Why not?

[sylviaviridian]

Here's an interesting pairing meme for people to have a look at, I've seen a couple people on my fl do it and figured I might as well join in.

Pick six pairings you like
1. Kratos/Zelos (Tales of Symphonia)
2. Yami/Seto (Yugioh)
3. Aya/Yohji (Weiss Kreuz)
4. Hakkai/Gojyo (Saiyuki)
5. Vincent/Reeve (FF7)
6. House/Wilson (House MD)
Pick three pairings you

Comments

[diamondust]

Ummm, I think alot of people like to think that they have alot in common. We know that Seto has suffered abuse from Gozaboro(sp?) and it's implied that Joey had a pretty rough homelife (just so you know, I don't support that whole Joey's-dad-beats-him plot device, but it is plausible). Yeah I know, this is fodder for alot of angst, but it could be good angst if Seto and Joey could stop being so stubborn and realize that they could actually do eachother some good.

Also, Seto, who doesn't seem to give a crap about anyone besides Mokuba (for pure reasons) and Yugi (for pride reasons) seems to pay an awful lot of attention to someone who should really be considered insignificant.

Blah, blah, I'm sure you've heard this all before. I could reccomend some quality fiction for this pairing if you're interested in getting a better idea.

Yami/Yugi is so almost canon on the show, it just doesn't work because...durr. I mean, in these fics they're always miraculously in separate bodies for no apparent reason. The one I really hate is Marik/Malik. Ummm, they're not even two separate spirits!! They're the same person!! Ugh, that pisses me off so much. Even Y!Bakura/Ryou doesn't make any sense to me.

Of course, this from the girl who likes Y!Bakura/Duke Devilin. >.>

[sylviaviridian]

I...guess I could sort of understand that. The biggest issue for me is still that Seto doesn't seem to have a lot of respect for Joey. Joey might be willing to open up a bit even to someone he doesn't totally respect, albeit in a somewhat standoffish way...but the way I see it, Seto would have a hard time opening up to anyone even if he *did* trust and respect them. The guy managed to convince himself that he hated Mokuba, all in order to save the kid, because his brother meant more to him than anything. Anyone who can do that will have some pretty severe issues with understanding their own emotions...I'm not even sure Joey would be strong enough to help him with that, and I think Seto isn't, either.

I guess I should never claim that something is totally implausible. Seto/Joey might possibly be done well if anyone bothered to go to the effort. I suppose the real main reason I dislike the pairing is not because of the characters themselves, but because of the way fandom has abused the pairing.