Lessening Ship Hate
Apr. 13th, 2005 11:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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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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Re: btw
Date: 2005-04-17 06:22 pm (UTC)She's actually made icons that you're free to use as long as you don't change them. I have absolutely NO problem with her getting the credit she deserves, so I took her up on it and swiped a few, and put the credit in my user info for good measure. Her and Tealin- I love both of their stuff.
And she even draws Peter! (Just using his icon because I like Peter. At least in my world, I like Peter!)
But yeah- if you can send me a few stories, please do. I'm rapidly getting annoyed with the NC-17 thing too. I mean, I LIKE it (some of it), but that's not always what I want. ::Sigh:: I really ought to find out more about the Skyhawke thing. I don't have an archive there, so I haven't paid much attention.