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No dear Media, the fans are not concerned about the future of Who because of the lower ratings. Like you all admitted we don't even know the actual viewing figures. We are concerned because we got a surprise regeneration and no hint about when and how that scene will continue, while the BBC and RTD have been telling us stuff about the future of Who for years now before this stuff was relevant because the immidiate future was happening before that. (like telling us who 15 would be and then having Jodie regenerating into David Tennant instead in between). Now no one is telling us shit, we all know what Disney is doing to Star Wars and we remembered that before Disney we were told that the BBC couldn't afford Who anymore without a partner. So forgive us for worrying and don't blame this one thing on Trump because yes he is trying his best to destroy entertainment alongside the rest of the US, but this one is very much on the BBC. They ruined the show for us since it was announced Chibnall and Whittaker were leaving, and now everyone acts surprised when people are getting nervous about their obvious non-interest in the future of the show. Anb by the way we were pretty much told the new spin off would drop in autumn. That was not speculation, that was in the trailer. That it's now been pushed back to 2026 is a bad sign and pretty much confirms no new Who Episodes for 2026. So yeah, we are worried. For good reasons.

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87. Forwood

My Top 100 Ships of All Time:

Ships that still hit me as hard as the first time, to whom I will always come back, even decades later, because their interaction actually is one big reason for me to relive the media they are in. Those are the ones on this list. It was a tough, because I know pretty much everything, thank you very much, so only a 100? Not easy. Now that we haved worked our way through the first 10th of the list, we move from the general everyone ships it away to the more personal stuff.

So I guess I could feel lonley with this one and would nowadays, if it weren't for the fact that I know that at one in time everyone shipped this, but then went on to defect to either Stefan/Caroline (okay, you are excused) or the other one, which I have talked about enough in the past and won't talk again. This confused Candice as well as me and many others, because we do remember Season 2, when everyone was moaning about Caroline being with Matt, when she should be with Tyler. And a few years later everyone pretended that never was the case. Well, the past can't be retconned I am sorry. Granted Season 5 did not help. I mean, I was glad they put an end to the eternal Stefan-Elena-Damon-Love Triangle as well and using Caroline as Stefan's new love interest was the best choice for that, but ... did they have to character assassinate Tyler because of that? I mean, before he gave Caroline a hard time because Klaus forced him to, but Season 5? That sadly was all him. Still before that we had good times. Both characters growing through and with their growing feelings for each other. But not wanting to hurt Matt and never acting on them. Then the confusing time when they weren't girlfriend and boyfriend but rather girfriends. And then they finally got together, but trouble found them again. And since Vampires die from Werwolf Bites, they always were starcrossed. I will always sign up for Forwood, even today. I mean other couples did arguable worse things to each other in this franchise and somehow you all still ship them. That said I am only all Forwood for the show-version. In the books those two are a couple, of villains actually and Tyler knocks Care up and she is about to have puppies (no really), which was ... thanks but no thanks. But again the show version was actually great and I think would have lasted, if they wouldn't have decided to go all in for Delena and give Stefan a new True Love.

87. Forwood (Caroline Forbes/ Tyler Lockwood) (The Vampire Diaries (Show Version)

"I take it all back. Everything I said this morning. Klaus can't control me. Not when it comes to you. I won't let him."

"Everything I like about me is you."

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88. Daemyra

My Top 100 Ships of All Time:

Ships that still hit me as hard as the first time, to whom I will always come back, even decades later, because their interaction actually is one big reason for me to relive the media they are in. Those are the ones on this list. It was a tough, because I know pretty much everything, thank you very much, so only a 100? Not easy. Now that we haved worked our way through the first 10th of the list, we move from the general everyone ships it away to the more personal stuff.

So this one might be slightly toxic (slightly?), but it's probably Daemon't healthiest relationship. I personally do think that at least in the show Viserys actually was the love of his life, but he did love Rhaenyra and did not just settle for her or use her for power. If you'd asked him he wouldn't know himself, because he is complicated, but there is definitly genuine affection there. Plus Rhaenyra is much better in "Daemon Handling" than her father ever was. They are on equal footing in their relationship, which is why they worked. Too be honest I was already fascinated with the idea of the two of them getting married in the book. If it is true that Daemon wants the crown why should he marry his biggest rival? Because he doesn't actually want it. He wanted to be heir. Not because he wants to rule but because he wants to have the trust and love of his family who see him as worthy. It's more vanity than ambition, but actually is more a man-child who wants to feel loved than anything else. Being King would mean that both Viserys and Rhaenyra would be gone. And that he never wanted. So he settled for ruling with Rhaenyra, and when that didn't pen out because ... well Daemon is really bad at kingly stuff, he just accepted his place under her. They kind of dragged that out a little in Season 2 of the show but generally speaking his vision quest served this personal arc of accepting his place in Rhaenyra's life as well as in the whole picture. In any case those two are just really really drawn to each other and decided to release their tension by marriage instead of fight to the Death, which actually shows that they are much smarter than many other individuals in many other storys.

