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changeyourstars8I have a confession to make, concerning Ana Lucia. And lost-forum.com. And the fact that while looking around in their 'other pairings' forum because I was curious, I saw a thread for Ana/Sayid and I did not automatically loathe the idea. Going to be discussing a whole bunch of spoilers, so the rest of it's going behind a cut.
Now, when Ana Lucia first came on the show, I hated her. Not because of the 'oh, you just don't like strong women!' reasons that I hear people spouting off, but because I don't like anybody who acts the way she did without apologizing when it becomes clear that they were wrong. I hated Sawyer in the first few episodes, too, and now he's one of my favorites.
But then I started reading fanfiction about her (check out![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ficangel's Blood and Fire), and that made me see her in a different light. And I thought, 'well, the show might go this direction with her, so I'll give it a chance. Maybe. Possibly. Still not a fan, though'.
Then she started showing a sense of humor. And she apologized. So I started to like her, but then she had sex with Sawyer and I realized that the rumors about her character getting killed off were true. (I saw an icon once that had a picture of Shannon in Sayid's tent, with the caption "What's that rule about sex and death?" Yeah. I need that icon)
At the start of her appearance, I was hoping that the writers would kill her off. Now I'm irritated about it, because there were so many directions they could've gone with her. The first time I heard someone mention the idea of Sayid/Ana, I thought they were nuts, but then the two had more scenes together, and . . . yeah. I saw something there. Granted, that could be mainly because of Naveen "why yes, I do have chemistry with most everyone on the island" Andrews; I haven't seen enough of Michelle Rodriguez's work to tell with her.
Either way, that got me thinking about the idea, and it made a weird kind of sense. It was a odd balance to strike, too, because if he'd blamed her for Shannon's death I wouldn't have thought twice about it, and if they'd done something like God forbid flirted I probably would've recoiled from the screen and sent various "what are you smoking" emails to the writers. Instead there was just enough of a 'what-if' to their scenes to get my imagination going and make me mutter, "No, you are not writing fanfic. Stop it" to myself.
It probably never would've worked on the show. For one thing, for the making-sense to continue, anything between them would have to be quite a while down the road, and I love LOST so I wouldn't want it to overextend itself. But I would've at least liked to see a friendship develop between them, because even if I'm insane with the 'chemistry' angle, their characters do have a lot in common.
People on the lost-forum.com board voted in the tagline "Sayana: Because Fate Loves Irony" and that about sums it up. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to see if I can find some good fanfiction. I'll give you a picture before I go, though. :-) From lost-media.com:
Now, when Ana Lucia first came on the show, I hated her. Not because of the 'oh, you just don't like strong women!' reasons that I hear people spouting off, but because I don't like anybody who acts the way she did without apologizing when it becomes clear that they were wrong. I hated Sawyer in the first few episodes, too, and now he's one of my favorites.
But then I started reading fanfiction about her (check out
ficangel's Blood and Fire), and that made me see her in a different light. And I thought, 'well, the show might go this direction with her, so I'll give it a chance. Maybe. Possibly. Still not a fan, though'.Then she started showing a sense of humor. And she apologized. So I started to like her, but then she had sex with Sawyer and I realized that the rumors about her character getting killed off were true. (I saw an icon once that had a picture of Shannon in Sayid's tent, with the caption "What's that rule about sex and death?" Yeah. I need that icon)
At the start of her appearance, I was hoping that the writers would kill her off. Now I'm irritated about it, because there were so many directions they could've gone with her. The first time I heard someone mention the idea of Sayid/Ana, I thought they were nuts, but then the two had more scenes together, and . . . yeah. I saw something there. Granted, that could be mainly because of Naveen "why yes, I do have chemistry with most everyone on the island" Andrews; I haven't seen enough of Michelle Rodriguez's work to tell with her.
Either way, that got me thinking about the idea, and it made a weird kind of sense. It was a odd balance to strike, too, because if he'd blamed her for Shannon's death I wouldn't have thought twice about it, and if they'd done something like God forbid flirted I probably would've recoiled from the screen and sent various "what are you smoking" emails to the writers. Instead there was just enough of a 'what-if' to their scenes to get my imagination going and make me mutter, "No, you are not writing fanfic. Stop it" to myself.
It probably never would've worked on the show. For one thing, for the making-sense to continue, anything between them would have to be quite a while down the road, and I love LOST so I wouldn't want it to overextend itself. But I would've at least liked to see a friendship develop between them, because even if I'm insane with the 'chemistry' angle, their characters do have a lot in common.
People on the lost-forum.com board voted in the tagline "Sayana: Because Fate Loves Irony" and that about sums it up. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to see if I can find some good fanfiction. I'll give you a picture before I go, though. :-) From lost-media.com:
