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Hello dead weekend livejournal! I have kind of invented a meme. Well, "invented" is probably a strong word, I'd be super surprised if something like this has never ever been done before. But it's a kind of um, experiment to see how much information we accidentally pick up from reading our friendslist, but that makes it sound lame, and I THINK IT WILL BE LULZY TOO.

ANYWAY: what I want you to do is name a show I don't watch (if you want me to list the things I do like I will, but I think most of you have a decent idea of what I'm into and if you don't it's pretty well outlined in my interests -- OH, except for Psych, that's... recent and I've now seen enough that it would be cheating) and I will try to describe it to you (looking things up is obviously cheating, it's a test to see what random things have been picked up).


I'm actually equally (almost more?) enthused about the idea of feeding people shows though, so if you're bored too you should totally play on your own.

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[manasseh.livejournal.com]

Queen of Swords! :D If you watched it I would be very surprised.

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OKAY SO THERE'S A GIRL. And she is a master swordsfighter. And probably kicks a lot of ass.

(I SERIOUSLY HAVEN'T HEARD OF THAT EVER :( Is it a film? I know nothing about films. It kind of sounds like a fantasy bookseries too, though?)

[famousdeaths.livejournal.com]

Hmm, how about Life? But I don't think there's much of a fandom. If you can't think of anything than let's go with Merlin.

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I CAN DO LIFE. Um so there's a detective named Charlie Crews who was... put in jail for I think murder? That he did not commit. And somehow his innocence is proven, and he gets really rich off this and... rejoins the police. His partner's name is Dani and she is goooorgeous. THEY SOLVE CRIMES. Also doesn't he um, live with some dude?

This season apparently Dani has gotten hot in a bad way that is detrimental to her characterization and hooked up with some guy no one likes.

[sailtonorway.livejournal.com]

THIS SOUNDS FUN! Um, Life on Mars (either the UK or the US one, I think they're both the same premise)?

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Okaaaaaaay, um... some guy, who I guess was already some kind of police detective, gets thrown back in time to the 50s or 60s or 70s or something? (WAIT... in the spinoff it's the 80s, isn't it? And the Gene Hunt character is in both... so it must be the 70s. HA, deductive reasoning!) Anyway back in time things are very different and the police follow rules less. And... they have adventures! And since the show ended I guess he got sent back to the future eventually.

[modernthirst.livejournal.com]

Not a show, but Twilight

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I can do this one! In the first book Bella Swan moves to Forks, WA which is in the middle of nowhere. There's... something with her parents, I don't know. They're separated. She is special and everyone knows it. Edward is sparkly and apparently kind of enjoyably sarcastic in the first book and they fall in love. He... lives with a lot of other vampires. They're all immortal. Um. Yes. Oh! Edward likes to watch her sleep.

The second book may as well not exist for all I know about it.

In the third book Bella is torn between Edward and Jacob. I think both of them have been accused of in some way forcing themselves on her (idk if I mean emotionally or physically). There are a lot of shipping wars.

In the fourth book Edward and Bella get married, have sex and she gets pregnant and Edward has some self-loathing stuff because like... the baby is going to kill Bella or something? But I guess she becomes a vampire and that... saves her, I don't know. This dilutes the point of the books because the idea was that if she became a vampire, she would never be able to reproduce or live her life? But this way she gets both. Um, I think there's some kind of vampire and werewolf war that ends in an anticlimatic way and... they name the baby Renesmee. Jacob "imprints" on the infant, which is somehow icky and implies she's his soulmate or something?

THAT WAS KIND OF A LOT!

[ofadoration.livejournal.com]

Battlestar Galactica! I feel like this would be amusing.

[miri-d.livejournal.com]

I was about to say the same show XD.

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

There are dinosaurs.

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YOU TOOK A THIRD OF MY ANSWER. I was going to say "there are dinosaurs! And temporal anomalies! And scientists!" because sadly that is all I've got :(

[annalouwho.livejournal.com]

i played this game once! (http://anna-bo-banna.livejournal.com/195152.html) i rock at it.

DOCTOR WHO.

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I KNEW I COULDN'T'VE ACTUALLY MADE IT UP. Ha, you did that before you watched Doctor Who.

The Doctor is an alien from some other planet who time travels in a telephone box for... some reason. He sheds his face and body sometimes for... reasons unknown to me, but what a clever way to keep an idea going without having to keep the same actors. For some reason he also picks companions, which... I think have always been female.

