Shipping Meme Day Nineteen
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potentiality_26Favorite hero/villain pairing:
I waffle somewhat on hero/villain pairings, because a lot of the ones I like are more hero/frenemy than hero/villain. Harry Dresden/John Marcone from The Dresden Files, which I love, is a good example. Marcone may not always be a stand-up dude, but the reason people ship the pairing is because he always has Harry's back when Harry needs him, even though they pretend not to like each other (of course, Harry also spends more time describing with vivid 1st person detail what hot stuff Marcone is than any fanfic could; that's part of why people ship it too).
For me, I guess the core of the hero/villain pairing is that Character A could turn good for Character B under the right circumstances, and it gets hard to call them a villain when your little fannish heart is sure they didn't have to be if the hero had played his/her cards right (I'm looking at you, Clark Kent. Remember the early days of Smallville when everybody was writing the oh-so-sweet futurefics where he and Lex get to be slashy BFFs forever because screw Superman canon? You could have had that, Clark. You could have had that). I like Boyd/Raylan from Justified a lot too (and the Ava/Boyd/Raylan OT3, of course). Boyd isn't really a villain on the show, but he is pretty unapologetic about his crime lord status. He and Raylan may help each other, but they're always gong to be on opposite sides of the chessboard, and I like it that way, so I guess that's the pairing I'd pick for this one.
Day 1: Your first ship ever
Day 2: A ship you've just discovered
Day 3: Your OTP
Day 4: Favorite crack pairing
Day 5: A crossover pairing you think would work
Day 6: Series that you have many ships in
Day 7: A pairing that disappointed you
Day 8: A pairing only you seem to like
Day 9: Your least favorite couple
Day 10: Ship that became canon even though you didn’t expect it to
Day 11: Character you like with several others
Day 12: Character you don’t like seeing paired with anyone else
Day 13: Couple you ship that causes intense feelings in its fandom (read: flamewars and the like)
Day 14: Couple you liked even though you knew it would end badly
Day 15: A ship canon really messed with
Day 16: Favorite villain pairing
Day 17: Ship you talk(ed) about with people in real life
Day 18: Most annoying character that tried to come between a ship
Day 19: Favorite hero/villain pairing
Day 20: Favorite couple played for laughs
Day 21: Favorite opposites attract couple
Day 22: Saddest unrequited love
Day 23: Couple you only shipped after a long time
Day 24: Couple you like, but is overshadowed by another couple in a fandom
Day 25: Most popular couple in your favorite fandom (do you ship it too?)
Day 26: Best historical couple
Day 27: Another couple you shipped a long time ago
Day 28: A couple you shipped not nearly as long as you thought you would
Day 29: Favorite ‘birds of a feather flock together’ couple
Day 30: Couple you will still ship a few years from now
I waffle somewhat on hero/villain pairings, because a lot of the ones I like are more hero/frenemy than hero/villain. Harry Dresden/John Marcone from The Dresden Files, which I love, is a good example. Marcone may not always be a stand-up dude, but the reason people ship the pairing is because he always has Harry's back when Harry needs him, even though they pretend not to like each other (of course, Harry also spends more time describing with vivid 1st person detail what hot stuff Marcone is than any fanfic could; that's part of why people ship it too).
For me, I guess the core of the hero/villain pairing is that Character A could turn good for Character B under the right circumstances, and it gets hard to call them a villain when your little fannish heart is sure they didn't have to be if the hero had played his/her cards right (I'm looking at you, Clark Kent. Remember the early days of Smallville when everybody was writing the oh-so-sweet futurefics where he and Lex get to be slashy BFFs forever because screw Superman canon? You could have had that, Clark. You could have had that). I like Boyd/Raylan from Justified a lot too (and the Ava/Boyd/Raylan OT3, of course). Boyd isn't really a villain on the show, but he is pretty unapologetic about his crime lord status. He and Raylan may help each other, but they're always gong to be on opposite sides of the chessboard, and I like it that way, so I guess that's the pairing I'd pick for this one.
Day 2: A ship you've just discovered
Day 3: Your OTP
Day 4: Favorite crack pairing
Day 10: Ship that became canon even though you didn’t expect it to
Day 13: Couple you ship that causes intense feelings in its fandom (read: flamewars and the like)
Day 17: Ship you talk(ed) about with people in real life
Day 20: Favorite couple played for laughs
Day 21: Favorite opposites attract couple
Day 22: Saddest unrequited love
Day 23: Couple you only shipped after a long time
Day 24: Couple you like, but is overshadowed by another couple in a fandom
Day 25: Most popular couple in your favorite fandom (do you ship it too?)
Day 26: Best historical couple
Day 27: Another couple you shipped a long time ago
Day 28: A couple you shipped not nearly as long as you thought you would
Day 29: Favorite ‘birds of a feather flock together’ couple
Day 30: Couple you will still ship a few years from now
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Date: 2014-05-20 03:30 pm (UTC)Ohhh, yeah, I shipped Lex/Clark like mad. My gods. They were BEGGING for it!!
*HUGS*
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Date: 2014-05-20 05:07 pm (UTC)Oh, the things Lex/Clark did to my head...
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Date: 2014-05-20 05:17 pm (UTC)I often thought an affair between the two could lead down the path they eventually took. It would definitely give it a more defined edge. Lex and Clark/Superman always had fantastic tension, bordering on sexual quite often in the comics/movies. Smallville actually expounded upon that beautifully - leaving just enough hints for the audience to come to their own conclusions, lol!