i knew i loved you before i met you
To start off, a writing meme!
Give me one character from any of my fandoms, and three alternate universes in which to place that character (pirates, fantasy, Harry Potter, Star Trek,) and I will write you a bit of fic of it.
I've discovered that there's a pattern to my shipping which has gone undiscovered until this point: I generally enjoy shipping a relationship more if the characters involved are either: A) not designated romance interests, or B) if they don't get together in canon.
I think it's because I enjoy a level of unpredictability to my relationships. It feels more organic and interesting, more realistic to start characters off with no intention of having their relationship go anywhere but possible friendship. However, many books I read/movies or TV shows I watch feature a main character, male or female, and their very obvious designated romance interest. It feels like they're starting off the romance with an element of obligation that irritates me. It's obviously on a meta level, obviously the characters don't feel obligated to begin a romantic relationship, but rather, I, as the audience, feel obligated to begin feeling that they share a romantic bond. And that irritates me, because I'd rather just watch them interact and draw my own conclusions. I dislike being shoved into a particular interpretation, if that makes sense.
A few authors/script writers are exceptions to this, and write their relationships so well and build them up so skillfully that I have no such hang-ups regarding the love interests- Riza Hawkeye and Roy Mustang from Full Metal Alchemist, for example. I think that the longer a story goes, the more I tolerate the set-up.
Give me one character from any of my fandoms, and three alternate universes in which to place that character (pirates, fantasy, Harry Potter, Star Trek,) and I will write you a bit of fic of it.
I've discovered that there's a pattern to my shipping which has gone undiscovered until this point: I generally enjoy shipping a relationship more if the characters involved are either: A) not designated romance interests, or B) if they don't get together in canon.
I think it's because I enjoy a level of unpredictability to my relationships. It feels more organic and interesting, more realistic to start characters off with no intention of having their relationship go anywhere but possible friendship. However, many books I read/movies or TV shows I watch feature a main character, male or female, and their very obvious designated romance interest. It feels like they're starting off the romance with an element of obligation that irritates me. It's obviously on a meta level, obviously the characters don't feel obligated to begin a romantic relationship, but rather, I, as the audience, feel obligated to begin feeling that they share a romantic bond. And that irritates me, because I'd rather just watch them interact and draw my own conclusions. I dislike being shoved into a particular interpretation, if that makes sense.
A few authors/script writers are exceptions to this, and write their relationships so well and build them up so skillfully that I have no such hang-ups regarding the love interests- Riza Hawkeye and Roy Mustang from Full Metal Alchemist, for example. I think that the longer a story goes, the more I tolerate the set-up.