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[catalina_bella]

Meme!

List a pairing, any pairing, from any fandom you know that I know. I'll reply with three things I like about it, three things I don't, and my final verdict on it.

*Links to My Anime List because I'm lazy*
http://myanimelist.net/animelist/catalinabella

Comments

[catalina_bella]

Yay, I've been waiting for someone to ask for them!

Three things I like:
1.More so than any Sailor Moon couple (the anime in particular) you really get to see them become friends and fall in love. It's nice to see the progression of their relationship, especially as Helios begins to open up and trust her more. I love how it's so innocent yet at the same time a mature love story rather than a cookie cutter love-at-first-sight shell of one.

2. Throughout the whole series Chibiusa’s main conflict is trying to fully become a senshi and a lady, basically her ideal of what her mother is. Thus she is a perfectionist who tries to solve all her problems without help, so as to not to be seen as a child. Helios is, in my opinion the first person to see her as a woman rather than a girl. I love the scene in the manga when he kisses her and says she is always needed.

3. I love the way their relationship is left. There is a lot of meat to it, but there is still plenty to explore. It's perfect for fanfiction. Also, their friendship is going to change when Chibiusa grows up, because they will be different people (And I find the idea of Helios waiting 1,000+ years for her incredibly romantic, no matter how much I get made fun of for thinking that way)^_^

Three things I don't like (this will be interesting):
1. I wish their relationship got a bit more development in the manga (though the anime did a fairly decent job of fleshing it out). Also, more about Helios and the way Eylsion is set up. But then, it's also fun to imagine it!

2. Um, I really can't think of anything else I don't like about them (fangirl rose-colored glasses on XD). I suppose I would like the general fandom to give them a bit more attention. I can probably count on one hand the number of decent Helios/Chibiusa fics (many written by you). Yet while I wish more stuff was written about them a part of me is glad they aren't extremely popular, because when a pairing is popular a lot of crap is invariably written (ie- Mamoru and Usagi). Still, it surprises me that more isn't written about them with so much room for elaboration and invention.

3. That I can't think of anything else I don't like about them. This is the lamest list of dislikes ever :D

Verdict: Probably my OTP of all time (shocking isn't it?)! I doubt I would be involved with fandom today if it weren't for these two, they pretty much make my fandom world go round.