"Sorry I'm Not Made Of Sugar & I'm Not Sweet Enough For You."

[redbrunja]

I was reading tv tropes' page on Defrosting The Ice Queen, which (unsurprisingly, as it's often a subset of ruthless girl/emotional open guy) is a trope I really enjoy. Whoever wrote that entry really nailed the ways it functions as wish fulfillment in two different directions:

More emotionally open character: "He/She doesn't hate me, she's just waiting for me to prove my love is true."

Or

Ice Queen: "A warm and caring love interest will fall in love with me and bring me fulfillment and happiness."

(I edited the above to be more gender inclusive.)

Comments

[phemyscira.livejournal.com]

There needs to be more ships like this, in my honest opinion. I can think of quite a few of my favourite pairings that qualify for this trope in some way or another:

1. Dan/Blair (Gossip Girl)
2. Zuko/Katara (ATLA)
3. Wally Artemis (YJ)
4. Razer/Aya if you gender flip this trope. Although I guess tis trope still applies if you think about the final season.

[lokifan]

Zuko/Katara? How so? *curious*

[phemyscira.livejournal.com]

Katara definitely doesn't perfectly fit the "Ice Queen" trope because very caring and isn't as ruthless as characters such as Azula, although some may argue that she was certainly cold towards Zuko. However, Zuko does spend some screen time trying to defrost Katara and regain her trust because I think he knew that in order to get closer to Katara, he had to prove he wouldn't throw her trust back in her face, like he did the last time.

Also, I don't think Katara really hated hated Zuko since she saved him from falling to his death in TSR. She just needed to know that he was very sorry for what he did and that she could trust him.

Some may argue that the pairing doesn't fit the trope because they're not a canon couple but subtextually I think it works.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Wally/Artemis and Dan/Blair are perfect examples! Wally/Artemis in particular is like, the platonic ideal of this trope.

[eilowyn.livejournal.com]

1. Late season!Buffy/Spike
2. Katniss/Peeta

Right now I'm going through a phase where I find analogies between the two pairings to be absolutely fascinating.

And I'm now watching Arrow because of you. I'm on episode 2, I haven't seen Felicity yet, but I'm already trolling Ao3 for Olicity fic.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

2. Katniss/Peeta

Very true!

And I'm now watching Arrow because of you. I'm on episode 2, I haven't seen Felicity yet, but I'm already trolling Ao3 for Olicity fic.

Ha! I hope you're enjoying it!

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

Oh, bless tv tropes. I adore this kind of pairing and they come up with the best ways to summarize things I struggle to describe after waffling on for days!

This applies to my latest love, Lynn Kurland's Star of the Morning, first in a trilogy, which has a fantastic romance which I am squeeing over so hard because it shows how the chick could believably fall for the dude despite having these walls up, how his sense of humor and his competence are an irresistible combination, and you also see how he could fall for her, even if she is all fierce and aloof, because she's so damn amazing and badass. ♥ I've become so sick of the insta-love that's assaulting me from all corners that it's stunningly refreshing to see a book where the relationship is actually developed!

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Based on this comment, I borrowed this book from the library and just read the first chapter this morning. I can't wait for the heroes to start interacting!

[borg-princess.livejournal.com]

Glad you're enjoying it so far! I hope you love the book even half as much as I do, 'coz it's such a great read. <3