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[fahye]

Something to do in between typing up neuroscience notes and waiting for Torchwood 1x03 to download:

Comment with the name/title of a fandom I'm aware of, no matter how obvious you think the answers will be, and I'll reply with the relationships -- canon or not -- from it I ship. I'll give favorite romantic relationships as well as favorite platonic ones. Also, you're free to reply in subthreads and ask me why I ship or don't ship something.

As I think one of the px said : babbling about imaginary people and their relationships is one of my favourite things to do. And I have a lot of fandoms, even if I don't write for many.

(Gratuitous use of the canon boykissing icon! Whoo!)

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[littledust.livejournal.com]

ALL SHAKESPEARE PLAYS OF YOUR CHOICE

:D

[fahye.livejournal.com]

...this may take a while.

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Merchant of Venice: Portia/Bassanio, Antonio/Bassanio
Midsummer Night's Dream: Oberon/Titania, Oberon/Puck in a kind of weird way
Much Ado About Nothing: BENEDICK/BEATRICE OTP but I also have a real thing for Don Pedro/Beatrice. Claudio/Hero.
The Tempest: I am actually very fond of the dynamic between Prospero and Ariel, not so much in a 'shippy sense, but...it's fascinating
Twelfth Night: Orsino/Viola for genderfuckery and true love (I think they were my first Shakespeare OTP!), Olivia/Cesario for hilarity.
Henry V: Okay, so Henry and the French princess are kind of adorable
Anthony and Cleopatra: Anthony/Cleopatra, Octavius/Octavia <---NOT MY FAULT. BELL SHAKESPEARE MADE THEM INCESTUOUS AND IT WORKS. SO. WELL.
Hamlet: Hamlet/Horatio, Hamlet/Ophelia, and I like the Laertes-Ophelia vibe in that it's very Simon-River but I don't quite see the 'ship.
Julius Caesar: Brutus/Cassius, man. Also Brutus/Mark Anthony. Also Brutus/Portia. Brutus is remarkably shippable. He's an emotional limpet.
Othello: (DON'T JUDGE) Othello/Iago, Othello/Desdemona, Othello/Cassio. Othello is also remarkably shippable.
Romeo and Juliet: I like unrequited Mercutio/Romeo, and Tybalt/pretty much anyone.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

OH AND MACBETH/LADY MACBETH OF COURSE.

[littledust.livejournal.com]

Okaaaaay, picking and choosing from ze list:

* Oberon/Puck in a weird kinda way? Do go on. :D
* RAMBLE FOR ME ABOUT HAMLET PAIRINGS, MY ANGEL OF GEEKERY.
* I am actually fond of Mercutio/Benvolio... damn you, fanfiction.net.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

* It's similar to the Prospero/Ariel overtones except without the dubious consent. Um. There's an imbalance of power but you get the feeling that Puck doesn't really like acknowledging any master but himself, so he treats the whole thing as a joke. But Oberon IS the more powerful. So they play at king-and-servant but the game under that one is partners-in-crime and the game under THAT one is: we're just pretending, always, always, just pretending. They're pretending that Puck could leave any time he wanted.

* OH HAMLET. Hamlet/Horatio is destined to be one-sided, really, in that there's trust and affection and friendship on both sides but where Horatio has hopeless devotion and loyalty, Hamlet has something of a sociopathic gap in his psyche. The gap is even more obvious in Hamlet/Ophelia: if they were sane or even playing at sane they'd be able to make it work, and work well, but all they can do is sort of shove their edges awkwardly at each other. So, so doomed.

* HAHAHAHA, oh, Kelsey, you have fallen from the light. I don't know. I don't see anything exciting in Benvolio to be teased out - you can GIVE him personality for fic purposes, but it's transferance, not building on canon in any way.

[ashen_key]

You!

Owe me Tybalt/Lady Capulat, girl.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

...

*hides*

I actually started writing something totally different for your birthday and then real life ate me and I had to abandon it.

Will Tybalt/Lady Capulet in sonnet form do? When I am in Qland I will finish all those damn sonnets.

[ashen_key]

Ooh, what were you going to write me?

And...maybe. I'll think about it.

*g*