I Am A Delicate Blossom, Unsuited For Public Transportation

[redbrunja]

Took the train back to college.

Everything was fine, and the train even got in early, but I have to admit, I am totally spoiled from having a car (because of mom's car breaking down, I don't have a car at the moment, although that might change tomorrow). See, I don't like, you know, waiting (especially when it's cold and I forgot my jacket) and I took my huge suitcase because, you know, I thought that I would be driving back, and I just get so impatient when I have to, like, wait while other people get off the bus and how the bus doesn't deposit me directly at my front door.

Also, did I completely miss something while not reading Bleach, but do Ishida and Orihime like each other? Interact at all? (Context is #119)

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[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Just that both (as near as I can tell) are focused on having an OTP.

I don't need to like the canon pairing so much as I have difficulty if I dislike it. But a lot of that is because i'm big on relationships in general, and don't do well when there are important relationships that rub me wrong. It's just that the ones that do rub me wrong tend to be romantic ones. (For non-romantic example, possibly more than anything else, the sheer disrespect the men in SGA showed to Elizabeth-who was supposedly their friend in addition to their boss-is what pissed me off. I'm also really big on respect in general, and when pairings annoy me, it's usually because of a respect issue. See: Special A. I probably could have handled it if he had indicated that he respected her, but instead, his disrespect was part of his True Love. And even though I actually dislike the pairing in general-there are others in the show I do like, though-I can handle Heero/Relena because there is eventually respect there, weird as it is. In Heroes, I pretty much hate every romantic pairing in the show except D.L./Nikki. I don't particularly like that pairing a lot, either, but I don't mind it because D.L. is the only guy who treats his S.O. with respect-well, Nathan kinda does, but he also cheated on her with a random stranger 5 minutes after talking about how great she was-and accepts that she may have had to do things while he was gone, and he doesn't judge her for that. The respect thing is also why I can never completely figure out how I feel about Mal/Inara.)

I do know some people who ship because it's canon. In general, though, they seem to stick to more romance-centric canons (shoujo romance, kdramas, etc.) so I suppose it does make sense there. But I do see people who are pretty clearly just shipping because it's the canon pairing, even if they admit it. People who don't ever ship can pairings seem to be more open about it, for whatever reason.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

So, I'm curious now, what are your thoughts on Mal/Inara?

(I will say that I think Whedon managed the tightrope of having them -especially Mal- not respect the other's job, but respect the person.)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

See, that's kind of it. I do think Mal loves Inara, that's never been a question for me. Mal respects Inara as a person, but not as a professional. Inara would never ask Mal to give up being a captain, Mal Mal would expect-demand-that she give up being a Companion. To Mal, Inara is a woman who could do better than being a whore, and that's the only way he'll see her profession. To Inara, however, it's all about the art and the sanctuary and companionship she gives people. The sex is just a nice addition. I think Inara would give that up for Mal, and not regret doing so, but I don't think she'd ever really be happy because Mal would never see it as her giving something up for him, but as his having rescued her.

SERENITY SPOILERS!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

*nods*

That's why her as a teacher works so well - because she'd no longer directly sleeping with men, so Mal could stand it, but she is still working, and deciding to teach was a choice she made for her, and not Mal.

Re: SERENITY SPOILERS!

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

That was actually a petpeeve of mine, becaus we know his sleeping with her friend is what pushed her to leave the ship, and it felt too close to saying she had a to sacrifice to be good enough for him.