shipping meme from sam_cc

[cypsiman2]

Name a character and I will give the following for that character.

A) My OTP
B) The runner up
C) The anti-ship
D) My unpopular fannish opinion on said character
E) One person he/she never fell in love with, and why

Comments

[sarajayechan.livejournal.com]

Katara.

[cypsiman2.livejournal.com]

A) Katara/Aang, forever and ever and ever.
B) Katara/Toph, they can be very femmeslashy at times.
C) Katara/Zuko, do not want.
D) She was attracted to and interested in Aang from day one. Deal.
E) Zuko, way too much bad history and it took almost the entire series for her to become civil with him, let alone friendly.

[dawnrune.livejournal.com]

She was attracted to and interested in Aang from day one. Deal.

So I'm not the only one who found this painfully obvious? I almost didn't want to ship it, because I was about 99% sure that it would happen. Then Bryke had to go and do a good job with it. Geeez! XD

[cypsiman2.livejournal.com]

See, me, I don't generally ship unless it is ridiculously super obvious. See, Prince/Lyon. XDDD

But no, the people who didn't see how obvious it was from the outset were the ones watching the show with their butts. Blindfolded. XP.

[dawnrune.livejournal.com]

I ship many things, obvious or otherwise, granted I like the characters involved, or the potential they have. I multiship because, first and foremost, my interest is in the characters. I think most things can be done well. I'm willing to believe that, say, Zuko/Katara can be done well, I just don't see how personally. Buh. :x

But yeah. It seems like a lot of the people that didn't see Katara/Aang coming just didn't want to see it. I dunno. :\

[cypsiman2.livejournal.com]

See, to me, who the characters are, and who they are romantically interested in, are not easily separated in my mind. Only if the relationship is badly written or handled, do I start looking for alternatives. And while it is theoretically possible for Zuko/Katara to be done well, it really generally isn't, and I've no desire to sift for the golden fic in all the sewage.

The common theory is that the fangirls projected themselves onto Katara, and since they wanted Zuko and thought Aang was a baby, so did Katara. I can't disagree with that, not by much anyway.