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owlmoose

Giving in to the memeage

Jul 23, 2008 13:12

Ganked from probably half my friends list by now.

Comment with a fandom and I'll tell you my:One True Pairing Ship ( Read more... )

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Comments 19

parron July 23 2008, 20:22:24 UTC

TELL ME ABOUT X.

Or I guess FF9.

Also go do the poll on my LJ. *demands*

I should point out that I mean MY X. Not FFX. Mwa ha.

owlmoose July 24 2008, 04:22:12 UTC

If I could barely manage to do this for Harry Potter, a series which I have reread several times but never been in the fandom for, there's no way I can do X justice. Let's just say I like Sorashi and Kamui/Yuzuhira and don't feel strongly enough about any other ships either way to have much opinions. ;)

So. FF9!

One True Pairing Ship: Quina/food Beatrix/Steiner. The whole concept just amuses me so much: kickass Beatrix and clueless but loyal Steiner. It just suits the generally light-hearted tone of the game.

Canon Ship: Garnet/Zidane. It's not often that I actively ship the main pairing in an FF game (although I don't usually hate it either) but this is the exception.

"If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship: I actually can't think of a pairing I hate in this game. Maybe Zidane/Kuja.

"You are one sick bastard" Ship: Eiko/Vivi. They are both made of adorable, especially Vivi, but they are both way too young for all of this and Vivi has other things high on his mind, and yet in a way I think they'd be really cute ( ... )

parron July 24 2008, 04:36:29 UTC

Kamui/Yuzu probably should exist more than it does. Once of those mysteries. *g*

Garnet/Zidane. It's not often that I actively ship the main pairing in an FF game (although I don't usually hate it either) but this is the exception.

Oh, hell yes. That was the one time it really just clicked and worked. I love them both.

But: You forgot Quina/Vivi. Or did you forget their marriage?

owlmoose July 24 2008, 06:51:09 UTC

No, see. Quina/food is the OTP. And I'm much too fond of Vivi to want Quina to have to eat him...

first_seventhe July 23 2008, 20:26:35 UTC

Well, I would put X, but I'm afraid that's too obvious, so I choose FFXII.

owlmoose July 24 2008, 02:57:05 UTC

One True Pairing Ship: Balthier/Ashe. I know, totally predictable. But their dynamic just slays me.

Canon Ship: Does FFXII even *have* any canon ships? Plenty of subtext, all over the place, but the only canon ship I can think of is Ashe/Rasler.

"If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship: Larsa/Vayne, ugh. Drastic age difference, prepubescent kid, *and* incest. Way to hit all my squicks at the same time, fandom.

"You are one sick bastard" Ship: Larsa/Penelo, in game. He's still too young, but they are so completely adorable together.

"I dabble a little" Ship: Larsa/Penelo, aged up. See, this I can get behind.

"It's like a car crash" Ship: Ashe/Vaan. I was terrified the game was going to go this way, I was relieved when they didn't. And yet, there might be some car-crash-watching appeal in the idea of seeing them try (and probably fail) to make it work.

"Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet" Ship: Ashe/Vossler. Their relationship seems mostly to be professional, princess and bodyguard, but there's something about ( ... )

lassarina July 24 2008, 03:12:35 UTC

I love you for everything you just said here. ♥ I'm amused at how your pairings line almost perfectly with mine.

owlmoose July 24 2008, 04:24:44 UTC

Hee, cool. I've noticed that our 'shipping preferences often tend to line up, actually; maybe it's because we like the same sorts of female characters and gravitate toward het pairings?

Thread 7

aesriella July 23 2008, 20:37:17 UTC

FFX-2, because as has been stated, X is too obvious /smartass.

owlmoose July 24 2008, 02:42:48 UTC

One True Pairing Ship: Paine/Nooj, natch.

Canon Ship: P/N is canon, dammit, and no one is telling me otherwise

"If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship: I used to be more tolerant of Nooj/LeBlanc but I've actually gotten less sympathetic to the idea over the years. Mostly because I don't see any evidence that he's into her really.

"You are one sick bastard" Ship: Nooj/Yuna. Noojyin, rather. Shuyin using Nooj to reunite with Lenne in the form of Yuna? All kinds of nice dark possibilities there.

"I dabble a little" Ship: Baralai/Yuna. Actually this is probably my favorite pairing outside of P/N.

"It's like a car crash" Ship: Paine/Rikku. I can't see it as anything more than a fling, at all, but what a fling it would be!

"Tickles my fancy but not sold just yet" Ship: Baralai/Gippal. (And the mass unfriending exodus begins!) There are things I like about this pairing, but the way they get written together often makes me want to pull out that spork. Uke-ified Baralai makes baby Jesus cry.

"Makes no canon sense but ( ... )

wildejoy July 24 2008, 19:45:24 UTC

"Uke-ified Baralai makes baby Jesus cry." I completely agree. Every time I write Baralai I freak out, because I'm so worried I'm - well, in your words, 'uke-fying' him. It's difficult.

I didn't know you read Baralai/Yuna! Do you have any fics to recommend? I like the idea but so far I've only found one that I thought was done well.

owlmoose July 26 2008, 00:45:41 UTC

It's not a pairing that gets written much, sadly. Probably "Of Sun" by parron and "Cfaadraynd" (which is actually a Baralai/Yuna/Gippal triangle) by iamleaper are the ones I've liked the best. I've only been able to write drabbles myself, although I'd like to take a crack at it for real someday.

peachespig July 23 2008, 20:39:45 UTC

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'Ware spoilers, anyone else reading this! owlmoose July 24 2008, 02:20:06 UTC

One True Pairing Ship: Hmm I don't know that I really have one. Although...

Canon Ship: Zuko/Mai. Oyez. I love both characters, and they have such a fabulous relationship. I liked them before "The Boiling Rock", but that episode pretty much cemented my love for them forever.

"If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship: Sokka/Toph. Not that I don't love their dynamic, I do, but it's not one that I think could really stand up to a romance. Even if she was a little sweet on him for a while there.

"You are one sick bastard" Ship: Toph/Iroh. I mean, yes, he could be old enough to be her grandfather, so on that level it's squicky, but their conversation was one of the high points of the series. Maybe I "ship" them as having a close personal bond?

"I dabble a little" Ship: Zuko/Katara. Just enough of the right kind of interaction in canon to make me see them as an interesting possibility, not enough for me to tip over into full-blown shipping.

"It's like a car crash" Ship: Azula/Ty Lee. An awesome, giddy, snarky, fiery, ( ... )

lucil_luzzu July 23 2008, 22:40:00 UTC

Harry Potter? :)

owlmoose July 24 2008, 01:56:25 UTC

One True Pairing Ship: I like Ron/Hermione. What can I say? I like them together, and I saw it coming from pretty far back (at least book 3). Doesn't everyone like being right? ;)

Canon Ship: See above.

"If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" Ship: I wouldn't go quite as far as that, but I was really hoping that Harry/Hermione would not be canon. It just seemed too obvious -- main guy gets most significant female character as his girlfriend -- and I always felt their dynamic was more brother/sister anyway.

"You are one sick bastard" Ship: Hmm, I'm not sure I really have a 'ship that fits this definition. The only ones I can think of are the teacher/student combinations and I don't really like any of them.

"I dabble a little" Ship: Remus/Sirius. Of all the popular slash pairings in HP, this is the one I like the best and see the most potential for interesting stories in. I've always thought that, if I were to write HP fic, it'd be the Mauraders I'd be interested in, and this is the 'ship in that group I find the most ( ... )