Because I'm curious like that

[thelana.livejournal.com]

In spirit of the show hopefully coming back soon :) CM really made me realize how many great potential ships there are that I never would have thought about till I found fandom.

So wondered, do you ship?
If yes:
What's your favorite CM ship? (even if you have more, which is the one that truly has your heart)
At what point did it win you over?
Which episode(s) do you think best represents your ship?
Out of the people involved in your ship, which one did you fall in love with first?

Comments

[sheryden.livejournal.com]

Yes, I do ship. Quite a bit, in fact. Keep in mind that I wouldn't want to see much romance on the show, but in fanfic, I quite love pairing the different characters off.

I ship Hotch with most of the cast. There's just something about him that pulls me in like a magnet. He's angsty, complex, and can be a badass when the writers let him. He (with Reid as a close second) is probably the character I fell in love with first.

Besides my Hotch ships, I also sort of ship Morgan and Garcia and Kevin and Garcia.

My top ship is probably Hotch/Rossi. It won me over last season, and I wasn't really expecting it. I became drawn to the chemistry between the actors and to the fact that when Hotch was with Rossi, we saw a side of Hotch we didn't normally get to see. I think he reveals his vulnerability to Rossi moreso than anyone else who's been on the show (even Gideon). And there was a MAN HUG when Dave was first introduced! :D

As for an episode that represents the ship... How about "Omnivore," because it features one of my favorite Hotch/Rossi scenes--Hotch is struggling with his own guilt over not accepting Foyet's deal, and he opens up to Rossi. Great stuff.

[thelana.livejournal.com]

When I started watching CM I was mostly a Gideon girl and that sort of eclipsed every other character unless they were in interaction with Gideon. I think in a lot of ways I really only starting noticing some of the characters after he was gone and by now Hotch and Rossi have definitely risen to my favorites since then (and by that actually make me see the old episodes in a very different light).

And I totally agree about Hotch. The way I see it, it feels like Hotch has slowly but surely taken over Reid's place as the resident angst monkey. I guess because to me it feels like a lot of the times when Reid now has angst stories, often there's closure. Like a smiling Morgan sitting by his bedside when he wakes up. Or him facing all this potentially horrifying past stuff that his father could have been a child molestor but there's closure in a way and the solution turns out to be still relatively benevolent (not only is his father not a child molestor, apparently he did love Reid's mom and tried to protect her). Compared to that it often feels like there are no happy ends to Hotch's stories. But of course we get to see more of Reid hanging out with the team and getting to be funny.

But the result is still that Hotch comes across as more angsty and messed up to me and since I love angst that so very much puts him on the top of my pile. And in that line of view Rossi is just the perfect foil and interaction partner in a lot of way.

Omnivore and Zoe's Reprise being the perfect examples.