(100) Days of Summer
Aloha, amigos (huzzah mixing languages!). Summer has unofficially begun, and I think it's about time for some fun. I've had a crazy few weeks of organizing and festivities and holidays. I just got back from a brief but eventful trip which included my birthday, visiting friends I hadn't seen in ages, and, most importantly, no internet access. So
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As for equal parts shipping, I'll say this: I tend to be very monogamous, and think that's a straight-up translation of my own morality into my shipping tendency. On the other hand, I have tried to feel the equal parts shipping on certain ships, like for example, Sawyer/Kate and Sawyer/Juliet from LOST. S/K win because of time investment, smokin' chemistry, and basically what brought me to the show; S/J win because they make sense, Juliet was by far my favorite character period on the show, and thus anything to do with her happiness was super important to me, and let's face it, their scene when they are reunited in the Sideways 'Verse is sheer perfection. But, if I had to pick, my OTP from LOST is Sawyer/Kate. They just are, and I can't make my feeling for them lessen over time, space, or anything. They were simply magic, and they are caught on DVD forever is their beautiful magic.
Then there are ships that didn't get to be explored because a show got canceled, like with Dark Angel. I loved Logan/Max, but I really enjoyed Alec/Max, and I think that if there had been a third season, more of the A/M dynamic would have been explored, and I might have ended up shipping them as much or harder than L/M, but alas, I shall never know.
As for TVD, D/E are my one true pairing x infinity. So even if I find Damon interesting with Katherine, Rebekah, Rose, Sage, or Meredith, and am not opposed to sexy_tiems between them, I just cannot be as invested in them as I am in Damon/Elena. And Elena I cannot even fathom with anyone else; she has to be forever alone, or with Damon, the end. No other options are even remotely acceptable to me. I do think I could go either way on Elijah/Katherine vs. Stefan/Katherine vs. Stefan/Caroline vs. Klaus/Caroline, but there needs to be further development of those ships for me to fully make up my mind. Right now S/C are the front-runners because I love the friendship-that-turns-to-romantic-love trope a ridiculous amount. (Please see D/E OTP of OTPs, kthxbye!)
P.S. Happy Late B-Day!
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Ah, the eternal Sawyer/Kate vs. Sawyer/Juliet debate. I wanted so badly to ship the latter, because I recognized how good it was for both of them, but I had spent too much time OMG OTP-ing Kate/Sawyer, and i have an unfortunate tendency to be a forever shipper. Once I truly OTP a ship, I can never shake them. Seriously, never. It's a sickness.
I'm with you on TVD. I find Damon much more shippable than Elena, curiously, but that's probably because he's had better partners. Whereas Elena's options, just. No. Matt? Lol, no. Stefan? LOL GOD NO. It's not that I want Elena to be with Damon or no one ever. It's just that at this point in the show, I really can't see Elena being happy with anyone else. And Elena's happiness is kind of important to me, especially in terms of shipping?
I could have shipped Elijah/Katherine until this season, when they became unshippable to me (not casting judgment on you, my dear - the show just hit a few of my triggers with them). I also have such a fascination with Katherine and the Salvatores that I don't think I'll ever be able to fully ship Katherine with anyone but them. Stefan has a bit more leeway, shipping-wise. Basically, I could be convinced to ship Stefan with anyone who isn't Elena. Give me this, show. We were on the right track...until Stefan got locked in a refrigerator and dropped to the bottom of the quarry. Lol. Oh well.
P.S. Thank you!
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You are right that Damon has had much more interesting potential partner choices than Elena--so I suppose, if someone showed up who could make me even consider Elena elsewhere, that would be quite a coup. One I doubt will ever happen, but it's worth imagining. But yes, how will Elena ever be happy unless there is someone around to remind her to revel from time to time? She NEEDS Damon. Badly. :D
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Dying. Of lolz.
Yeah, I talk a good talk about Elena and potential partners, but honestly, I just don't see it happening. Elena's the sort of person who requires a strong connection to her past, especially her human past, and there are a select few people who can serve as that link. And since I've already ruled out Matt and Stefan (I HAVE THAT POWER TROLOLOL), Damon is pretty much it. Obviously there are a whole host of other reasons why he's perfectly right for her, but that's one of the things that puts them in OTP Forever status. I don't usually believe that there's just one person for everyone, but somehow on TVD, that kind of becomes the case?
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