Top Five Lists. Part:I

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1. I have owned seven 'I <3 NY' teeshirts. One of them was limegreen on baby blue. It was truly a thing of horror (now a-days, I stick with black/gray for my stereotypical souvenir teeshirts)
2. Truly tacky spintop from Istanbul. Though I think I'm excused because I was ten, and anyway, it was given to me.
3. Incredibly lame teddy bear. It was yellow and green and said "Mexico" on it, holding a mexican flag and wearing a sombrero. My parents got it for me when I was wee.
4. Huge beret in Paris. Never mind no-one was wearing one in Paris.
5. Pendant bought from a gypsy in Prague. Mostly bought out of guilt. Is said to bring love. Or something.




1. Hawkeye/Trapper. They still have a huge part of my heart to this day, because they're cute, they're angsty and I love them to teeny, tiny bits.

2. Sherlock Holmes/John Watson. I love them. Really, I do. They're just so incredibly *important* to each other, so vital. They *love* each other, and it's really not important if it's plantonic or not. It just *is*.

3. Bill/Clarissa and Darrell/Sally. From Malory Towers. I loved them from when I was a wee thing who cried before she read In the 6th, because I was afraid Enid Blyton would split those special friendships up. They're sweet, old-fashioned, adoring, touchy feely and they make me very happy.

4. Jack/David. My original Newsies pairing, and I still do adore them. Obviously, they're meant to be together and they're just so cute and such awkward teenage boys.

5. Kirk/Spock. You have no idea how much GLEE I'm getting from this pairing right now. Seriously. THE GLEE! THE CUTE! THE RAISED EYEBROW! THE EMOTIONAL SECURITY! I love.

6. (Shut up, it wouldn't be an OTP list without 'em) Idgie/Ruth. Fried Green Tomatoes is one of my favourite books and one of my favourite movies and Idgie/Ruth is adorable.

And you know, I still feel like I'm missing some (Like Toby/CJ. Or Jake/Hamilton.)



1. Chemistry by loneraven. This fic still stands alone, in my opinion - it's *the* Hawkeye/Trapper rec and also a wonderful rec for introducing people to M*A*S*H slash - Raven has an incredible grasp of characters, language and situations.

2.and possibly i like the thrill by parkranger. This fic is amazing. The images and the language and the Javid, it's just wonderful.

3.Only Logical by cimness. Kirk/Spock and oh! Such Kirk/Spock. It's funny, it's sweet and it has one of the most compelling original characters ever. Plus, it's marriage fic the way I like it.

4. If Leelah's Sleight of Hand was still up, I'd be reccing it here. Since it isn't, I'll give you kannaophelia's Amazing and Interesting, the first Malory Towers fic I ever read, and I still adore it. Wonderful Bill, sweet Clarissa and excellent use of Thunder and Merrylegs ;)

5. I, Jehudah. I love this one - it's haunting and terrifying and I love it. It captures how we make the same mistakes over and over and over. Jesus Christ Superstar fandom, but please don't be scared off by that.

6. Bonus recs: For Sherlock Holmes, Out of This Room - three version of 'The Three Garridebs'. The Sentinel: Anniversary Story Hey Chief, when'd we get married? And the counter point, Women, Wine and Schlong And they were sending out wedding invitations! Wicked: Ghosts Disappear When You Look Straight at Them. Glinda didn't ask to be haunted.

Fic Writers:

1. loveraven. Her grasp of the M*A*SH characters blows me away. She's worth so many readings.
2. temira. One of the few authors who write long fics I can get into. Also has a way of handling both angst and sap and never going overboard.
3. cimness. Wonderful pwps, wonderful plots, a weird and wonderful sense of humour and lovely grasp of characters.
4. kannopheila. I adore her femslash, it's always sweet and in-character.
5. michellek. Angst, sex and The West Wing? I adore!





English:
1. Melancholy. I love that word - it's exactly what it sounds like. No, really. It's a slow, languid, sad word.
2. Twiligt (and dusk). They're such lovely moodsetters
3. Ephemeral. Just look it at it. It *looks* pretty.
4. Fuck. I have already written about my issues with this word. Now that's a versatile word!
5. Joyous. Because so few of our happy words sound happy (likewise: Glee)

Danish:
1. Spøgelse. It means ghost and I like the look of it.
2. Ærlighed. Honesty and it's a word that sounds almost musical, but isn't.
3. Bibliotek. Library, it has a nice rythm to it.
4. Livlig. It sounds happy and alive. Means lively.
5. Synd. Sin/a form of 'what a shame/how sad' and I like the many meanings.



1. Hermione. She does too count, and I don't care if I'm not into HP anymore, she still rocks.
2. Watson. Oh, shush.
3. Goofy. Yes, he does count as a sidekick. Particularly if you've read the Danish Donald Duck magazine. Otherwise, Pluto.
4. Slinky dog! From Toy Story! Aw, yeah. Or does Rose from Dr Who count as a sidekick?
5. Timon and Pumba. They win at sidekickness!


SO MUCH WITH THE GLEE!