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#61 14 POINTS, 4 LISTS, Av PTS 3.5 Jamal Malik / Latika from Slumdog Millionaire Prompt: Jamal and Latika trying to do a three legged race. That moment when you realize that Jamal is Dev Patel, and Sweet Everything, some men do age like fine wine. AO3 TAG

#62 14 POINTS, 3 LISTS, Av PTS 4.66, Tie Breaker: 1 #2 Ranking Nick Curran / Catherine Tramell from Basic Instinct Prompt: Catherine and Nick wearing matching Halloween costumes or ugly Christmas sweaters. Or any matching outfits. Oh, you all thought I was gonna post THAT gif. Nuh huh. It's still a PG-13 List. There is no A03 link for this cause the only fic is hella problematic, and hella explicit, and honestly that feels just so right for this movie. LOLOL.

#63 14 POINTS, 3 LISTS, Av PTS 4.66 Rapunzel / Flynn Rider from Tangled Prompt: Rapunzel: guess what? Eugene: what? Rapunzel: i love you. Eugune: O: I can see the light, and it is shines on this adorable couple. AO3 TAG

#64 14 POINTS, 2 LISTS, Av PTS 7, Tie Breaker: 1 #1 Rank Robert / Francesca from The Bridges of Madison County Prompt: Robert telling Francesca a dumb joke just to see them smile. Love is often wasted on the youth, as Meryl and Clint show us how it's done. AO3 TAG

#65 14 POINTS, 2 LISTS, Av PTS 7 Guido / Dora from Life Is Beautiful Prompt: They meet when Guido sees Dora walk into a street sign. I have no snark for this. I just remember watching it at my grandmother's one day and sobbing. AO3 TAG: A Link to the single fic on AO3 for this movie.

#66 13.5 POINTS, 5 LISTS, Av PTS 2.7 Carl / Ellie from Up Prompt: Ellie and Carl go on a camping trip. Ellie forgets to bring a sleeping bag, so they have to squeeze into Carl's sleeping bag with them. Remember that time when eight minutes and forty seconds into a one hour and thirty-six minute movie Pixar traumatized an entire generation with a single montage transition? Yeah. I do too. Still makes me cry. AO3 TAG

#67 13 POINTS, 3 LISTS, Av PTS 4.33 Lady Hideko / Sook-Hee from The Handmaiden (2016) Prompt: Lady Hideko pressing their forehead against Sook-Hee's forehead to check if they have a fever. Lesbians. Victorian Aesthetics. Crime. Vivid Cinematography. Yes, please. AO3 TAG

#68 13 POINTS, 2 LISTS, Av PTS 6.5, Tie Breaker: 1 #2 Vote John Robie / Frances Stevens from To Catch a Thief Prompt: Rick and Evie carrying around balloons so they don't get lost in the crowd. No one really does sophisticated romance like Alfred Hitchcock. AO3 TAG

AND NOW WE'VE OFFICIALLY BEGAN.... #69 12 POINTS, 3 LISTS, Av PTS 4, Tie Breaker: 1 #2 Vote Rick / Evie from The Mummy and The Mummy Returns Prompt: Rick and Evie carrying around balloons so they don't get lost in the crowd. @Valonqar We have now reached the Talking To TM! Y'ALL WE GONNA LEAVE THIS OFF THE LIST? RICK AND EVIE? THE ULTIMATE RELATIONSHIP GOALS OF ALL TIME RICK AND EVIE? Omgosh guise, omgosh. You know how @Eric Says Trans Rights likes to wax poetically ad nauseam about how "everything is awful now a days because movies aren't like they use to be?" THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT!!!! Studios just don't make them like Rick and Evie anymore. Disney tried with The Rock and Emily Blunt but they couldn't SMOULDER the way Rachael and Brendon did!!! He is kind of dumb, but super sweet, (basically like The Mummy movies), and she's way too smart, and in need of a push into greatness; and together -- like the best ships -- they bring out the best qualities in the other, all while playing Indiana Jones, flirting up a storm, and respecting each other's talents and skills. THEN THEY LEVEL UP AND GET A KID. We get Kid Fic with Bad Ass Parents!!!! I believe the Old Internet Time is "look at this cinnamon bun, too precious for this world." AO3 TAG Okay. I am done having my meltdown. We're back to regularly scheduled programing.

