[Meme] Pairing meme

[runespoor]

OK I'm bored. So, meme.

Tell me a fandom and I'll tell you my...
One True Pairing Ship:
Canon Ship:
"If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship:
"You are one sick bastard" Ship:
“I am a sick bastard” Ship:
"I dabble a little" Ship:
"It's like a car crash" Ship:
"Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet" Ship:
"Makes no canon sense but why the Hell not" Ship:
"Everyone else loves it but I just don't feel it" Ship:

(Fandoms: Naruto, Harry Potter, Animorphs, Fire Emblem (PoR/RD, Blazing Sword, Sacred Stones), Tales of Symphonia, FullMetal Alchemist (anime), Kingdom Hearts, Bleach, BtVS, Dragaera, Good Omens, Discworld, Oban Star-Racers, Genshiken, The Human Comedy by Balzac yes it's a fandom, the Malaussène series yes it's a fandom too, Disney...)

Comments

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

in a team, there's a girl and a 'desirable' boy and another boy who is either fat or a dork or non-pretty. So yeah, that gives things like ShikaIno and NejiTen all in a row with no further justification.


It's like the fanbrats see that the dork, fat, or non-pretty boy is usually way more interesting and better boyfriend material overall. (Let's put it this way, who would you rather date - Neji or Shikamaru, who's going to ignore you 3/4 of the time, or Lee or Chouji would would worship the ground you walk on?)

(Also, he was totally undressing her in that arena. Until Part II, there was no clothing damage in the series, except for that one scene where Neji pulls Hinata's sleeve back.)

That is a DAMN good point. Neji and Hinata is one of my favorite dynamics to play around with, regardless of whether it's required or not, simply because there is so much history and trauma there. It's hard for me to get into other pairings for either of them, although I do kinda support Hinata/Naruto on the grounds that Hinata should get whatever she wants (although I think Neji would both challange her more and know how to support her against the rest of Hyuuga when she needs it.)

I know what you mean about wanting to avoid the insta-shipping. Suigetsu/Karin actually grew on my slow, once I got over the Karin: Poor Man's Sakura subtext Kishimoto was pushing and realized that she was a bitchy, amoral, warden who'd done her job quite well while wearing thigh-highs and hot pants. Plus, EVERY SINGLE THING Suigetsu says to Karin can be read as him having a crush and being pissy because she's into Sasuke.

To me, shipping Sakura with someone else than Naruto+Sasuke means that she's grown up and she's free to leave them to their mutual obsession.

That, right there, is why I ship Sakura with people other than Naruto and Sasuke. I know a lot of people are all about Team 7 OT3, but I have a hard time imagining Sakura being an equal partner in that - I just think of her getting side-lined and being second best like she was in Part 1.

And I'd love a link to ceresi's fic, if you have one handy.

Oh, and NEVER apologize for a long comment to me - I love them. (And it's not like I don't sometimes write mini-essays in lj comment boxes ^_^)

[runespoor7.livejournal.com]

Neji or Shikamaru, who's going to ignore you 3/4 of the time, or Lee or Chouji would would worship the ground you walk on?)
Yeah, plus Neji and Shikamaru already have girls whom they, y'know, notice and react to.

Not to mention that Ino notices Chouji is a boy while she has yet to remark on Shikamaru's appearance.

Word on all the NejiHina. (To be frank, NaruHina bores me. It's always written as fluffy fluff and while there's nothing wrong with fluff, it's not fascinating enough to hold on its own for long.)

Plus, EVERY SINGLE THING Suigetsu says to Karin can be read as him having a crush and being pissy because she's into Sasuke.
I KNOW! :D

I see what you mean re:Sakura, but I can't see her getting side-lined again, because she and Naruto have worked so hard to get Sasuke back. In many ways Sakura is Naruto's strongest supporter, or even his best friend. There's something between them they don't have with Sasuke, even if that something is Sasuke and wanting him back. (It sounds like I'm defending NaruSaku here, but I'm not, not in a way many NaruSaku shippers would get behind, I think. icon keywords.) That, and Sasuke is pinged by power, and I'm sure he'd look at her differently once she punches him in the face.

That, right there, is why I ship Sakura with people other than Naruto and Sasuke.
Same here. While Sasuke is majorly emotionally stunted and Naruto is just obsessed, I agree that Sakura could form other bonds and still be there for her team without needing to sleep with them.

ceresi's Stolen tag (http://community.livejournal.com/in_my_notebook/?skip=6&tag=stolen). KakaSaku, NaruSasuNaru or however the cool kids are calling it these days. It's plotty and it doesn't resolve around NaruSasu, actually, but I could read her KakaSaku all day.

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Plus, EVERY SINGLE THING Suigetsu says to Karin can be read as him having a crush and being pissy because she's into Sasuke.
I KNOW! :D

*giggles* He's so much fun.

In many ways Sakura is Naruto's strongest supporter, or even his best friend.

I was actually going to mention that Naruto/Sakura is a pairing a could actually believe (and it's one of the few cases where I don't really ship a canon pairing but would be totally cool if it happened.) And I really wish more people played with the Naruto/Sakura friendship and showed them being BFFs together, which I think is pretty clear in Shippuuden.

While Sasuke is majorly emotionally stunted and Naruto is just obsessed, I agree that Sakura could form other bonds and still be there for her team without needing to sleep with them.

*nods* Agreed. And part of me really thinks it would be healthier for her - I just can't get over her sticking around Konoha while her boys run off to gain power (not that she wasn't gaining power as well, but for a girl that age to have the two people she spends the most time with vanish - that has got to hurt). I want her to have someone who's not going to leave her like that again. Oh, and I just want to make sure this isn't sounding like me picking at your OT3 - I'm just talking about how I see the Team 7 dynamic.

Thanks for the link!