Anyway the most recent resurrection starts with Nine and Rose. I think there's something to do with a war...? They have a season and then Nine... goes and she ends up with Ten, which is apparently the epic half of the love story, although I thiiiiink there's something with Nine and Rose too. I might be wrong. Anyway they continue doing... whatever they do on Doctor Who until for some reason Rose leaves, and it is tragic, and Ten ends up with Martha. Who is ridiculously gorgeous and also in love with him, but he's torn up over rose? And then she leaves too and the next one is Donna, who... is some kind of bride? I might be making that part up? ANYWAY, that season ended with her memory getting wiped, Rose getting a doctor clone, and Martha being there. Also there is some guy who is the Master who fits in in some strange way. And then there is Jack, who spins off into Torchwood. Oh wait wasn't he a companion? I recind my earlier statement about all the companions being female.

[operatingroom.livejournal.com]

veronica mars?

can i ask about moaaar?

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Veronica Mars is about a plucky girl detective whose best friend has died. And um, her best friend was somehow involved with Logan, who is a douche but ends up falling in love with her/having a soft side. Um, I think Veronica gets raped? Either at the beginning or in season three. I also think Logan's dad is abusive. And... something involving Veronica's mother. Who is possibly dead. :D?

Of cooooourse you can!

[tenacious-err.livejournal.com]

House! Because BSG was taken, lol.

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OKAY SO DR. GREGORY HOUSE IS SOME KIND OF MEDICAL GENIUS. He's also an asshole and he has a cane. Cuddy is his boss, Foreman, Chase, and Cameron are like... his "ducklings"? I think they're residents. I don't know how Wilson (I will always think of RSL as Claudio) fits in, but... he does. Anyway they solve medical mysteries together. And... now there are new "ducklings"? Including Olivia Wilde? Last season Wilson had a girlfriend played by that one girl Ted dumped twice on her birthday, but she died. Anyway now House and Cuddy are on the verge of something, and there is a baby named Joy or... something.

[stop-theworld.livejournal.com]

WHY WAS BATTLESTAR TAKEN.

You should watch it, incidentally, because EVERYBODY should!

Ummmk let's see. MY LOVER BOSTON LEGAL. Also I am TOTALLY DOING THIS RIGHT NOW, so you should come throw fandoms at me. Brilliant.

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DUDE SO I HAVE THIS TOTALLY IRRATIONAL SET OF REASONS FOR NOT WATCHING BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, which is a) I don't really like science fiction, b) when I do like science fiction I like it lulzy and not serious, c) Ronald D. Moore has said at some point it was a reaction to how Star Trek: Voyager should have been and like... Voyager is suuuuuuuuuuper lame but it is also my favorite thing so I AM PERFECTLY HAPPY LETTING IT BE MY SCIENCE FICTION SHOW.

Huh, most of what I know about Boston Legal is the cast: there's William Shatner and Candice Bergen. And they have law cases! And in the end, William Shatner gets gay married to that dude whose face I CAN SO CLEARLY SEE but whose name I do not know. Well, it might be Denny Crane but I actually think that's the Shatner character.

AND OKAY I WILL.

[shimmeryshine.livejournal.com]

Haha oh my gosh this is the most fun idea ever! I was going to say BSG but that's already taken, so I'm going to pick Buffy because it's not in your interests.

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Okay so I've seen the first season and a half of Buffy but none of the rest of it, so that first bit is off the table.

Um, geez, though-- at some point in the ensuing seven seasons Buffy is torn between Angel and Spike, her sister starts figuring into things, Giles falls in love with a woman named Jenny who eventually dies, I'm sure Joss Whedon randomly kills other people off as he feels like it, Willow has a lesbian relationship and I think becomes a witch...? Also possibly evil?, everyone continues hunting down vampires and kicking ass, there is a musical episode which I keep meaning to watch, and there is great fandom dispute about which seasons are terrible and which seasons are wonderful. Three is supposed to be awesome, and five or six or seven is supposed to be the worst...?

That was desperately disjointed.

[cambridge.livejournal.com]

um! I HAVE SO MANY SHOWS I WANT YOU TO DO. so um, coupling uk or queer as folk? or or merlin or billable hours (idk if you heard anything about this show?). WHICHEVER.

this is fun, i think i might do it on my journal even though i'll get no responses!

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OH GEEZ, these are hard. I know almost nothing about Coupling UK, except that it is one of those shows about a set of adult friends and their relationships, but I also think it's... edgy isn't the right word, but I think the tone is very different than, say, "Friends". I also think I would enjoy it a lot if I got around to watching it.

In Queer as Folk, Brian and Justin are really pretty (um, according to me, not what I've heard) and also in love. Brian is kind of a ~bad boy~ type. There's some interesting exploration of homophobia. Which I guess is par the course for a well-written show about gay men. I also think of this show as something you in particular hold very close to your heart, but... I guess that isn't really part of a summary.

