This is Madness!
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spuffy_noelleDon't wanna add to the spam on your F-lists, but I need some help!
Fandom March Madness is upon us, and somehow I don't watch all the shows listed (HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?). I'll put this behind a cut, but I'm gonna strike out the shows I watch and y'all can help me with the rest. Lemme know your favorite characters! Even the ones I do watch I'd be interested in who you'd pick because it's gonna be a hard choice for me on some of these shows!!
COMEDY
1. 30 Rock
2. Archer
3. Arrested Development
4. The Big Bang Theory
5. Community
6.Cougar Town
7.Happy Endings
8.How I Met Your Mother
9. The IT Crowd
10. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
11. Miranda
12.Modern Family
13.New Girl
14.The Office (US)
15.Parks and Recreation
16. Psych
TEEN
1. Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV)
2.Awkward.
3. Friday Night Lights (TV)
4. Gilmore Girls*
5.Glee
6.Gossip Girl (TV)
7. Harry Potter (books/movies)
8.The Hunger Games (books/movies)
9.The O.C.
10. Pretty Little Liars (TV)
11. Skins (UK)
12. Teen Wolf (TV)
13.Twilight (books/movies)
14.The Vampire Diaries (TV)
15. Veronica Mars
16. Young Justice (TV)
SCI-FI/FANTASY
1. American Horror Story
2. Battlestar Galactica (2004) / Caprica
3. Being Human (UK)
4.Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) / Angel
5. Doctor Who (2005) / Torchwood / The Sarah Jane Adventures
6. Firefly*
7. Fringe
8.Game of Thrones (TV)
9. Haven (TV)
10. Misfits
11.Once Upon a Time
12. Supernatural
13. The Avengers (movies)
14.True Blood (TV)
15. The Walking Dead (TV)
16. The X-Files / The Lone Gunmen
DRAMA
1.Boardwalk Empire
2.Bones (TV)
3.The Borgias
4. Breaking Bad
5. Castle
6. Downton Abbey
7. The Good Wife
8. Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
9. Leverage vs. Homeland (US) (WILD CARD ROUND)
10. Luther
11. Mad Men
12.Revenge
13.Shameless (US)
14. Sherlock (TV)
15. The West Wing
16. The Wire
* I know enough about the characters to vote.
It's really baffling to me how many of these shows I don't watch. I seem to have an endless amount of shows to watch each week on my DVR!
Fandom March Madness is upon us, and somehow I don't watch all the shows listed (HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?). I'll put this behind a cut, but I'm gonna strike out the shows I watch and y'all can help me with the rest. Lemme know your favorite characters! Even the ones I do watch I'd be interested in who you'd pick because it's gonna be a hard choice for me on some of these shows!!
COMEDY
1. 30 Rock
2. Archer
3. Arrested Development
4. The Big Bang Theory
5. Community
6.
7.
8.
9. The IT Crowd
10. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
11. Miranda
12.
13.
14.
15.
16. Psych
TEEN
1. Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV)
2.
3. Friday Night Lights (TV)
4. Gilmore Girls*
5.
6.
7. Harry Potter (books/movies)
8.
9.
10. Pretty Little Liars (TV)
11. Skins (UK)
12. Teen Wolf (TV)
13.
14.
15. Veronica Mars
16. Young Justice (TV)
SCI-FI/FANTASY
1. American Horror Story
2. Battlestar Galactica (2004) / Caprica
3. Being Human (UK)
4.
5. Doctor Who (2005) / Torchwood / The Sarah Jane Adventures
6. Firefly*
7. Fringe
8.
9. Haven (TV)
10. Misfits
11.
12. Supernatural
13. The Avengers (movies)
14.
15. The Walking Dead (TV)
16. The X-Files / The Lone Gunmen
DRAMA
1.
2.
3.
4. Breaking Bad
5. Castle
6. Downton Abbey
7. The Good Wife
8. Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
9. Leverage vs. Homeland (US) (WILD CARD ROUND)
10. Luther
11. Mad Men
12.
13.
14. Sherlock (TV)
15. The West Wing
16. The Wire
* I know enough about the characters to vote.
It's really baffling to me how many of these shows I don't watch. I seem to have an endless amount of shows to watch each week on my DVR!
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Date: 2012-03-07 01:27 am (UTC)Okay, I have lots of feelings about lots of these shows, so I'll probably come back for more. But I've made it my job to stan the heck out of The Wire's Omar Little this year, so I'll start with why he is a character so great, even Barack Obama took time out of his life to comment on his awesomeness.
A) Omar is a badass. Other badass characters have supernatural powers, or years of special training, or were raised to be badasses by their badass parents or whatever. Omar? Omar has a shotgun and guts.
B) Omar makes his living robbing drug dealers. Again, with a shotgun and guts. He's so feared, people run when he walks down the street, and he can rob people with a threat. He once stole a big time dealer's stash and then sold it back to him.
C) Despite all that, Omar is, in his way, incredibly moral. To quote the man himself: "I ain't never put my gun on nobody that wasn't in the game."
D) He's gay, and his relationships are given weight and he is incredibly loving in his own way. Indeed, a major plot arc of his revolves around seeking revenge for a lover who was brutally killed. At the same time, being gay in no way defines his character -- it is part of who he is, but it far from all he is.
E) His crew tends to be made up of himself, his lover, and a couple of badass lesbian friends of his.
F) He doesn't smile often, but when he doesn't it's excellent:
In conclusion: Vote Omar! He's one of the more original, kick butt, nuanced, hilarious, and heartbreaking characters I have ever encountered.
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Date: 2012-03-07 01:33 am (UTC)Thanks for your recommendation. I love Michael Kenneth Williams on Boardwalk Empire, so I'm sure he was amazing in this show. From what you've told me, it might go on my "to watch" list.
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Date: 2012-03-07 03:19 am (UTC)Oh, he was. In fact, that fact that he's on Boardwalk is the reason I keep almost watching that. I LOVE MKW.
From what you've told me, it might go on my "to watch" list.
OH IT SHOULD. *stans for this show so hard* There's a reason so many people consider it one of the greatest shows of all time. It just does realism like nothing else on TV.
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Date: 2012-03-07 03:27 am (UTC)Pretty Little Liars: Vote Spencer Hastings! She's awesome -- smart, determined, ruthless, and fiercely protective of her friends. I swear to god I look up to her, and she is a 16 year old high school student. This show is overall kind of silly, but Spencer is legit incredible.
Misfits: Kelly Bailey! She's tough, doesn't take anyone's BS, has an awesome accent, and kicked the shit out of Hitler one time.
Mad Men: Peggy Olson. A woman working in a man's world, discovering feminist, and generally being awesome in the '60s.
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