it's a magical world

Okay, I'm going to knock out a few of the TV meme days, since I've been so lax about it.

Day 16 - Your guilty pleasure show

At the moment, True Blood. Although I don't feel particularly guilty about it. I read all the Sookie Stackhouse books over the winter, because my roommate is a fan of trashy vampire fantasy. And okay, the books are NOT GOOD. This should be emphasized. They're remarkably addictive and utterly ridiculous and 100% trash, and yet I defy you to put them down once you've started.

Unless, of course, you've seen the show first. Because True Blood, the show, somehow takes the interesting and addictive bits of the books, and then adds in things like CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT and EMOTIONAL ARCS and doesn't have Sookie obsessing over her outfits every five pages. Also, the show made me like Bill. I don't think you understand quite how much of an achievement that is, because Bill is by far my least favorite character in the books -- which is difficult when he starts off as the romantic lead.

The show is still a bit trashy, but it's also GREAT fun, and really well produced. I only started watching it on Netflix fairly recently -- I'm only midway through the first season -- but I'm pretty addicted already.

Also, Lafayette Reynolds and Tara Thornton are pretty much the greatest characters in anything ever. (Well, okay, clearly I have other favorites, but still.)


Day 17 - Favorite mini series

Band of Brothers. Hands down. There is no competition whatsoever.


Day 18 - Favorite title sequence

OH LIKE I CAN CHOOSE. Actually, yes, I can. Or at least, I can narrow it down to two: ( X-Files and True Blood )

( remaining days of the meme )

What I planned to do this evening: finish the last remaining scenes in my Big Bang fic. (Seriously, there are, like, three scenes I still haven't properly written. And I have failed to finish them ALL WEEK.)

What I did instead: TV MEME!

This is not a big picspam, but I couldn't resist. Shows: Band of Brothers - BSG - Doctor Who - Dollhouse - Firefly - HIMYM - QAF UK - Sports Night - Torchwood - True Blood - West Wing - X-Files.

Day 14 - Favorite male character

Even narrowing it down to one per show -- and not including ALL of the shows I like -- THIS WAS HARD.

( BOYS! )