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jedi_of_urth) wrote2009-02-20 05:44 pm
jedi_of_urth) wrote2009-02-20 05:44 pm
Shippy ponderings
Since I doubt this is just me, I thought I'd pose it as a discussion question.
What ships do you guys have that when another ship, which you may or may not have an opinion on is compared to it, your feelings on the subject alter.
For me, one of the big ones is Buffy/Giles. I see them as shippy, a lot of people don't. So when other relationships are compared to it, or in general as Watcher/Slayer dynamics I find myself wanting to ship them (even though the person making the statement usually seems to see it as a father/daughter relationship).
I doubt I would have considered shipping Mal/River, and probably would have dismissed Mal/Kaylee until someone, or someones (I don't recall who) compared them to Buffy and Giles. By extension in a Dollhouse info thing on TWoP the Echo/some guy relationship was also compared to Buffy/Giles-Watcher/Slayer stuff so even though I haven't yet even watched Dollhouse, to me they must be shippy. Because Buffy/Giles is one of my all time OTPs, so anything compared to it in my head becomes shippy.
I'm trying to think of a flip side, negative impact example but I don't seem to run into those as often, or at least not as recently.
What ships do you guys have that when another ship, which you may or may not have an opinion on is compared to it, your feelings on the subject alter.
For me, one of the big ones is Buffy/Giles. I see them as shippy, a lot of people don't. So when other relationships are compared to it, or in general as Watcher/Slayer dynamics I find myself wanting to ship them (even though the person making the statement usually seems to see it as a father/daughter relationship).
I doubt I would have considered shipping Mal/River, and probably would have dismissed Mal/Kaylee until someone, or someones (I don't recall who) compared them to Buffy and Giles. By extension in a Dollhouse info thing on TWoP the Echo/some guy relationship was also compared to Buffy/Giles-Watcher/Slayer stuff so even though I haven't yet even watched Dollhouse, to me they must be shippy. Because Buffy/Giles is one of my all time OTPs, so anything compared to it in my head becomes shippy.
I'm trying to think of a flip side, negative impact example but I don't seem to run into those as often, or at least not as recently.
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Because B/G is total love.
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I tend to have very predictable ships, but I don't think I really care who other people ship as long as they don't care who I ship, you know?
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Which was really what I was getting at with my example. People weren't even meaning it in the sense of seeing the ship they supported, but by comparing it to one of my favorite ships I found myself considering that angle. In Firefly it's not like they're my favorite ships but I see them more that way now. And I really won't be surprised if I wind up shipping them on Dollhouse once I get to it, but I certainly have my mind of open to seeing them like that.
My taste in ships is fairly predictable, most of the time. There are obvious exceptions, but yeah.
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Yeah, some people think these Dollhouse characters have a very father/daughter type relationship, but I don't think so. I can see why they think that because it's clear that his job is to take care of her, but I think there's more to it than just that, you know? I'm not completely shipping them yet (I mean, I've only seen two episodes), but I'm starting to.
Just adding on to that and your Buffy/Giles shipping, I hate when viewers only take age into account when they decide what a relationship is like. I've seen people refer to Nine as like a father figure for Rose and I'm like "ARE YOU BLIND?!"
Yeah, same here.
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Yeah, I can deal with people who actually respond to some father/daughter aspects to they're relationship, that's a *reason*, one I don't see but it is a reason, but just age is really annoying. Oh he/she
Yeah, I can deal with people who actually respond to some father/daughter aspects to they're relationship, that's a *reason*, one I don't see but it is a reason, but just age is really annoying. Oh he/she <i)looks<i> older than her/him, must be a parent-child relationship (looks because it doesn't seem to hold whether a character is older if they don't look it because Angel and Spike, much older than Giles).
I always shake my head at that for Nine/Rose, because seriously? What sort of relationship did these people have with their parents if they think that's parent/child? Granted I sometimes used to say that about Buffy/Giles but Doctor/Rose is like that x10000.
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The whole character age vs. actor age is just ridiculous. My sister was fine with Angel/Buffy and Spike/Buffy, but I know Nine/Rose would creep her out because of the actors' age difference.
Exactly! What sort of relationship did these people have with their parents if they think that's parent/child? *snort-giggles* So true!