Ship Meme

[quaggy]

I've seen this meme around plenty of places, most recently at unoriginal_liz and finally decided to give it a shot. It makes a nice change of pace from everything I've been working with over at keytus_tv.


Tell me a Fandom and I shall respond with my...

1. One True Pairing Ship:
2. Canon Ship:
3. "If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship:
4. "You are one sick bastard" Ship:
5. "I dabble a little" Ship:
6. "It's like a car crash" Ship:
7. "Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet" Ship:
8. "Makes no canon sense but why the Hell not" Ship:
9. "Everyone else loves it but I just don't feel it" Ship:


....and then YOU can tell me if my answer surprised you or not! ;-P

Comments

[fadedelegance.livejournal.com]

I think about Aang growing up, and I honestly don't think much would change. I think pretty much any woman he'd end up with would be some spineless, subservient weakling. Which is pathetic and mysogynistic.

I should seriously dabble more in Harry/Luna. Luna understands him so well it isn't even funny. Why the HELL haven't I ever written any Harry/Luna? *mentally smacks self* I guess what I'm also getting at is I like FANON Harry/Ginny but not CANON Harry/Ginny. With better execution (and I honestly think poor Jo was running out of time to develop it, since she only had two books left at the time :-/), it could have been done really well. Or if she hadn't thought I WROTE THE EPILOGUE FIRST, SO EVERYTHING LEADING UP THAT *WILL* SUPPORT MY ENDGAME SHIP. You can't do that because you're not letting your story write itself. It's like your trying to control it too much instead of letting it take you where it wants to go. *coughBRYKEcough*

I can totally see adult!Toph/Sokka. They'd be really awesome together. Aang isn't man enough for Katara and CERTAINLY not man enough for Toph.

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I think about Aang growing up, and I honestly don't think much would change.

That's probably the heart of my problem. I can imagine Aang as an adult, because he's never really going to change.

I think pretty much any woman he'd end up with would be some spineless, subservient weakling.

And don't forget passive/aggressive. Especially whenever Katara was around. Or Toph. Or any female for that matter.

I guess what I'm also getting at is I like FANON Harry/Ginny but not CANON Harry/Ginny.

See, I had so little patience with canon Harry/Ginny, that I could never be bothered to check out if and how the fanon was different.

You can't do that because you're not letting your story write itself. It's like your trying to control it too much instead of letting it take you where it wants to go

I understand her reasons for WRITING the epilogue. But then she should have put it away and basically forgot about it from a writing standpoint. When she finally got to Book 7, she should have taken it out and decided if it still worked or not. And when she saw that it didn't (because it really couldn't work) she should have posted it on her website as an extra for her diehard fans.

[fadedelegance.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. Aang would totally remain passive-agressive. I think his worst passive-agressive moment was when he wadded up the map that would have allowed Katara and Sokka to see their father. In my opinion, that was hands-down the SHITTIEST, most SELFISH thing he did in the entire series. (I'm willing to change my mind about that, though, in case there was something else he did that was even more asshole-ish, and I'm just not remembering it.) And the little cocksuck got away with it. They just forgave him like that.

I like your idea about the epilogue for Harry Potter! I wanted the epilogue to be about what happened to everyone after the war. Like what jobs they had, etc. Publishing it as an extra would have worked for me because having it at the end of the book really didn't do anything for me.

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Aang would totally remain passive-agressive.

Well, actually I meant his future spouse (mostly because that would probably be the only defense mechanism available to her), but you're right. Aang is EXTREMELY passive-aggressive.

They just forgave him like that.

Which is yet another good reason why children should raise other children. They are still learning life's important lessons and so are unable to convey the important ones. Sokka and Katara had grown up a lot by the time Toph joined them, so they did better with the raising of their second kid. ;-P

Publishing it as an extra would have worked for me because having it at the end of the book really didn't do anything for me.

Yeah, I actually think it detracted from the book (and the series) as a whole. It read a little like fanfic rather than an organic part of the story. The last 3 or 4 books really needed a good editor, but by that time, Rowling had grown so big that there was pressure to include EVERYTHING!!!