Jen was my favourite too. I watched until they got to college, then gave up caring. I did tune in for the final episode, but, well.

The Pacey/Joey not having sex on a boat thing is always associated with Clark being a virgin marrying Lois in Lois and Clark for me. I think a friend pointed out the complete bugfuck insanity of both when we were watching that series of Dawson's Crack.

Also, yes, I think the McKay/Sheppard is sort of the antidote to the Clex. You had to work to believe anything happy for Clex, whereas it's the opposite for McKay/Sheppard. Pairing of joy. And snark. And adorkability.

I was a horrible, terrible, huge Pacey/Joey shipper. And it was only fuelled by my increasing dislike of the Big Giant Head.

Joey slowly became one of those ciphers--the object of desire for the male character I really liked. I didn't have to like her, but because he wanted her, I was a shipper.

I was a horrible, terrible, huge Pacey/Joey shipper. And it was only fuelled by my increasing dislike of the Big Giant Head.

Me, as well. Although I stopped watching regularly for the last 2 seasons, and only came back for the "Joey and Pacey locked in a giant K-Mart" episode and the finale. I couldn't deal with a lot the eps in those last seasons.

I was a horrible, terrible, huge Pacey/Joey shipper. And it was only fuelled by my increasing dislike of the Big Giant Head.

Yes. I will confess to this. Though I am also Sophia in taking a break from the series and returning for the end.

Pacey'n'Joey4evah!! (Shut up.)

I watched the entire run of DC in the span of several months during a TBS rerun (through the power of blessed St. TiVo) so I was able to FF through the more unbearable bits of S5 and 6. And I cried and cried during the finale because I am a sap.

Apparently both the Beek and Joshua Jackson may be coming back to the small screen next pilot season.

And I cried and cried during the finale because I am a sap.

Me too!

I did always regret how they seemed to change Joey's character from a headstrong tomboy to, well, something else. I always feel that Dawson's Creek had such potential to be really excellent and different, and just didn't.

And I cried and cried during the finale because I am a sap.

Me three.

See above re: Jen being my favourite character.

Isn't it funny that the girls from DC have gone on to have decent movie careers (the infamous Cruise-marrying notwithstanding) while the boys languished without much success?

Watching the fresh-faced Katie Holmes from S1-3 DC now makes me kind of sad.

...aaaand now I want fic. Damn it. Will not go trawling for McShep at school. That would be bad.

Why go trawling when we can happily provide? Here's a hilarious McShep story that's pretty work safe if I remember correctly: Neither an Ocelot nor a Raccoon Be

decent movie careers (the infamous Cruise-marrying notwithstanding)

I don't know. I've seen Katie Holmes in two grownup movies now, and she still hasn't convinced me she's not a waste of skin. Only about 1/3 of that could be attributed to the general Hollywood habit of casting women too young for the men they are foils for, and the rest is all Holmes looking like a helpless twidget.

That said, I'll gladly sit through a Katie Holmes movie if it means never seeing James Van Der Giant Head on a movie screen.