Yes, but, that doesn't change the fact I just wanna watch Thor Dom TF outta Steve

#70 FOUR TIE WAY TIE 13 POINTS, 2 LISTS, Av PTS 6.5 I feel like the theme for #70 is "women who settled for dumb ass men." Tony / Maria from West Side Story (1961) Prompt: Maria and Tony making wishes. Live Reaction Of Me Freaking Out The 1961 version JUST edged out the 2021, and it mostly happened cause of some vote splitting. Either version, the their love songs are bangers. Absolutely bangers. Even if Sondheim hates the lyrics. AO3 TAG Peter Quill / Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2 Prompt: Them playing with sidewalk chalk like they're kids again. AO3 TAG Tony Stark / Pepper Potts from Avengers: Endgame Prompt: Tony holding Pepper's hands when they are shaking. Remember that time Tony and Pepper fucked off to a lake house for five years, where they had a kid, and composted, and lived out Gwen's Goop Fantasy while the entire universe went to hell in a hand basket? So romantic. #Goals AO3 TAG

#71 FIVE FOUR WAY TIE 12 POINTS, 3 LISTS, Av PTS 4 Giselle / Robert from Enchanted Prompt: Giselle taking Robert out for Valentine's Day to cheer them up after the original plans with someone else fell through. As Giselle tries their best to make Robert happy and succeeds after only a few attempts, Robert realizes they would have rather been with Giselle anyways. This the movie that made me fall in love with Disney and Disney Princesses all over again. It's just soooooooo romantic. No one does romance and joy like Alan Menken. AO3 TAG Phil / Rita from Groundhog Day Prompt: Rita and Phil getting sick at the same time. Iconic romance as only Bill Murray could serve up. AO3 TAG Starman / Jenny from Starman Prompt: Starman and Jenny cooking something without the recipe, because Jenny is confident they know how to cook it from memory. 80's Bridges and Allen makes SUCH a cute couple. AO3 TAG Jason Bourne / Marie Kreutz from The Bourne Identity Prompt: Their first holiday season together. I won't front, I haven't seen this movie in years. AO3 TAG

SOOOOOO... Here is where the tomfoolery and Talking TM comes into play. We're about to hit the OFFICIALLY LIST of 69 Ships. The pickle is that we had a Four Way Tie for 68 and a Five Way Tie for 69. They went all the way out to the tie-breakers. So, I consulted @Plain Old Tele and @The Panda, and they both agreed with me that all is fair in love and shipping wars, so I'm just gonna make a judgement call for 68 and 69. Two that made the 68 and 69 "official" list both received #2 vote of 9 points. As I've been saying this whole time, it helps to God Warrior for your ship. (I'm also doing this because I'm going to give them all prompts and AO3 tags, and I kind of think it's funny, and it's not Shipping if people aren't being messy and problematic about things! lololol.) (Also, in the future, I really liked this scoring system, but I think I am going to tighten the point blocks, and give more half points so, hopefully, we can cut down on this again.)

#72 TWO WAY TIE 12 POINTS, 2 LISTS, Av PTS 6 Captain Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swan from Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of The Black Pearl Oh, hey, I think we've see this ship before! Newland Archer / Ellen Olenska from The Age of Innocence Prompt: Ellen and Newland haven't kissed yet. Each time Ellen sees Newland they think to themselves 'I've gotta do it this time' but they keep being too shy to do anything. One day a friend asks Ellen if Newland has ever tried to kiss them and Ellen just screams. AO3 TAG

#73 FOUR WAY TIE 11 POINTS, 3 LISTS, Av PTS 3.66 Vivian / Edward from Pretty Woman Prompt: Vivian posts a picture of Edward somewhere and it becomes a meme. Remember, boys and girls, never not kissing during sex unless you love someone! AO3 TAG Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson from Spider-Man (2002) Prompt: Peter and Mary Jane making crafts. AO3 TAG Peter Parker and Gwen Stacey from The Amazing Spider-Man Prompt: Peter and Gwen reading mean tweets/comments about themselves and laughing it off. AO3 TAG AAAH! The battle for Spider-Man ship superiority starts now. Turns out it's a friendly and civil battle, because MJ and Peter, and Gwen and Peter both tied! We love them both! Elinor and Edward from Sense and Sensibility Prompt: Elinor and Edward literally sitting in a tree, kissing... There is NOTHING sexier than people pinning for each other only to... just... so... brush their hands together. AO3 TAG

#74 - Four Way Tie Prompt: Marion and Robin stranded on a raft in the middle of the lake. Points Movie Ship # of Lists Average Points 11 City Lights Tramp / Blind Girl 2 5.5 11 Corpse Bride Emily / Victor 2 5.5 11 Dances With Wolves Stands With A Fist / John Dunbar 2 5.5 11 The Adventures Of Robin Hood Robin / Marion 2 5.5 Fun fact, Robin and Marion were one of those ships people couldn't decide on which version, so it split the votes. We had 1 vote for the Disney movie, 1 vote for Prince of Thieves, and 2 votes for The Adventures of Robin Hood.

