Off Topic += Our happily ever afters
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blue_bellsWherein we pause the writing attempts to see if a meme will help restart my brain.
Tell me a pairing, and I will tell you:
1. When or if I started shipping them:
2. What I think their challenge is:
3. What makes me happy about them:
4. What makes me sad about them:
5. What moment I wish had never happened:
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:
7. My happily ever after for them:
Tell me a pairing, and I will tell you:
1. When or if I started shipping them:
2. What I think their challenge is:
3. What makes me happy about them:
4. What makes me sad about them:
5. What moment I wish had never happened:
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:
7. My happily ever after for them:
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Date: 2011-01-25 12:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-25 01:02 pm (UTC)1. When or if I started shipping them:
That episode on the park bench. I knew fandom would have leaped at the chance to slash the boys with a new toy, and I was fascinated by the way people initially approached Castiel as another entity.
2. What I think their challenge is:
Dean's deficit sense of self-worth and Castiel's inability to put up with bullshit. I kind of love this about Castiel's evolution, though, I wouldn't want him to change. XD
3. What makes me happy about them:
It's a H/C trope that one half of the relationship turned their back on everything they held dear for the other person (and sure, the higher purpose of saving humanity). I, like many others, was sucked in by that "I did it, all of it, for you" speech and the follow-up ass-kicking in the alleyway when Dean tried to give up.
4. What makes me sad about them:
Dean is stupid. Dean will never stop being stupid and until he decides to change, it could never succeed as a healthy, long-term relationship.
5. What moment I wish had never happened:
"Dean and I share a profound bond" -- I like subtlety, I gorge myself on subtext and this just felt like cheap fanservice. But it was still funny as hell. :D
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:
Of the characters who are still alive, I was going to say Sam, but that would just be another clusterfuck waiting to happen unless THEY ALL GET TRUCKED OFF TO THERAPY. If Dean pulled his head out of his ass and sorted his issues, he could go back to Lisa and Ben, and Castiel could get Sam. I quite enjoy the notion of Sassy.
7. My happily ever after for them:
The Winchesters get some goddamn group therapy, Castiel wins the war in Heaven and happily delegates the admin so he can spend Dean's days on Earth with him until they're all reunited in Heaven with John, Mary and the entire motley crew that gave their lives for for the job, every day is pie day and Castiel gets to wear more than one suit. Because suits are the shiz and should not be taken for granted. <3
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Date: 2011-01-25 01:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-25 01:16 pm (UTC)Some of the best explorations of Castiel's true form were in the early days, before the majority of people realised it was okay to treat him as human for the most part -- a thousand-year-old virgin with issues of righteousness. I don't have any issues with this, but I really enjoyed those metaphysical ideas that were bouncing around more in the beginning and people were really tentative about his intimacy. XD
You also agree that therapy is mandatory and Castiel should wear more than one suit? :D
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Date: 2011-01-25 01:22 pm (UTC)I think in Dean's case, therapy might be necessary. And if Castiel didn't wear a suit at all I'd be ecstatic. XD
I still re-read fics like that. XD
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Date: 2011-01-25 01:46 pm (UTC)Clothes are henceforth optional in Heaven. :P
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Date: 2011-01-25 02:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-25 03:08 pm (UTC)