Wolverine/Rogue FTW!
I've spent the last few evenings over at WRFA, because Wolverine/Rogue are still one of my OTPs after all these years. The 2000 X-Men movie (my God, I can't believe it's been eleven years) kind of kick-started my comic book geekery way back when (I was fourteen, fifteen maybe?) and ever since I've pretty much been an X-Men nerd. There's still a lot
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On shipping, I've been thinking about related things, because I find that I ship a lot of younger girls/older guys these days, and not always along the Wolverine/Rogue dynamic. Why? I think there are a lot of reasons, as you talk about, and they're not the clear-cut, cliched ones either. Or not solely. The question of how fandom influences us is also complex, because we're seeking out stuff about a particular pairing in the first place, although we chose to get into the film/whatever that set it up, because something about it appealed to us. Fandom operates like an echo chamber, and yet maybe that's too reductive.
But the label OTP covers the idea of a pairing/dynamic that still calls to you/works for you long after you first got into it. I keep dipping back into into Wolverine/Rogue - which was the 'ship that got me into fandom, although not my first 'ship, if that makes sense - and, like you say, when done well with the characters that I know and fell for, it zings.
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No, I don't think it's ever really clear-cut. My 'ships never are. I don't have one particular dynamic that I stick to no matter what, because it's like you say, fandom is more complex than that. What works for one pairing might not work for another, simply because the chemistry might not be right, the actors may not sell it, the circumstances may be wrong, the power levels may be uneven, and various other reasons that can affect my reaction to a certain pairing.
Sometimes I find I'm surprised by my enjoyment of a certain film or book or TV show, and as a result a certain 'ship will come as a surprise also. I think for me a big part of enjoying a particular pairing depends on the levels of respect and quality of the interaction between them, more than the individual traits of each.
Yes, I know exactly what you mean. Willow/Angel was my first 'ship at a time when I didn't know what fandom or fanfic was. I eventually found my way there and that paved the way for me to find the Wolverine/Rogue fandom when the film originally came out.
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I think your point about power is a big one when we're talking about pairings where there's an age difference and there's a minor for me. Even in the (few) pairings that I 'ship that I'd label 'dysfunctional', the power balance is pretty equal.
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