Day 9, there is no love to be found

[impy]

9. Least Favorite Couple:

  Oh, there are so many. Liz and Connor from Senior Year are awful and yet you couldn't say that in fandom at the time because you would be burned at the stake because Connor fangirls are (were?) fanatical in their love. I remember sitting there just transfixed by the sheer number of people in this very, very small fandom who adored him and adored him with Liz and it was just mind blowing. You couldn't say a thing against him or they would hunt you down and make you long for death.

  Liz and Sam from SVU. He was awful for her and everyone knew it, including Liz and yet she still kept trying to make it happen and freaking out when Sam's gotta Sam.

Liz and whatshisname from the Elizabeth series. Dreadful. We don't speak about SVC but pick a couple there and it's probably awful. Liz and Devon... Devon and anyone, really. Todd and Dana were pretty ick, too. I hated that Liz and Ken were a thing because it was only there to throw a wrench in Ken and Jessica's relationship (oh, how my little shipper heart broke then). Jess and Will in SY was also pretty painful. Amy and Bruce were the absolute worst together and it killed Regina.
  Clearly there were a lot of bad 'ships in this universe. :P

Comments

[luxken27]

LMAO that pic of Liz (Jess?) is on point. I need to clear room for an icon version if it!

But yeah...any twin-hooking-up-with-twin's-boyfriend was gross. SVH Jessica and Sam was holier than holy; I wish I'd never even read about Liz's secret hookup because NO. Jess and Ken is a close second for favorite Jessica relationship and yeah, that whole group (Todd/Ken/Jess/Liz) was pretty incestuous if you take the secret diaries as canon.

[impy]

Isn't it a thing of beauty? It's probably the face I'd make if I found my best friend and brother making out and it works for so many other uses.

I could buy a boyfriend swap or two because the series does start us off with them both wanting Todd, but not freakin' every boyfriend ever. Also no, not Sam. Just why. WHY. Who thought this was the best idea and what other idiots went along with it? Pretty sure I only count the diaries as canon when absolutely forced to, which I think means the Sam thing is off the table. Thankfully.

I could have been on board with Ken/Liz while Todd was away because if memory serves, it was written realistically enough, but then they went and used it as ammo to kill Jess/Ken and this I cannot and will not forgive. Also, while it always seemed like the popular cliques at school were basically only dating one another (and rarely outside their group) I don't recall that many siblings dating one another's exes.

[luxken27]

Oop, I almost forgot about AJ. I loved AJ, too, and he has the bonus of not having a Super Sekrit Liz hookup, if memory serves. A rare, purebred Wakefield boyfriend, if you will :P

I like Jessica and Ken more than Liz and Ken. Jess and Ken had more spark and dynamic in their relationship. Liz kinda makes all her boyfriends more boring. I still don't understand why Lila had the hots for Jeffrey, for instance. That just made no sense to me ever - not as a kid, and certainly not as an adult.

Yeah, people in the same social circles tend to date each other one after the other, but I'm with you, I don't know too many who hook up almost exclusively with their siblings' exes. It's like a sickness. Maybe that's why AJ had to disappear - he wouldn't drink the kool-aid.

[impy]

Maybe they figured having Jess act like Liz to try and trap AJ was close enough? But yeah, he might've been one of the only serious boyfriends to not hook up with Liz at some point. D: AJ, we love you!

Oh, yeah, J/K worked much better than L/K, but I could buy Liz and Ken finding themselves attracted to one another when Todd moved away and he basically left them in charge of one another because y'know, Todd's in charge or something. *snort* But it's one of those where it works for me because it is a very short lived thing. Justice for Ken and Jessica!

I had a whole thing in my head where I could maybe, if my brain happened to be flexible enough for the gymnastics required, maybe get why Lila would kind of sorta want Jeffrey beyond "finally, someone NEW!" and then I started to type it out and realized that no, no I did not even begin to get it. It is perhaps the best kept secret of SVH. I think the showdown between the twins would have worked better if they'd both been using their best friends as shields for their own feelings for Jeffrey and Lila just went along with it because she enjoyed getting one over on Liz in general. Enid later developing feelings for him would've just been bonus drama to mine later. As it is, Lila's continued stalking just... no.

If Frannie showed any interest in anything beyond book #20 or so, I'd say his decided lack of interest in Liz probably was his downfall for the series. Don't want in Liz's pants and you're a guy? You can't stay!

[mkrobinson]

What's his name is named Max lol. Max Pennington.

I agree, counting SVC would make a very boring 30 day thing - everything horrible would be it.

[impy]

Thank you! Oh, Max. You'd think I'd remember his name but alas, til SVC came out, the Elizabeth series was my #1 "not canon, nothing to see here, move along" series/book/whatever for SV.

*snicker* It's true. Oh, SVC. How could you manage to be just that bad?