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[salinea]

Ganked from laurus_nobilis

I want to talk about how my ships and concept of shipping varies with fandom, so name me a fandom and I'll discuss what I ship and what shipping means to me in that fandom.

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[rainmage.livejournal.com]

CCS/HOLiC/TRC-verse. Although your mood theme makes me want to ask The Last Unicorn.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

CCS: One of the thing I like about CCS is that in the main canon couples, no one ends up with the first person they fell in love with :
You had Kaho/Touya, Sakura->Yukito, Shaoran->Yukito, Meiling->Shaoran in the anime... and they all end up with different persons, because that's the relationships they build in the end. I dig that. Not sure if it's relevant to shipping though :D

Actually all those fandoms have strong themes built on the idea of the relationships (romantic or not) that you build through time with people and of their value. What's put in danger in CSS, and also and what gives reality to people, or allow them to change their destiny, in all three, something which I find pretty interesting. Could tie that with the way X says that the people we love are the reason we live, and the reason people shouldn't be killed.

I still haven't talked about shipping, have I?
I'm not really active in any of these fandoms, of those the one I've followed he most was CSS in a very small corner of it and only long after the series was finished. I've always liked Touya/Yukito, so I was happy to read that when I realised I liked reading fanfics :D then I tried out other ships of a more crack pairing nature. Some I didn't like (had a very allergic reaction to Touya/Tomoyo), some I rather liked (Sonomi/Fujitaka for exemple, Clow/Yue - I know, you don't like 'em), or the kinds of random pairings I've only seen once or twice in fics... I know theoretically that it's a fandom with lots of insufferable fanbrats but since I never encountered those people personally I don't have bad association with it like that :D

For Holic, I don't ship anyone - unless you count Clow/Yuuko. I was sold that pairing by people like you and laurus very early, so I'm not sure i would have seen it all by myself XD but now I really like it. It's near enough to canon. I don't pay attention to the rest of the fandom because all the other ships leave me really really 'meh' so I'm not sure what's shipping like in this fandom.

In TRC I've always liked Kurogane/Fay but I was reluctant to read fics because we had too few informations in the beginning (and right was I, I bet nobody foresaw the most crackful revelations we got, all those fics josses!) - so again, didn't pay so much attention to the fandom. Again it's a ship based on near canon ship teasing.

Actually you could say all the ships I like in those fandoms have some interesting kinds of symbolic dualities, the whole sun/moon, sky/earth, dark/light thing. CLAMP does love it's dualities. (and me as well).

ETA: Also all those fics are "softer" compared to the antagonistic pairings I usually like. They all have friendly and sweet interactions - well, at most, they bicker :)

[flo-nelja.livejournal.com]

Utena !

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

What's interesting in Utena is that it's a canon already ripe with a lot of more or less symbolical, subtextual and textual sexuality and pairings that it's hard not to ship or to ship crack pairings (some people still manage it, I am impressed by the Saionji/Juri shippers, really).

Because of that it's also a fairly tolerant and anything-goes fandom which is a lot of fun :)

I'm not myself a very big shipper in Utena - I mean, what is there left to say? At the same time, sure, I'll ship anything that's hinted (or obvious) on sceen, because Oh, the lovely mindfuck and neuroseses and symbolism ♥

I've got one big ship which I've read a lot, that's Saionji/Touga. Totally hit my friends-turned-enemy antagonistic pairing buttons.
I've never written for it - and I'm not likely to.

What I've written for is whole Akio/Anthy/Utena triangle of doom.
I don't really ship Anthy/Utena, for some reason, I just never found it compelling, but add Akio to the equation and I find the dynamics exhilarating.

I'm also pretty fond of Juri/Ruka/Shiori and Miki/Kozue on screen or in short fanfics that show up on my flist.

Also Kozue/Anthy is hot and would love to read it.(see icon)

But to me shipping in Utena is more about exploring the characters and their neurosis than it is about the pairings themselves, you know ^^

[sakanagi.livejournal.com]

Tell me about your X fandom shipping. ^^

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

I SHIP EVERYTHING IN X FANDOM!

No, really I do. I think? Because CLAMP love their onetruedoomedpairings, but they also are terrible ship teases.

I mean, take Sorata, he's a sweet boy. Sorata/Arashi is OTP of course, and they're darlings.
But!
Can you ship Sorata with Yuuto? HELL YES.
With Kamui? SURE!
With Subaru? KINDA.
With basically anyone he actually exchanged words with? I BET YOU COULD!

See what I mean?

Also the X fandom is insane in a wonderful way so they'd roll with it. I mean there's a Arashi/Subaru ship manifesto at ship_manifesto. You've gotta love that kind of fandoms.

And of course, I also have my onetruedoomedpairing: Seishirou/Subaru which is everything I've always dreamed about without hoping to see it written. And the whole, Seishirou, Fuuma, Kamui, Subaru, any combination thereof combo of doom, pain, angst and sexiness.
And I have many side crack pairings. Like Yuuto/Karen, Tokiko/Karen, Yuzuriha/Satsuki, Karen/Setsuka, Seishirou/Tohru...
and of course there's the side pairings which are actually canon like Tohru/Saya ♥ Aoki/Karen and, well, Sorata/Arashi.

In conclusion: the X fandom is a slut, we love it for it.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

Princess Tutu?

