155 | an ask meme

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I've really missed doing these, but usually I refrain from posting them because... well, because there's a lot less people (and a lot less active people) in my DW circle than there were on my LJ flist, and I wasn't sure what kind of reception, if any, I'd get. But then I ran across this one, and, well, it doesn't hurt to try?

Name a character and I’ll tell you my:
OTP
Second choice
Fluffy pairing
Angst pairing
NoTP
BroTP
Polyship
Weirdest pairing

Don't feel like you just need to limit yourself to one character. Like I said, I really do like doing these, and it's been a long time since the last time I did one. Any fandom I know is fine.

Comments

[yuuago]

Howww about... Lalli? And Sigrun? :D

Oh and you've read aRTD too, right? So, let's go with Hannu too. :D

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:D

Okay, I'm going to start with Sigrun, because the answers for that are a little more interesting.

OTP: Sigrun/Tuuri!
Second choice: Hm... Sigrun/Mikkel, maybe? I don't ship it very hard, but I do like their banter about his mutiny after he apologizes, and how she admired how many books he could carry.
Fluffy pairing: Sigrun/Tuuri, actually, even considering recent events. I wouldn't see it as uncomplicated fluff (mostly because Tuuri is technically under her chain of command in canon), but what drew me to this pairing in the first place was more on the lighthearted side of things (e.g., how openly Tuuri admired Sigrun and how pleased Sigrun was by that when they first met).
Angst pairing: If I had to choose one, I'd have to say Sigrun/Tuuri because of the obvious reasons, but I don't think I really have one? I think of an "angst pairing" as one where the angsty elements are what draw me in, and I don't really feel that for any of my Sigrun pairings.
NoTP: I don't think I have one? I can think of a couple of pairings I don't ship, but none that give me that "NOPE NOPE NOPE" feeling that I associate with a NOTP.
BroTP: Sigrun and Emil! Their interactions are a lot of fun. ♥ And I love how she encourages him, and how casually affectionate she is with him. It's sweet.
Polyship: ...So, uh, I do actually have a polyship for her, but it's a Kalevala crossover, haha. For some reason, I'm weirdly into the idea of Sigrun/Kyllikki/Tuuri.
Weirdest pairing: Again, my crossover ships? When I want a crossover I nearly always want it because of gen interactions, but for some reason I throw that out of the window when f/f ships are involved. So I'm kind of into Sigrun/Kyllikki. And even more recently I was intrigued by Sigrun/Astra (from the game Star Stealing Prince.)

Now for Lalli...

OTP: Emil/Lalli. I know, surprise surprise.
Second choice: I... actually don't have one? I'm normally a huge multi-shipper, but Emil/Lalli's one of those rare pairings where I actually can't bring myself to ship them with anyone else. THAT BEING SAID, I do find Sigrun and Lalli's interactions pretty intriguing, and I think that I could have shipped them in another world where I wasn't so hung up on Emil/Lalli.
Fluffy pairing: Emil/Lalli. They're adorable, okay? I love all the hair-touching and the worrying and just, all the small gestures that pass between them that show that they care. ♥
Angst pairing: Emil/Lalli. Because as adorable as they can be, I'm also in love with all the moments when their relationships isn't going well (e.g., the soup incident, Lalli blowing up at Emil about how he doesn't understand).
NoTP: Reynir/Lalli. I don't have NOTPs all that often either, but something about how Lalli's actively irritated by him through most of the comic makes this pairing rub me the wrong way.
BroTP: Hm. I’m tempted to define “BroTP” as “gen interactions” so I can go with Onni & Lalli or Tuuri & Lalli, but I think of those as familial relationships, not friendships, and I’m about 100% sure that’s what this question’s actually asking. But my favorite friendship… would be Emil & Lalli again because I’m predictable.
Polyship: None.
Weirdest pairing:...Well, I suppose Sigrun/Lalli would be kind of strange, if we took a look at in-another-world!me's shipping preferences.

Finally, Hannu!

