Canon Chick/Non-Canon Relationships
I'm big on adoring canon. Which I've talked about. So, why aren't any of my preferred 'ships canon? Even the really popular ones (Clark/Lex, Fraser/RayK), they aren't canon. What, am I allergic to canon relationships?
Or is it that I like seeing something new in the fics I read? I mean, I want Buffy/Angel, I can watch the early season of Buffy. If I want Buffy/Spike, I could watch the later seasons. It's there on screen. I have no need to see it go further. So, I read the Farscape transcripts and the John/Aeryn thing is a huge deal: in canon. They have a kid. They have sex. They have all the relationshippy "I love you" dren. I don't need to see it in fic because it's there in the transcripts. John and Aeryn are 'shipped by the show. They don't need my help.
And then, of course, once I start to like a pairing, it's hard to stop. So I'm already attached to John/Chiana before I find out about Kansas, so that doesn't really make a difference to me. Incidentally, does John ever find out that Karen is Chiana? Does he make that connection?
I like having the framework of canon and using it to explore the things that we don't see. From what I've read, we see J/A in schmoopy, angsty, lusty detail. A lot. Which is why Spike/Buffy wasn't interesting to me outside the show once they did it on the show.
Or is it that I like seeing something new in the fics I read? I mean, I want Buffy/Angel, I can watch the early season of Buffy. If I want Buffy/Spike, I could watch the later seasons. It's there on screen. I have no need to see it go further. So, I read the Farscape transcripts and the John/Aeryn thing is a huge deal: in canon. They have a kid. They have sex. They have all the relationshippy "I love you" dren. I don't need to see it in fic because it's there in the transcripts. John and Aeryn are 'shipped by the show. They don't need my help.
And then, of course, once I start to like a pairing, it's hard to stop. So I'm already attached to John/Chiana before I find out about Kansas, so that doesn't really make a difference to me. Incidentally, does John ever find out that Karen is Chiana? Does he make that connection?
I like having the framework of canon and using it to explore the things that we don't see. From what I've read, we see J/A in schmoopy, angsty, lusty detail. A lot. Which is why Spike/Buffy wasn't interesting to me outside the show once they did it on the show.