87. Daemon Targaryen/Rhaenrya Targaryen (House of the Dragon, Fire and Blood)

“The realm only hope is a leader who could unite it, and my brother choose you. You are the true queen, Rhaenyra. First of her name, protector of the realm. I am meant to serve you and all of these with me until death or the end of our story.”

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89. Garashir

My Top 100 Ships of All Time:

Ships that still hit me as hard as the first time, to whom I will always come back, even decades later, because their interaction actually is one big reason for me to relive the media they are in. Those are the ones on this list. It was a tough, because I know pretty much everything, thank you very much, so only a 100? Not easy. Now that we haved worked our way through the first 10th of the list, we move from the general everyone ships it away to the more personal stuff.

So this one ... is for me more kind of an alternate which I got into because no one else but me was into my actual canonical choice for good old Julian. I mean I did spent seven seasons just wanting him to find love and then he finally did and ... they destroyed it in the Pocket Book Universe and the fandom and everywhere. So why not the road not taken, which Julian (and also Garak I think) did very deliberate decide against. As long as it makes me boys happy, why not? It's not like the feelings weren't there. For Garak it was love (or as close as he allowed himself to go there) and Julian at least was interested enough the experiment. Of course it was a 90s show and the writers couldn't go there, especially given how people lost their shit over the one episode in which two women kissed, so no main character could ever have an open long term relationship with a member of the same sex, but at least they kind of got a happy ending before the Pocket Book Universe was destroyed because of "Star Trek: Picard" (God, I hate that show so fucking much). And alternate versions of them are married somewhere out there as we saw in "Star Trek: Lower Decks". So that is worth something, I guess. I think it would be higher up on this list of mine, if the writers would have actually remember beyond Season 4 that those two are supposed to be close friend and should therefore have more screen time together. But yeah, such is life...

89. Garashir (Garak/Julian Bashir) (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Pocket Books Universe, Star Trek: Lower Decks)

"You've been such a good friend. I'm going to miss our lunches together."

"I'm sure we'll see each other again."

"I'd like to think so. But one can never say. We live in uncertain times."

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90. Kangs

My Top 100 Ships of All Time:

Ships that still hit me as hard as the first time, to whom I will always come back, even decades later, because their interaction actually is one big reason for me to relive the media they are in. Those are the ones on this list. It was a tough, because I know pretty much everything, thank you very much, so only a 100? Not easy. Now that we haved worked our way through the first 10th of the list, we move from the general everyone ships it away to the more personal stuff.

This one came about under very strange circumstances because the only reason Kevin and Fangs ever got together in the first place was that they were married by a cult. Yes, we are of course talking about "Riverdale", because in what other show would something like this happen? I am not even sure we knew that Fangs was bi before. Anyway this is how it started and I wasn't too amoured with that idea to no one's surprised. But while I generally consider Season 5-7 of "Riverdale" muss inferior to the first four seasons (especially relationship wise) I have to say something about Kevin and Fangs together as a committed couple who stick to each other during the long time jump and have plans for a family in the future managed to bring me around to them and root for them. Sadly it went south from there. And while I completely supported Toni and Fangs going for it and everything Kevin and Cherly put them through I still held on to the hope that they would get a happy ending with their respective original partners at the end of the show, which in the new timeline and the last season happened for Cheryl and Toni while Fangs and Kevin ended up becoming totally new romances instead. Which was one of the reason Season 7 ended up being a big let down for me personally.

So:

90. Kangs (Kevin Keller/Fangs Fogarty) (Riverdale)

"Can I at least hug you? I miss you so much."

"I've missed you too."

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Roswell, New Mexico | 4.11 "Follow You Down"

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91. John/Aeryn

My Top 100 Ships of All Time:

Ships that still hit me as hard as the first time, to whom I will always come back, even decades later, because their interaction actually is one big reason for me to relive the media they are in. Those are the ones on this list. It was a tough, because I know pretty much everything, thank you very much, so only a 100? Not easy. But I learned a lot about me, especially when it came to the Top 10, where I discovered: Love is eternal and First Love never fades.

