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[redbrunja]

gacked from theladyfeylene :

Name a character from any of my fandoms, and I'll tell you every pairing I've ever written them in, read them in, or even just thought about.

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[the-sun-is-up.livejournal.com]

I think the entire thought-process for shipping KakaIru is as follows: Bishie + Bishie = hot. THAT'S ALL IT IS! >.<

With KakaNaru, part of it is that in canon they give off a very familial vibe to me, so the pairing gives me an incesty squick.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

BUT NEITHER OF THEM IS REALLY BISHIE! NEITHER OF THEM SPARKLE, EVER!

[amaiko.livejournal.com]

Your logic is falling on deaf ears when it comes to the yaoi fangirls, unfortunately. ;)

I will never forget attempting to search for Naruto doujinshi on Yahoo! Japan and coming up with about 250 pages of results that were literally nothing but Kakashi/Iruka, with an occasional Naruto/Sasuke thrown in. I AM NEITHER JOKING NOR EXAGGERATING. Thousands upon thousands of doujinshi and they were all KakaIru. I may have wept, I don't know.

At this point, the KakaIru fandom is practically its own industry in Japan, with only the loosest of ties to the actual Naruto manga. Want to know why Iruka keeps placing so high in the "popularity" polls that occasionally turn up in the manga, despite not being in it for years? KakaIru fangirls voting him in. It really is just a case of having Kakashi and Iruka being the only two males of similar age and proximity in the manga and the fangirls taking that and running with it, but damn, did they ever go overboard with it...

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

That is so incredibly painful to hear. I mean, I understand the lure of a crack pairing and I totally am all for fanon ships, but the popularity based on their actual interaction... doesn't quite compute for me.

Also, in your situation, I would have been weeping tears of bitter, bitter rage.