argei asked: 2, 10, and 26?
2. Talk about three of the most important ships throughout your life.
I did this one already but I can think of a few more. But oh god, why are they all so embarrassing? Here’s an example of my horrible pre-teen taste: I shipped Brandon/Andrea hardcore back when 90210 was a thing. This now makes me cringe (I mean for one thing, on what planet are you both teenagers, you are both in your thirties, you are fooling noone). But I think the whole brainy girl from the less-well-off background with the hopeless crush on the handsome rich guy thing is what got me. Preteen me had SO MUCH HOPE and of course it never happened, lolsigh.
A more recent ship that came absolutely out of nowhere for me was Gene/Alex on Ashes to Ashes. What was weird for me about that was I HATED Gene during Life On Mars, he was this walking stereotype of a sexist macho man and I couldn’t stand him. But I gradually softened on him throughout Ashes to Ashes and the big reveal at the end of the series, which I’m not going to spoil, explained SO MUCH about him and exactly what he is and what he represents, and his dynamic with Alex was so intriguing and fun and sexy. I resisted it for so long because I frankly couldn’t see what Alex would see in him, but again, the ending, it made SO MUCH SENSE. So I was just crazy about those two. But of course it ended in tragedy. OF COURSE IT DID. WHY DO I DO THIS.
More important than either of those two: Willow / Tara. That was a HUGE one for me as it coincided with a lot of my own identity crisis (situation: ongoing) and there was no guarantee whatsoever at the time that it would actually come to anything but I shipped it hard and I was SO VERY HAPPY that they became an official couple. Also Tara reminded me of myself SO MUCH. In so many ways. We even look kind of similar. It meant a whole, whole lot to me that she was a character that people liked and could ship with Willow, it was good for my soul. But of course TRAGEDY AGAIN WHYYYYYYYYYY
(In that particular case I was so furious that Tara was killed off that I quit the show forever and never saw the rest of Season Six or any of Season Seven, that is how heartbroken I was, and still am. Goddammit Joss Whedon.)
10. Do you ship any characters that have never met?
Generally no. I have to see/hear them together and get a fix on what their dynamic is like.
This counts for Inquisition, by the way. I really can’t ship anyone with anyone until I actually see them interacting. I am no fun.(I am thinking there must be some kind of exception to this that I’m not remembering but I can’t think of one.)
26. Have you noticed a pattern in your shipping? Is there a romantic dynamic you’re more drawn to?
Tragedy? Never paying off? Somebody dying? ME BEING HEARTBROKEN?
I think the reason is that I go for pairings with a lot of roadblocks in their way and sometimes that turns out badly.
I think in terms of relationship dynamics there’s a lot more I could go into, but I need to think about it some more. Somebody else ask me this one and I’ll give it a try.
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- argei said: tragedy is like the entire story of my shipping life (it’s possible my love of heartbreak is a defense mechanism aha)
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