Fandom Secrets, why can't I quit you? Also, a meme.

[cypsiman2]

Yeah, I read a certain fandom secret today, related to the icon I'm using for this post.

So, I'd like to get my mind of that, and what better way then a meme?  A meme which I hereby dub the unconventional OTP meme.

Comment on this post with a selection of your unconventional OTPs, I'll pick one, and you explain how the unconventional aspects of it make it more appealing to you.

Comments

[a-white-rain.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I wish to write a meta post about why 'Katara is like Aang's mom' is very very sexist in nature.

[cypsiman2.livejournal.com]

I would read that. In a heartbeat.

And incidentally, the title of my post is now inaccurate; I just quit fandom secrets, and I'm feeling better already.

[dragondancer515.livejournal.com]

Um . . .

Is it unconventional that I don't have /any/? ^,^;;;

[cypsiman2.livejournal.com]

No, you can't be so conventional that you are unconventional. At least, I don't think you can. Maybe you could...

Hey, have you gotten around to watching Avatar with your friend yet?

[myaibou.livejournal.com]

She means she doesn't have any ships at ALL, which I think is somewhat unconventional. Or maybe I'm just TOO ship-focused. ;)

None of mine are unconventional. I'm a slave to canon.

[cypsiman2.livejournal.com]

Oh I knew that; I was just trying to be playful. :D

Canon can be unconventional too you know, and fanon can be cliche in a most trite manner. For example, Tsukasa/Subaru of .Hack//Sign is very unconventional, and yet very, very canon. Whereas Zuko/Katara is fanon/crack that was ripped out of every bodice-ripping romance novel and pasted over the characters.

[lexy-opal.livejournal.com]

That BS has always annoyed me so much. It's nonsensical and sexist.

The wank I've seen the most lately is the 'Katara became Aang's prize at the end' shite. That troubles me a lot, since I'm even beginning to see it come from non Zutarians.

[cypsiman2.livejournal.com]

It's all height-ism and Ageism; if Aang were taller than Katara and had broad shoulders, no one would second guess it.

As regards the "Katara as Aang's prize" bull? If the preceding 57 episodes hadn't hammered it in that Katara isn't anyone but her own, then I don't know what the 4 remaining episodes could have done.

I also find the people complaining about too much romance to be hilarious; 95% of the four-episode finale was action and plot and gen, what more do you want?

[lexy-opal.livejournal.com]

Yes, you're right; there was really nothing more they could do to emphasize Katara was very much her own person.

I had wondered to myself when reading complaints about "Katara as a prize," if all the development of Kataang in the previous 57 episodes could really be discounted by the last four episodes, which focused on the action/plot like it should have?

Well, I think it was that one scene in EIP that may have discounted Katara's agency for some, and it is a bit ridiculous. I mean, paint Aang out as an entitled little brat who pushed himself on Katara and then at the end of the show she's decided to go with him. Which...is a startling exageration of what actual happened.

[myaibou.livejournal.com]

I was just watching The Headband and just had to comment on how MOTHERLY Katara was being toward Aang while they were dancing. If, you know, your mom is reeeeeeeaaaaallly creepy.

[cypsiman2.livejournal.com]

Apt icon is apt.