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Wishful lesbian thinking: TV and movie daydreams

You know when you're having one of those WLT days? No, not a craving for a wombat, lettuce and tomato sandwich — 'cause, ewww. No, I mean a Wishful Lesbian Thinking day. Well, I had one of those the other day when I read the plot description for the new film The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. Robin Wright Penn, Winona Ryder and Julianne Moore have signed on to star in the new drama which, according to Variety, is about Pippa, “a dutiful wife whose husband falls for a younger woman, freeing her to explore her buried sensuality and leading to a very quiet nervous breakdown.” Robin plays Pippa, Winona plays the younger woman, and Julianne plays a place Pippa explores her buried sexuality ... hopefully. See, ain't WLT delicious?

Now, I'm not sure if this case of WLT will pan out. My gay Spidey sense says yes, especially after reading this plot description. But even without a payoff, this is the kind of thinking that has launched a million shippers sites. There are the gold standards (Xena and Gabrielle), the wishful turned wish fulfilled (Willow and Tara) and the just plain awesome (Daria and Jane).

So with that, I thought I'd share a few more of my most recent WLT daydreams, culled from current TV and film.

Bionic Woman: Duh. The show has been barely watchable without Katee Sackhoff bringing her cool chemistry to the party. Time out is over: Bring back Sarah Corvus now.

Bones: Forget Brennan and Booth. How about Temperance and Angela? All those late nights spent hunched over skeletal remains can get romantic. Look, I said it was wishful.

Ugly Betty: Wilhelmina and Amanda? That is absolutely the bitchiest, cattiest, possibly unholiest union I can think of. Simply delicious.

Harry Potter: Don't get me started on the crazy slash fan fic out there. But from a purely odd-couple contrarian point of view, don't you think Bellatrix Lestrange and Sybil Trelawney would make a fantastic sitcom couple? She is crazy, she is kooky! Tune in to see how they make it work! It's also possible I still have some unresolved WLT issues from Howards End.

So, what are your favorite WLT moments? Which couples fill your WLT daydreams? And hands off Buffy and Faith — they're mine.

BramFan's picture

Bram

My favorite couple? Hands down, Brooke and Sam off Popular.
Lori's picture

Hum...

I'd also have to go with Brooke and Sam off of popular.

Some other good ones are Isabel and Liz off of Roswell....well basically Katherine Heigl and anyone on any show would do just fine.

There are plenty more....I just can't think of them at the moment.

Basically anything with Michelle Williams, or Katherine Heigl is pretty good.

-Lori
DetCurtis's picture

Sigh...

My WLT died when Sara Sidle left CSI and didn't hook up with Sofia... aggh!!! And same goes for SVU... bring back Alex and hook her up with Olivia for goddess sake!!!

... hmmm, I'd settle for Lara Croft hooking up with Sara Pezzini in TR 3 ;) ofcourse, only if they were played by AJ and that girl from Witchblade series...

oh, don't even get me started... my imagination tends to really get out of line...

Naibsel's picture

I second that...

"My WLT died when Sara Sidle left CSI and didn't hook up with Sofia... aggh!!!"

 I second that! The phonebox scene in "werewolfs" was GOLD!

"And same goes for SVU... bring back Alex and hook her up with Olivia for goddess sake!!!"

And I second that too...

Chantal's picture

NCIS

I'm calling Ziva/Abby; that's totally my new 'drug' at the moment.

Other then that, Buffy/Faith, Sara/Catherine, Angela/Brennan

 

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Ladyhawk1709's picture

Wlt?

Def Sarah Courvis and Jamie Summers... Dump that creepy CIA guy Jamie, and show some love for Sarah. She might be crazy, but I know you two can work. Sarah can teach Jamie all about bionics and Jamie can teach Sarah all about loooove and stuff...

Or maybe they can make the sister gay? That would be fun!

 And I am all for Summer Glau hooking up with Lena Headey in Sarah Connors chronicles.

WonkoTheSane's picture

Laura Roslin and Maya from

Laura Roslin and Maya from BSG - I'd pay to see their missing nine months on New Caprica.
Alcy's picture

WLT

Seven and Janeway of course! I miss Voyager...

And I also agree with Sam and Brooke from Popular, I miss that show too!

