New TV Whoa

[xyzzysqrl]

Okay.

So.

Okay.

The BBC America feed is now running something called "Being Human", it is about a ghost and a vampire and a werewolf living in suburbia London or something I think? Britain somewhere. (That's one big city, yes?)

It... is angsty, yes, but also cute and weird. I caught episode one tonight.

Partway through, the werewolf (George) is ranting at the vampire (Mitchell) about how they just have to have a PERFECTLY NORMAL life and oh god things keep going STRANGE and they have to pull TOGETHER and get through this and not separate because they will have a NORMAL LIFE TOGETHER...


...And partway through I just looked over at the BF and went "My god. They are SUCH a fucking COUPLE."

You know what? I totally understand those fangirls who point at these things and go "It's so -obvious-, isn't it?" now. Because abruptly, out of nowhere, I am SHIPPING THESE TWO SO HARD it is not even FUNNY.

Please, if you've seen more of this show than I have? No spoilers or I will stab you with a werewolf.

Comments

[vulpisfoxfire.livejournal.com]

And about that time, the four New Yorkers with the brown jumpsuits, the converted hearse, and the unlicensed nuclear accellerators show up... ;-)

[ff00ff.livejournal.com]

You are "shipping" them? I have not heard this term, from the context it sounds like it could mean you're mentally writing slash fiction about the characters, but could you give me a more precise understanding of the term?

[kiruppert.livejournal.com]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Shipping

Shipping means "Activly supporting the idea of these characters in a relationship". It is often considered to have gay implications, but isn't restricted to gay relationships, and while alot of shippers write fanfiction supporting that ship, that's optional too.

[mulethunder.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure the concept for that show used to be a Dave Chappelle sketch. I distinctly remember Charlie Murphy being the Blackenstein.