Meta meme: 30 Days of Shipping

[luxken27]

Day 13 - What is your favorite television pairing?

The answer will probably surprise no one, but this was a surprisingly hard choice to make, truth be told:


Ryan/Stacy, Kids Inc - I tend to enjoy all of my pairings pretty equally across all media, so what it came down to for this was, which ones have inspired me to go above and beyond, and to create fanwork? After all, I'm a fairly easy shipper to please: I buy into canon a lot. So it takes something extra special to push me beyond that...and considering the only live-action pairing I'm writing extensively for (right now) is these two? They win, LOL.

My fangirl squee inspiration is this ~

Previous...
Day 01 - What is your current favorite ship? Sam Thomas/Stacey McGill, Baby-sitters Club
Day 02 - What was your very first ship? Ryan/Stacy, Kids Inc
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now? Seeley Booth/Temperance Brennan, Bones
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry? Matt Hunter/Maxie Jones, General Hospital
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry? Sesshoumaru/Kagome, Inuyasha
Day 06 - The best kiss? Tommy Quincy/Jude Harrison, Instant Star
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene? Shawn Brady/Belle Black, Days of Our Lives
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage? Miroku/Sango, Inuyasha
Day 09 - The most believable relationship? Jonathan Creek/Maddie Magellan, Jonathan Creek
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life? Jason Cook/Kirsten Storms
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing? Charlie Thomas/Janine Kishi, Baby-sitters Club
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding? Byron Sully/Michaela Quinn, Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman

Upcoming...
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing?
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing?
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing?
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did?
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing?
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning?
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly?
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out?
Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
Day 27 - A pairing that you loved and ended up hating?
Day 28 - A pairing that you will never understand?
Day 29 - What ship had the best proposal?
Day 30 - Your favorite ship forever and ever and ever?

Comments

[luxken27]

I'm really starting to like these guys, what with all the mentions from you (that story and those sentences were amazing and touching!)...

Aww, thanks! <3 I'm always happy to share the fangirlish squee, hehe. Just because its twenty years old doesn't make it any less fun!!

I am also starting to realize that I am not a shipper. o_O

? How do you figure?

[luxken27]

That's cool ~ the world needs more genfic :) Just as long as you don't think you have to turn into a pile of mush to ship properly, then we're good :P

[paynesgrey.livejournal.com]

Oh young Fergie, so cute even then... :)

[luxken27]

She was cute when she was blonde! :)

[replicantangel.livejournal.com]

Hehe. I'm not surprised you settled on them, but I can understand why you had a difficult time choosing. Comparing fandoms/pairings that you love equally - but usually for completely different reasons - really is like the old chestnut of comparing apples to oranges.

[luxken27]

Seriously! I watch and enjoy a lot of TV shows, generally with romantic entanglements somewhere along the way, but rarely do I feel the urge to "rewrite the ending," so to speak. So when that does happen, it forces me to go a bit deeper, and that's when I start really falling in love with a character or pairing, and dreaming up what their ideal interactions would be.

The only fanfic I've written for TV shows have been my KI and GH works, and considering I've devoted approximately 5x as many words to the former than the latter? Suddenly, a choice was easily made.

These two were my first OTP, after all - and I hold on hard to first loves :)

[replicantangel.livejournal.com]

So when that does happen, it forces me to go a bit deeper, and that's when I start really falling in love with a character or pairing

*nods* This. When you start really studying them is when you realize, "Oh, *this* is why I love them so much." Which gives you a whole new insight. In my experience, anyway. :)

I hold on hard to first loves

And for a reason! There's not much like returning to them!

[luxken27]

Which gives you a whole new insight.

Yup! This is what's fun, to me, digging deeper and figuring out what it is about a character or pairing that just really resonates with you. My HS biology teacher made a remark that has lasted with me for a long time (obviously, LOL) ~ we have "chemistry" with the things we like: people, music, food, etc. Most people think of chemistry as love or sexual interest, but it goes beyond that, and I find that fascinating. What makes people friends? What is it about your favorite food? What is it about celebrities or athletes or whatever, these people we know we'll never meet, that still draws us to them?

And for a reason! There's not much like returning to them!

They are a sort of comfort zone, aren't they? Even if nobody else really shares the love, LOL.

[replicantangel.livejournal.com]

Most people think of chemistry as love or sexual interest, but it goes beyond that, and I find that fascinating.

Agreed. I always wonder about that. When I met my best friend, I knew within about 30 seconds that we were going to be awesome friends. We couldn't be more different on paper, but it was instant on both of our parts. On the other hand, it took years of knowing my husband to think about dating him. It's difficult to know why there would be a difference in why and how I became close to each of them. Same goes for pairings though - some of them, there's an instant attraction, and some, it takes me awhile. What's the difference? *shrugs*

[landofthekwt.livejournal.com]

Not surprised that this is your favorite TV show. Disney had no idea how to market in those days. Today they would have been the next Hannah Montana.

[luxken27]

Disney had no idea how to market in those days.

Oh, they did - there's evidence aplenty of that. (All their shows had fan clubs, for example.) And they reran this show for years even after its original run ended, so there was some major love for it. BUT, I think what's different about it, besides the fact that there wasn't a "tween" market back in the day, is the fact that this was not a show they originally developed, and thus, they didn't have creative control of it. When they did take it over, it sucked royally and eventually tanked :P So thank goodness for small favors, I suppose!