Lessening Ship Hate
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marauderthesn who Gacked from rynne: Take the one ship in this fandom [HP] you really can't stand (if there's more than one, pick the one you like least), and post in your journal what is good about that ship. No sarcasm allowed--be sincere, though you don't have to pretend you don't like your favorite ship. Just try to find something you like about that ship you hate.
Skipping over the adult/student pairings, because those really do squick me:
Remus/Tonks
Okay, okay, I will admit it. Remus/Tonks is NOT an implausible ship. In fact, it's rather plausible in terms of age, availablity, and yes, even personality to an extent. It WOULD be nice to see Remus have some happiness, and yeah- the guy is NOT a stodgy old codger. He could totally handle a girl with spirit. In fact, Remus NEEDS someone with spirit because he has plenty of it- control and lack of spirit are not necessarily synonyms. Tonks would benefit from having someone like Remus.
Best thing about this ship: A while back I recced a fic called Changes. I LOVED this fic, and you know, even though I prefer Remus with Sirius, I liked the author's reasoning for why Remus would be good for Tonks: his -understanding- of her and the fact that Remus does seem much more oriented on the inside than the outside.
I love Tonks. I love Remus. As of right now I don't think they're plausible, BUT (and this is a big but), I don't think it would require much effort on JKR's part to change that. I really don't. So if she wrote this ship- and wrote it well enough (doesn't have to be big, I mean, look at Faramir/Eowyn)- I would accept it and accept it well.
So there you gorynne. A little ship love!
marauderthesn who Gacked from rynne: Take the one ship in this fandom [HP] you really can't stand (if there's more than one, pick the one you like least), and post in your journal what is good about that ship. No sarcasm allowed--be sincere, though you don't have to pretend you don't like your favorite ship. Just try to find something you like about that ship you hate.Skipping over the adult/student pairings, because those really do squick me:
Remus/Tonks
Okay, okay, I will admit it. Remus/Tonks is NOT an implausible ship. In fact, it's rather plausible in terms of age, availablity, and yes, even personality to an extent. It WOULD be nice to see Remus have some happiness, and yeah- the guy is NOT a stodgy old codger. He could totally handle a girl with spirit. In fact, Remus NEEDS someone with spirit because he has plenty of it- control and lack of spirit are not necessarily synonyms. Tonks would benefit from having someone like Remus.
Best thing about this ship: A while back I recced a fic called Changes. I LOVED this fic, and you know, even though I prefer Remus with Sirius, I liked the author's reasoning for why Remus would be good for Tonks: his -understanding- of her and the fact that Remus does seem much more oriented on the inside than the outside.
I love Tonks. I love Remus. As of right now I don't think they're plausible, BUT (and this is a big but), I don't think it would require much effort on JKR's part to change that. I really don't. So if she wrote this ship- and wrote it well enough (doesn't have to be big, I mean, look at Faramir/Eowyn)- I would accept it and accept it well.
So there you go
rynne. A little ship love!
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Date: 2005-04-13 03:53 pm (UTC)I can't see the age difference or even the basis as to why people ship it. and is it just me or is Tonks really very much a lesbian?
I do tend to project.
But i will say that I quite like Tonks. She's seems like she'd be a fun person to ahve around as a friend.
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Date: 2005-04-13 06:39 pm (UTC)Most of the ships I object to I have a really, really good reason. Student/teacher ships make me uncomfortable, although admittedly less so if the student is of age or out of school. Anyone but Pansy with Draco bugs me because I think it's flat out unhealthy, and it's never written as such. (I like Draco as a character, think he's a sorry excuse for a human being!). But Remus/Tonks...
My biggest objection to Remus/Tonks is I LIKE Tonks single. I think she's a young accessible adult who is totally kickass, and if she walks out of the series alive I'd love to see her walk out single and HAPPY about the fact. As a fandom we beg for strong, independent female characters, JKR gives us one, and what's the first thing fandom does? Ships her with every adult male in sight. Ugh. Give me singleandlovingit!Tonks any day!
To be honest, I also think Tonks deserves -better- than what Remus can give her. I adore Remus, don't get me wrong. But I just don't think they are right for each other, and I think Remus is emotionally exhausted at this point. The poor guy has more baggage than an entire airport. For me, IF he survives (and I really have my doubts on that), the perfect happy ending for me for Remus is the DADA job and tenure. I mean, granted that I'm a R/S shipper, but I kind of feel like romance is actually the -last- thing Remus needs right now.
Which probably undoes everything the initial post just did, but.... I can at least sort of see why people ship them, even if I just -don't.-
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Date: 2005-04-13 07:20 pm (UTC)Thats a really good point and I very much agree. silly fandom.
She's at such an interesting point in her life too. :/