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And also, happy July 4th!

Jul 04, 2012 17:11

So I saw this video on Tumblr:

And it made me curious about my flist. Specifically the part where he asks about ships. So I figured I'd just ask.

Poll Tell me about your shipper feelings.

PLEASE ELABORATE IN YOUR COMMENTS.

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Comments 20

miss_undecieded July 4 2012, 21:16:03 UTC

I just see too much love between my otp to want to get in love. I'm attracted one while the other grew up in my neighbourhood and I knew so it'll be weird for me to sexy attracted to him but I just think that they're perfect together because they really are together. haha

drunktuesdays July 4 2012, 21:24:41 UTC

There are people I ship me/them and there's people I ship but I GENERALLY don't mix and match.

mediaville July 4 2012, 21:48:42 UTC

I think this was also true of me before I knew Harry Styles existed.

certainthings July 4 2012, 21:50:15 UTC

Only, I don't know that I'd actually want to watch. When I'm daydreaming about them, obviously I can see them because I'm controlling all that is or isn't happening. Or if I'm reading fic, I can picture what the author is writing. However, if there was actual footage of them getting it on, I'm not sure that I'd want to watch. Kissing? Heavy make-out session? Yeah, I'd probably watch that. But I don't know if I'd watch anything more.

mediaville July 4 2012, 21:52:31 UTC

Well that counts. 'Getting it on' can mean making out. It doesn't mean you'd have to sit through rimming or full penetration. I'm also discounting the general creepiness of watching an actual sex tape, because that's a bit icky, too, if you think about it. I guess I should quality 'watching' as, 'if you could suddenly be invisible and be in the same room as them without them knowing'. Make sense?

certainthings July 4 2012, 21:54:25 UTC

Ahh, okay. Then I change my answer to just 'yes, I fantasize about watching.'

lazy_daze July 4 2012, 22:26:28 UTC

That is a pretty hilarious video (who is this dude and are people really writing Pokemon AUs about him?), but also, that's a dumb question yet one that is hard to explain. I certainly don't want to be involved as or with one of them, and don't want to SEE IT IN RL - awkward. I just like to imagine it happening. SHIPPING, HOW DOES IT WORK.

mediaville July 4 2012, 23:00:51 UTC

I love that video. But yes - I guess when I say 'watch' I mean more like, 'pretend you were invisible somehow, and in the room without them knowing'? Or imagine, I guess. It's odd, because there are pairings that I've shipped where I would not even make out with one of the people in real life, but then there are others that I TOTES ship me/them.

skiptothelu July 4 2012, 23:01:18 UTC

I don't actually fantasize about watching them, but that was the easiest answer. I honestly just want them to be together and live happily ever after while I wallow in my own self pity and wish I had love like that. Haha. And then I write about them to either give them this perfect ideal world where they are perfect and their perfect love will cure all with it's perfectness, OR I put them through hell. Haha.

mediaville July 5 2012, 03:06:53 UTC

OR I put them through hell

THIS. This is what I do. I love fic with tension. The more flaws in my OTP the better, although I'm not one for major h/c or excessive angst. I just like giving them barriers to overcome.

But I'd totally watch. ;-)

skiptothelu July 5 2012, 03:16:26 UTC

Yeah. I'm good at angst (or least people tell me I am, haha), but I can never find a middle ground. They're either incredibly fucked up or it's too flipping perfect. Girls on twitter got me started on this boarding school au (inspired by 1d's tour video, the autumn one?), that's turned so freaking massive. So far it's not too much angst, more of boy fun, I suppose, a bit of pining, sex, drugs, you know.. that sort of thing.