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[labellementeuse]

Um. 'ship meme. Of course, you know it'll all have just the one answer... I mean, I'm a true R/Hr believer but it often seems so obvious I don't bother to actively 'ship it.
Um, so, yes.

One True Pairing 'ship: Remus/Sirius, Ron/Hermione. Lesser extent Harry/Ginny.
One True Threesome 'ship: Don't really read threesome much, I confess... um, I've read and liked trio!smut. And, er, Remus/Sirius/James, but that's my "I'm going to hell already, may as well have fun while I'm doing it" 'ship.
Canon 'ship: Ron/Hermione! Oh, you don't take that? Remus/Sirius, theirloveissocanon... Oh, still no bite? Fine, Arthur/Molly, cuteness basis. :p
"If this happens I'll stab my eyes out with a spork" 'ship:Remus/Tonks. Sick sick sick.
"You are one sick bastard" 'ship: Snape/anyone. Or, also, McGonagall/Anyone. Sorry, they were just never meant to have sex EVER.
"I dabble a little" 'ship: Hmm, Ginny/Hermione. And random 'ships I read to scare myself. Oh, oh, Dean/Seamus. I love that, it's so cute.
"It's like a car crash" 'ship: Draco/Anyone, harry/Anyone. they are both so emotionally impaired... I don't think they can really commit. Harry maybe later. A lot later.
"Tickles my fancy but not quite sold yet" 'ship: Luna/Cho. I think I'd need quite a specific dynamic for this to convince. And Snape/Tonks, as can be found in copperbadge's BRILLIANT fic Laocoon's Children. OK, so it's not there yet, but it's SO coming.
"Makes no canon sense but why the hell not" 'ship: Err.... dunno? I guess Luna/Cho. For fun's sakes. :D
"Everyone else loves it but I just don't feel it" 'ship: Draco/Hermione. WTF peoples?
"I love it but nobody else does" 'ship: Hermione/George. Er?
"When all is said and done" 'ship: OMG R/S R/S IT IS THE ONE TRUE WAY PEOPLE

Oh, and there was no category for Theo/Anne. But dudes, Theodore Nott/Blonde shy Huflepuff OC is THE GREATEST EVAH. piano/flute OMG.

In other news, I missed half of Angels in America tonight, ARG!!!!!!!! *goes to look for plot synopsis* The stupid video recorder didn't well work, nnng.

Comments

[amphibious-one.livejournal.com]

!!

*defends the Snape*

DROOL.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know, I know, Alan Rickman, he's supposed to be hot, but...

I dunno, Snape is jsut too... oily. And adult. Adults should not have sex, because ew.

On the other hand, Remus and Sirius are the same age as Snape, that can't be my problem...

... jsut call it a subconscious issue. :p

[amphibious-one.livejournal.com]

Admittedly a lot of Snape-centric stuff seems to have been written by girls letting out some teacherlust frustrations... but come on, which other teachers are there to play with write about? He has aaalll the depth and intrigue and...

*ka-thunk*

There's this idea in theatresports and, I guess, writing in general, that the most interesting characters are those who experience a change in status or outlook. And people love to read about the change/journey- less so about what happens once they're there. I think that's what appeals to and drives a lot of slash authors and readers... the character change. Likewise, I think that Snapefic (with Hermione especially) appeals to people 'cause it ends up with the inevitable journey of him finding some sort of heart within himself. And usually fighting it. None of the other characters have half the journey to make to start a romantic relationship, unless you count straight characters entering slashdom.

It's certainly why, as you said, a pairing that seems too obvious doesn't end up being 'shipped. It's like with the X-Files... almost every single fic is about the very moment two characters (usually M/S) fall in love. Rarely do they describe what happens a year or so later...

LOL, this is a babble fest tonight. Blame the fact that I was actually reading Harry Potter today. *grin*

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

:D Well, hello, there's the ULTIMATE Sexy Professor, Remus John Lupin... *droooooools*

um, yes, right. *reins self in, gets back to Snape*

I think you're right, about interesting characters- and Snape is interesting, and probably in terms of long-term development and depth he may have the most of any character, except maybe Harry. No, scratch that, Harry has like no character developement, he's just an annoying teenager with a broken Capslock button. So yeah, Snape's an interesting character. I think what annoys me about Snape/FOC, or often Snape/Anyone, is... well, a couple of things. For a start, in almost every case the OC, or whoever the significant other is, they usually work to change Snape, yes, but in ways that relep me. often because of their use of cliche. Phrases like "softening his heart" and "finding the kinder, inner Snape" are used. Snape should be Snape- bitchy and asexual. ;) Of course, I know that I can only use that to justify I dislike of badly written or badly plotted or badly characterised Snape!fic. I guess I just don't LIKE the inevitable Snape!journay, whereas I love all ranges or the R/S journey.

Actually, that's a very good explanation of those really WIERD 'ships that you see popping up, that are strange and wierd and yet.. addictive. Like Bellatrix/Ginny. o.O

Babble is all good, i feel like babbling too. ;) As you can tell.

[amphibious-one.livejournal.com]

Mmm, yeah... there is a lot of really badly characterised stuff out there. It makes finding one that *is* done well all the more rewarding though...! Must be hard getting it right though. I wouldn't know- have never written fanfic myself... but it seems that even JKR gives slightly stereotypical aspects to characters. The best fanfic manages to justify those aspecits in terms of human behaviour. *thinks* Ooh, yeah.. that's my other point: we're driven to read/write out of a need to rationalise characters or plotlines. *nod*

...

OMG have you come across Harry/Hedwig? That has to be the best one yet!!11!one!

[disturbed-kiwi.livejournal.com]

> but it seems that even JKR gives slightly stereotypical aspects to
> characters.

I'd say she uses stereotypes quite liberally in her books, particularly in regards to fantasy staples.

But then, so does Terry Pratchett. Stereotypes allow greater scope because of the way peoples minds recognise them, but then a good author manages to twist it a little so that the cutout character becomes more human.