[ SECRET POST #258 ]

[shahni.livejournal.com]

⌈ Secret Post #258 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:
- Sorry for the late, people!
- Also... guys. Make the secrets sound like something you'd be secretive about? Just bashing things isn't a secret, it's wank. D: Thanks!

Secrets Left to Post: 01 page, 035 secrets from Secret Submission Post #037.
Secrets Not Posted: 0 broken links, [1] not!secrets, 0 not!fandom, [1] broken link
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Comments

Re: from 11

[mint-eclair.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't exactly see them as a confirmed couple in the game, so no need to say otherwise. It's a waste of time to say that they are. I fancy the idea as a fanonical thing. I'm not saying I don't enjoy the hero-heroine dynamic in a platonic sense. Romance is a side-dish, it's not as if I can only see the relationship as romantic; far from it. I don't like Phoenix/Maya because it can be romantic and I most certainly don't view it as a love-pairing in canon. I enjoy and adore the friendship they have (and the hintings I could laugh at) and in an innocent sense, like the idea of love between them. It certainly doesn't benefit the pairing anymore, but it's an element I like far more than pure sexual tension relationships. Phoenix and Maya's relationship is no lesser in my eyes because it's not romantic.

People can enjoy the platonic sense of the relationship without spoiling it by thinking of romance. I don't think that the reason Phoenix saves and worries over Maya because he secretly loves her; but because she's arguably his best friend. Yet fanonically, I play with the idea of love in fluff. I understand where you come from though, there are several friendships that I love that are ravaged by yaoi or yuri or even vicious het fans.

I'm just sickly tired of fandom automatically assuming that hero-heroine supporters are either doing it in denial of the obvious rival-love or because they can't value friendship and must make everything into romance. I treasure the idea of friendship as much as I like the idea of them having a small romantic relationship. However, the latter is more so because I don't think of romance as just sex.