Dysfunctional Shipping Awareness Month, Day 1
I present to you: 28 Days of Doing Shipping Wrong, a most excellent meme by rosaxx50.
Expect to see a lot of Damon this month because he a big ho. Damon/Rebekah is one of those ships that would be so much fun because they're not love, you know? They're not horrible world-breaking angst, but there's not much between them other than red-hot attraction.
Try to deny.
But they're both the kind of characters for whom red-hot attraction can be exactly what it is. They won't need to be in love, but they won't need to push each other away to deny it, either. And because vampires are weird this way, the attraction co-exists with this weird almost familial bond, with the teenage "I hate you but don't die BECAUSE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO ME" dynamic they have going on by the end of S3, without that really feeling romantic.
And it should be the worst thing ever, because my WORST THING is mind games (oh, REALLY? yes). But I ended up loving what the show did with Sage/Damon/Rebekah. Because it backfired SO BADLY on Damon and especially Sage, and Rebekah got the last word on it. So I feel like in this context where mind manipulation is so prevalent - supernatural vampire compulsion as well as more mundane Matt Donovan bullshit - it's out there in the open with Rebekah and Damon.
I don't want them to be endgame, because I love so much that they're both characters who can seize the day and enjoy what they have for what it is. Rebekah doesn't want a long-term romantic relationship, she wants her brothers to love her forever and for her other boys to come and go at her whims. Damon is far more in love with love than he will ever actually be with a woman, except maaaaaybe Katherine. But what they have right here? It's perfect, exactly as it is.
Here, have a much more thorough look at this excellently deranged ship.
[whole meme below]
Day 1: The ship you don't want to be endgame.
Day 2: The ship you love because it really never will happen.
Day 3: "They are the worst possible thing to happen to each other" ship.
Day 4: The ship that would ruin/assassinate the characters if it happened.
Day 5: The ship where your favourite scene is the most dysfunctional one.
Day 6: The ship where the rest of its fandom is DOING IT WRONG.
Day 7: The ship where the writers are DOING IT WRONG.
Day 8: The ship you want to break up so you can stan the hell out of them.
Day 9: The ship you want to see being a trainwreck tragedy because they're too alike.
Day 10: The ship you want to see being a trainwreck tragedy because they're too different.
Day 11: The ship you love for its creepiness.
Day 12: The ship you love for the power difference.
Day 13: The ship you love for the way they hurt each other.
Day 14: The ship you love for the angst, banishing all joy and sunlight.
Day 15: The couple that are at their moral worst when around each other.
Day 16: Most creatively homicidal ship.
Day 17: The ship that looked like a fairytale but isn't or never was.
Day 18: The ship with the most transference issues.
Day 19: The starcrossed ship where the obvious reason they're starcrossed is the least interesting aspect to you.
Day 20: The couple you only ship in an "in another lifetime" sort of way.
Day 21: A couple you ship for the wrong reasons that fits none of these criteria.
Day 22: A couple you ship for the wrong reasons that fits too many of these criteria.
Day 23: A ship you wanted to include but couldn't find the space for.
Day 24: Anything you want.
Day 25: Fanfic and meta that say what you want, but so much more eloquently.
Day 26: Fanvids and fanmixes that say what you want, but so much more eloquently.
Day 27: Picspams, GIFS, and other fandom things that say what you want, so eloquently you feel redundant.
Day 28: The "exception that proves the rule of the rest of the meme" ship.
Expect to see a lot of Damon this month because he a big ho. Damon/Rebekah is one of those ships that would be so much fun because they're not love, you know? They're not horrible world-breaking angst, but there's not much between them other than red-hot attraction.
Try to deny.
But they're both the kind of characters for whom red-hot attraction can be exactly what it is. They won't need to be in love, but they won't need to push each other away to deny it, either. And because vampires are weird this way, the attraction co-exists with this weird almost familial bond, with the teenage "I hate you but don't die BECAUSE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO ME" dynamic they have going on by the end of S3, without that really feeling romantic.
And it should be the worst thing ever, because my WORST THING is mind games (oh, REALLY? yes). But I ended up loving what the show did with Sage/Damon/Rebekah. Because it backfired SO BADLY on Damon and especially Sage, and Rebekah got the last word on it. So I feel like in this context where mind manipulation is so prevalent - supernatural vampire compulsion as well as more mundane Matt Donovan bullshit - it's out there in the open with Rebekah and Damon.
I don't want them to be endgame, because I love so much that they're both characters who can seize the day and enjoy what they have for what it is. Rebekah doesn't want a long-term romantic relationship, she wants her brothers to love her forever and for her other boys to come and go at her whims. Damon is far more in love with love than he will ever actually be with a woman, except maaaaaybe Katherine. But what they have right here? It's perfect, exactly as it is.
Here, have a much more thorough look at this excellently deranged ship.
[whole meme below]
Day 1: The ship you don't want to be endgame.
Day 2: The ship you love because it really never will happen.
Day 3: "They are the worst possible thing to happen to each other" ship.
Day 4: The ship that would ruin/assassinate the characters if it happened.
Day 5: The ship where your favourite scene is the most dysfunctional one.
Day 6: The ship where the rest of its fandom is DOING IT WRONG.
Day 7: The ship where the writers are DOING IT WRONG.
Day 8: The ship you want to break up so you can stan the hell out of them.
Day 9: The ship you want to see being a trainwreck tragedy because they're too alike.
Day 10: The ship you want to see being a trainwreck tragedy because they're too different.
Day 11: The ship you love for its creepiness.
Day 12: The ship you love for the power difference.
Day 13: The ship you love for the way they hurt each other.
Day 14: The ship you love for the angst, banishing all joy and sunlight.
Day 15: The couple that are at their moral worst when around each other.
Day 16: Most creatively homicidal ship.
Day 17: The ship that looked like a fairytale but isn't or never was.
Day 18: The ship with the most transference issues.
Day 19: The starcrossed ship where the obvious reason they're starcrossed is the least interesting aspect to you.
Day 20: The couple you only ship in an "in another lifetime" sort of way.
Day 21: A couple you ship for the wrong reasons that fits none of these criteria.
Day 22: A couple you ship for the wrong reasons that fits too many of these criteria.
Day 23: A ship you wanted to include but couldn't find the space for.
Day 24: Anything you want.
Day 25: Fanfic and meta that say what you want, but so much more eloquently.
Day 26: Fanvids and fanmixes that say what you want, but so much more eloquently.
Day 27: Picspams, GIFS, and other fandom things that say what you want, so eloquently you feel redundant.
Day 28: The "exception that proves the rule of the rest of the meme" ship.