Three guesses! As to why, gosh, it was really the perfect storm. Without turning this into a five page essay, I'd say:
a) Their story. How fortuitous it was -- like, they never would've given each other the time of day if things hadn't gone just right (er, wrong). And how sad.
b) How realistic it was. Not only was the chemistry believable, but the way their relationship grew was one of the most believable things I've ever seen onscreen. The writing was amazing (especially early on), the acting was top notch, and EJO & MM had legitimate chemistry. Did you know Eddie improvised the Res Ship II kiss?
c) I identified with Laura immediately, and Bill is pretty much everything I want in a guy. I don't think the mini could have done any better at getting me to sympathize with Laura from scene one, and Bill's super rough and strong and masculine and intimidating and noble and passionate and smart and relationship-oriented and literature loving and sexy-voiced and tender and so incredibly GOOD. I'll stop here before I go spazzy all over your page and start vomiting hearts and glitter.
d) The literature-sharing thing. This would be Holly-fodder even if Eddie's voice wasn't liquid sex.
e) I've always had a thing for old-people ships. IDEK, Shannon.
f) It was in a TV show but didn't feel like it. I've never super-gotten into tv -- I'm not usually willing to commit to keeping the same schedule every week, and I've rarely run into anything good enough to tempt me to do so, as much as I've enjoyed the occasional show. I've always been more of a movie person, and I've really gotten into movie pairings, but then two hours later, it's over. You can only dwell on it for so long. BSG felt like a movie to me, but it was hours... and hours... and hours long, so I had that much longer to stew in the glorious shippiness and get completely batshit over it before it was over. Best of both worlds!
As for scenes, I knew from the very beginning of the mini I was going to ship them. I knew A/R was a "thing" (I think from your blog) before I started, but it also had that "these two are going to be irresistably adorable" vibe from the very beginning, and I liked the way they interacted. Their personalities and the respect issue was tantalizing when they butted heads. So I was invested immediately, but I'd say my favorite scene was the Res Ship II kiss. :)
ETA: g) Also, they're really, really mature. I almost forgot how important that was to me. They never argued over stupid stuff, respect was important to them, their priorities were in order. A lot of romances are dramarama over miscommunications and lies and insecurities, and I lose respect and interest quickly. Like, I love Starbuck, and I understand that she was deeply and unfixably messed up, but I got so sick of her toying around with Leemo and Sam. Pick one and have the balls to stick with it, dammit.
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Date: 2011-01-15 11:53 pm (UTC)a) Their story. How fortuitous it was -- like, they never would've given each other the time of day if things hadn't gone just right (er, wrong). And how sad.
b) How realistic it was. Not only was the chemistry believable, but the way their relationship grew was one of the most believable things I've ever seen onscreen. The writing was amazing (especially early on), the acting was top notch, and EJO & MM had legitimate chemistry. Did you know Eddie improvised the Res Ship II kiss?
c) I identified with Laura immediately, and Bill is pretty much everything I want in a guy. I don't think the mini could have done any better at getting me to sympathize with Laura from scene one, and Bill's super rough and strong and masculine and intimidating and noble and passionate and smart and relationship-oriented and literature loving and sexy-voiced and tender and so incredibly GOOD. I'll stop here before I go spazzy all over your page and start vomiting hearts and glitter.
d) The literature-sharing thing. This would be Holly-fodder even if Eddie's voice wasn't liquid sex.
e) I've always had a thing for old-people ships. IDEK, Shannon.
f) It was in a TV show but didn't feel like it. I've never super-gotten into tv -- I'm not usually willing to commit to keeping the same schedule every week, and I've rarely run into anything good enough to tempt me to do so, as much as I've enjoyed the occasional show. I've always been more of a movie person, and I've really gotten into movie pairings, but then two hours later, it's over. You can only dwell on it for so long. BSG felt like a movie to me, but it was hours... and hours... and hours long, so I had that much longer to stew in the glorious shippiness and get completely batshit over it before it was over. Best of both worlds!
As for scenes, I knew from the very beginning of the mini I was going to ship them. I knew A/R was a "thing" (I think from your blog) before I started, but it also had that "these two are going to be irresistably adorable" vibe from the very beginning, and I liked the way they interacted. Their personalities and the respect issue was tantalizing when they butted heads. So I was invested immediately, but I'd say my favorite scene was the Res Ship II kiss. :)
ETA: g) Also, they're really, really mature. I almost forgot how important that was to me. They never argued over stupid stuff, respect was important to them, their priorities were in order. A lot of romances are dramarama over miscommunications and lies and insecurities, and I lose respect and interest quickly. Like, I love Starbuck, and I understand that she was deeply and unfixably messed up, but I got so sick of her toying around with Leemo and Sam. Pick one and have the balls to stick with it, dammit.