stream-of-consciousness ramblings
Recently I have notice a bizarre change in my LJ, namely that people have been commenting and, by deductive reasoning, reading. This is not an unpleasant thing, of course, it is just different. I have always gone about blogging as if nobody is paying attention, like a babbling moron (which I still am). Now I feel kind of self-conscious. The way I
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I have to admit that I initially felt self-conscious about shipping UK/US too, although in my case it was more like me being used to preferring canon ships over fanon ones. Normally in fandoms, I onlly go for the ships that are 100% canon or a definite lock for it; Ron/Hermione over Harry/Hermione, Kyo/Tohru over Yuki/Tohru, etc. But for Hetalia, while I like GerIta and SuFin well enough, I found myself liking UK/US even more despite it not being an Official Couple, and that threw me for a loop.
But then again, that's just Hetalia fandom for you. I've heard stories about people not liking yaoi couples until they got into Hetalia. Not to mention that virtually all Hetalia fans ship more than one pairing, so I believe that a good number of your SuFin readers are partial to UK/US too.
Besides, I believe that what made your fic so popular wasn't just because the main pairing was SuFin, but also largely because of the plot and characterization. If you can write a UK/US fic with the same level of plot and characterization, I bet that no one's going to complain about it being non-SuFin. The Hetalia fandom's a really cool and relaxed place compared to many other fandoms. :)
I do relate to preferring to write for more obscure ships, though. The main reason I haven't written any fanfic so far is because I feel so darn intimidated by the sheer amount of fic my popular ships get and grow to believe that I have nothing new to contribute to that corner. It's also why most of my fanfic ideas are for Greece/Japan, a ship that doesn't get nearly as much love as my other OTPs; I feel like I can actually come up with something new for that corner.
That said, I'd be deliriously happy if you did write that UK/US fic in the future. Er, no rush, though. XD
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The UK/US fic idea I have is kind of strange. Alfred is the US president's son who is about to find out that he is actually a space alien that his parents rescued from Area 51 when he was a baby (and looked like mochimerica). Arthur is the last survivor of a race of winged "angels." Both are being pursued, but the real trouble doesn't start until they meet and Alfred lays an egg (and all they even did was kiss).
The premise is strange. I am not sure how it will be received by readers. But on the plus side, I haven't seen it done yet. I think one of the problems with a popular ship is that it is hard for any fic to stand out.
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