Shipping Meme
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avocado_love , via sejitsu :
SIX PAIRINGS I LIKE:
1. Sokka/Suki
2. Asuka/Shinji
3. Zuko/Mai
4. Ty Lee/Azula
5. Mamoru/Ami
6. Zuko/Suki
THREE SHIPS I'VE ABANDONED:
7. Ritsuko/Maya
8. Shinji/Rei
9. Harry/Ginny
THREE SHIPS I'VE NEVER LIKED:
10. Zuko/Katara
11. Misato/Shinji
12. Usagi/Rei
TWO SHIPS THAT HAVE PIQUED MY INTEREST:
13. Zuko/Yue
14. Toph/Aang
1. Why do you dislike #11 so much?
It squicks me because it's a violations of so many levels of trust. Misato isn't just his CO, she's his mother/sister figure and his guardian to boot. The power balance is so completely lopsided in Misato's favor, it isn't healthy. Would anyone root for Asuka/Kaji? Hell no.
2. Who do you know that ships #13?
Avocado Love mentioned it on the Rare/Crackship Exchange, and I've seen it pop up here and there. Zuko/Yue is a fairly rare ship. There's only one major fanfic for it -- "Duty" -- and it's a deadfic.
3. What would be your ideal scenario for couple #3?
If I had one for Maiko, I think it'd be that they only really get to know each other after the coup of Ba Sing Se. I've written them as a childhood sweethearts in one fic, but I'm warming to the interpretation that has them really only being passingly familiar with each other through Azula pre-BSS. It feels less like destiny/inevitability and more like a real relationship, one struck up by circumstance and convenience.
4. What is your favorite moment for #1?
The Tent Scene. And Sokka wearing a necklace of flowers the neck morning. Because if I just met my sweetheart after a hellish few months and a daring jailbreak, I'd totally get laid five minutes after my Dad was out of the picture.
5. How long have you been following couple #6?
Not too long. There isn't a lot of Zuki out there, and what is there is either very short, smut, or incidental to another ship (Mai/Sokka).
6. What's the story with #8? What made you stop caring?
Because Rei/Shinji writers never play up the fact she's a HALF-CLONE OF HIS MOM or deal with her non-humanness. They just make Rei into a woobie, or suddenly emotional basketcase, and will often change her ancestry. It spoiled the ship for me.
7. Which ship do you prefer - #2 or #4?
#2. There's so much great Asuka/Shinji fic out there. Which is part of the reason I'll never write it. Everything that could be said about that ship has been.
8. You have the power to make one ship non-existent. Choose from #10 or #12.
#12. Zutara is boring as hell, and invites so much OOCness it's not funny, but the ship has potential if people would just get past the surface-level 'forbidden romance' layer. How would Katara deal with isolation in Fire Nation courtly life? How would Aang respond if the Fire Nation was heading towards civil war because Zuko married Katara? And so on. Usagi/Rei is always just yuri smut. I've never seen a writer sell me on it any more than I've seen a decent Mamoru/Other pairing.
9. What interests you about #14?
It's the other major Aang ship but no author has written the definitive fic for it. Taang is usually an excuse to pair off Aang in the event of Zutara. I want to read their story. How does Toph mature from a bratty kid to a teenager/adult? (These are actually my favorite bits to write in FMB, showing Toph's arc from shit-kicking cute bruiser to retired sour knight.) How would she and Aang raise their kids? How would their marriage go down, considering the Avatar is marrying the heiress to a vast fortune?
10. When did you stop liking #7?
When it got to be overplayed. In practically every Fix Fic for Evangelion, Ritsuko and Maya pair off. Maya is Ritsuko's happy ending, no ifs ands or buts.
11. Did your waning interest in #9 kill your interest in the series?
No. I was never really heavily into HP. I didn't really care at all, either way, about Harry/Ginny in canon. When I got into HP fanfic I read a few really good Harry/Ginny fics that sold the ship on me and really made a vivid character out of Ginny from what little we know from canon. But those same fics tended to idealize the romance, and after exposure to several 'perfect Ginny' fics I got sick of the pairing. Nowadays I only read HP fics for the plot.
12. What's a song that reminds you of #5?
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" by the Rolling Stones.
13. Which of these ships do you love the most right now?
Suki/Sokka. Which is odd because I haven't written any fic for it. But I like the pairing.
14. Which do you dislike the most?
Misato/Shinji. It squicks me deeply.
15. If you could have any of these pairings double date, who would they be?
Zuko/Suki and Aang/Toph. Katara and Sokka can look into the restaurant from the cold, snowy outside.
16. Have #2 kissed yet?
Yes. And it was horrible.
17. Did #4 have a happy ending? Do you think one is likely?
No. If there was anything more than subtext, it ended badly when Azula went insane and Ty Lee immediately hightailed it to Kyoshi Island with no apparent intention of returning.
18. What would make you start shipping #14?
A good story for it.
19. If only one could happen, which would you prefer - #2 or #6?
#2. If Shinji and Asuka had worked out their issues enough to have a functional relationship with another human being, a lot of people could have avoided a lot of suffering.
