39: I haven't read VM fic in ages, but I'm a huge fan of the show, and I ship LoVe. Despite Logan's being a bit of a psychotic jackass, I think a lot of the appeal of the ship lies with the fact that Logan is generally okay with Veronica being Veronica. A lot of the complaints in season 2, when she was back with Duncan, came from the fact that Veronica was trying to be "normal" when she was with Duncan -- something she's never bothered to do while with Logan. Also, I think it's better for her to be with someone who's a bit more challenging than Duncan. I dunno, though, I never liked Duncan that much, I always thought he was a bit of a wuss. I'd rather see her with Piz or Logan than Duncan any day.
To each his own, though, that's what fanfic is for.
54: Really? Since when is it a bad thing to like Ayn Rand? Atlas Shrugged is one of my favourite books of all time -- definitely high on my top 10 list. Despite this, I'm a bleeding heart leftist and it doesn't bother me in the least. New Objectivism works well as a personal philosophy -- everyone SHOULD look out for themselves first and try to be the best they can at whatever it is that they do. There is nothing wrong with that. I know that some people are against it because they view some of it as "old-fashioned" and not relevant to today's society -- but it was written at a different time than now and people who can't understand that are a bit retarded. I seem to remember the emphasis on smoking pissing a lot of people off, but meh...
I'll admit that sometimes the didactic nature of the books pisses me off a little. Rand tends to repeat herself over and over and over again, when you've already got the joke. That said, she wrote amazing stories and her characters were interesting. They're interesting books and they're fun to read.
Whoever might give you shit for liking them is a moron.
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To each his own, though, that's what fanfic is for.
54: Really? Since when is it a bad thing to like Ayn Rand? Atlas Shrugged is one of my favourite books of all time -- definitely high on my top 10 list. Despite this, I'm a bleeding heart leftist and it doesn't bother me in the least. New Objectivism works well as a personal philosophy -- everyone SHOULD look out for themselves first and try to be the best they can at whatever it is that they do. There is nothing wrong with that. I know that some people are against it because they view some of it as "old-fashioned" and not relevant to today's society -- but it was written at a different time than now and people who can't understand that are a bit retarded. I seem to remember the emphasis on smoking pissing a lot of people off, but meh...
I'll admit that sometimes the didactic nature of the books pisses me off a little. Rand tends to repeat herself over and over and over again, when you've already got the joke. That said, she wrote amazing stories and her characters were interesting. They're interesting books and they're fun to read.
Whoever might give you shit for liking them is a moron.