I don't get how Thor and Steve aren't more popular. They are both so big, and so beautiful, and so stupid. C'mon people. I was SO MAD in Homecoming when Tony and May didn't hook up. I was like, Do It Marvel! Be the Problematic Trash We All Want You To Be!!!! Yeah this is wild! I wonder if Harry Potter is just losing its shine. Cause the BIGGESET fandoms for the Fanon list were MCU and LOTR. I AM SO EXCITED FOR SECRET WARS WHEN WE GET THE CAPTAINS THREESOME CANONIZED -- Captain Carter, Sam Cap, and Steve. And then Nat can just come back, cause that's the real magic right there. Nat/Peggy/Steve/Sam. Yum Yum. I am 10000000000000% convinced the only reason that kiss stayed in is because Mackie and Stan's reaction to it is sooooooooooo funny. I know if I was the editor I woud've been like "this is totally out of character and makes zero sense, but yeah, we're keeping it. We're not killing this Baby TM." So... Wednesday is the New Monday!!! I'm queueing posts up right now. The goal is to get to 60 tonight.

I had a month to watch all of the movies, and I just didn’t. I kind of feel like a schmuck. So my ballot was just Tick Tick Boom, I’m Your Man (I second @Jake Gittes that film was amazing), and Eternals. 😂

oh that wasn’t The Talking To TM. That is just my normal reaction whenever I see Steve and Bucky not in the context of like “Steve and Bucky had a very successful TGIF/ABC/Disney Show in the 90s, and now they’re doing a reunion twenty years later. Problem is they haven't spoken in ten years.”

YAY! We're done the Fanon, and the 69 Greatest Canon Ships will start on Monday! Here's a complete list of every ship nominated for Best Fanon Couple.

21 GREATEST FANON SHIPS OF ALL TIME! #1 PROFESSOR CHARLES XAVIER AND ERIK LEHNSHERR from X-Men: Days of Future Past 33 POINTS, 9 LISTS Prompt: Erik: Is it hot in here or is just me? Charles: It's you. Erik: What? Charles: What? This was not even close. It won by 5 whole points. Whether you're here for the older and gayer version of Stewart and McKellen or the younger and hotter version Fassy and McAvoy, there's no denying Magneto and Professor X's magnetic pull toward each other. They are friends by choice, enemies by design. Perfect equals. They -- like the best slash pairings, Sam/Frodo, Spock/Kirk, Holmes/Watson, Sam/Steve -- are better together. AO3 TAG

21 GREATEST FANON SHIPS OF ALL TIME! Our top two ships were run-aways and near unanimous as they appear on 9 of the 10 Fanon Lists. The first up is: #2 FRODO BAGGINS AND SAM GAMGEE from The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 28 POINTS, 9 LISTS Prompt: Them exploring each other's bodies, but not in a sexual way. Finding their different birthmarks, looking over each others' scars and sharing the stories behind them, running their hands over one another and just appreciating the feeling of the other person next to them. Devotion. Loyalty. Eternal love. Look no further than two hobbits that show the biggest love story of all comes one of the smallest packages. AO3 TAG

21 GREATEST FANON SHIPS OF ALL TIME! #3 STEVE ROGERS AND NATASHA ROMANOFF from Captain America: The Winter Solider 20.5 POINTS, 5 LISTS There's no cute random prompt for Nat and Steve, because the only prompt that matters right now is the Cold War Olympic Figuring Skating AU where Steve is the reigning and defending Gold Medalist from the USA, and Nat is the reigning and defending Gold Medalist from the USSR; and at the 1988 Worlds Championship in Budapest (I'm not making that up, that's actually were Worlds took place that year), they cause an international incident and almost a hot war after they escape to Ireland -- where they marry and then declare their intentions to skate together as a pair in Albertville 1992. I could write a MANIFESTO on how perfect these two are. And I normally do it for @The Panda's Top 100 Movies Of All Time List -- which is happening this year this summer. So don't forget to vote for The Winter Soldier as the best movie of all time!!!!!! AO3 TAG

21 GREATEST FANON SHIPS OF ALL TIME! #4 HERMIONE GRANGER AND HARRY POTTER from Harry Potter Series 20 POINTS, 5 LISTS Prompt: Hermione drags Harry into the freezing cold to make a snowman. The people have spoken. JK Rowling is wrong. (Wouldn't be the first time!) Harry and Hermione received 20 points from 5 lists and Ron and Hermione only received 2 points from 2 lists. They always felt more like equals, well matched in both smarts and bravery. Ah, what could have been. AO3 TAG

21 GREATEST FANON SHIPS OF ALL TIME! #5 POE DAMERON AND FINN from Star Wars: The Force Awakens 19.5 POINTS, 5 LISTS Prompt: Finn holding a sobbing Poe. Poe cries themselves to sleep with their face buried into Finn. OMG Radom Prompt Generator? Why did THEY get the only angsty prompt so far?!?! Is this a metaphor for the angst I feel for this not still being the biggest ship on the internet? 😭 The Ikarus of modern slash fandom; it got too big, burned too bright, and then crashed into the depths of the seas thanks to some Choices TM Tatiana by LucasFilm. Remember that time Oscar Issacs spent an entire press tour pressed at Disney/LucasFilm for not letting this become canon? It was good times! Cue the Adele!!!! AO3 TAG