OTP: Hm… I actually have two Hannu ships, and I don’t think I really ship one more than the other? But for the sake of actually answering the question, I’ll say Hannu/Paju because they were the ones I vaguely shipped when actually reading the comic, while...
Second choice: ...I didn’t start shipping Joona/Hannu until I read your & Elleth’s fics for that pairing during the Multifandom Drabble Exchange.
Fluffy pairing: Either of the above! Well, as long as you translate “fluff” to “Hannu’s version of fluff”. But that honestly makes it cuter to me? Like, that fic you wrote where Hannu kept Paju’s favorite tea for her in his cupboards despite hating tea-- I could have died from how cute that was, while, idk, huge bouquets of flowers and dramatic declarations of love pretty much always leave me cold, regardless of pairing. I like understated and/or unusual displays of affection an awful lot.
Angst pairing: None, unless we’re taking a SSSS Year 0 setting into account, in which case, all of them.
NoTP: I don’t think I have one? I don’t ship Hannu/Ville because my brain is too far stuck on the “boy and his dog” dynamic, but it doesn’t bother me in the NOTP-ish way, so I don’t think it counts.
BroTP: Hannu and Ville! I love how much Hannu just… loves his dog. ♥ But if I have to choose a friendship that doesn’t involve a dog-turned-human, then I suppose that Joona and Hannu’s friendship is a lot of fun?
Polyship: I don’t think I have one?
Weirdest pairing:...Well, some of the prompts for it during the Rare Male Slash Exchange did make me consider the idea of Hannu/human!Puppy-Fox, which is probably pretty up there on the weirdness scale.

[greensword]

What fandoms do you know?

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A lot! Haha. Some of the more popular ones I'm familiar with are Harry Potter, Narnia, the Tortall books (though only the Alanna & Immortals quartets), various Valdemar books but mostly the Vanyel and Talia ones, Naruto, the A Song of Ice & Fire books, a lot of those older popular anime (so like Sailor Moon, DBZ, Yu Yu Hakusho, the first four Digimon series, Pokemon, Utena-- Inuyasha and FMA aren't that old, but I'd include them here too)... Any of the books or games on my tags page would be fair game too.

[greensword]

Okay, let's go with Buffy Summers and Lizzie Bennett.

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To clarify: by Lizzie Bennet, do you mean the Pride & Prejudice version, or the Lizzie Bennet Diaries version?

For Buffy:

OTP: Does Buffy/Happiness count? Probably not, but that’s the first place my mind went when I saw her name. If we’re talking actual pairings… then probably Spike/Buffy? I can’t say that I ship them unreservedly, but it’s definitely the Buffy pairing that I’ve read the most fic for, so.
Second choice: Buffy/Cordelia!
Fluffy pairing: Buffy/Happiness Buffy/Tara could have been pretty cute.
Angst pairing: I think canon has this covered.
NoTP: I don’t think I have one? I have pairings that I don’t ship (Buffy/Faith, Riley/Buffy), but none that I feel any particular dislike for.
BroTP: I really wish we could have gotten more of Buffy and Kendra interacting.
Polyship: None that I can think of.
Weirdest pairing: None, I think. I suppose the non-canon ships are probably a little stranger in the sense that they’re non-canon, but I wouldn’t think of any of them as being actually weird.

[greensword]

I meant the Pride & Prejudice version. :)

re: Buffy - yeah, Buffy/Tara could have been pretty cute! And hell yeah on missing out on the Buffy/Kendra friendship.

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I probably would never have even thought of Buffy/Tara, but then there was that one scene in season... six, I think?, where Buffy confides in Tara and Tara was comforting and understanding, and ugh, it was just so cute. That moment alone sold me on the pairing.

For Lizzie:

OTP: Darcy/Elizabeth.
Second choice: Caroline Bingley/Elizabeth. Not in a forever kind of way, though. It kind of has some of the same appeal as Buffy/Cordelia to me, except there’d be much, much less goodwill between them.
Fluffy pairing: Probably Darcy/Elizabeth, if we’re talking post-canon.
Angst pairing: I liked the angsty Darcy/Elizabeth bits in canon, if that counts?
NoTP: ...I feel like Mr. Collins would be too obvious of an answer here. Hm. Bingley/Lizzie, maybe? Even if I got past how that might affect Jane and Lizzie’s relationship, I just can’t see them as being very well suited for one another.
BroTP: I love her friendship with Jane so much.
Polyship: None, I think.
Weirdest pairing:We’re getting into crossover territory here, but I once saw someone mention the possibility of Lizzie/Elizabeth Swann and I'd definitely be into that.

[greensword]

Re: Lizzie Bennett/Elizabeth Swann - wouldn't they think they were long-lost identical twins, if we're talking about the Kiera Knightley Lizzie? ;)

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...I didn't even think about that. Well, I already threw it under the "weird" category; now it can really earn that name. ;)

Though honestly, I'm a little face-blind (not to an extreme extent; just enough to sometimes make watching movies confusing and casual run-ins with people awkward), so I wouldn't have ever realized that they were played by the same person on my own. That is, I did know that Keira Knightley played both before this? But I wouldn't have ever realized it if her name hadn't been on the DVD covers.