Are multiple pairings really nessesary?

[abrogate_nadir]

The title pretty much explains the post. As I was going through fanfiction.net in search of goodfic, I noticed a lot of "Sora/Kairi, Riku/OC, Roxas/Namine" and in some cases, even a fourth of fifth pairing like Leon/Yuffie or Cloud/Tifa. That is a lot to put in one story where the main genre isn't romance (note that I disregarded any fics where the

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[nashie_chan]

Didn't you know? Kingdom Hearts fandom is the 90210 of fandom. Everybody dates everybody and it's all AWESOME.

As a writer of a fic that has multiple pairings, the only reason I write it is because....well, I feel like it? (Plus, everyone's in Paris, the city of love and lights, so getting all crazy with romance is....a given?) Which is probably a god-awful reason with absolutely no logic. I really can't speak for any other fanfic writers.

*sighs* Yeah. *holds up a "dork" sign*

[abrogate_nadir]

I have an idea: rather then having 4 different pairings, they should all be thrown together into a single huge pairing :O *is shot*

I should have mentioned this in my main post, but there are some other fic types besides romance I can see multiple pairings work. The first would be a high school AU (I know a lot of people don't care for those, but still). A humor/crack type fic might work too, or one that isn't romance so much as SEXY FUN TIEMS (which I like, I won't lie)

[nashie_chan]

I have an idea: rather then having 4 different pairings, they should all be thrown together into a single huge pairing.

Oo OMG I TOTALLY DID THIS WITH MY SORIKAI!!! AND MY OT6 IS LOVE! Well...it's quite an OT6 since it's basically post-KH2 Sora/Riku/Kairi with overtones of Axel/Roxas/Namine. But I'm just a loser because I'm in love with OT3s....

Oh. Wow. The dork sign comes in neon colors?

[llivla]

OT6 ftw. *hugs harukami's Completion series to chest* Link to your fic please? :'D

[nashie_chan]

Ack! It's not up yet - it's a series of drabbles that is in progress (only four more to go!). It should be up soon though, on my fanfiction.net account.

(I blame nekokoban for her stories of OT3 wonderfulness that inspired my love for the trio...and the other trio...and it's so lovely and cool and awesome...)

[llivla]

D:

*stalk stalk stalk your Pit Account*

(The Destiny Trio is, like, way too adorable to resist OT3 IMO. ...I foursome the other with Marluxia D: I blame Kh_rare for leading me to Marli/Axel; Marli/Roxas ><)

[abrogate_nadir]

Threesomes and ot3 happen to be among my listed interests :D

Sora/Riku/Kairi, Axel/Larxene/Roxas (I know this would not end well), and for other fandoms, Naruto/Sasuke/Sakura, Ash/May/Dawn, Squall/Rinoa/Selphie.

I shall stand under the neon dork sign with you >_>