Mara's picture

Daydream hook ups

I'll go with Sara Sidle/Sofia Curtis, Ziva David/Abby Sciuto, Alex Cabot/Olivia Benson, Lindsay Boxer/Jill Bernhardt... Ok, this wishful thinking's gonna stop now *sigh* 

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TVDORK's picture

I'm definitely a part of

I'm definitely a part of the Bram and Fuffy camps, though I'm developing a soft-spot for Sarah and Jamie... it's all that damn fanfiction!

"The quick to think are never sure"

--Tiresias, Oedipus Rex

TVDORK's picture

Oh, and I forgot Olivia

Oh, and I forgot Olivia Benson and Alex Cabot! They're definitely part of my daydream couples.

"The quick to think are never sure"

--Tiresias, Oedipus Rex

ML Cyane's picture

I totally agree with you

I totally agree with you on Brooke and Sam from Popular and anything Katherine Heigl. Read some nice fanfic about her and Addison from Grey’s Anatomy :)

I also would have liked Shalimar/Emma from Mutant X., Or Cyane (I love Victoria Pratt) and Samsara from Xena. Rachel/Violet Coyote Ugly, Peyton/Brooke from One Tree Hill, Sabrina/Libby from Sabrina The Teenage Witch and the list goes on... :)

You can even mix those couples up a bit…nice lol!

IfOnly's picture

Favourite Topic again!

Ooh! Witchblade! I'd totally forgotten that series!

Sara/Sofia

Bones/Angela 

Ziva/Jenny

Lindsey Boxer/the reporter

Sarah/Jamie

and on and on and on... name a series, I've got WLT

maylith's picture

I have a few...

Buffy/Tara - Buffy. Two souls looking to ease their inner pain, Buffy and Tara could have been great! :)

Nancy/Celia - Weeds. Two ladies lose their husbands, one through death, the other through divorce, but find each other to make everything great.

Talia/Susan - Babylon 5. Would have been interesting if the Talia actress had not decided to leave the show.

Fred/Willow - Angel. After Buffy/Tara hook up in season 6, Willow would have gone all evil still, and Xander would have still saved her. But she would have been open to Fred's proposal on that Angel episode the following year.

Alias - Sydney and her roomate could have been lovers....would have made their fight that much more fun.

Zoe/Inara - Firely, after the movie and the death of Zoe's husband, Inara finds Zoe in her shuttle more and more often....:)

Cagney and Lacy.....those of us old enough knew what went on away from camera....:)

Max/Original Cindy - Dark Angel. Max is already OC's boo....she could be much more...:)

Sam/Janet - Stargate SG-1.....they were both mom's for Cassie

Faith/Dawn - Buffy.....after Buffy/Tara, and Willow/Fred.....someone had to rein in the bad girl.....:) Then they could all get together, cast a spell, and bring back buffy's mom Joyce, and hersecret girlfriend Jenny Calander....:)

 

 

 

Phoenix's picture

man, Talia/Susan

I was bitter for months about that one. People'd told me to "wait and see" and my mum'd woken me up at half past midnight to tell me that she'd just found out that it "would happen" and then -- they never even touched?

Okay, okay, I'm better now. Casting my vote for that one, anyway. I call that episode of B5 "The Episode That Feeds On The Souls Of Queer Children," you know....

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No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always boom tomorrow.
--Susan Ivanova tells it like it is

lesandre's picture

hands down...

It's got to bet Olivia Benson and Alex Cabot... the ultimate fantasy couple for me =)
Acer Racer's picture

Hmmmm...

Besides the obvious Olivia/Alex, I'll commit a bit of sacrilege and say Olivia/Casey just for Diane Neal alone. Oh yeah, and also Calleigh/Natalia from CSI:Miami, cause Emily Proctor is both hot and Southern. The perfect combination in my humble opinion.
DetCurtis's picture

Calleigh

OMG,I can't believe I forgot her... Yep Calleigh/Natalia would be unbelievably hot. Though, I would love 2 see a CSI/CSI:Miami crossover with Sofia/Calleigh... now that would be my fantasy come true...

tm02's picture

oooh

I'd have to second the Abby/Ziva (or Abby/Kate) and Brooke/Peyton.  Gotta have my Brooke! 

