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⌈ Secret Post #3094 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What popular pairings do you get but just don't like?

[(Anonymous)]

I disagree about the Thranduil/Dwarf but that's because I completely reject Thranduil's characterization from the movies (and a lot of Thorin's characterization too). Thranduil does not actually hate dwarves. Indeed, if LOTR is to be believed, Thranduil had dwarves help him build his mountain stronghold. The anger is on Thorin's side, and if he had lived after BoFA and learned his lesson, then there absolutely could be a believable romance between Thranduil/Thorin. And Fili would have even less reason to hate Thranduil.

Kili/Thranduil fics though, are all set in the movie and use arranged marriages and Thranduil having multiple spouses and all sorts of stuff that is so far removed from canon that I just can't. If there were only one or two such fics, I could maybe get over this but it's so endemic to the pairing that I can't stand them. (Plus, as I said, I can't stand Aiden Turner's Kili now, and that's the only Kili anyone writes.)

Re: What popular pairings do you get but just don't like?

[philstar22]

Thranduil in the books doesn't hate dwarves any more than any other elf does. But there is a reason that the friendship between Legolas and Gimli was so unusual. And plus I don't like the idea of anything that takes away from the specialness of that friendship (another reason I've decided I don't like Tauriel/Kili even in the movies).

Oh, ugh, that sounds horrible. Glad I've avoided those fics. Really the only movie-only fics I read are Bilbo/Thorin and that's only because I really liked the movie dynamic between them. And I've not really been reading many of those either because I've been mostly reading book fics.

Re: What popular pairings do you get but just don't like?

[(Anonymous)]

Good for you, I guess. Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean that Thranduil/Durin is any more unlikely than your Celebrimbor/Sauron. Thranduil/Durin would not take away from the specialness of Legolas/Gimli.

Re: What popular pairings do you get but just don't like?

[philstar22]

Okay? Not sure why explaining my opinion resulted in a snippy response? I don't think there is anything wrong with whatever you want to ship just because I happen to not like the particular pairing.

Re: What popular pairings do you get but just don't like?

[(Anonymous)]

Alright, then I will be sure to mention how you have completely turned me off Celebrimbor/Sauron and how much I dislike the pairing every time you bring it up. I'm sure that won't annoy you at all.

Re: What popular pairings do you get but just don't like?

[(Anonymous)]

Somebody's defensive. What is your problem, man?

Re: What popular pairings do you get but just don't like?

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed in the morning.

Re: What popular pairings do you get but just don't like?

[philstar22]

Wow. Okay, no, actually, if you were mentioning it in a thread where the whole point was to talk about shipping, then no it wouldn't bother me because that would be the whole point of the thread. Although, not sure how one person liking a ship can ruin it for you. Don't think I'd give anyone that kind of power over me.

Re: What popular pairings do you get but just don't like?

[(Anonymous)]

Dude, chill.

Re: What popular pairings do you get but just don't like?

[(Anonymous)]

Tbf there's not really another Kili to write, the book version is barely really a character.

Re: What popular pairings do you get but just don't like?

[(Anonymous)]

Which means that you can do practically anything better than the movie. Certainly you can get rid of the crappy romance, puppy eyes, beardlessness, un-dwarfish features - all of it. I would love to see a take on book!Kili. It would be a million times better than what they came up with in the movie.