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I came across this old article about Eduardo Saverin living it up in his 30s in Singapore and it's so funny to read this.

Obviously, no idea how true any of this is and how different he acts these days, now that he is leading an investment firm and moving millions around but still... It's such a hilarious contrast to his portrayal in TSN and the way the fandom sees the fictional version of him.

I speed-watched my way through the first half of Haven's last season one night because I couldn't sleep and it struck me again how much I tend to prefer the evil doppelgangers over the original (or rather the character that is introduced first because they aren't always the original).

Like, Mara is a piece of work but Haven's "Audrey is such a beautiful and special snowflake"-attitude soured me on her so much that I like the psychotic bitch way better. I really don't like when shows end up pretending their protagonists can't do any wrong. And Mara and her reckless cruelty and strategic mind was just fun for some reason.

Blindspot's Jane bored me but Remi is so freaking awful. But the way they told the story, with the second personality getting to keep the body against Remi's will creeped me out so much. They had such a good lead-up but messed it up completely and I ended up wishing Remi was back. Or Jane and Remi really kinda becoming one instead of just Jane getting Remi's memories.

I think I liked Clarke at the beginning of The 100 but damn, did I start hating her during the show. And I haven't even seen the whole season with Josephine yet but I already wish she would survive instead of Clarke. Her and the rest of the characters having to live together, having to survive together? That could have been such a good story. And Josephine is evil and fun.

And then there is Vampire Diaries. I liked Elena at the beginning even though I was always bitter she was differed so much from book!Elena. And I hated Katherine on sight. But while Katherine grew on me and I grew to love her, the same really doesn't go for Elena.

And still, I loved it when Katherine and Elena worked together, the same goes for Clarke and Josephine. Hell, even with Faye and Lilah in Another Me, I kinda wanted both of them to survive and share the body.

Which is a common trope I wish for in fic when it comes to these set-ups. I tend to ship them or want them to share a body and just dysfunctionally deal with it. Or just work together all the time. And this despite disliking one of them. :D I just like the tension and the mind-fuckery and the weird connections.