I haven't heard anything about Billable Hours at all. But Merlin! Um, it's one of those Brit shows about the past (I say "one of those", but I think the only other current one is "Robin Hood"). It is pretty obviously based on Arthurian legend, and pretty much everyone loves Arthur/Merlin. The Guinevere character is some kind of servant in the castle, though, which has caused some kerfuffle in the fandom. Aaaaand there's Morgana.

You should!!!

[book-babe.livejournal.com]

Homicide: Life on the Street.

MORE COMMENTS SOON.

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OKAY THERE'S A DUDE NAMED MUNCH WHO IS IN EVERY COP SHOW EVER. Including the X-Files. I think this is his original show.

[book-babe.livejournal.com]

OZ. :D!

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DOESN'T IT LIKE... TAKE PLACE IN A PRISON? I know it is dark and there is a lot of death and... shit, you totally summarized this for me at some point. EVERYONE DIES. It's on HBO.

[book-babe.livejournal.com]

Touching Evil. (though lol i'm totally not even up on the details anymore because it was awhile ago but i loved it to death, so.)

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I HAVE NOTHING. The title is vaguely familiar. :D? YOUR CHOICES ARE DIFFICULT >:(

[superskittles76.livejournal.com]

SUPERNATURAL LOL

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LOLOLOLOL.

Okay so there are two brothers. I think Sam went to college and was lucky enough to be engaged to my girlcrush ~Adrianne Palicki~? I DON'T KNOW, SHE FIGURES IN THERE SOMEWHERE. Anyway their dad is Jeffrey Dean Morgan and somehow he is the one who got them on this... demon hunting train. And so they go hunt demons. I guess. They drive all over the place in Dean's special car and listen to rockish music? AND...... yes. Now there are two girls, one of whom is named Ruby. Oh and there's a racist truck episode! And..... THAT IS WHAT I HAVE.

OKAY WAIT, don't girls perish in white nightgowns a lot? Also fussy X-Files people like to whine about how specific episodes get ripped off from XF a lot? They're probably just fussy.

[torchflame.livejournal.com]

mama's boys lolol

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THERE ARE THREE DUDES with crazy overbearing mothers who like to scare away girls. AUTOMATIC REALITY SHOW!

[praedial.livejournal.com]

DOCTOR WHO

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http://elapses.livejournal.com/116255.html?thread=2616351#t2616351

[paperskies.livejournal.com]

erm lol can I make a list??? (sorry, i'm really indecisive)

1. Black Books
2. Greek
3. Californication
4. Skins

GO GO GO! (you win cookies if you've even heard of Black Books once)

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1. I HAVE NO IDEA
2. There's a fraternity and a sorority! One of the guys has curly brown hair! They... go to college parties. Isn't someone gay? ALSO ANNA OSCEOLA GUEST STARS AT SOME POINT, and I love her for no reason.
3. I have seen the first season, so I don't think it counts.
4. OKAY SO A BUNCH OF KIDS LIVE IN ENGLAND AND... have sex and do drugs. One of the girls (Effy?) doesn't speak. Chris is apparently wonderful, as is Chris/Jal, but eventually he dies and everyone is upset. NOW IT'S FULL OF NEW PEOPLE?

[superskittles76.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm back. Since someone already did Doctor Who, I would like to hear you talk about Torchwood :)

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OKAY! So isn't Captain Jack like immortal? He has some weird triangle going on with Gwen and Ianto (who he definitely makes out with), where I think they maybe all kind of like each other in a vaguely OT3ish way?

I don't know what they do at Torchwood, but I figure it's got an edge of time travel??? And in the finale Tosh and Owen died tragically. ALSO MARTHA IS SOMEHOW INVOLVED. And fandom hates Gwen unreasonably.

[forthesky.livejournal.com]

I really suck at watching TV shows and you like everything I like :( I will pick Grey's Anatomy, though, because I have seen 1.5 seasons. Which is a huge achievement for me.

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Okaaaaaaaaaaay, so there's Meredith Grey, and she and Sandra Oh and Katharine Heigl and... George? Are all interns at Seattle Grace Hospital which is supposed to be a super ~difficult~ program but considering how often they're all boning, I have to wonder. Meredith ends up hooking up with her married boss Patrick Dempsey, and eeeeeveryone loves his estranged wife Addison. I think Patrick Dempsey is ridiculously attractive :/ Er. I think Addison hooks up with that dude Alex at some point, who everyone also loves? There was a lesbian plotline, a dead dude and a ghost, and... I DON'T KNOW, LOTS OF CRAZY SHIT. And medical plotlines. Oh and amnesia!

[praedial.livejournal.com]

Hey Alex I think you should choice a new default icon, okay? Okay!

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But I'm not sick of this one yet :(

[promiseoftin.livejournal.com]

Erm ... True Blood?

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OKAY THERE ARE VAMPIRES, two of them are named Sookie and Bill. And they... have a lot of sex.