Things that make you go "hmmm."

[mrv3000]

What is it about pairings? Why do I/you/people love them so? Ship or slash, what makes us love them? For me it's not about the smut/porn for really any of my pairs. Not that I haven't read/enjoyed adult fic for my pairs over the years. Good fic, that is.

And it's not that I'm picturing myself in the place of one of the pair. I have run across fen who are very obviously imagining themselves as one of the characters and it's...icky. *shudders*

No, this is an "OMG, I love you two! *squishes*" It's something I find a bit odd for me, since normally I cannot stand the vast majority of romance novels/movies. Bleh. And reading fic where my pairs are in romance-novel-type situations - heaving bosoms, non-ironic serenades, triplets - makes me run away screaming.

Maybe I'm just a freak for the cute. Hmmm.

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[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Typically, whatever the show is trying to force as the main 'ship, I'll gobble up unless I really despise one character/actor.

Yeah, I tend to go for the typical canon pairings myself.

I don't really go for sex appeal either, I mean, it's nice if pairing have a spark of chemistry, but I like longevity more than just a good night in bed, so it wot impress me much unless they are kind to one another.

Yeah, it has to go way beyond sex for me as well. I do like to see that element, though.

And I don't think that I have EVER put myself in the pairing.

Probably because you have a good grip on reality. :)

I think the easiest way to get me to fall for a 'ship? Start with one actor/actress I already love from a past project add one new and interesting co-star stir in some laughs and you've got a recipe for a fluffy lovenest!!

Fluffy lovenest! AWWW! Don't know why, but that term is making me giggle. :)