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Hiatus Love Affairs...
Jun. 20th, 2012 12:27 pmI find myself cheating on my TV true love (NCIS) while we are apart.
Let me preface by saying that I am not a fan that passes hiatus by watching repeats week after week. It is actually very rare that I rewatch an episode and when I do get the urge - I have my downloaded episodes. Tuesday nights are my own again!
I haven't read a fanfic (other than our tag fic) or visited a spoiler site in weeks. I occassionaly log into tumblr, but that's mostly to see what it is going on with my newfound loves. It's not that I am not interested in NCIS fanfic or what is going on in the NCIS fandom, because I very much am (can't see that changing) and I have several stories marked to come back to later, but right now I have other relationships that I am trying on.
I find I am falling deeper and deeper in love with my new shows: Once Upon A Time, Rizzoli & Isles, The Borgias, and Downton Abbey. I have actually been having affairs with Homeland and Game of Thrones for awhile now.
Maybe what I love about these shows is that while I have favorite characters - I don't have favorite couples and there are definitely no ships in the harbor of any these shows. I can just sit back and enjoy the show.
Don't get me wrong - NCIS is still my favorite and I can't imagine anyone replacing T/Z as my (one and only) ship - but sometimes being a shipper is hard and it's nice not being vested in a pairing while I watch how the show plays out week after week. For this reason alone, I sometimes envy the folks who watch NCIS and don't ship.
I am sure I will return to my first love when new episodes start to air and I am really very excited about the premiere, but for right now I am happy being a cheater and NCIS will just have to scoot over and make room - I don't think I can be monogamous anymore.
Let me preface by saying that I am not a fan that passes hiatus by watching repeats week after week. It is actually very rare that I rewatch an episode and when I do get the urge - I have my downloaded episodes. Tuesday nights are my own again!
I haven't read a fanfic (other than our tag fic) or visited a spoiler site in weeks. I occassionaly log into tumblr, but that's mostly to see what it is going on with my newfound loves. It's not that I am not interested in NCIS fanfic or what is going on in the NCIS fandom, because I very much am (can't see that changing) and I have several stories marked to come back to later, but right now I have other relationships that I am trying on.
I find I am falling deeper and deeper in love with my new shows: Once Upon A Time, Rizzoli & Isles, The Borgias, and Downton Abbey. I have actually been having affairs with Homeland and Game of Thrones for awhile now.
Maybe what I love about these shows is that while I have favorite characters - I don't have favorite couples and there are definitely no ships in the harbor of any these shows. I can just sit back and enjoy the show.
Don't get me wrong - NCIS is still my favorite and I can't imagine anyone replacing T/Z as my (one and only) ship - but sometimes being a shipper is hard and it's nice not being vested in a pairing while I watch how the show plays out week after week. For this reason alone, I sometimes envy the folks who watch NCIS and don't ship.
I am sure I will return to my first love when new episodes start to air and I am really very excited about the premiere, but for right now I am happy being a cheater and NCIS will just have to scoot over and make room - I don't think I can be monogamous anymore.
