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Tuesday Top Five: Ships Ahoy
Sep. 3rd, 2024 09:14 pmHere are my (current) top five shipping moments, in chronological order!
1. Utena opens Anthy’s coffin in the series finale. (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
I am sure that other fans have written, or could write, entire essays on the thematic and symbolic weight of this scene; how it’s simultaneously tragic and affirming; how and why it sets up the show’s perfect, beautiful final moments. Even if true love and understanding can’t save someone, they can show her that she can save herself.
2. “Are you sneaking around in here, Charles? Whatever are you looking for?” (X-Men: The Movie)
The first scene that Charles Xavier and Magneto share in the very first movie is also one of my favorites in any version of canon. It tells the audience pretty much everything we need to know about their beliefs and shared history, while also setting up questions about what will happen next. And I am endlessly delighted by the implication that, after their long estrangement, Erik still knows exactly how it feels when Charles reads his mind.
3. Jack says goodbye to the Ninth Doctor and Rose. (Doctor Who)
My first OT3! The missing (and theoretically limitless) time between episodes, in which those three obviously bonded, is a gift to fans.
4. “No matter who I am, no matter what they put in my skull, I always remember you.” (Dollhouse)
I’ve already argued that Tony and Priya’s romantic arc was one of the strongest parts of this very uneven show, and I considered several of their other scenes for this list, but that line (which Tony delivers just before he willingly subjects himself to the Scary Mindwipe Technology) is the perfect encapsulation of why I was so attached to their story.
5. “Look at me and tell me what you see.” (The Magnus Archives)
AND THEN JON AND MARTIN FLED TO SCOTLAND TOGETHER AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED TO THEM EVER AGAIN, RIGHT?
1. Utena opens Anthy’s coffin in the series finale. (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
I am sure that other fans have written, or could write, entire essays on the thematic and symbolic weight of this scene; how it’s simultaneously tragic and affirming; how and why it sets up the show’s perfect, beautiful final moments. Even if true love and understanding can’t save someone, they can show her that she can save herself.
2. “Are you sneaking around in here, Charles? Whatever are you looking for?” (X-Men: The Movie)
The first scene that Charles Xavier and Magneto share in the very first movie is also one of my favorites in any version of canon. It tells the audience pretty much everything we need to know about their beliefs and shared history, while also setting up questions about what will happen next. And I am endlessly delighted by the implication that, after their long estrangement, Erik still knows exactly how it feels when Charles reads his mind.
3. Jack says goodbye to the Ninth Doctor and Rose. (Doctor Who)
My first OT3! The missing (and theoretically limitless) time between episodes, in which those three obviously bonded, is a gift to fans.
4. “No matter who I am, no matter what they put in my skull, I always remember you.” (Dollhouse)
I’ve already argued that Tony and Priya’s romantic arc was one of the strongest parts of this very uneven show, and I considered several of their other scenes for this list, but that line (which Tony delivers just before he willingly subjects himself to the Scary Mindwipe Technology) is the perfect encapsulation of why I was so attached to their story.
5. “Look at me and tell me what you see.” (The Magnus Archives)
AND THEN JON AND MARTIN FLED TO SCOTLAND TOGETHER AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED TO THEM EVER AGAIN, RIGHT?
