You saw the mistress, I beheld the maid.
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fannish5 meme on Friday:
Five favorite beta or ambiguously canon relationships (link goes to TVtropes)
I love beta couples! Honestly, I tend to find them more interesting than the main couples, maybe because the characters aren't as fully developed (because character development can sometimes mean draping him/her/them in cliches).
1. Christiana/Roland from A Knight's Tale. These two have no more than three teeny tiny moments you have to keep your eyes peeled to catch, butI have convinced myself they are there. Look for A) when Christiana comes to tell William and Co. Jocelyn’s name and deliver the handkerchief token thing (Roland’s mouth drops open at the sight of her and Geoff taps it shut), B) when William and Jocelyn have their falling out over flowers and sticks, and C) when Christiana comes to tell William to win the tournament for Jocelyn. Itty bitty little moments in the lives of people who serve others, but lovely just the same.
2. Dubey/Alice from Monsoon Wedding. These two actually get a quite a bit of screen time... or maybe I just pay waaay more attention to them than the slightly annoying leads. Anyway, he's the wedding planner and she's the servant of the family with the daughter getting married. Falling for Alice transforms Dubey from this kind of jerky guy into quite the sweetheart. They're super adorkable and awkward together too- always fun.
3. Jill/Jimmy from The Whole Nine Yards. I really love this movie, I used to watch it all the time. And the romance that's only hinted at until the very end between Jimmy Tudeski (mob hitman on the run after selling out his old boss) and Jill St. Claire (fledgling hitwoman) is both sweet and very hot. Bruce Willis and Amanda Peet have great chemistry.
4. Jane/Bingley from Pride and Prejudice. To be fair, I'm mostly thinking of the 2005 movie, where Rosamund Pike and Simon Woods are weapons-grade cute together. Other people have made the interesting point that within the world of Pride and Prejudice Jane/Bingley is really the alpha couple, while Elizabeth/Darcy is the beta couple, much like how in Much Ado About Nothing, all the characters’ attention is mostly on Hero/Claudio while the audience is more interested in Beatrice/Benedick.
5. Ben/Nina from Reaper. I am SO going to finish re-watching the second season. I really don't know what's stopping me. It can't be the wonderfulness of Ben and Nina's relationship. Again, adorable characters being super adorable together. You know, when Nina's not a huge black bat-winged demon trying to kill Sam.
Honorable Mentions:
- Li Mu Bai/Yu Shu Lien from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Only not included because they're really co-alpha couples with Jen Yu/Lo. Anyway, so romantic, so tragic. This one's for the UST kink.
- Nerissa/Gratiano from Merchant of Venice. I should really read the play sometime soon. This is going by the 2004 film version, where Gratiano is kind of the goofy asshole friend of Bassanio and Nerissa's the sensible but sly maid to Portia. Anyway, they're cute flirting in the background.
- Jenny/Barry from My Super Ex-Girlfriend. DON'T JUDGE ME. I saw it ONCE. And it was 97% crap, but the very end, the big reveal, the realization- that part was nice. (And I bet at least a few comic book hero/villain slashers wish their OTPs could end the same way.) Besides, who doesn't want to see Uma Thurman vigorously making out with Eddie Izzard, amirite?
*sigh* If I'm smart, I will clean today. Like a real clean, not just vacuuming the kitchen and wiping down the trouble spots in the bathroom. Come on, self, you can listen to music while you do it, it'll be nice.
fannish5 meme on Friday:Five favorite beta or ambiguously canon relationships (link goes to TVtropes)
I love beta couples! Honestly, I tend to find them more interesting than the main couples, maybe because the characters aren't as fully developed (because character development can sometimes mean draping him/her/them in cliches).
1. Christiana/Roland from A Knight's Tale. These two have no more than three teeny tiny moments you have to keep your eyes peeled to catch, but
2. Dubey/Alice from Monsoon Wedding. These two actually get a quite a bit of screen time... or maybe I just pay waaay more attention to them than the slightly annoying leads. Anyway, he's the wedding planner and she's the servant of the family with the daughter getting married. Falling for Alice transforms Dubey from this kind of jerky guy into quite the sweetheart. They're super adorkable and awkward together too- always fun.
3. Jill/Jimmy from The Whole Nine Yards. I really love this movie, I used to watch it all the time. And the romance that's only hinted at until the very end between Jimmy Tudeski (mob hitman on the run after selling out his old boss) and Jill St. Claire (fledgling hitwoman) is both sweet and very hot. Bruce Willis and Amanda Peet have great chemistry.
4. Jane/Bingley from Pride and Prejudice. To be fair, I'm mostly thinking of the 2005 movie, where Rosamund Pike and Simon Woods are weapons-grade cute together. Other people have made the interesting point that within the world of Pride and Prejudice Jane/Bingley is really the alpha couple, while Elizabeth/Darcy is the beta couple, much like how in Much Ado About Nothing, all the characters’ attention is mostly on Hero/Claudio while the audience is more interested in Beatrice/Benedick.
5. Ben/Nina from Reaper. I am SO going to finish re-watching the second season. I really don't know what's stopping me. It can't be the wonderfulness of Ben and Nina's relationship. Again, adorable characters being super adorable together. You know, when Nina's not a huge black bat-winged demon trying to kill Sam.
Honorable Mentions:
- Li Mu Bai/Yu Shu Lien from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Only not included because they're really co-alpha couples with Jen Yu/Lo. Anyway, so romantic, so tragic. This one's for the UST kink.
- Nerissa/Gratiano from Merchant of Venice. I should really read the play sometime soon. This is going by the 2004 film version, where Gratiano is kind of the goofy asshole friend of Bassanio and Nerissa's the sensible but sly maid to Portia. Anyway, they're cute flirting in the background.
- Jenny/Barry from My Super Ex-Girlfriend. DON'T JUDGE ME. I saw it ONCE. And it was 97% crap, but the very end, the big reveal, the realization- that part was nice. (And I bet at least a few comic book hero/villain slashers wish their OTPs could end the same way.) Besides, who doesn't want to see Uma Thurman vigorously making out with Eddie Izzard, amirite?
*sigh* If I'm smart, I will clean today. Like a real clean, not just vacuuming the kitchen and wiping down the trouble spots in the bathroom. Come on, self, you can listen to music while you do it, it'll be nice.