And Helena/Barbara from Birds of Prey!!

gypsywee's picture

D.C, Brenda Johnson and Lt. Daniels...

from The Closer. They make a cute couple.

 

 

Meagan's picture

Emma and Helena? Yes Please.

I agree on Professor Trelawney and Bellatrix LeStrange, if only because of my crushes on both Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Thompson respectively.  I'm going to go daydream now.  :)
~ Meagan
Pirategrrrl's picture

You know ...

what's weird about that Meagan?

Emma Thompson was married to Kenneth Branagh, when he had an affair with Helena Bonham Carter on the set of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Can you imagine having a threesome under THAT pile of history? wow.

Meagan's picture

Oh the tryst with them...

I do believe I remember hearing that somewhere... I've seen more of Branagh's movies simply for Emma Thompson than him, honestly.  :P  However, I don't think I could have that threesome, personally.  That history must suck indeed, but it doesn't make me dream any less.  :]
~ Meagan
Pirategrrrl's picture

Fair enough

I can totally respect your dreams ... and I am similar at least with Emma Thompson (I'm not the biggest HBC fan).

There's definitely a reason that Emma Thompson surpassed Branagh in the mid-90's, and never looked back. :)

thesupernova's picture

mine:

lana lang (kristin kreuk) and lois lane (erica durance).
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ML Cyane's picture

cool you put a pic...I tried

cool you put a pic...I tried with Helena :( don't know how :)
Andrea's picture

nice pick!

those two would be a really hot couple!

"i don't suffer from insanity...i enjoy every minute of it"

ML Cyane's picture

Yeah...  Helena...

Yeah...  Helena...

Torrance/Missy  Bring It On

Viola/Olivia  She's The Man

LANA/CHLOE  Smallville

Marissa/Summer  Summer/Alex  The O.C.

Tasha/Nikki  Tasha/Vallery or even Vallery/Nikki   V.I.P

 Rachel/Monica  FRIENDS

Sharon/Kara  Battlestar Galactica

Jordan/Lu  Crossing Jordan

Pirategrrrl's picture

A WLT that may come true ...

at the moment I'm a big fan of hoping/longing/wishing/dreaming of:

Cristina Yang and Erica Hahn getting together ... and the fact that Brooke Smith thinks so too, makes me hopeful. Hot new power couple on primetime? HECK. YES.

gypsywee's picture

Pretty girl!

Christina owns the show IMHO! I don't care which chick she hooks up with (as long as it's not Meredith), but I do have a soft spot for the stern Dr. Hahn.
ML Cyane's picture

Hey how about 

Hey how about  Callie/Addison   Addison/Izzie  Grey's anatomy
Acer Racer's picture

Oh Yeah

Can't believe I forgot Addison/Izzie. I mean HELLO. But I'm a sucker for a redhead and/or a blonde.
ML Cyane's picture

nuts

Nell/Georgia  Ally McBeal...  Ok  I got to stop I'm going nuts lol!
Kaira's picture

Hmmm lets see CSI:

Hmmm lets see

CSI: Cath/Sara, Sara/Sofia, Cath/Sofia, Cath/Sara/Sofia 

House: Cameron/Cuddy, Cameron/13

Thats about it for me right now. I cant think of any movies or shows with ladies I daydream about

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

JD105's picture

Heroic thinking ...

Ali Larter and Hayden Panettiere from Heroes

Ms. Snarker, I love the way you provoke discussion and other intellectual exercises.

Cheers to you!

NorthernStar's picture

ewwwww, Hayden Panetierre is in HIGHSCHOOL!

at least her character is underage.

gross!

Maybe Niki and Elle (Kirsten Bell).

Brooke's picture

Bones

I love Bones... Brennan that is. : )
pecola's picture

Don't They Make a Cute Couple?

Callie and Addison on Grey's Anatomy

carob15's picture

BRAM!

You can have Buffy/Faith, I'm keeping Brooke/Sam. God they were so gay for each other. I mean, my god they had so much prolonged eye contact! As soon as they were in the same room their eyes locked and they just... stared with such intensity, and they had alot of moments when you could clearly see how much they want the other to like her for who they really were, specially Brooke, and how afraid and mad that made them, specially for Sam.

