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And I realized something.
I don't ship Konan/Pain.
I know!
I feel like such a traitor to my flist. But after coming across this great smutty drabble meme for that pairing and being rather meh about it even though the writing was top-notch, it could no longer be denied.
I was pondering why this was so, and I realized that this short version is this:
They don't fight.
Now, I've liked some enemy ships (Hakkai x Yaone, Katara x Zuko) and I've liked some comrades in arms (Sai x Sakura, Maka x Soul) and I've liked some best friends (*crickets chirp* ....Naruto x Sakura?) and I've liked some canon (Sabriel x Touchstone) and some fanon (Kusanagi/Batou). But what is similar about all of these widely different pairings is that I can imagine them all arguing. Whether the fights would be physical or verbal or quiet or loud, I can see all of these characters standing on different sides of a line and refusing to budge.
I can't see that with Pain and Konan.
How this relates to Deidara (and his mouths) is that I was having a conversation about joining the Ataksuki and Deidara (and his mouths) came up and I was thinking about how I enjoy reading Sakura x Deidara for the potential in Deidara (and his mouths) even though I don't buy that pairing 99.9% of the time, even if I'll enjoy reading a particular fic.
So I thought, 'self, what is a pairing with Deidara (and his mouths) that you would enjoy reading and find more believable?'
And it hit me, that we know Konan and Deidara were familiar with each other, considering they're part of the same plot to destroy the world, and Konan's hot, and Deidara's Deidara, and I realized that the world needs more Konan/Deidara.
Like, I've seen one great fic where they were interacting in a very maternal way and it was awesome and I think it would be just as awesome if that dynamic was tweaked a bit to take more advantage of Deidara (and his mouths).
I don't ship Konan/Pain.
I know!
I feel like such a traitor to my flist. But after coming across this great smutty drabble meme for that pairing and being rather meh about it even though the writing was top-notch, it could no longer be denied.
I was pondering why this was so, and I realized that this short version is this:
They don't fight.
Now, I've liked some enemy ships (Hakkai x Yaone, Katara x Zuko) and I've liked some comrades in arms (Sai x Sakura, Maka x Soul) and I've liked some best friends (*crickets chirp* ....Naruto x Sakura?) and I've liked some canon (Sabriel x Touchstone) and some fanon (Kusanagi/Batou). But what is similar about all of these widely different pairings is that I can imagine them all arguing. Whether the fights would be physical or verbal or quiet or loud, I can see all of these characters standing on different sides of a line and refusing to budge.
I can't see that with Pain and Konan.
How this relates to Deidara (and his mouths) is that I was having a conversation about joining the Ataksuki and Deidara (and his mouths) came up and I was thinking about how I enjoy reading Sakura x Deidara for the potential in Deidara (and his mouths) even though I don't buy that pairing 99.9% of the time, even if I'll enjoy reading a particular fic.
So I thought, 'self, what is a pairing with Deidara (and his mouths) that you would enjoy reading and find more believable?'
And it hit me, that we know Konan and Deidara were familiar with each other, considering they're part of the same plot to destroy the world, and Konan's hot, and Deidara's Deidara, and I realized that the world needs more Konan/Deidara.
Like, I've seen one great fic where they were interacting in a very maternal way and it was awesome and I think it would be just as awesome if that dynamic was tweaked a bit to take more advantage of Deidara (and his mouths).