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The sock meme! Make a list of your favorite pairings and explain who would pick up the socks and why.
Sheldon/Penny (The Big Bang Theory). Sheldon picks up the socks, sorts them by color and fabric content, washes them, and returns them to Penny neatly folded. Penny is perfectly capable of picking up her own socks, even if she sometimes leaves them scattered on the floor long enough to collect dust, but she sees no reason to pick up and launder the socks when Sheldon will only feel a need to re-fold everything with his folding board anyway.
Barney/Robin (How I Met Your Mother). Nobody picks up the socks, because Barney is sure that socks should pick themselves up and Robin feels that picking up the socks is beneath her as a liberated woman. When the socks pile up around the apartment and Barney loses his iPhone under a tangle of Robin's dirty stockings, they both agree to pick up the socks, which quickly leads to a sock-fight and a round of vigorous sex on the floor. Barney finally gives in and has a high-powered laundry chute installed; Robin isn't quite sure where the socks go after they disappear down the chute, but they seem to turn up clean in her dresser drawer a few days later.
Harry/Luna (Harry Potter). Harry picks up the socks, because on days when Luna decides to believe that socks exist she usually suspects they're infested with Nargles. Luna, however, does the laundry, as long as Harry remembers to put everything in the hamper; clothes tend to come out of the wash in spectacular and surprising colors, but Harry doesn't mind after living so long with the Dursleys. Between the two of them they have a rather impressive collection of socks.
Seishirou/Subaru (X/1999). Nobody picks up the socks. Seishirou hires someone to do that sort of thing for him, and Subaru owns only the one pair, which he usually neglects to wear because socks remind him too much of Hokuto. If he hadn't had such a magnificent blister on his left foot from his boots rubbing against his bare feet, he would have moved that much faster and escaped Fuuma with both eyes intact.
Wesley/Faith (BtVS/AtS). They both pick up their own socks, because neither of them is used to having somebody else pick up their socks for them. At first they still wash their laundry separately, but after a couple of months they find themselves picking up their socks together and putting everything into one hamper. It's oddly domestic. Neither of them object, and it might even be a source of secret delight because they've never done their laundry with another person, but the whole experience is entirely novel and foreign. However, it's Wesley who folds the socks; left to her own devices Faith dumps all of her clean laundry back into the basket, which shocks Wes's sensibilities.
Luke/Mara (Star Wars). Mara sure as hell doesn't pick up Luke's socks, but Luke doesn't mind doing it for both of them.
Ten/Rose (Doctor Who). The TARDIS picks up the socks, because the Doctor and Rose are too busy having grand adventures and running for their lives to pick up after themselves. They both need picking up after fairly often, because they tend to come back covered in all sorts of unmentionable substances, and the Doctor in particular is inclined to leave his dirty socks draped over the console. Rose would do it if the TARDIS didn't - she is, in fact, quite proficient at picking up socks, having done so both for herself and Jackie for a number of years. The Doctor would presumably pick up socks only if Rose mentioned that she found men who picked up socks foxy.
Sheldon/Penny (The Big Bang Theory). Sheldon picks up the socks, sorts them by color and fabric content, washes them, and returns them to Penny neatly folded. Penny is perfectly capable of picking up her own socks, even if she sometimes leaves them scattered on the floor long enough to collect dust, but she sees no reason to pick up and launder the socks when Sheldon will only feel a need to re-fold everything with his folding board anyway.
Barney/Robin (How I Met Your Mother). Nobody picks up the socks, because Barney is sure that socks should pick themselves up and Robin feels that picking up the socks is beneath her as a liberated woman. When the socks pile up around the apartment and Barney loses his iPhone under a tangle of Robin's dirty stockings, they both agree to pick up the socks, which quickly leads to a sock-fight and a round of vigorous sex on the floor. Barney finally gives in and has a high-powered laundry chute installed; Robin isn't quite sure where the socks go after they disappear down the chute, but they seem to turn up clean in her dresser drawer a few days later.
Harry/Luna (Harry Potter). Harry picks up the socks, because on days when Luna decides to believe that socks exist she usually suspects they're infested with Nargles. Luna, however, does the laundry, as long as Harry remembers to put everything in the hamper; clothes tend to come out of the wash in spectacular and surprising colors, but Harry doesn't mind after living so long with the Dursleys. Between the two of them they have a rather impressive collection of socks.
Seishirou/Subaru (X/1999). Nobody picks up the socks. Seishirou hires someone to do that sort of thing for him, and Subaru owns only the one pair, which he usually neglects to wear because socks remind him too much of Hokuto. If he hadn't had such a magnificent blister on his left foot from his boots rubbing against his bare feet, he would have moved that much faster and escaped Fuuma with both eyes intact.
Wesley/Faith (BtVS/AtS). They both pick up their own socks, because neither of them is used to having somebody else pick up their socks for them. At first they still wash their laundry separately, but after a couple of months they find themselves picking up their socks together and putting everything into one hamper. It's oddly domestic. Neither of them object, and it might even be a source of secret delight because they've never done their laundry with another person, but the whole experience is entirely novel and foreign. However, it's Wesley who folds the socks; left to her own devices Faith dumps all of her clean laundry back into the basket, which shocks Wes's sensibilities.
Luke/Mara (Star Wars). Mara sure as hell doesn't pick up Luke's socks, but Luke doesn't mind doing it for both of them.
Ten/Rose (Doctor Who). The TARDIS picks up the socks, because the Doctor and Rose are too busy having grand adventures and running for their lives to pick up after themselves. They both need picking up after fairly often, because they tend to come back covered in all sorts of unmentionable substances, and the Doctor in particular is inclined to leave his dirty socks draped over the console. Rose would do it if the TARDIS didn't - she is, in fact, quite proficient at picking up socks, having done so both for herself and Jackie for a number of years. The Doctor would presumably pick up socks only if Rose mentioned that she found men who picked up socks foxy.
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