Turnabout is fair play

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Favorite female character
Dawn. Go on, get your pitchforks ready, Internet. I am so ready. Before the character assassination that went on the longer the series progressed, Dawn was pretty friggin' awesome.
I loved that she was this mix of actually being as self confident as the other characters thought she was (when she thinks MA has just been playing at being her friend, Dawn is willing to lose her only friend, real or otherwise, to stand up for herself) and not being anywhere near that self assured because she's thirteen. Or twelve, depending on where in the series we are.

A lot of the reasons the fandom hates her or things they point out as being reasons to stone her are things I love. :P I love that when she catches Stacey in a lie, Dawn flat out investigates and then calls her on it. Is it the right move? Not necessarily, but it's totally something a young girl would do.
I love that Dawn was originally not presented as gorgeous. Her hair, yes, but her looks? They were unusual, which could be good or bad, depending.
I love that she loved ghost stories and believed her house was haunted. When Dawn loves something, she's passionate about it, and that's something I adore in someone, fictional or otherwise.

Favorite male character
...does Tigger count? Hrmm. I'm not sure I had a favorite as a kid, but as an adult, I kinda love the glimpses behind the clown that is Alan Gray. He gets himself pigeonholed as the class clown and whenever he tries to break free of that mold, everyone else (the BSC especially) smacks him right back into place.

I'd like to think that if the series progressed and they were allowed to grow up some, that Alan would have managed to continue to shed that outer layer of zany. One day I'll get around to finishing the FF series aside from Graduation Day.

Least favorite character
Karen? Yeah, I'm going to go with Karen. She's obnoxious to me as an adult, though I couldn't tell you how I felt about her as a kid. I do know I didn't flock to the LS series and that's not just because it was too young for me when it came out.
I think she's one of those characters who probably, had everyone not been boiled down to a couple of personality traits, might have been kind of interesting, but whenever she appeared she tended to do something annoying and got praised for it like it was adorable. It wasn't.
When I read the LS books, I'm reading for Nancy and Hannie and signs of them breaking free of bratty Brewer.


Favorite ship
I'm not entirely sure I have one. Wait! I do. Sam/Stacey. I keep forgetting that's an option because in my brain it's so canon that it's written in stone and those two crazy kids are gonna get ~married~. So it's less a 'ship and more a life choice.

Favorite friendship
Oh, man. This one is actually difficult because I enjoy so many of the various friendships in the series.
I think I'd go with the dynamic between Dawn/MA/Kristy. As a trio, they're a little awkward, but that's what makes things interesting. Dawn and Kristy both see different sides of Mary Anne and bring out different things in each other as opposed to how they are with MA. I'd think, as they got older, that if Dawn stuck around they'd actually get closer. Dawn and MA because of the siblings thing (and Dawn did a lot to bring MA out of her shell) and Kristy thrown into the mix because she and MA are the kind of friends who will forever be the best of friends, no matter how old they are. You cannot convince me otherwise and trying to do so will only make me angry with you. :P

Favorite quote
I'm sure there are zillions that are very, very good and meaningful, even. But I think the BSC and quotes and all I can hear is Luca from the movie freaking out about Stacey being Thirteen! Why is this not a looped clip on youtube?

Happiest moment
It sucks for Stacey, but I love when she moves back to Stoneybrook. As a kid I was super excited about it. There might've been a victory dance involved. *cough*

Saddest moment
Mimi's death followed very, very closely by Louie's.

Favorite location
I always wanted to investigate the secret passage at Dawn's.

Unpopular opinion
I would like to direct you to the love of one Dawn Read Schafer. I'm pretty sure that for awhile admitting that you liked Dawn would get you stoned and run out of town. It still might, actually.

Also, I'm not a big fan of the school of thought that Kristy has to be gay. I don't mind it as a theory, but people who assume that is the only foregone conclusion vex me.

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Let's see. I bought a good chunk of Widget's presents already. I do need to start buying his stuff for the advent calendar this weekend but his actual presents just need to be wrapped. Just bought Mumsy's gift this morning when I noticed something she's been hinting for was on sale along with a subscription to something I think she'll get some serious use out of...

I'm waiting til after CM for zallia's list, I think, and I'll be keeping an eye out for stuff for irishgypsie during the CM sale, just in case. I bought luxken27's present and she's gotten it already...

I'm doing fairly well, I think. No idea what to get Cass and Ari, but other than that...


In semi, but not really, related news, AG is doing daily deals until Cyber Monday. Thus far it's been the DVDs and something of Isabelle's. I caved and bought her performance outfit yesterday because it was/is on sale plus free shipping. Huzzah! Today they threw in her dance case but I'm not all that interested in that.

Normally by this time of the year we've had things sell out, but most of Isabelle's stuff isn't even on backorder. Hence, I believe, the sales. The free shipping is an inspired touch and definitely what sealed the deal for me and a few others.

I feel kinda weird when everyone else seems to be going on about how dull her collection is. Really? I kinda love it. I mean, if you were expecting a classic ballet set then yeah, this is not the collection for you. If you don't like dance or the style elements they've used, again, not the collection for you.

But I love that her collection had seperates. Those, and a lot of people forget this, were backordered for a crazy amount of time. I think that tutu was on b/o for months. I want to say it came off b/o in July.

I love her jacket and even the rest of the accessories in that set, although it is overpriced. I think her performance outfit is nifty and I dig the metallic dress without the tights (and not on Isabelle herself). I could do without her sparkle dress thing and I'm not a huge fan of the flappy wing thing on her pajamas, but it's... a thing.

For me, the collection falters in that it's priced too high. Her stuff is friggin' expensive and people reacted to that AND the fact that a lot of Saige's crap was on sale before her year was over, too. (Still on sale now!)

I do wonder, and will likely always wonder, if she would have sold better had she not been so safe. What if the pink hair wasn't so easily hidden? What if she was black or mixed or anything but classic mold? I'm pretty sure that if they'd gone the MG route, I'd have bought her even if EVERYTHING else was the same. I wonder if anyone else would have followed suit.


And daaaaaaaang, people are fast on those lightning deals on Amazon. How do they do that? The two things I tried for sold out before they'd even been up for 3 seconds. No. I am dead serious. In under three seconds, gone. Poof! I'm vexed because tonight Avea and Sirena from MH are scheduled and I was considering trying for them but it's looking like that would just be a waste of my time.