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Well, Princess Tutu is one of those rare fandoms where I ship everyone with everyone, that is, except for Drosselmeir because he's dead, Neko-sensei because he creeps me out with his hitting on his 12 year students, and Lilie because she's mean.

And I think the fandom backs me up on that :D the characters are just that cute, and the main four have very strong relationship with each others in all combination :D of course Fakir/Ahiru is my favourite, they're so very, very cute and heartbreaking, and bringing out the best in each other (i'm totally stealing your lines), and because I really love how Ahiru's brings out Fakir's dorkishness and Ahiru really deserves to be loved - but I love all of them. I also love the random mini pairings like Arthur with Rue, or with Fakir, and Pike's crush on Fakir too, and all the characters who show up once also have wonderful potential.

I think I should read more Tutu fics :D

[sidecharacter.livejournal.com]

Avatar?

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Avatar is not the kind of show that triggers a lot of shipping from me. First because it's got a lot of fanbrats being ridiculous about shipping, and second because it's a kid's show where the characters are kids and don't have relationships fucked up enough to make me want to ship them. At the same time it is a show that makes me fannish, and because my fannishness does express itself via shipping I have tried very hard to find pairings to ship. So Zuko/Azula, for the delicious mindfuck and the viciousness. At the same time I like fairly most canon ships Zuko/Mai, because they're adorkable and hot, Suki/Sokka because they're so normal and cute on screen, Ozai/Ursa, because I find it intriguing to explore. The only canon ship I don't like is Aang/Katara (boring). I'm also intrigued by Jet/Zuko and Toph/Zuko which I like reading but I'm not sure if I would be able to explore. Hmmm, and Zuko/Aang when people are capable of writing it (it's hard to pull off).

So basically you could say that I'm all about Zuko being shipped with various people XD

But the fact they're kids is really difficult to deal with *sheepish*

[redcandle17.livejournal.com]

BSG

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

BSG is the kind of fandom where I went in looking for ships and found mostly crack pairings, then in the end was left with very little I kept wanting to ship. Like all the old people/young people ships (Tigh/Kara, Lee/Roslin, Roslin/Kara, Tom Zarek/Lee etc.)... and the only ship I'm actually kinda into is Baltar/Gaeta, mostly because of S3 which turned it into a bitterfeast of betrayal and crushed puppycrush that's delicious ^^

Of the canon ships, I like Kara/Lee well enough on screen but am just not motivated to see fics for it. I liked a few Leoben/Kara fics, though, although I wasn't really thinking of it before it. Baltar/Caprica is one of the ship I was interesting in but felt left down on during S3 *sad* so much potential. Oh, and Tigh/Ellen ♥

I think that's about it...

[hamsterwoman]

ASOIAF :)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

ASOIAF was a fandom I was shippy about right away. I adored Sandor/Sansa through ACoK. Seriously ate it up. *ahem* Also found potential Gendry/Arya very cute. And of course Jaime/Brienne is also sweet.
Fandom being what it was I eventually contemplated more crackful pairings. Like Jaime/Loras, Sandor/Arya, or Daenarys/Sansa/Arya (do not ask). And reading fics made me see the light that is Theon/Jon, Arthur/Jaime, Cersei/Sansa and, err, many others.
So basically three core semi-canon ships, a few beloved crackful ships, and many, many, many ships I'd read anyway because there's always an interesting twist to throw in it.

[hamsterwoman]

Hey, I can totally see how Dany/Sansa/Arya would be quite an interesting dynamic! Did you actually write a fic for it?

ASOIAF is one fandom (my only fandom, I think) where the only pairings that really seem to interest me are the crack pairings. (Well, OK, Arthur/Jaime is not crack because Jaime's such an obvious fanboy, but it's not exactly mainstream, either.) I think Gendry/Arya, as in the book and future!fic is cute, but not something I'll seek out, and I'll read SanSan or Jaime/Brienne when it's well written (which it actually tends to be -- for such a tiny fic fandom, ASOIAF has a great concentration of talent) but I don't actually ship either of those. But bring on the Jaime/Loras, Arthur/Oberyn, Tywin/Sansa, Jon/Mel, the crackier the better :D

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

for such a tiny fic fandom, ASOIAF has a great concentration of talent
That's true! I wish there were more longer fics with plot though :)

Did you actually write a fic for it?
I kinda did. Heavy on the kinda. It was actually the first fic I wrote, and it was meant more as a crackful parody with very bad puns. This is why I asked you not to ask :P

[solesakuma]

... Nodame Cantabile. :D

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

I... didn't really watch Nodame Cantabile with shippy eyes. I mean, I watched them with 'there will be canon pairings, and they will be predictable, and I will like them' eyes. And they were. And I did. Including the beta pairings.

[solesakuma]

Well, I think most people must watch Nodame with those same eyes because, really, not only are they predictable but they're the plot. XP

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Well, yes.

BTW, did you watch that fanvid I linked to?

[solesakuma]

I couldn't because Sendspace hates me.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Aww, that sucks. Want me to try to send it to you via another mean?

[solesakuma]

I'd love you forever if you did.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

which file uploader would suit you better?

[solesakuma]

Megaupload or Mediafire. :D

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

There you go : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XMXAKS7S

[solesakuma]

Thank you!

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

hope you like it! don't forget to leave a comment to the poor vid maker whose flist didn't even know the TV show :)