It drives me crazy when people who ship pairings with literally ZERO basis in canon go off on me about how what I ship is gross or invalid or impossible.
It’s like…brah, you’re shipping two characters who share less than ten minutes of screentime in a game series that takes 150+ hours to complete. One of these two characters is entirely motivated by their affection for another character. The other one shows mild interest in two other characters through the course of the series, and neither of those go anywhere because they don’t have time.
But oh, am I getting on your case for shipping something counter to what I ship in that fandom? Even though it has no basis? Of course not, it’s A PAIRING. It’s FICTIONAL PEOPLE IN A FICTIONAL RELATIONSHIP.
So then why in the WORLD do these people always feel it necessary to get on my case for shipping ANYTHING?
It’s like OGC Tseng/Rufus shippers all over again. (For anyone who doesn’t understand this reference, Tseng and Rufus share no screentime whatsoever in OGC. Period. They aren’t seen in the same frame until the latter portion of AC, and Tseng has no speaking lines in the two short segments where he’s shown in Rufus’ presence. In OGC Tseng shows no interest in anyone except for Aerith—who is notably younger than him and he kidnapped and beat because orders are orders—and Elena—who is even MORE notably younger than him, like uncomfortably so. Tseng/Rufus remains one of the biggest pairings in the FF7 fandom, and to a lot of people for a very long time it was a very big no-no to ship Tseng with anyone else, on the basis of “characterization.” Even though they didn’t actually talk to each other in a canon source until almost ten years after the original game was released.)
This reminds me of Gundam Wing and people shipping Duo and Zechs because they look good together (all that gorgeous hair you know, but I don’t think they talk at all in the series). And I’m not saying you can’t ship them, ship who you want who cares, but then to turn around and be like, “But how can you ship Heero and Duo, Duo and Zechs is pure and holy and God him/herself told me this pairing is canon,” is just crazy. Let people ship whoever the heck they want :)
You know what? With our books coming out and whatnot I dream of the day when they become so popular there are fandoms, and people shipping characters, and I’m waiting for the ships to be created that I never thought of, or even if in the book I have Character A with Character B fics spring up for Character A with Character 21. And that will be cool with me, that’ll be amazing, I’m not going to be like, “NOW HOLD ON WAIT A MINUTE!” Because it’s fandom, and fun, and I can’t wait to see what people come up with :) Like please ship my characters, please do the thing <3