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⌈ Secret Post #3094 ⌋

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Comments

Re: I never really understand this argument

[diet_poison]

why wouldn't you like them together?

A pairing is not the same thing as the sum of its parts. Maybe some people ship for that reason, but not all. I have no interest in shipping two characters who don't have an interesting relationship.

Re: I never really understand this argument

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

But why wouldn't they have an interesting relationship? I like reading about developing relationships, if they have to be more developed for you to enjoy them, that's fine, but I don't get why you would assume a relationship wouldn't be interesting just because the characters don't have much on-screen interaction. I actually assume that characters I find interesting would have interesting relationships.

Re: I never really understand this argument

[diet_poison]

I don't know where you're getting that characters have to have screen time to be shipped because I didn't say that. What I said was they had to have an interesting relationship. Relationships are unique and they are more the sum of their participants; therefore not every relationship is going to be equally interesting even if the characters are very compelling. Some relationships with tons of screen time are bland and others have lots of chemistry even with only a few encounters. And I could ship two characters I feel meh about but not ship two characters I love, if I don't happen to like their dynamic.

Re: I never really understand this argument

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I don't know where you're getting that characters have to have screen time to be shipped because I didn't say that. Because that's what OP of the thread was implying and that's what my comment was in reply to.

And I phrased this poorly: If you like both characters, for whatever reason (attitude, looks, etc.), why wouldn't you like them together? Since I was talking about pairings with little (or even no) interaction, what I really meant was: If you like both characters and the little bit of interaction you do get (or the extrapolated interaction based on their attitudes and interactions with other characters), why wouldn't you like them together? It can be highly speculative, of course, but that's part of what makes it interesting, to me, at least.

Re: I never really understand this argument

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I think some people have a higher requirement of canon interaction than others.

Re: I never really understand this argument

[diet_poison]

There doesn't even have to be canon interaction, necessarily (though usually I think it's better if there is). The two characters just have to go together.

To me it's like saying that just because you like those bright orange pants and that pretty yellow blouse that you will automatically like them together. Not so. They don't go. Likewise with shipping. Two awesome characters can fall flat in a relationship, and two boring characters can have an interesting relationship dynamic.

Re: I never really understand this argument

[diet_poison]

Sorry I wasn't more clear. I was replying specifically to the assertion that if you (general you) like two characters, you will automatically like them together. I wasn't talking specifically about the level of interaction they get but I guess AYRT was.

Re: I never really understand this argument

[solticisekf]

mte, even if two characters don't iteract in canon I'll read it if their relationship in fics is interesting.