Fan Rant '10 #1: Ship - Dormé/Anakin

[ladyaeryn]

[requested by rabidfangurl]I'm pretty much live-and-let-live when it comes to shipping, even the few I flat-out can't stand. If it makes you happy and you're not shoving it down mine or someone else's throat, go hog-wild. That said, live-and-let live doesn't mean that I don't have an opinion on a said pairing

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[ladyaeryn]

I'm not even sure how popular it actually is - whether there is a measurable fanbase, or just a handful of very prolific authors/Photoshoppers.

[ladyaeryn]

Yup, Keith also pointed out the possibility it's something to do with Rose Byrne herself, which I hadn't considered. Still, actor =/= character.

[emavalexis]

the inherent bashing of her that seems to come with this pairing. If it were possible to write this pairing in a way that didn't demean/dismiss/misinterpret her, I probably wouldn't have issue with it.

YES. I think you nailed it right there. I can accept people shipping/writing about pretty much any pairing under the sun, but when it comes to the A/D shippers, it really does seem like they can't resist bashing the hell out of Padmé. And yes, I've skimmed a lot of A/D fic, so I feel pretty confident in saying that.

[krpalmer]

As much as I'm not especially connected with this particular little quirk of fandom, I did once notice a comment by someone more criticising Natalie Portman's performance than Padme's character herself more or less saying "Rose Byrne, just for example, would have played better against Hayden Christensen"... I suppose I do suspect that's just another example of "building from a blank slate" and don't quite care for the sentiment the comment started from, but I can sort of see how others might find a grain of substance there.

[ladyaeryn]

Preferring Rose to Natalie - that's fair enough. And considering how much fanon!Dorme seems to resemble Padme, I'd say it's a strong possibility for a motivation. D/A and A/P seem to generally agree on the traits that Anakin's soulmate should possess - they just don't agree on the color of the chassis. ;)

[lazypadawan]

Words cannot describe how baffling and appalling Dormékin is to me. I thought Obidala and slash were about the worst for me but Dormékin takes the prize because of its sheer obnoxiousness. When people write about Anakin having sex with Obi-Wan, with Ahsoka, or even Palpatine, it's more plausible to me than with Dormé because Anakin has actually spoken to and spent time with those characters. He actually has an emotional attachment to them

[ladyaeryn]

Biggest WTF? Bigger than even Obi-Wan/Leia or Han/Mara? ;) (I've come across both those.)

Otherwise, I agree.