Guiding Light 3-26-09

[trancer21]

*cough.. splutter* JESUS CASE!! I think I just broke my vcr (yes, that's right, I still live in the stone ages with my no DVR-owning self). And here I was thinking Olivia was the Queen of the patented 'Looks of Suppressed Desire and Aching Yearning' but Natalia killed me ded!

For the love of.. would someone please MAKE THEM MAKE OUT!!

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[trancer21.livejournal.com]

The Otalia slow-burn is old-school supercouple done so well.

Hee, it's like a really great 'first-time' fan fic come to life!

I didn't even bother with Breeze.

It was good for like a month, then quickly went to Hell in a handbasket. And, honestly, one look at the contracts Riegel and Braun signed showed this story wasn't going to end well.

I can't believe I've succumbed to all this name smushing.

God, I fucking *loathe* the name smushing. Yeah, sure, every now and then there's a good one. But the majority of the time? It comes across as clique-ishly twee or, worse, trying way too hard to be clever and failing miserably. Jindy (Jill/Cindy) rates an 8 on my cringe-o-meter!

[anomalys.livejournal.com]

I think "Otalia" gets a pass because we're all so caught up in it. One can not be held responsible for embracing a moniker while under the influence of smoldering daytime lovin'.

I refuse to acknowledge most of the pairing portmanteaus though. No one would dare smush Xena & Gabrielle's names together. Or Barbara & Helena's. Just as it should be.

'Kinks' is probably my all time favorite. It says it all.

[lostingeekdom.livejournal.com]

What pairing is Kinks? I obviously don't watch any soaps, so I'm clueless here. I got sucked into Otalia after finally seeing a couple of clips on Youtube. Now it's my daily crack!

[anomalys.livejournal.com]

'Kinks' is the name given to the unfortunate mega-watt chemistry between AMC sisters Kendall and Bianca. Bianca's nickname was always Binks. So, Kendall + Binks = Kinks. An appropriate moniker for such an inappropriate twosome. They're not shipped seriously, well, at least I don't think they are. More just for fun. But their chemistry on-screen does tend to eclipse their significant others.

It's my favorite name-smushing example. So wrong yet so awesome. *g*