Kate Wrath
That’s a great question!
Firstly, I’m really bad at favorites. Like, if you asked me to choose between tiramisu and strawberry shortcake on any give day, I might have to off myself. Favorite color? Depends. I work more in groups of ‘loves’. So, since I can’t really think of just one, and since I’m probably forgetting some of my absolute favs, here are some off the top of my head….
Kara Thrace and Lee Adama (Starbuck and Apollo) from the newer Battlestar Galactica, which is probably my all-time favorite series ever. (That’s saying something, given my earlier statement about favorites.) Their relationship has so many levels-- this kind of slow-dying agony and a true bond. You know they know each other better than anyone else in their lives, they love each other fiercely, and yet they can’t seem to get it together. And then there are all the mysteries to sort out, and a hell of a lot of roadblocks. And Kara is just Kara, this abrasive wench, and yet, somehow, she’s totally lovable.
Possibly because I’ve just watched this one again, and it’s fresh in my mind, but also because it’s awesome: Mal and Inara from Firefly (and the follow-up movie Serenity). Great complexities and plenty of humor thrown into the interesting set-up of their relationship. Damn whoever made the decision to cut that series. What were they thinking?
Going back… to The Little Mermaid (not Disney). The original story wherein the little mermaid turns to sea foam rather than stab the prince in the heart to save herself. That’s dedication, huh? There was this (probably incredibly dated) anime-style movie of it that I loved as a kid. Just so much feeling in that one.
And possibly keeping with the theme of sacrifice and all that, Meredith Ann Pierce’s Darkangel trilogy: Aeriel and Irrylath. I have read these books so many times it’s ridiculous. Let’s just say that anytime that someone would rather cut out their own heart than see harm come to the person they love… that kind of gets me. These stories are myth-meets-fairytale but there is so much truth in their depths, and I think that Aeriel, though sometimes naïve, knows how to love better than most people I know (and not just her man). It’s all about the transformative power of true dedication, conquering demons, healing, growing into something more. A truly beautiful story in so many ways.
And I’m just going to throw in here Lucy and Henry from Fifty First Dates because 1) Drew Barrymore + Adam Sandler and 2) total sweetness. Aside from being massively silly, this film was really touching. I mean, dedication, overcoming challenges, and happy endings. Sold.
Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters, because I cried a year’s worth of tears over those two in the span on one afternoon. John Green is evil. :p
Roberto (Robert Jordan) and Maria from For Whom the Bell Tolls, for this beautiful, innocent tenderness in the midst of We’re all going to die.
Cutter and Leetah from Elfquest, because Elfquest.
Rosalind and Orlando from As You Like It, my fav Shakespearean comedy. It’s like Who the hell are you but I love you anyway.
I seriously almost forgot Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe. I adore the old Anne of Green Gables movies w/ Megan Follows, though I never could quite get into the books or that Avonlea Disney spinoff thing. Anne is totally a kindred spirit in so many ways. I hear there’s a new series and I’m terribly frightened and excited by it, but have not yet worked up to watching it and am not sure if I will.
…And I’ll probably be coming back to add to this post because I’m really so bad at remembering when I get asked things like this. I’ll probably be going “Oh yeah, and—“ for the next few months.
Firstly, I’m really bad at favorites. Like, if you asked me to choose between tiramisu and strawberry shortcake on any give day, I might have to off myself. Favorite color? Depends. I work more in groups of ‘loves’. So, since I can’t really think of just one, and since I’m probably forgetting some of my absolute favs, here are some off the top of my head….
Kara Thrace and Lee Adama (Starbuck and Apollo) from the newer Battlestar Galactica, which is probably my all-time favorite series ever. (That’s saying something, given my earlier statement about favorites.) Their relationship has so many levels-- this kind of slow-dying agony and a true bond. You know they know each other better than anyone else in their lives, they love each other fiercely, and yet they can’t seem to get it together. And then there are all the mysteries to sort out, and a hell of a lot of roadblocks. And Kara is just Kara, this abrasive wench, and yet, somehow, she’s totally lovable.
Possibly because I’ve just watched this one again, and it’s fresh in my mind, but also because it’s awesome: Mal and Inara from Firefly (and the follow-up movie Serenity). Great complexities and plenty of humor thrown into the interesting set-up of their relationship. Damn whoever made the decision to cut that series. What were they thinking?
Going back… to The Little Mermaid (not Disney). The original story wherein the little mermaid turns to sea foam rather than stab the prince in the heart to save herself. That’s dedication, huh? There was this (probably incredibly dated) anime-style movie of it that I loved as a kid. Just so much feeling in that one.
And possibly keeping with the theme of sacrifice and all that, Meredith Ann Pierce’s Darkangel trilogy: Aeriel and Irrylath. I have read these books so many times it’s ridiculous. Let’s just say that anytime that someone would rather cut out their own heart than see harm come to the person they love… that kind of gets me. These stories are myth-meets-fairytale but there is so much truth in their depths, and I think that Aeriel, though sometimes naïve, knows how to love better than most people I know (and not just her man). It’s all about the transformative power of true dedication, conquering demons, healing, growing into something more. A truly beautiful story in so many ways.
And I’m just going to throw in here Lucy and Henry from Fifty First Dates because 1) Drew Barrymore + Adam Sandler and 2) total sweetness. Aside from being massively silly, this film was really touching. I mean, dedication, overcoming challenges, and happy endings. Sold.
Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters, because I cried a year’s worth of tears over those two in the span on one afternoon. John Green is evil. :p
Roberto (Robert Jordan) and Maria from For Whom the Bell Tolls, for this beautiful, innocent tenderness in the midst of We’re all going to die.
Cutter and Leetah from Elfquest, because Elfquest.
Rosalind and Orlando from As You Like It, my fav Shakespearean comedy. It’s like Who the hell are you but I love you anyway.
I seriously almost forgot Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe. I adore the old Anne of Green Gables movies w/ Megan Follows, though I never could quite get into the books or that Avonlea Disney spinoff thing. Anne is totally a kindred spirit in so many ways. I hear there’s a new series and I’m terribly frightened and excited by it, but have not yet worked up to watching it and am not sure if I will.
…And I’ll probably be coming back to add to this post because I’m really so bad at remembering when I get asked things like this. I’ll probably be going “Oh yeah, and—“ for the next few months.
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