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i hear the bells, ringing joyful and triumphant | LONG TIME, NO POST

Dec 05, 2013 21:25

a. a meme i was meant to do an age and half ago: give me a fannish topic and i'll meta for at least 100 words. then i'll give you a topic to meta on for at least 100 words.

redbrunja: trope(s) you never get tired of seeing

competent as hell lady with Things To Do/pining dude who does not pressure her to return his affections and who helps her do her Things
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ladymercury_10 December 5 2013, 18:55:49 UTC

competent as hell lady with Things To Do/pining dude who does not pressure her to return his affections and who helps her do her Things
Do you have any favorite examples of this trope?

I really like couples who have a best-friends dynamic.

lady_with_cats December 8 2013, 11:43:23 UTC

oh man, procedurals with lady cops/main characters are usually really good at this. off the top of my head: castle, chuck, pacific rim (possibly more fanon than canon), covert affairs, parks and recreation (ben/leslie are a perfect example really), haven, bones, the good wife (sort of? it blends into the next trope in a great way).

best friend dynamics with underlying romance are just really cute, and honestly really rare without some ~overt sexual tension~ rather than genuine friendship.

ladymercury_10 December 8 2013, 17:00:16 UTC

Ooh, I wouldn't have thought of Parks and Rec, that's great!

redbrunja December 7 2013, 09:48:39 UTC

competent as hell lady with Things To Do/pining dude who does not pressure her to return his affections and who helps her do her Things

BEST.

couples who are really good friends for years before they go to the next stage. and one or both of them is hesitant to potentially ruin the friendship because it has so much value in itself (not just as a stepping stone to getting together)

There are WAY too few good examples of this, it's a tragedy.

lady_with_cats December 8 2013, 11:51:19 UTC

it probably has something to do with the fact that longstanding heterosexual friendships are relatively rare in media, or are insurmountably platonic and sibling like (although that hasn't stopped me before). and same sex friendships are hardly ever presented as potentially romantic in media or essentially have to be headcanon'd into shipability (see: teen wolf) (i'm always going to want more lydia and allison shipping bait please).

all the quiet yearning and pining and already existent closeness and intimacy really gets to me.