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Do you have a particular type of relationship you gravitate toward with your OTPs?
Absolutely. At the basic level, I need for there to be a connection and sexual tension/romance between two characters to ship them in the first place (I don't typically ship stuff just because it's pretty). Without that, it just doesn't make sense to me. With that in mind, I tend to fall especially hard for rival pairings and/or best friend pairings- between those two, most of my favorites are covered- but rivals are the big one. I can't explain it, there's just... so much sexual tension in it sometimes, you know? (For reference, see Hikaru/Akira.) I would prefer that they didn't completely hate each other, but that's not a hard and fast rule- that does have some merit in the possibility of hate sex, or actual character development where each realizes that the other isn't what they always thought and/or the "bad" one is redeemed or whatever (see: Harry/Draco). I think with rival pairings, my favorite thing is the dynamics between the two characters. Their interactions are interesting and fun and there's not that sense you get with some pairings that it's a little too easy. With rivals there's ALWAYS some kind of push and pull going on, some argument that's waiting to happen. There's always a source of conflict. And, again, there tends to be a lot of UST there, which just makes me want to resolve it. :3
Best friend pairings... I'm not sure I can explain that one terribly well either. It's a completely different dynamic. They know each other, they're comfortable with each other, and they trust each other, which isn't always something you get with the rival type pairings. Under this umbrella I would put things like Waya/Isumi, Oishi/Eiji, Axel/Roxas... it's like a warm, fuzzy blanket. Any angst is likely to come from outside of the relationship itself, with the exceptions of gay angst or "I don't want to lose my best friend" angst. Them being together is just kind of inevitable, but in a different kind of way than the rivals. It's interesting in a different way and fluffy and adorable. ^_^
(Oh yeah, if you have a question/topic/whatever for me, the original post is here!)
mmmdraco )Do you have a particular type of relationship you gravitate toward with your OTPs?
Absolutely. At the basic level, I need for there to be a connection and sexual tension/romance between two characters to ship them in the first place (I don't typically ship stuff just because it's pretty). Without that, it just doesn't make sense to me. With that in mind, I tend to fall especially hard for rival pairings and/or best friend pairings- between those two, most of my favorites are covered- but rivals are the big one. I can't explain it, there's just... so much sexual tension in it sometimes, you know? (For reference, see Hikaru/Akira.) I would prefer that they didn't completely hate each other, but that's not a hard and fast rule- that does have some merit in the possibility of hate sex, or actual character development where each realizes that the other isn't what they always thought and/or the "bad" one is redeemed or whatever (see: Harry/Draco). I think with rival pairings, my favorite thing is the dynamics between the two characters. Their interactions are interesting and fun and there's not that sense you get with some pairings that it's a little too easy. With rivals there's ALWAYS some kind of push and pull going on, some argument that's waiting to happen. There's always a source of conflict. And, again, there tends to be a lot of UST there, which just makes me want to resolve it. :3
Best friend pairings... I'm not sure I can explain that one terribly well either. It's a completely different dynamic. They know each other, they're comfortable with each other, and they trust each other, which isn't always something you get with the rival type pairings. Under this umbrella I would put things like Waya/Isumi, Oishi/Eiji, Axel/Roxas... it's like a warm, fuzzy blanket. Any angst is likely to come from outside of the relationship itself, with the exceptions of gay angst or "I don't want to lose my best friend" angst. Them being together is just kind of inevitable, but in a different kind of way than the rivals. It's interesting in a different way and fluffy and adorable. ^_^
(Oh yeah, if you have a question/topic/whatever for me, the original post is here!)
