five couples that make me geekishly happy
So, my basic purpose here is to transfer my fannish ramblings from my personal LJ to someplace else, so I'm not constantly harassing my non-fannish friends, or worrying about friending fannish people because of all the silly real-life drama I go on about in my other LJ. Step one is to take the fannish stuff from there and put it over here. So here we go, the fruits of procrastination. As of a few weeks ago (which pre-dates a number of things, including Chuck/Blair), the top five actual TV couples that make me embarrassingly happy.

5 - Oz & Willow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Yeah, so my favorites on that show were never Buffy and Angel (or Buffy and Spike). They were fine and all, but Willow and Oz! So adorable I *still* want to make high-pitched noises at the screen when I watch them. I mean, the first time Oz sees Willow (I think), she comes to a costume party all dressed up as a historically accurate Eskimo while everyone else knows that costume party = excuse to dress slutty, so she feels all awkward, and Oz thinks 'omg, who is the girl dressed as an Eskimo? Awesome! I must meet her!'  I was desperate for them to actual get together from then on. And I have always felt slightly bad and non-PC because I never liked Tara, even at the end, because I kind of can't get over 'but she broke up Willow and Oz!!' And later on, when Willow would make these dramatic assertions like 'Tara was the only good thing in my life! The only person I ever loved! Etc!' I would mentally go 'um, excuse me, Oz? Remember him? Does no one remember how awesome he was!?' *glower*

4 - Henry & Betty, Ugly Betty
I think I might have a soft spot for nerd-love (no shit?). He's an accountant! She has adult braces! Clearly this is Meant To Be. Also, the line last week  (er a couple of weeks ago now) where they are fighting and she snaps "so you followed me home??" and he replies "no, I followed you home because I didn't want you walking alone at night." At that point I think I actually said out loud "they need to get married and have a million babies."

3 - Ryan & Taylor, the last season of The OC
Honestly, I love them so much. From the minute Taylor nagged Ryan into pretending to be her boyfriend so she could divorce her French husband, I was cooing on the inside. They are screwed up, but just the right kind of screwed up for each other. I mean, they take turns stalking each other! She actually thinks he's funny! And where else do you get the exchange "Taylor, are you pretending to be asleep in the hopes that I'll tell you 'I love you' while you're unconscious?"/ "....Maybe."

2 -Logan & Veronica, the first season of Veronica Mars (after that it kind of goes to hell)
OK so I was rooting for Logan and Veronica, but never in a million years thought it would happen. Honestly, back when I started 'shippng them I thought Weevil and Veronica would be more likely to hook up (which I would have been perfectly happy with). And then, my favorite fanon-couple became reality! I actually clapped my hands when they kissed the first time. Yeah, I'm that much of a geek. After that season the Logan/Veronica stuff went downhill for me ('omg he slept with Madison!' is just a downer after there's been 'omg did he kill my best friend?'). However, even in the third season there were still some good moments. Logan smashing the cop car so he can get thrown in jail with the serial rapists that hurt Veronica. Or when he pretty much flung himself at the asshole making jackass comments even after Veronica told him that the guy had Mob connections and would destroy him. Again, they are just the right kind of screwed up for each other. Only, you know, they're pretty much a billion times less healthy than Ryan & Taylor ><

1 - Rory & Dean, the first two seasons of Gilmore Girls (ie, before the stupid adultery storyline).
I think I was never half so invested in a relationship on a TV show. I pretty much want to travel back and time and make Dean my high school boyfriend. He *built her a car*! He takes her to used book sales and carries her loot for her! He read Jane Austen to make her happy - and liked it! And I still get all goosebumpy when I watch the scene where they get back together at the end of the first season and make out in front of Chilton. Between this and Ryan/Taylor, you might call it 'insanely smart geek girls and the blue-collar boys who love them'. And then the show had to go and fuck it all up and make them adulturers, which is *awful* and made me want to throw things. But still, one of the reasons I wasn't upset that Rory and Logan broke up at the end of the series is because, in the back of my mind, I pretty much imagine that after Rory goes out and conquers the world, and Dean does something awesome in his own right, and they don't care about class or intimacy issues any more, then they'll find themselves in the exact right place in their lives to be with each other again. And I read every fic to that effect I can get my hands on.

So yeah, that was all pretty nerdy of me, but whatever. Happy thoughts!