I will go down with the ship

[litlover12]

keep_counting did the following meme:

1. Think of up to 20 ships you support.
2. List them using descriptions of the characters involved rather than their names.
3. Have your f-list guess as many of the ships as they can.
4. Fandom hints will be given if asked in the comments.

At first I thought, "Twenty ships? Who has TWENTY ships!?" And then I thought, "Well, now, wait a minute . . ." In the end, I not only thought up that many, but I had some left over. So here we go! Some of these are criminally easy, but don't worry, I threw in some extra hard ones to make up for it. :-) (You may do a little Googling if you like!)

One more thing: Sometimes the man comes first in these, and sometimes the woman.

If you want to do this one on your own page, consider yourself tagged!


1. Hacker/Thief -- Hardison/Parker from Leverage, guessed by zansa_san
2. Patient/Gun-shy -- Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, guessed by katharhino
3. A dreamer/She saw in him what no one else could see -- Arthur Clennam/Amy Dorrit, guessed by rosa_cotton
4. The Suit/Mrs. Suit
-- Peter and Elizabeth Burke from White Collar, guessed by rachkmc
5. A very great king/A very good queen -- Bertie/Elizabeth in The King's Speech, guessed by sylverwind
6. Proud/Prejudiced -- Darcy/Elizabeth, guessed by keep_counting
7. Outside the box/By the book -- Shawn/Juliet from Psych
8. Silent poet/Blind beauty -- Cyrano de Bergerac/Roxane
9. That accursed Englishman/The cleverest woman in Europe -- Percy and Marguerite Blakeney, guessed by nuranar and katharhino
10. Proud/Prouder -- Pip/Estella from Great Expectations
11. Big talker/Coach and cheerleader -- Jeff Smith/Clarissa Saunders from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
12. Fatheaded guy full of pain/Looking for daisies and buttercups -- Devlin/Alicia from Notorious, guessed by modmerseygirl
13. Young and romantic/Sadder and wiser -- Marianne Dashwood/Colonel Brandon, guessed by sylverwind
14. A shadow on film/Ethel Barrymore -- Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden from Singin' in the Rain, guessed by nuranar and myrna_nora
15. Has lots of names/Gave him the name that stuck -- Prince Charming/Snow White from Once Upon a Time
16. Guttersnipe/Motorbus -- Eliza Doolittle/Henry Higgins from My Fair Lady, guessed by katharhino and msantimacassar
17. Faithful forever/Sent a gift from beyond the grave -- Adrian and Trudy Monk from Monk
18. Filthy Beast/Goody Two-Shoes -- Walter/Catherine from Father Goose, guessed by myrna_nora
19. Knows such lovely people/Loves him because of it -- Nick and Nora Charles, guessed by myrna_nora
20. Carrots/Mean, hateful boy -- Anne/Gilbert, guessed by sonneta

Comments

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Actually, no, they're not #10. But they ARE in there somewhere. ;-)

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

It's #6! Very good!

[sonneta.livejournal.com]

20. Anne/Gilbert from the Anne of Green Gables series

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Yep. :-)

[rosa-cotton.livejournal.com]

Is #3 Arthur/Amy from "Little Dorrit"?

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

It is! Well done!

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I got one! (9) is Lord and Lady Blakeney.

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

And (14) is Don Lockwood and Kathy Selden.

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

I've got a suspicion of (18), but it could be really out there. Too early for a hint?

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Excellent!!

myrna_nora just got 18 -- see below.

[katharhino.livejournal.com]

HI! I just realized I never added you back!

#9 is Scarlet Pimpernel/Marguerite Blakeney

... and I feel like I should know 16 too, but... ?

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Very good!

Re: 16, here's a hint: ". . . and damn my own folly in having lavished my hard-earned knowledge, and the treasure of my regard and intimacy, on a heartless guttersnipe."

[katharhino.livejournal.com]

Okay, I was kind of thinking Eliza/Prof Higgins but thought it was a stretch. I admit I just googled it, and I was only half right because I was thinking of "My Fair Lady" not Pygmalion...

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

You're right, it's "My Fair Lady." (I prefer it to "Pygmalion"! :-) )

[katharhino.livejournal.com]

Yay! Me too, btw.

[katharhino.livejournal.com]

Oooh, ooh, another one: Is #2 Lord Peter/Harriet?

I was thinking about how I'd describe my own ships and that occurred to me.

[myrna-nora.livejournal.com]

14 Don and Kathy from Singin in the Rain

18 Walter Eckland and Catherine from Father Goose

19 Nick and Nora from Thin Man series

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Great job!!

"Married? Goody Two-Shoes and the Filthy Beast!?" is one of my favorite movie lines ever. :-)

[msantimacassar.livejournal.com]

Ooo, ooo! Is 16 Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgens from My Fair Lady?

13 is killing me! Care to give a hint?

[msantimacassar.livejournal.com]

Oh psh, someone already got 16! Silly me ;)

(At least I was right :-P)

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Yes!

Re: 13 -- "She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims."

[sylverwind.livejournal.com]

5. Bertie (King George XI) and (Queen) Elizabeth?
13. Marianne Dashwood and Colonel Brandon?

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Well done!

[sylverwind.livejournal.com]

YAY! Also, just for giggles, I should tell you that number 4 instantly made me think of Santa and Mrs. Claus. And now I cannot unthink it.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is too funny. :-)

[modmerseygirl.livejournal.com]

12. T.R. Devlin/Alicia Huberman from Notorious! Love them! :-)

15. Brian Cruikshank (aka Peter, Alexander, Adam)/Regina Lampert from Charade. :-) (Adore them, too!)

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

12 -- You're right! Aren't they the best? :-)
15 -- Actually, no, but that was a VERY good guess! You're looking for a couple where the girl *made up* a name for the guy.

[modmerseygirl.livejournal.com]

Ah! :-) Love Snow/Prince Charming, too!

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

This is how unromantic I am.

First, I read the subject line and started singing the song (http://youtu.be/j-fWDrZSiZs) in my head.

My next thought was... boats? Who has 20 boats? And why? And who cares anyway?

*hides*

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Hee!

[ever-maedhros.livejournal.com]

Fandom hint for #1, please?

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

They're part of a larger team of former "bad guys," who are now using their talents for good ends.

[zansa-san.livejournal.com]

*flails hands wildly* Ooooh, pick me, pick me!

Hardison and Parker from Leverage! :D

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

You got it!

[birdienl.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can never guess these things. I must have a link missing in my brain or something, because it's the same with cryptograms, I can look at them forever, but it just doesn't 'click'. And then I see the answers and I'm 'Oooooh, right'

[stillsparkling.livejournal.com]

Yay, I would have guessed 5 too. :)

Oh and is 15 Reggie Lampert/Peter Joshua from Charade?

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

No, sorry. You're the second person to think so. Maybe I should have made that one easier. :-) Here's a hint: This one is from a current TV show.

By the way, ICON LOVE!

[stillsparkling.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm hopeless about current television. Between books and movies, I have stopped watching television completely about three years ago.

Thank you! :)

PETER AND ELIZABETH BURKE ---for number 4

[rachkmc.livejournal.com]

:)

Re: PETER AND ELIZABETH BURKE ---for number 4

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

You got it! :-)

[ever-maedhros.livejournal.com]

8 and 11 and 17 . . . *headdesk* I should've guessed those, especially Jeff and Clarissa. I also need to watch that movie again, haven't seen it in months!