So I was chatting with _penguins_ yesterday, and she's found a good few references to some survey done in Japan about the most popular Bleach pairings, in which Ulquihime allegedly ranked 2nd and Ichihime 50th (lawl). (This post mentions it, for example, as does this one.) Do any of the people who frolic in the Asian fandom know anything about it, or is it just a myth?

Go vote for Victor/Sierra, Angel/Cordelia, Angel/Lindsey, Xander/Buffy and Harry/Luna in ship_manifesto's Hottest 'Ship Tournament, Round 1, and for Spike/Buffy, Ulquiorra/Orihime, Spike/Xander, Barney/Robin, Sokka/Toph, Zuko/Katara, Shinji/Asuka and Nnoitra/Nel in Round 2! :) (Provided that you don't know and/or support their opposing 'ships, of course!)

Goooooooo vote for Spike/Buffy and Spike/Xander at Survival of the Hottest 'Ship at ship_manifesto! (And maybe a vote to Ulquiorra/Orihime from Bleach and Barney/Robin from How I Met Your Mother, too, for me? *bats eyelashes*)

"DOLLHOUSE" HAS BEEN RENEWED. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Stole this meme from astoria_potter (with whom we seem to share even more fandoms than I thought! squee!)

Pick your five favourite TV shows (in no particular order), and answer the following questions...

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I hope everyone is watching Dollhouse, because episodes 6-10 have been just amazing.

( Quick, spoilerish thoughts on episode 1.10:  )

Semifinals for 2009 FANDOM STEEL CAGE MATCH MARCH MADNESS are up and Spike is losing to Supernatural's Dean! GO GO GO!

If you like Lindsey or Angel/Lindsey even slightly, you should really check out obsessive24's new music video:

Cuckoo (Angel - Lindsey)
Song: "Cuckoo" by I Am Kloot
Duration: 3:37 minutes
Summary: Where Lindsey ends and Angel begins.

It's just amazing.

You guys... I've never loved Joss this much. And that's saying a lot, since I had oodles of love for him even before this.

This is an excerpt from an interview that icafreak transcribed from "The Write Environment" DVD. icafreak recently unlocked her post, so you can also see the transcript here.

Follow the cut...

( ...in which Joss states he's always liked Spike more than Angel )

Snagged from ms_scarletibis.

( '100 Things or Less' meme )

From Joss's recently published interview with "Vampires and Slayers":



Love, love, love hearing Joss talk about Buffy, but: Misogyny? Whaaaaaaaaaaat?

The whole PaleyFest panel is now up on Civilized James, courtesy of fenderlove. :D

The Spuffy-related bits, for your reading pleasure, are:

Matt Roush: A coming-of-age allegory where high school really was Hell, where the wrong decision truly could herald the end of the world, where adolescent anxieties took on demonic form, and where even after graduation, a truly explosive event, the life lessons, and the after-life lessons, just kept coming, with all of the pain and joy and sex and friendship and betrayal and sex and consequences and death and sex that all of that implies. Yes, Buffy was a very hot show. And yes, it was good for me. In fact, the new issue of TV Guide just out ranks the scene of Buffy and Spike bringing down the house when they did the hot nasty as... (cheers from the audience) ...yeah. The number one hottest scene ever. Yep. Even outranked The Thorn Birds. I mean, really, come on. (PaleyFest, 3-08)

Matt Roush: (to Sarah) Asked all the time. Final analysis, final verdict: Angel or Spike?
Michelle Trachtenberg: Well, who's sitting on stage? (nods towards James) (PaleyFest, 3-08)

Sarah Michelle Gellar: (to James) You look at things lately and I've seen a bunch of lists recently where there were talks about favourite characters, favourite shows... I saw the best love scenes this week - it was you and me, by the way. (audience cheers)
James Marsters: Oh, really?
Sarah Michelle Gellar: Yeah! (nods towards Matt Roush) Thank him! Thank him!
Matt Roush: Yep, bringing down the house. Take that, Angel!
Sarah Michelle Gellar: Yeah! (laughs) And that's why we're still here now. (PaleyFest, 3-08)

Sarah Michelle Gellar: (on the Buffybot) But I think, again, it's what keeps it fresh. You're playing a character for so long, and you don't want to get lazy. You find yourself relying on certain things, so by taking away all the other parts of Buffy, I did have to find exactly the essence of her again, and... you know, it was fun to be his slave for a little bit... (gesturing towards James)
James Marsters: I'm a good master for a little while... (PaleyFest, 3-08)

And the muchly iconized and bannerized "flirting" photo comes from this exchange: Sarah says "My favourite movie... Is it okay to say Southpark: Bigger, Longer, Uncut?", the audience cheers and claps, James claps along and playfully asks her "Would you give us a soooong?" and Sarah kind of bats her eyelashes at him and goes "...no." Heeeeeeee.

The PaleyFest reunion DVD is released this Tuesday at BestBuy!

Sarah and James making naughty comments about being each other's "slave"! Sarah bringing up the Smashed love scene's top rank at the TV Guide poll! Audience squeeing over the Spike/Buffy OMWF kiss! Even more shiny reunion icons and banners and wallpapers! *bounces*

So.

Like many brave souls before me, I'm going to attempt a Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel the Series rewatch, with a review for every episode. I'll probably skip the commentaries, though, because it's sad enough that I'm giving Buffy and Angel the best... bunch of months of my life; wouldn't want that to become years. ;)

Take one.

( BtVS 1.01: Welcome to the Hellmouth )