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[liliaeth]

You know, I was thinking. Am I the only person that doesn't think that romantic pairings are the most important bonds people can have?

For example, I was asking for recs on spnstoryfinders earlier and I realized that my biggest problem is that even though I love Dean/Castiel, that Castiel is actually third in my list of favorite spn chars, after Sam

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[salacious_newt]

Spuffy and Peter/MJ are both canon pairings though. It's far more likely to get a canon pairing being the beta relationship explored in a fanfic while the primary one is something else than it is to get any non-canon pairing included on the side while the primary one is another pairing. There's not as much point in including the second pairing if it isn't already canon. That dynamic is just rare in general, really. The OC thing you mentioned is also incredibly rare. It's about as common as this set up with slash pairings, really.

Though if you'd like a rec, We Three Kings is delightful and has a wonderful depiction of Dean/Cas as well as Sam's relationship with Dean and Cas both

[liliaeth]

Oh I love that fic, it gets better with every part.

I can see what you mean about the canon established pairing thing, still...

[90scartoonman]

You raise good points. Friendship and family bonds are very important...I guess they're just not as spicy as romantic pairings.

[liliaeth]

Maybe I just get bored easily with romantic pairings, because after a while, most of these stories end up being way too similar.