I like kissing, personally. It's one of my favorite parts of a romantic relationship. Aside from romance, it's remarkably expressive: one glance can tell you volumes. Kisses happen between all kinds of people - parents/children, siblings, family members - whether family of the blood or of the heart or of the mob, business associates, romantic interests and old married couples. Kisses can say "hello" or "I care deeply" or "I don't know what to say" or "goodbye" or hundreds of other things.
Absolutely my favorite part of watching TV is watching kissing happen.
Mulder and Scully - rare and packed with subtext. It never just happens on the spur of the moment, though it may appear that way. Their feelings for each other, whether you subscribe to romo or noromo, are deep and complex and aren't going to go away.
Will and Sydney - lowered inhibitions allow him to try to satisfy his curiosity. I could have stood for more of this, because frankly, Bradley Cooper is hot, and I like the way he kisses.
Sydney and Vaughn - the overwhelming realization that life is short, and in their cases, could end at any moment, pushes them to acknowledge their feelings for each other, finally, but it's hardly the last time they kiss. Their kisses are generally heartfelt and, during season 2 at least, rarely perfunctory.
Comparing the two, Sydney's kisses with Will were warm and fuzzy we've-been-friends-why-not-more, whereas kissing Vaughn is a culmination of caring and friendship and trust pushed aside and stuffed into the corners until it transforms into something that won't allow itself to be stopped any longer.
Veronica's kisses with Duncan (as shown during season 1) are the perfunctory kind. I don't see any real passion, just a couple of kids who care about each other and kissing is sort of an expected extension of that. It's too bad, too, because there's chemistry there.
Veronica/Deputy Leo kisses are warm and fuzzy, but no fire. Nothing wrong with this kind of kissing - it's certainly still enjoyable. lol
Veronica/Logan's first one, however, was hot and full of feeling. Some of this may have been repressed before - their respective relationships prior to Lilly's death would have stopped either of them from acting on any feelings, even if they acknowledged them, and the circumstances of Lilly's death and surrounding events precluded them from comforting each other as friends. Of course, fiction is full of examples of people who hate-at-first-sight because they subconsciously recognize the possibility of life-changing emotional impact and self-preservation dictates that they avoid such a risk.
Other favorites, either one-time or in the context of a relationship: Joey/Pacey, Jack/Sam, Worf/Jadzia Dax, Aragorn/Arwen ::swoon::, Jordan/Woody, Patrick/Kat (OMG, I just realized that Charlie Eppes was the "yeah, that's a Toyota" guy in Ten Things) and Ennis/Jack.
Three of my favorite onscreen kissers are Michael Vartan, Heath Ledger and Viggo Mortenson. I just love the way each looks when he's kissing - absorbed, like there is nothing else in the world as important as what he's doing right then. Others don't look so great; for instance, the older Harrison Ford gets, the less I want to see him kissing anybody, and that's sad, because I love Harrison Ford.
Apropos of nothing, Veronica Mars bossman Rob Thomas graduated from high school the same year I did, from a high school less than an hour away from mine. For all its size, Texas is a small world. lol
What are some of your favorites? Feel free to tell me why and link to screencaps.
ETA: Best surprise kiss lately? Amita/Charlie: "You really are a genius." The look on his face afterwards. Dude.
ETA2: Sweetest recent TV kiss? Rose/Bernard at reunion. We should all be so lucky.
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