Look, I know a lot of shame is to be had in liking weird pairings, but..
I'm ashamed of being unable to LIKE pairings and judging my friends who do. =/
But what am I SUPPOSED to do? Tori asks for Roy/Havoc, and I think of a bunch of fucking jailbait/single mothers who have worn out their treads/other very obviously sexually frustrated women (mostly) who watch a show, see two hot guys on screen together, and go "OMFG I MUST WRITE PORN THAT JUST USES THESE TWO CHARACTERS' NAMES AND BACKGROUNDS BUT OTHERWISE COMPLETELY OBLITERATE ANYTHING ELSE THAT EVER HAD TO DO WITH THE CHARACTERS AND TURN THEM INTO PUTTY TO SHAPE TO FULFILL MY OWN FANTASIES AND IDEALS OF MALE-MALE RELATIONSHIPS!"
...Seriously. And it makes me feel all RAWR at her for NO REASON.
And Roy? He's a very proud man. He has an image to keep in front of his subordinates. He's very much a source of inspiration and strength, and he knows this. He has to be everyone's Colonel. He would not break down in front of Havoc, bawl in his arms, then decide to be his submissive uke, and whine. Roy does not whine unless it's about deadlines and paperwork. Do you see him ANGSTING OVER ISHBAL EVERY LIVING MINUTE? No. He INTERNALIZES IT. Hey, I have PTSD - I know how it is. But people fail to realize that between Ishbal and when Edward comes in, he learns to cope with it. He obviously is still bothered, and has flashbacks, but a full-out sobbing breakdown? From Roy? In front of a subordinate who he feels he needs to be strong for? NOT GONNA HAPPEN. Yes, Mustang has a more personal relationship with his crew, but he still has to be STRONG for them all the same. He's not selfish enough to do that to Havoc and BAWWWWWW like a bitch over Hughes/Ishbal/Edward/Hawkeye/Being dumped.
Second - Roy is a very proud man. ...I'm saying that again. That's why he wouldn't be a little BITCH, and that's why he wouldn't be wimpering under Havoc going "Be gentle! D: I can't make you breakfast tomorrow if I hurt too much! ;^; Also, where's my apron?" SERIOUSLY. Exactly HOW does tall dude = top, smaller dude = bottom? OMG ROY IS SMALLER SO HE MUST HAVE NO AUTHORITY OVER HAVOC. I HATE all the friggin' requirements "yaoi" seems to have. There MUST be a defined "seme" (an over-muscled manly man) and an "uke" (a girl with no tits and a penis). Don't tell me "not all yaoi is like that". I KNOW. But it is to the point where when I hear "yaoi", that's all I picture. No one I know likes yaoi for any reason other than BECAUSE IT'S TWO DUDES HAVING SEX. ...I like malexmale pairings as much as any other type of pairing, and having a malexmale OTP doesn't make me a "yaoi" fan. "Yaoi" fans scare the living shit out of me. It's like "....Er, WHAT?" ...So every female character is a bitch, manly men are straight girls, and you can justify any intolerance of people who point out the stupidity by labeling them as "OMG TEH HOMOPHOBES".
It reminds me of people who draw porn of underage boys on dA and say it was deleted because the dA admins are OMGZ HOMOPHOBEZ.
...Anyways, despite the anti-hetero nature of some retards, they sure do love straight girls. ...I mean, every man IS one. It's horribly sexist. It just shows how disappointed women are with men.
And when I see this migrate into my fandom. Dude... That's my FANDOM. I LOVE that manga. The HELL are you DOING to it? If you're going to write about FMA characters who've adapted to the mannerisms and universal standards of a flippin' yaoi book, you'd better label it as a crossover.
...Oh, yeah, same with doujinshi. Kazuma Kodaka - Roy and Hughes are roughly the same size. Look at the Aperifif cover and tell me the difference in their hands isn't disgusting. Don't feminize something that isn't female.
Anyways, when someone says "Roy/Havoc", I can't stand it, because the characters are so abused. Like, "WHAT THE HELL, DUDE" abused. That's just... No... I hate it. And maybe I take this too seriously, but it BOTHERS me. If Tori and Minty and my other friends (and boyfriend... xD) were the only Roy-Hav fans out there, I think I would ship this thing into the next century.
...Don't even get me STARTED on ROy/Ed. It's getting to the point where even well-done Roy/Ed gets to me. Is it that hard to pay attention to the series? I don't want the overwhelming amount of bullshit to interfere with my views of respectable, intelligent fans of these pairings or the things they create with these pairings.
I'm getting a burlap sack, filling it with the FMA DVDs and manga, and then beating badfic authors with it until they understand what the hell they're writing.
...Feel free to yell at me, disagree, whatever... I'm not worried, since you guys are all part of the aforementioned intelligent group of people, but I needed to vent. I know it's a little douchy, but hey.
...Also, yesterday was mine and Edward Elric's birthday. YAY!
...I also found out why I like the crack pairings like Hughes/Ed and Ed/Havoc, but not Roy/Havoc.
There is little of those two pairings, and thus, little that makes me want to set things on fire more than usual.
Wow.