Lessening Ship Hate

[lls_mutant]

Gakked from 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!

Comments

Re: I hear you, kid

[magic-at-mungos.livejournal.com]

Well, I keep meaning to read your stuff and I'm just about to leave a review for at least Azkaban Tango this afternoon. Do you mind if I friend you? I'm blonde goldfish over at FAP :)

Re: I hear you, kid

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Heh. Sorry- wasn't trying to whinge. What's really frustrating to me is I know I'm not the only one with this problem. There are a lot of good writers out there that just can't quite break in.

Friend away!

Re: I hear you, kid

[magic-at-mungos.livejournal.com]

Well, we will just just have to pimp away. Maybe we should bribe people to apply to be coders and then get them to tell us about new fics goingg up :D

Re: I hear you, kid

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, I'm starting a new rec list. Lesser known authors with plots. (Or lesser known plots of BNFs- it's really, really frustrating when you have a story you LOVE that doesn't get the attention of something you're not as fond of!) Granted, I don't have a huge distribution, but hey! Reccing is good anyway :)

Re: I hear you, kid

[magic-at-mungos.livejournal.com]

Yes and it's always nice to have more fics in my to read list. I was halfway through the first chapter of Deny thy Father when my internet died yesterday, so tonight fics here I come! :D