ScaryFairy1

Yes, yes, yes. This. Sometimes I feel like this is a massive UO.

I actually don't actively ship all that much. I'm pretty much good to go on whatever is put in front of me, and I'll usually go with whoever is put together on-screen. Although my fave canon couples are April and Andy from Parks and Rec; Helo and Sharon (Athena) from Battlestar Galactica; Hank and Marie from Breaking Bad, two characters I haaaaated at first, but grew to adore over the course of the series, both separately and together; B'Elanna and Paris from Voyager (I know! I know! Voyager! But I'm a Star Trek junkie, see?); Monica and Chandler from Friends...you get the idea. I might be okay with Peralta and Santiago on Brooklyn 99, depending on how that plays out. I wasn't in love with the idea at first, but since they backtracked on "the bet" they talked about in the pilot and changed it from she has to go on a real date with Peralta to she has to go on a really horrible joke date with Peralta I find myself warming to the idea. Jeff and Annie from Community is kind of a combo-breaker for me because they're not canon in that they haven't crossed the line (yet) from friends to in a romantic relationship.

Gotta say, Jeff/Annie all the way. While I enjoy the bickering sibling vibe between Jeff and Britta, there's kind of a mean-spirited edge to it that I can't get behind. And this from someone who would normally be rooting for Jeff/Britta. The truth is, I disliked it even back in season one back when I shipped absolutely nobody. I didn't even start shipping Jeff and Annie until season three, so it's not at all about Jeff/Britta being a rival ship. Also, I'm curious why you believe this: Because going by all the episodes that came after VSA, it's pretty obvious that Jeff/Annie was never sunk and that Annie was outright lying to Abed. In fact, Dan Harmon has famously said that he never left Jeff/Annie as a potential for a romantic pairing. Annie's continued to flirt withJeff, and she was devastated in the final epiosde of season five when it looked like Jeff and Britta were getting married. So, while it wasn't clear at the time VSA aired, everything Annie has said and done since then with respect to Jeff pretty much spells out that she wasn't telling the truth. This was capped in the final episode of season five when, in her Winger speech which was a thinly disguised speech about her feelings for Jeff, was that no matter how much she cared about him, she was willing to accept that Jeff didn't want her in return and that he should pursue whatever it is he actually wants. Plus, from Jeff's end we know he has feelings for Annie. At the end of S4, he had an elaborate fantasy where Annie wasn't just his partner in crime, but also his sexual partner and apparently in a monogamous relationship with her. At the end of S5, we had confirmation that Jeff felt something a whole lot more for Annie than just mere "friendship," when thinking about her was enough for him to reboot the school computer. (It was confirmed by the writer of the episode on Twitter that it was Annie, not the group, that allowed Jeff to reboot the computer and allow them to escape.) So, yeah. It actually wouldn't be forced if they went ahead with Jeff/Annie in season six because they've been building up that pairing all along. Now is it likely it'll happen? Probably not. Dan Harmon likes writing the tease, but there's no way he's going to go through with the execution. Plus, Dan Harmon and Gillian Jacobs pretty much confirmed at ComicCon that Jeff and Britta are over and done.

Believe it or not, I was fine with Riley as the cute, not-at-all-serious college boyfriend who didn't bring the angst. And then they made him Mr. Supersoldier. And Mr. Upset-Buffy-Doesn't-Cry-Over-Me. And Mr.-Get-Sucked-By-Vampires-to-Get-a-Thrill. There were a few times, even after they decided to asshole Riley up, that I still kind of liked him as a character, especially with his, "Wait. What?" moments when he reacted to the general weirdness of the Scoobies and their lives. Still, by the time he left, I was ready for him to be gone because the writing had completely ruined his cornfed charm for me. I tell ya, the writing so thoroughly screwed that character over. So, kind of a UO. I liked Riley for what he was at first, but grew to dislike him when he made him just another one of Buffy's Jerk-y Boyfriends so they could pile the angst on that poor girl.

Plus Ron Howard was perfectly happy with being "a main character" rather than "the main character." He was one of those child actors growing up, and had no problem sharing the spotlight if it resulted in a better show. Plus, he, Henry Winkler, and Tom Bosley all became close friends. In act, Henry Winkler and Ron Howard are still close friends to this day. Plus, some years ago VH1 did one of those behind-the-scenes things for "Happy Days," and Ron Howard basically admitted that during the show's run he was already looking to do something other than acting and was perfectly happy with having less screentime so he could learn about the nuts and bolts of production. All of the actors pretty much agreed that there wasn't a whole lot of ego on the set, especially during the early years. Just about the only cast member who has anything bad to say about working on the show was Erin Moran.

To me, Psych owns this thread. Owns it, I tell you. Right up until Season 5, I liked it. It was my fluffy TV. Even Shawn and his antics were perfectly okay with me, even if he sometimes got on my nerves. Theeeen...season six, which was hit or miss. It had some great episodes, but some real dogs. ("In for a Penny..." still makes me grind my teeth. They completely retconned Juliet's character, made her eventual acceptance of Shawn's lies completely unbelievable, and made me want to claw my eyes out.) I should have quit with "In for a Penny..." Right there. I should've been out of it. Season seven was a lackluster at best. Then thre was the awful, terrible, no good season eight. It's like they no longer gave a crap and went for being wacky for the sake of being wacky. The only redeeming thing in the entire season eight was Lassie getting to be chief and his new right-hand woman. Other than that, the season was terrible. It didn't go out with a bang, but with a "Thank God it's over!" I kept hoping Psych would get better those last two seasons, but it did not. Ugh!

*raises hand* OOoooh! Me! Me! Me! I disliked Buffy/Angel from the beginning, but that was mostly because I found the whole thing kind of dippy. Admittedly, it could be because I was already out of high school when Buffy hit the airwaves, so my age may have had something to do with it. But come season three? I was all, "Oh hell to the no!" Haaaaaaated it with a passion of a thousand angry nuns. I was fine with Buffy and Spike as prickly frenemies. I totally would have gotten on board with that. I should've known that wasn't gonna happen though, because here we come again! Buffy with another Vampire Who Tried To Kill Her and All Her Friends. And she inexplicable puts that Vampire first, again! I could sort of handwave the Buffy/Angel thing (much as I hated it) because Buffy was young and being young sometimes means making unfortunate choices about boyfriends. But by the time Spike came along and she was making the same damn mistakes, I was like, "Ummm, Buffy? You haven't learned yet? Post-Angel? Post-Riley? Really?" I hated Buffy/Spike even before Seeing Red happened, and I crossed over to incandescently hating it afterwards. I don't care if Spike had a soooooooul now. I remain bitter that the popular press seems to split Buffy fandom into either Buffy/Angel shippers of Buffy/Spike shippers. My UO is that I hate them both!