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So I'm in a fandom where one character has (most likely unrequited, as far as we know) feelings for another character, even though Character B has caused Character A all sorts of angst and emotional turmoil. This is canon. Quite a few people like to describe it as a "crack pairing," even though from my understanding, it doesn't quite fit the definition.

I always thought it was something that made you, basically, go "man, that person must be on crack to ship that!" Maybe characters from different fandoms, or characters that have never been in a scene together, or characters that just don't really interact much or where neither has ever shown the slightest bit of romantic interest in the other and it just comes across as really, really random. Not where one has canon feelings for the other (and the other *might*, possibly, depending on how much retconning the writers want to do, reciprocate those feelings).

Thoughts?

I agree with your definition.

That's what I thought it was too.

Yep, your definition is always what I've considered a crack pairing. IDK why people are saying the pairing in question is a crack pairing.

DA

Probably to bash or undermine the pairing. I saw this shit in the Bleach fandom where one character has unrequited feelings

Bah, I don't get why people don't just lay off it. You aren't obligated to like the pairing, but not liking it doesn't automatically make it super far fetched.

(Is it Ichigo/Orihime? I remember lots of Orihime hate back in the day.)

Ayrt

My thoughts exactly. And you hit the nail on the head. It was Ichigo/Orihime and it still gets that shit. And Orihime herself still gets a ton of hate. I mainly lurked the fandom and barely dipped my toes in it but I still saw a ton of hate. Turned me off that fandom for the most part but I do occsionally hang around the main Ichigo/Orihime comm because it doesn't allow ship bashing or character bashing. That and I ship the pairing and love Orihime like mad.

I actually wasn't sure Bleach was ongoing but I'm sad that Orihime is still getting so much hate. You can dislike a pairing without being rude to the ships fans or hating the fictional characters because they dare be together (or be shipped in general), etc.

She was one of my favorite characters in Bleach and if I were going to be shipping Ichigo with someone it probably would've been her.

It's in its final arc but I barely pay attention to it anymore. The final arc is doing nothing for me and yet again Orihime and Chad are sidelined. It is pretty sad how much hate she gets and frustrating as well.

You're totally right that you can dislike a pairing without being an asshole about but fandom can be quite immature when it comes to shipping which is why we get ship wars.

She is just absolutely fabulous, courageous, strong, funny, just a great character with a good outlook on life. She'd be fun to hang out with. And she is absolutely gorgeous, especially after the timeskip.

I think the main reason why I ship her together with each other is because they'd be such a dorky, adorable couple.

Aww, I'm just glad they're both still around! I'm kind of amazed neither has been killed off. At least the fans will finally get some closure; I'd like to read up on the ending and see how things turn out. (Even though I quit so long ago that half the characters and the storyline would probably be unrecognizable.)

You sadly aren't wrong...

And I always liked how upbeat she was; she was a fun character to read about. I like moody, angsty people too, but sometimes it's nice to have a break from that. Orihime was refreshing! (I'm interested in how she looks now because she was gorgeous even back then.)

I love pairings like that so you'll get no argument here!

I'm so glad they're still alive too. Tbh, I don't think Kubo would kill them off. There's only been a handful of deaths in this arc and most of them were just fodder characters. None of the main ones last time I checked up on it. Though it has been a year since then so that may have changed. Hehe, I'm only a year behind and I have no idea what's going on when I check up on it.

Unfortunately, it won't change. People are stubborn when it comes to their ships.

Ditto!! She was a breath of fresh air! I like them too, but sometimes I need a break. Her bubbly personality was so infectious.

Here's what she looks like now! It isn't the best image and doesn't completely show how gorgeous she is now but it will do for the time being. http://imgur.com/dpYiDs

D'aww, the link didn't work. Oh well, I'll google it later. /late to the party

Manga chapters are released so often that it is easy to get lost and be left behind. Sometimes it's easier to read them in one go because there's no wait. I'm glad Kubo hasn't killed off a lot of the main cast though. I hate when that happens, especially if it's just for the shock factor.

Pretty much that. For me, crack pairings are crack pairings because they're totally wacky like Sauron/Merry because why in the name of god would it ever enter anyone's mind to ship it, or totally wacky like Samwise/Eowyn because it's not AS crazy but they have never interacted so it's theoretical at best.

Those are good examples. You should have seen my face at Sauron/Merry. Though at first I thought it said Saruman/Merry and I guess that isn't quite so much out of nowhere because he had ordered them brought to Isenga...ok I'm done.

LOL- I have seen the face of Library of Moria and what you've described is all too plausibly a fic you'd find there.

I miss LoM. I used to stroll through it looking for the most WTF pairings I could find.

Sauron/Merry

... Doable, in a horrible, possessing-Merry's-best-friend sort of way? If you factor in Sauron's brief mind-connection to Pippin via the palantir, and posit a Merry/Pippin-possessed-by-Sauron scenario ...

And I don't know why I'm saying this. I need to stop taking crack pairs as challenges.

Oh, good, I'm not the only one whose mind immediately went there. (And now I want to try writing it.)

Yeah that's what I'd consider a crack pairing to be as well.

You got it right. The crack paring has no hints in canon except, perhaps, to the person on crack.

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