Thank God for fanfics, for Ryan Murphy saying that Sam was going to be a lesbian and for Brooke for admiting she doubted her sexual orientation. *sigh*

NorthernStar's picture

Lilly Rush & Kat Miller (Cold Case)

Casey Novak & Olivia Benson (SVU) - of course, I could go with Alex Cabot ;)

Actually, Olivia would work with Melinda Warner as well.

Lily & Robin (How I met your Mother)

Lara Jean's picture

Ah... WLT...

Some of my WLT pairings are now impossible... but here goes anyway:

CSI: Cath/Sara (Oh, how I wished)

SVU: Benson/Novak, Benson/Carmichael (At the risk of boggling some minds, I'll say I was never a big fan of Cabot)

Crossing Jordan: Jordan/Brooke Smith's character, and now that Smith's on Grey's...

Grey's Anatomy: Hahn/Yang (It could be soo good), Callie/Izzie (Yes, I know I'm insane)

Oh, and ER: Abby/Kerry, and then MAYBE they wouldn't have had to run Abby's character into the ground again this season. Argh.

That's about it for me, except I'd really to see Alice/Tasha working out on TLW Season 5.



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gypsywee's picture

The Philadelphia Story: Tracy Lord and Elizabeth Imbrie

Here's an old-timey WLT with two of my favorite gals! Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) and Elizabeth Imbrie (Ruth Hussey).

I used Paint to cut out Jimmy Stewart so it's a kind of lame :-).

Pirategrrrl's picture

Good call!

Way to pull out a classic!

Bur really, Kate Hepburn with any woman is just awesome ...

And Greta Garbo, circa Queen Christina? mmmmmm......

 

rowan1879's picture

Freakin' Friends

Hey, shout out to Daria and Jane. I heart you for that reference.

I also sixth, seventh, and eighth, the Brennan/Angela pairing.

Also, I don't know how many other people have caught it, but the new doctor (Jennifer something - played by Jewel Staite from Firefly) and Samantha Carter on Stargate:Atlantis had a definite eye locking moment and a fairly intimate heart-to-heart, a couple of episodes back. Plus, whether it's intentional or not, the two women have been playing with snatched glances, almost as if they're afraid to look at each other. Or that could just be me projecting. But I choose to think not.

As always, Ms. Snarker, a pleasure.

Crank Heart's picture

My WLT...

Alias - Sydney Bristow/Lauren Reed
Firefly - Kaylee/River
Heroes - Claire/Elle

And pretty much everybody on Top Model...mainly Brittany Brower/Adrienne Curry. So far fetched, but seriously amazing.

Trix's picture

Mmm, totally seconded with

Mmm, totally seconded with Brennan/Angela.

Everyone on Firefly with everyone else, but I especially vote Kaylee/Inara. Zoe too, but I think I'd like her to take on some hot Amazonian character. Cross-series? Zoe/Xena, hah!

As for Harry Potter, c'mon, it has to be Tonks/Hermione. That stuff with Tonks/Remus? Total red herring. He's GAY, so's SHE. Maybe it was all about having babiez. :-)

Tease's picture

These two

are meant for each other:  Abby and Neela

Lisa

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BeecaBee's picture

WLT

Criminal Minds: JJ and Emily (there is something there, even if Im the only one who sees it)

Law and Order, SVU: Olivia and Alex, OR Olivia and Casey, and Alex comes back like WTF?

SON: Maybe alittle Spencer and Madison?

CSI Miami: Callie and Natalia (Ive been saying that!)

Chuck: Ellie and Sarah (Ellie was Lara on L-word, so she knows how it works)

Ally McBeal: Nell and Ling (Portia and Lucy, c'mon now, that is hella sexy)

CSI NY: Stella and Lindsay

Degrassi: Alex and Manny

90210: Kelly and Valerie (there was a weird sexual chemistry there)

Part of 5: Julia and Sarah

Just having these WLT moment now has made me happy for the day, lol.

ML Cyane's picture

Lara

Sorry but Lara on L Word was played by Lauren Lee Smith, Ellie on Chuck is played by Sarah Lancaster. But yeah I do agree with you on that couple.

BeecaBee's picture

Ooooh Good Call

Regardless they would be a cute couple!

I realized that Ellie from Chuck was on Saved By The Bell the New New New class, season 652354351654354351534 or whatever it was. And she is cuter than Lara now that I really think about it.