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[redbrunja]

Comment with a pairing and I'll tell you:

1. When I started shipping them
2. What I think their challenge is
3. What makes me happy about them
4. What makes me sad about them
5. What moment I wish had never happened
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other
7. My happily ever after for them

If you comment with a pairing I DON'T like, I'll tell you why.

Comments

Re: Hermione/Remus

[meitah.livejournal.com]

Really? I think they'd have several issues to give their relationship tension. First off, his "furry little problem"- you know he'd have more of a problem with that than her. In the same vein is the age difference, with which he would again take more issue. On Hermione's side, I'd have to say that since she's never spent time with an intellectual equal as a social equal, she'd definitely have a very hard time with that. And I think that they each have any number of little traits that would bug the other to no end.

But not every relationship is about tension and contrast. Some people are very similar, and do well in relationships because of that degree of similarity that some might find absurd. Relationships don't have to be hard, and I think these two characters need something easy after all they've been through.

Of course, making them accept that it really is that easy would be a good source of conflict between the two.

Re: Hermione/Remus

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

No, not every relationship is about tension and conflict... but reading the books, I don't get any zing between them, you know? So thinking about them in terms of fanon, I ask myself, 'what would make this pairing interesting enough that I don't want the characters pairing with anyone else?' and for me, I don't really have a good answer.

Although I agree about it being very, very interesting to see Hermione interacting with someone who is her intellectual equal.