Pairing Analysis

After reading this (through which I discovered the Doctor/the Master), I started thinking what kind of pairings I usually go for. (This is not a complete list, but the ones I remember right now).

More comprehensive shippage:

The Doctor/the Master is of course enemy!slash. They've already had a canon on-screen kiss about thirty years ago, so it's not even slash anymore, it's just fact. And this is a family show, remember. This is the ultimate enemyslash pairing. You don't need to write bondage, it's already there!

Fuffy. Since. Forever. Those two crazy kids should just get a room already. If Buffy hadn't had such problems with coming out, Faith would never have gone with the Mayor. Also includes canon bondage. What more could you ask?

Shassie, I think, counts as enemyslash too, since buddyslash would require them to get along after the rocky start, and though they've had their moments, they're not quite there yet..

I just realized House/Wilson is kind of an outlet for Sherlock-slashfans to get their groove on. That said, it is pretty awesome. Category: abusive buddyship?

Merlin/Gwaine: ...an attractive man shows Merlin how to live and gets some sex in the process? I really have no idea.

Henry/Anne: because they are. Love, sex, hate, violence, dancing, comfort, death, it's all there!

Penny/Sheldon: again, antagonism, but really cute in between.

Spock/McCoy OR Kirk/McCoy. I used to enjoy Spirk videos, but I watched the series and they weren't a couple. Also, Spirk is too easy. Cue McCoy. SpoCoy=antagonism. Kirk/McCoy (which I like less, but like the videos anyhow) is a buddything.

Spangel and theoretical Spander. Again, hate, sex.. I also loved it when Spike comforted Buffy and shipped them afterwards, but what he did to her later kind of threw me off them.

Daniel/Vala: Just get it on! Make a special episode and make us watch!

Destiel: I only watch the show for the angels. This kind of goes from hate to friendship and back again.

Sherlock/Lestrade (thanks to MonstersInside): Because nothing quite says love like holding up a fake drugs bust on your boy toy. (Again, BBC Sherlock. Not sACD).

Huddy: antagonism. Sometimes I'm slightly weirded out by where they're taking the relationship, but whatevs.

Wilson/Amber: loved her. Why kill her off? (To preserve her character and not to screw it up. Okay, that's fine).

Clex: I'm not going to apologize for watching this show. Also, Clois. It's always about someone other than Clark, though.

Batman and Catwoman: because when I was little, I saw Adam West's series and they held hands. Well, Batman doesn't like anyone, but maybe she could be the exception.

Lassiet: I don't know if I want them to hook up, but they're so cute. I almost prefer it that they don't get together, and the cuteness remains random.


For one great video:

Nick/Greg: I don't really ship these two, but the video I saw of them was so full of win.


Anne/Thomas: for one video, it was beautiful to see the heartbreak. This is like a breakup thing or something.

Anne Stanhope/Edward Seymour: because it's such a waste if the only man you don't sleep on the show is your husband, who is gorgeous. (The affairs were actually fictitious, but I loved the character they created).

In conclusion, it would seem I hardly ever go for a functional relationship with actual potential to work out and choose a one with the most friction. I need help.

The BBC exception

While I generally don't enjoy anyone being shipped with Sherlock, I think BBC's Sherlock (2010) is fair game for anyone watching it or even those who don't. Sherlock is, albeit being a very, very cool one, just another TV show in my book. It uses the names of the characters, and the relationships between them, but they're not exactly who they were back in sACD's stories.

I still think it's an amazing show. I even wrote a fic on it myself. Not on John and Sherlock ('cause the pairing still bugs me), obviously, but on Sherlock and Lestrade (watching YT brings about obsessions). I think John and Sherlock are great as friends.

Btw: I read a catholic site's review on the series and several commenters said they would have to drop the show for implying that Sherlock and John were gay. One of them even went so far as to say that Sherlock had been doing what everyone should be doing, which is abstaining.

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Characters that I will defend against rule 34

Warning: contains the author's personal opinion. You might feel compelled to give out yours.

Rule 34 is for the lack of a better word for it, a rule. This is also the case when talking about characters on any type of media. No matter how unlikely, there's usually someone who ships __ and __ even though it shouldn't happen. There are two characters I find especially dear to me, and finding out someone ships them makes me more than a little queezy.

For instance, Tintin. Tintin's sexuality was never an issue, he didn't date, he adventured. I for one would like to appreciate his adventures for what they were. I feel that people who ship these two (Tintin and Captain Haddock) don't really like the fandom itself, and feel it lacks something which only romance can produce. Tintin never dated during the time we saw him. I feel that Hergé's works (among other things) show that it's okay for someone to be courageous and witty and yet not have a relationship, which is something I want to believe.

Another one is Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. My take on Sherlock is a very complex one and might seem contradictory at thimes, but hey, blogus meus, reglae meae. So, Sherlock. Another character whose sexuality was a big question mark. Granted, he "dated" one woman for the sake of furthering a case, but still, mostly he remained celibate. I've always felt kind of put off by this pairing in general (that didn't stop me from reading some fics/watching videos on them. Hey, they were well-made!). I cannot pin-point exactly why that is but I reckon it has something to do with what I already described on Tintin: I oppose the notion that a story without romance is an incomplete story. I also believe that Watson is genuinely straight. Holmes on the other hand was married to his work. Nonetheless, I have to add one exception to this rule.