So this one is kind of obvious because everyone who was into Sci Fi around the turn of the Millenium shipped those two or at least claimed they did. The funny thing about this is that at the same time everyone including the actors themselves claimed that almost no one actually knew "Farscape", so I guess the truth is that everyone who was into Sci Fi around the Millenium and knew "Farscape" shipped those two, even though not many got to see their ending because watching the show kind of got ... challeging after Season 3 but is actually easier nowadays I guess, so if you don't know the show ... watch all four seasons and the mini-series and be happy about the fact that you are able to watch all of this in the right order. Anyways John and Aeryn - a classic ship we were all into because well she deserted because of him right at the beginning (well kind of, not really, it's complicated) and there were some really good times. Like when Aeryn died for a hot minute. Or when John got duplicated and the version Aeryn was involved with died and then Aeryn was all like "Fake Crichton I don't want you" and John was like "But Aeryn, it's me John, I always loved you" and Aeryn was like "But I loved John" and he was like "But I am John." And she: "No you are not." Well it was "Farscape" after all. And they somehow ended up together with a child after all. (Even though there was some dying inbetween again...) Which is nice for a change (not the dying part the ending up together part. Sigh, I do miss crazy Sci Fi ... Wasn't there supposed to be a reboot some time ago?

Anyways:

91. John Crichton/Aeryn Sun (Farscape)

“There is no home, there is no wormhole. There’s only you."

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Roswell, New Mexico | 4.10 "Down a Hole"

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Roswell, New Mexico | 4.10 "Down a Hole"

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Roswell New, Mexico | 4.09 "Wild Wild West"

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Roswell, New Mexico | 4.09 "Wild Wild West"

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92. Scoundress

My Top 100 Ships of All Time:

Ships that still hit me as hard as the first time, to whom I will always come back, even decades later, because their interaction actually is one big reason for me to relive the media they are in. Those are the ones on this list. It was a tough, because I know pretty much everything, thank you very much, so only a 100? Not easy. But I learned a lot about me, especially when it came to the Top 10, where I discovered: Love is eternal and First Love never fades.

Honestly, I didn't even know they have a Ship Name cause those two were both an item and a couple before Ship-Names were a thing. And got married with kids, so ...But this couple is very dear to my heart, so dear actually that when they split up in the novels I considered giving up on the fandom all together. Then they got back together, but lost not one but two of their sons and kind of got a chance at parenting again with their grand-daughter. And then of course Disney came and erased this version of the characters we know and love and made the shitshow calles Episode VII. Thanks but no thanks. Their love survived one son dying and one going evil before but not in JJ Abrams mind, it seems. So no: Original Trilogy and Old Expanded Universe (which was bascially everything published and released in other media pre Disney take over) Scoundress for me only.

92. Scoundress (Han Solo/Leia Organa) (Star Wars Original Trilogy and Star Wars Expanded Universe)

"You like me because I’m a scoundrel. There aren’t enough scoundrels in your life."

" I happen to like nice men."

" I’m a nice man."

" No you’re not. You’re—"

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ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO 4x08 Missing My Baby (requested by anonymous)

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Roswell, New Mexico | 4.08 "Missing My Baby"

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93. Mondler

My Top 100 Ships of All Time:

Ships that still hit me as hard as the first time, to whom I will always come back, even decades later, because their interaction actually is one big reason for me to relive the media they are in. Those are the ones on this list. It was a tough, because I know pretty much everything, thank you very much, so only a 100? Not easy. But I learned a lot about me, especially when it came to the Top 10, where I discovered: Love is eternal and First Love never fades.

Rachel's and Ross' Love Story in "Friends" has become so famous that "The Ross and Rachel of has become the official description for an On-and-Off-Relationship between a Main Couple in Media. However as people who actually watched "Friends" can attest, the other big ship is the one everyone wants to live through themselves. Which is ironic because that one came about by accident, given that the writers had a strange fixation on making a couple out of Monica and Joey since before the Pilot. However they gave Monica and Chandler a try instead and after it became clear that those two worked together and the audience responded well to them Mondler got an epic ever evolving love story without unneccessay drama, pauses and break ups ending with marriage and kids. Frankly we wish more couples in other media would be " a Chandler and a Monica" instead of a "Ross and a Rachel". Funnily enough earlier seasons did actually hint very strongly at Chandler having romantic interest in Monica after all, so them ending up together made sense, even though it was never planed. Flashback and What If-Episodes cemented their eternal love for each other. That's how it's done, take notes, writers.

93. Mondler (Monica Gellar/ Chandler Bing) (Friends)

"Well it’s just while Monica and I were dancing to them it was…the first time I knew that…you were the woman I wanted to dance all my dances with.”

"Then three years ago, at another wedding, I turned to a friend for comfort, and instead I found everything that I've ever been looking for my whole life. And now, here we are, with our future before us, and I only want to spend it with you, my prince, my soul-mate, my friend."

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Roswell, New Mexico | 4.07 "Dig Me Out"