20. You have the power to decide the fate of #10. What happens to them?
Zuko and Katara marry. There's a anti-Katara, pro-peace coup of the government. Aang and the White Lotus choose to pick the least awful option and don't fight a civil war over an inevitable half-Water Tribe child taking the throne. Zuko is ousted as Fire Lord and the two of them are sent into exile in Ba Sing Se.
avocado_love , via sejitsu :SIX PAIRINGS I LIKE:
1. Sokka/Suki
2. Asuka/Shinji
3. Zuko/Mai
4. Ty Lee/Azula
5. Mamoru/Ami
6. Zuko/Suki
THREE SHIPS I'VE ABANDONED:
7. Ritsuko/Maya
8. Shinji/Rei
9. Harry/Ginny
THREE SHIPS I'VE NEVER LIKED:
10. Zuko/Katara
11. Misato/Shinji
12. Usagi/Rei
TWO SHIPS THAT HAVE PIQUED MY INTEREST:
13. Zuko/Yue
14. Toph/Aang
1. Why do you dislike #11 so much?
It squicks me because it's a violations of so many levels of trust. Misato isn't just his CO, she's his mother/sister figure and his guardian to boot. The power balance is so completely lopsided in Misato's favor, it isn't healthy. Would anyone root for Asuka/Kaji? Hell no.
2. Who do you know that ships #13?
Avocado Love mentioned it on the Rare/Crackship Exchange, and I've seen it pop up here and there. Zuko/Yue is a fairly rare ship. There's only one major fanfic for it -- "Duty" -- and it's a deadfic.
3. What would be your ideal scenario for couple #3?
If I had one for Maiko, I think it'd be that they only really get to know each other after the coup of Ba Sing Se. I've written them as a childhood sweethearts in one fic, but I'm warming to the interpretation that has them really only being passingly familiar with each other through Azula pre-BSS. It feels less like destiny/inevitability and more like a real relationship, one struck up by circumstance and convenience.
4. What is your favorite moment for #1?
The Tent Scene. And Sokka wearing a necklace of flowers the neck morning. Because if I just met my sweetheart after a hellish few months and a daring jailbreak, I'd totally get laid five minutes after my Dad was out of the picture.
5. How long have you been following couple #6?
Not too long. There isn't a lot of Zuki out there, and what is there is either very short, smut, or incidental to another ship (Mai/Sokka).
6. What's the story with #8? What made you stop caring?
Because Rei/Shinji writers never play up the fact she's a HALF-CLONE OF HIS MOM or deal with her non-humanness. They just make Rei into a woobie, or suddenly emotional basketcase, and will often change her ancestry. It spoiled the ship for me.
7. Which ship do you prefer - #2 or #4?
#2. There's so much great Asuka/Shinji fic out there. Which is part of the reason I'll never write it. Everything that could be said about that ship has been.
8. You have the power to make one ship non-existent. Choose from #10 or #12.
#12. Zutara is boring as hell, and invites so much OOCness it's not funny, but the ship has potential if people would just get past the surface-level 'forbidden romance' layer. How would Katara deal with isolation in Fire Nation courtly life? How would Aang respond if the Fire Nation was heading towards civil war because Zuko married Katara? And so on. Usagi/Rei is always just yuri smut. I've never seen a writer sell me on it any more than I've seen a decent Mamoru/Other pairing.
9. What interests you about #14?
It's the other major Aang ship but no author has written the definitive fic for it. Taang is usually an excuse to pair off Aang in the event of Zutara. I want to read their story. How does Toph mature from a bratty kid to a teenager/adult? (These are actually my favorite bits to write in FMB, showing Toph's arc from shit-kicking cute bruiser to retired sour knight.) How would she and Aang raise their kids? How would their marriage go down, considering the Avatar is marrying the heiress to a vast fortune?
10. When did you stop liking #7?
When it got to be overplayed. In practically every Fix Fic for Evangelion, Ritsuko and Maya pair off. Maya is Ritsuko's happy ending, no ifs ands or buts.
11. Did your waning interest in #9 kill your interest in the series?
No. I was never really heavily into HP. I didn't really care at all, either way, about Harry/Ginny in canon. When I got into HP fanfic I read a few really good Harry/Ginny fics that sold the ship on me and really made a vivid character out of Ginny from what little we know from canon. But those same fics tended to idealize the romance, and after exposure to several 'perfect Ginny' fics I got sick of the pairing. Nowadays I only read HP fics for the plot.
12. What's a song that reminds you of #5?
"You Can't Always Get What You Want" by the Rolling Stones.
13. Which of these ships do you love the most right now?
Suki/Sokka. Which is odd because I haven't written any fic for it. But I like the pairing.
14. Which do you dislike the most?
Misato/Shinji. It squicks me deeply.
15. If you could have any of these pairings double date, who would they be?
Zuko/Suki and Aang/Toph. Katara and Sokka can look into the restaurant from the cold, snowy outside.
16. Have #2 kissed yet?
Yes. And it was horrible.
17. Did #4 have a happy ending? Do you think one is likely?
No. If there was anything more than subtext, it ended badly when Azula went insane and Ty Lee immediately hightailed it to Kyoshi Island with no apparent intention of returning.
18. What would make you start shipping #14?
A good story for it.
19. If only one could happen, which would you prefer - #2 or #6?
#2. If Shinji and Asuka had worked out their issues enough to have a functional relationship with another human being, a lot of people could have avoided a lot of suffering.
20. You have the power to decide the fate of #10. What happens to them?
Zuko and Katara marry. There's a anti-Katara, pro-peace coup of the government. Aang and the White Lotus choose to pick the least awful option and don't fight a civil war over an inevitable half-Water Tribe child taking the throne. Zuko is ousted as Fire Lord and the two of them are sent into exile in Ba Sing Se.
