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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

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

Zutara!

Chuck/Sarah

Casey/Sarah

Richard/Denna

*waits to see reactions*

Zutara

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

1. When I started shipping them Before I even watched the show. Smilla was like 'great show. Het enemies!pairing is one of the most popular pairings.' And I was like 'hook a girl up!'
2. What I think their challenge is The creators.
3. What makes me happy about them That they never hold back with each other, and are actually surprisingly alike.
4. What makes me sad about them The fail romantic endings they got.
5. What moment I wish had never happened The finale.
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other For Zuko... Jin. For Katara... Haru.
7. My happily ever after for them They ditch their respective SO, starting having sexy funtimes, and finally get married.

Chuck/Sarah

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

1. When I started shipping them I honestly can't remember. Sometime in the second season, or end of the first, I think.
2. What I think their challenge is The writers won't let their characters develop naturally.
3. What makes me happy about them For a while, they were rather adorable.
4. What makes me sad about them They're stuck in the same character patterns of the first season.
5. What moment I wish had never happened Season three.
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other I could see Sarah and Bryce, and Chuck and that girl played by the girl who played Summer on The OC.
7. My happily ever after for them Chuck finds a decent job he likes, Sarah becomes a stunt woman.

Re: Chuck/Sarah

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

4. Oh, crap. I'm still halfway through season 2, and really ought to finish it up soon so I can catch up on season 3. But I know what you mean about the character patterns from season 1--they become painfully obvious when you watch more than two episodes of the season in one sitting. Which, hey, it was the first season, and the second season definitely improved, but I much prefer it when they have one episode of angsting about their relationship going nowhere, and then several episodes where the little things show you how much they care without them having to have the same conversation fifty times over, therefore deflating the subplot of motion and the pairing of any fun.

Also they appear to have missed a giant opportunity with this Shaw character. If Sarah has to date anyone, it should clearly be the sexy Brit MI-6 agent from season 2.

Re: Chuck/Sarah

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

*nods*

And honestly, for a first season, the character dynamics made sense - but now, they really don't, and the characters just seem really static.

If Sarah has to date anyone, it should clearly be the sexy Brit MI-6 agent from season 2.

Oh, total word!

Casey/Sarah

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

You know, I actually WANTED to ship this more than I ever actually did.

But they never really had romantic chemistry, and then there was Ilsa, who was freaking perfect for Casey, and I started to like Chuck/Sarah a lot more.

Re: Casey/Sarah

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

Me too! The closest I ever really came was the image of Sarah piled up in sweats sleeping on Casey's couch with an empty carton of Chinese on the table, and him covering her with a blanket. But that really turns more into buddy fic, with the hint of occasional attraction.

my secret crack Casey ships are Casey/Anna and Casey/Ellie, because he kinda digs both of them.

Re: Casey/Sarah

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

The closest I ever really came was the image of Sarah piled up in sweats sleeping on Casey's couch with an empty carton of Chinese on the table, and him covering her with a blanket

Awww. I totally love them as buddies.

And I totally agree on the crack!pairing awesomeness of Ellie/Casey.

Richard/Denna

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

No no no no no.

See, the thing about LotS is that, like Farscape (or even more so) the entire show pivots on Richard/Kahlan. Their love is constant, their trust unequivocal, and for Richard to have a romance with Denna destroys something very important about the show. Besides being cliche as hell.