01. The first character I fell in love with: Huang...lol. No it was Alex Cabot

02. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Elizabeth Donnelly.

03. The character everyone else loves that I don't: Eliot Stabler. I hate him more than I ever hated Casey.

04. The character I love that everyone else hates: I actually like Haung, in small doses

05. The character I used to love but don't any longer: Benson...she has developed an identity crisis and even SHE doesn't know who she is any more.

06. The character I would shag anytime: Warner...any time, any place

07. The character I want to be like: Warner. She is devoted, fair, wise, and smoking hot!

08. The character I'd slap: Benson. I love her, but girl, get over yourself and go get your woman!

09. A pairing that I love: Alex/Olivia

10. A pairing that I hate: tie between Eliot/Olivia and Casey/Olivia

11. Favorite character: Alex Cabot

12. My five favorite characters: Alex, Olivia, Warner, Fin's son, Donnelly

13. My five least favorite characters: Stabler, Casey, Munch, Cragen, Special guest star of the week

14. Which character I am most like: Mrs CB says I am most like Olivia cause I want to bang Alex Cabot and I am an unpretty crier.

15. My deep, dark fandom secret: As much as I initially hated the character of Casey Novak, I think Diane Neal is adorable and that the show totally screwed her over. If you don't follow her on Twitter, you should. Also, I went to see SM in "Talk Radio" on Broadway and thought she was horrible.




01. The first character I fell in love with: Helen Bloody Stewart. From the moment of that first Angry Head Turn, I was hooked!

02. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Yvonne. I hated her at first and my love for her kinda snuck up on me. I still haven't watched her final season cause I KNOW what happened and it breaks my heart.

03. The character everyone else loves that I don't: Barbara, Nikki's cell mate. Just never quite caught on to her.

04. The character I love that everyone else hates: Thomas. A lot of people hated him, but once he learned about Helen and Nikki, he had the balls to tell Helen he wouldn't be her proxy and she needed to admit that she was always gonna love Nikki.

05. The character I used to love but don't any longer: Karen.

06. The character I would shag anytime: Helen Bloody Stewart

07. The character I want to be like: Nikki-tall, dark, rich, and gets to fuck Helen Bloody Stewart

08. The character I'd slap: Xandra (even with the tumor) and Shaz...talk about twats!

09. A pairing that I love: Helen and Nikki

10. A pairing that I hate: Shell and Fenner

11. Favorite character: Helen Bloody Stewart

12. My five favorite characters: Helen, Nikki, Monica, Bodybag, Yvonne

13. My five least favorite characters: Xandra, Shaz, Fenner, Crystal, Sean

14. Which character I am most like: Mrs CB says Nikki cause I am inexplicably drawn to Lahboob, and because I am tall and amazonic and would probably kill for someone I love (unless a spider was involved and then I would scream like a little bitch).

15. My deep, dark fandom secret: I resisted getting involved in this fandom cause I thought, "It sounds like a foreign soap opera". I was recovering from a second back surgery and my BFF, knowing she had a captive audience, forced Season 1 on me and I was hooked. I taught myself to rip dvds, convert to region 1 and to make music vids because of this fandom.

Comments

[sravenk.livejournal.com]

I didn't watch Xena, so I can't speak to that, but as you know, I was a big fan of SVU for awhile.

I was a fan of Stabler, I guess, except not really. I kinda hated Stabler, but I loved Chris Meloni from Oz. I totally agree with you about Olivia losing herself, and also about Diane Neal getting screwed over. I wish she could find some nice comedy work, because she's gorgeous (when not dressed in the wardrobe they inflicted upon her) and very very funny when she has the chance to be. I would love to see her on TV again, to be honest. Still didn't like Casey much, though.

But the main thing I wanted to comment on was Donnelly! Oh my god, I loved her from the start. I remember on TWoP everyone was big on calling her all sorts of nasty names, something about drag queens and such, I don't know. I think it was a bunch of misogyny, really, people just not able to see a surgically un-enhanced woman over the age of 40 on TV without having something terrible to say. I loved Donnelly. I thought she was this great picture of Cabot's future, a tough but (usually) fair mentor who had learned how to work with the system and when to fight it. And I just think that everything Judith Light does is golden. Yes. I liked Who's the Boss. What about it?

I only saw two seasons of Bad Girls. I loved Helen, too. Mmmmmmmm. Hot. Nikki was okay, too. I also loved Denny. Sweet little Denny and her temper tantrums. That show cracked me up. The characters I disliked that everyone else seemed to adore were the Julies. I found them kind of annoying. Quaint sometimes, but mostly a bit over-the-top in the comic relief. I am glad to see that Old Bodybag made the cut with your favourite characters. Love her.

[cabenson.livejournal.com]

And I just think that everything Judith Light does is golden. Yes. I liked Who's the Boss. What about it?
I agree, but I have to admit that I have loved her since she played Karen Wolek on the ABC Soap One Life to Live WAAAAAAY back in th 70's. Brilliant actress!