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fractured_sun) wrote2009-09-15 12:39 pm
fractured_sun) wrote2009-09-15 12:39 pm
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and now I shall ramble on about my 'canon' anime pairings
I have been rediscovering different anime fandoms I haven't read in a while and it got me thinking about my (slightly obsessive) pairing choices, I have come to realise I don't much mind about the main pairs it's the 'canon' pairings of the other characters I am totally inflexible about. So just because otherwise I'll be thinking about it all day I thought I'd post and ramble on about it.
Although I have a definite preference for 1x2 I really don't mind who Heero or Duo are paired with (so long as it is well written) I enjoy either (or both) of them with Wufei for example. 2xH, not a favourite but OK. The only exception being I have a wild (and irrational) dislike for 1xR, though I enjoy friendship fics for them.
Only one thing: Quatre and Trowa are clearly a couple. I am unmovable about this, you can break them up (whether temporarily or permanently) kill one of them off, whatever you like, (though happily together will give me a nice warm happy feeling). Just as long as you remember they are the loves of each others lives, even when they are only a small side story in your fic or barely mentioned at all. Otherwise I get all upset and sulk for the rest of the day :-).
In Ouran high school host club Mori and Hunni belong together. I really don't mind who the other characters are paired with, if they're all after Haruhi, all gay or a midway point but Mori and Hunni remain the focus of each others worlds.... Why? Because I said so, I must have my stable couple in my fics.
Prince of Tennis- I like almost any pairing you care to mention (unless it involves Sakuno who irritates me beyond all sense, she's so wet, now Ann I like) there is one exception - and this is very important - the golden pair is a must. They are clearly in love and of all of them are the only pairing I really believe will last (after all how many people actually stay with the person they loved when they were 14). If the silver pair appear they should also be together because they're so cute and sweet together and.... Anyway *clears throat* remember that Eiji and Oishi belong together, so there.
Bleach- I have come to realise I don't actually care about any of the main characters at all. My inner Bleach fangirl is more interested in the various Shinigami characters from soul society. Hitsugaya is the closest to a main character of my favourites. I like Hitsugaya & Matsumoto and the 11th division four, Ukitake and Shunsui (BTW those last two definitely belong together) and Hisagi Shuhei. my pairings here are a bit more fluid (except where the Captains are concerned) but I do love to see Yumichika and Ikkaku together :-).
Well anyway I'm not sure what this says except I like my steady long-term established couples (well as established as they can be when we're talking about teenagers or people who have just met, or teenagers who've just met). Actually this post is mostly pointless and probably sounds like I'm trying to tell people what to write *winces* not my intention. The funny thing is when it comes to TV series fandoms like Highlander and Mag 7 I'm all about the main characters and really couldn't care less what who the minor characters are paired with. I'm also more likely to support a het pairing than I am in anime fandoms, I think that probably has something to do with the way girls are portrayed in a lot of animes.
Although I have a definite preference for 1x2 I really don't mind who Heero or Duo are paired with (so long as it is well written) I enjoy either (or both) of them with Wufei for example. 2xH, not a favourite but OK. The only exception being I have a wild (and irrational) dislike for 1xR, though I enjoy friendship fics for them.
Only one thing: Quatre and Trowa are clearly a couple. I am unmovable about this, you can break them up (whether temporarily or permanently) kill one of them off, whatever you like, (though happily together will give me a nice warm happy feeling). Just as long as you remember they are the loves of each others lives, even when they are only a small side story in your fic or barely mentioned at all. Otherwise I get all upset and sulk for the rest of the day :-).
In Ouran high school host club Mori and Hunni belong together. I really don't mind who the other characters are paired with, if they're all after Haruhi, all gay or a midway point but Mori and Hunni remain the focus of each others worlds.... Why? Because I said so, I must have my stable couple in my fics.
Prince of Tennis- I like almost any pairing you care to mention (unless it involves Sakuno who irritates me beyond all sense, she's so wet, now Ann I like) there is one exception - and this is very important - the golden pair is a must. They are clearly in love and of all of them are the only pairing I really believe will last (after all how many people actually stay with the person they loved when they were 14). If the silver pair appear they should also be together because they're so cute and sweet together and.... Anyway *clears throat* remember that Eiji and Oishi belong together, so there.
Bleach- I have come to realise I don't actually care about any of the main characters at all. My inner Bleach fangirl is more interested in the various Shinigami characters from soul society. Hitsugaya is the closest to a main character of my favourites. I like Hitsugaya & Matsumoto and the 11th division four, Ukitake and Shunsui (BTW those last two definitely belong together) and Hisagi Shuhei. my pairings here are a bit more fluid (except where the Captains are concerned) but I do love to see Yumichika and Ikkaku together :-).
Well anyway I'm not sure what this says except I like my steady long-term established couples (well as established as they can be when we're talking about teenagers or people who have just met, or teenagers who've just met). Actually this post is mostly pointless and probably sounds like I'm trying to tell people what to write *winces* not my intention. The funny thing is when it comes to TV series fandoms like Highlander and Mag 7 I'm all about the main characters and really couldn't care less what who the minor characters are paired with. I'm also more likely to support a het pairing than I am in anime fandoms, I think that probably has something to do with the way girls are portrayed in a lot of animes.
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I write 3x4. Not that I don't enjoy a good 1x2 or any other equation (I've been known to like a good 1x3, too, with the knowledge that T hasn't met Q yet... WHAT! It's what I like! Lemme'lone)
I also wrote golden pair fic, and I love to read silver pair fic (Have you ever read "learning to land?" epic AWESOME, by the way).
I also, don't write for Bleach, eventhough I highly enjoy the series, but if I had to pick, I would say Renji and Rukia with the whole childhood friends thing, but it's less stable, so therefore I don't write it. And also, writing het is just...less interesting to me, eventhough I'm a heterosexual myself. I don't know, it's just what I like *shrug*
Another series I like is supernatural, where the brothers are such a perfect couple, as well, and I would totally attempt to write for that.
I happen to be a huge fan of Doctor Who, but I have never, ever even THOUGHT of writing fic for it. Why? Because there's no one there that seems RIGHT for the fic. No one. I love the show but I'd never consider to write for it.
The pairs that you point out here really struck me, because they ARE cannon couples in the broadest of senses. None are actual couples in the series (ex: Jack and Ianto in Torchwood. Are a couple. I don't write them.) but they have moments of extreme 'togetherness' that seem to separate them from the rest of the cast. And that is what fascinates me so, I think.
Thoughts?
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That's what attracts me to them I think, the relationship just seems to be there for everyone to see and it is what makes me want to watch the show in the first place.
I'm with you on writing het, I quite enjoyed writing Sally and Wufei but that's the only het pairing I've ever written and it was filled with slash couples. I think part of the problem is that so few female characters are as well developed as the male characters, and het relationships are so often shown and explored it doesn't feel like they are missing and need to be added by fanfic.
I've only written a couple of drabbles for Dr Who but I am always quite tempted by crossovers for him, like you I don't really feel drawn to write much about any of the canon characters (maybe I'm just happy with the canon?) but add them to characters from other shows I like and.... :-) plotbunnies.