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Apropos Romance
Feb. 8th, 2009 06:45 pmRecent events over at BSG having put me in an exceedingly cranky mode towards on screen romance, I thought that rather then get into a rant about how much I dislike certain 'ships and what they did/do, in several fandoms, to beloved (usually, but not always) female characters, I should have a reality check and remind myself there were and are pairings I enjoy, and sometimes these very pairings are the ones that make other viewers react exactly the same way I do to their OTPs.
So, if you, potential reader, have ever thought I'm being unfair to, say, Cordelia/Angel, Roslin/Adama, Lee/Kara, fourth season John/Aeryn - here is your ammunition. I confess. For looking at my fannish repertoire, I find that I have a soft spot for several girls of the week, and girls of the week tend to be among the most scorned of clichés. You know the complaint: they show up, we're supposed to believe our regular character falls for them with lightning speed, there is drama, at the end they're gone either because of a contrived reason or because they die, and the next week we get a reset button as if they never existed. And god knows, I've rolled my eyes at girls of the week in several fandoms, too, especially when Kirk or Kirkian types were doing the romancing. However, in some cases, I have become gushy, I wrote fanfic and/or devoured fanfic, and I remain incredibly defensive when I see them or their relationship with the regular or their episode critisized elsewhere. Here are some of the ladies and romances in question:
( In Babylon 5 )
( In Doctor Who )
( In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine )
So, if you, potential reader, have ever thought I'm being unfair to, say, Cordelia/Angel, Roslin/Adama, Lee/Kara, fourth season John/Aeryn - here is your ammunition. I confess. For looking at my fannish repertoire, I find that I have a soft spot for several girls of the week, and girls of the week tend to be among the most scorned of clichés. You know the complaint: they show up, we're supposed to believe our regular character falls for them with lightning speed, there is drama, at the end they're gone either because of a contrived reason or because they die, and the next week we get a reset button as if they never existed. And god knows, I've rolled my eyes at girls of the week in several fandoms, too, especially when Kirk or Kirkian types were doing the romancing. However, in some cases, I have become gushy, I wrote fanfic and/or devoured fanfic, and I remain incredibly defensive when I see them or their relationship with the regular or their episode critisized elsewhere. Here are some of the ladies and romances in question:
( In Babylon 5 )
( In Doctor Who )
( In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine )
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