Fandom Meme

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Grabbed from lostnyanko

Comment with a pairing from a fandom I know and I will give you my opinion of it.

Fandoms I Know (I might have forgotten something, too)

+Anima
Angelic Layer
Apocripha/0
Belgariad/Mallorean
Card Captor Sakura
D.N.Angel
Digimon (any season)
Elenium/Tamuli
FAKE
Fruits Basket (anime only)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Gravitation
Gundam Seed
Gundam Wing
Hikaru no Go
Hunter X Hunter
Harry Potter (I'm asking for it putting this one on the list, aren't I?)
Kyou Kara Maou
Lord of the Rings (again, asking for it)
Pokemon
Slayers
Sorcerous Stabber Orphen
Sukisyo
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
Weiss Kreuz
X
Yami no Matsuei
Young Wizards

Those are the ones I'd feel comfortable talking about the characters on, anyway. And, again, I might've forgotten some. Take your pick!

Comments

[harajukufuuri.livejournal.com]

eep, that comment was from me; I'd forgotten I wasn't logged in.

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YES! Finally! I thought no one was going to ask me for Killua x Gon! You are my savior!

I'll save that one for last, because I love it most at the moment. :)

Murata x Yuuri

To be honest, I never much saw this pairing. I mean, relatively speaking. On KKM, no pairing is really unlikely, especially if it involves Yuuri. But this one is not one I really care much for, I guess.

I have yet to see enough of Murata to form a decent opinion of his character (I am 20 episodes behind with this series, and haven't watched it in AGES, so I'm totally forgetting everything already) but he does seem to care for Yuuri as a friend. Potentially, this could become more (and there are certainly moments that suggest it), but truthfully, I think Murata would prefer to sit on the sidelines in the Battle for Yuuri's Heart. (which is so going on. We all know it) He's a little too laid back to take on Wolfram. ;)

Ken x Daisuke

I'm going to end up repeating myself here. Seriously, I have similar reasons for a lot of couples, but I think a lot of them stem from this pairing rather than the other way around. This is one of my favorite dynamics in a couple - the best friend main dish, but with a hint of rival, and a heaping side order of interesting interaction.

I'll start with the basics: here you have the level-headed calming influence to match the erratic headstrong behavior. Ken, when he's not an evil psycho who tortures innocent creatures, is fairly logical. He is more than willing to hold Daisuke back from doing stupid things.

Also... Ken has Issues. This is rather blatantly obvious, and despite the fact that he's really come a long way, I think a lot of Ken's issues will be haunting him for most (if not all) of the rest of his life. Here's where I think Daisuke would be a good match for him, since Daisuke is simple-minded in the best way possible, and tends towards light-hearted. Add a good heaping of stubborn, and you've got someone who can break Ken away from his worst enemy: himself.

Well-balanced couple. And while this applies to a lot of couples, this is the one I like. :)

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Killua x Gon

One of my friends summed this pairing up pretty good: they are *so* married. Kind of silly, but it comes pretty close.

These two started off with something quite rare in a lot of the pairings I like: an honest, completely natural rapport. They took to each other right away. Became friends - good friends - quickly and without fuss. And they *stayed* that way, even when obstacles - not the least of which being Killua's mental block - started to pile up against them. The way these two protect their right to stay together forever is really impressive.

Most of that - at least at first - is obviously because of Gon. This kid is one of the more stubborn characters I've seen in anime, and that's saying a lot. He makes up his mind and that's it. It doesn't matter if everyone's saying it's impossible - he will not back down without a fight. More important, though, is that his decisions aren't arbitrary. It's not like he sits down and thinks about them - he goes with his instincts, which are rarely wrong. Gon is the kind of person who would throw all of himself into a relationship, and be absolutely *certain* that everything would be all right.

On the other hand, Killua is much more cautious. He overthinks things - he weighs the potential of defeat against he potential of victory, and makes decisions based on how much one outweighs the other. In a fifty-fifty situation, he's more likely to back off than to try his luck, unless there's no other choice. His decisions tend to be painstakingly thought out; agonized over, even. While this can be a good thing - in terms of strategy, he's certainly strong, and it helps to know when to back down before you get hurt. But it's also Killua's weakness, because a lot of the time he'll run without even trying. In terms of relationships, you'll never get the good if you don't risk the bad.

Together, these two make an awesome team. Oh, they bicker a lot and act like the kids they are. Both of them are stubborn, and they both lean towards selfish, although in different ways. But they look out for each other. Killua might mentally defeat himself before trying something; Gon never fails to remind him that "if they don't try, they'll never know". Gon on his own would rush headlong into danger without even thinking first; Killua is capable of holding him back and keeping him from getting himself killed.

I absolutely love Killua and Gon's little power structure, too. On a surface level, Killua seems to make the decisions - he determines the success rates, comes up with the plans, and holds Gon back from doing dumb things. He also gets quite possessive of Gon - not in terms of "my friend, no one else's" but in terms of "hurt him and die". To anyone who's watched the show, however, it is obvious that Killua is NOT the one who ultimately makes choices. Gon is, more often than not, in control, and Killua, despite his bullying and bickering and generally being snarky, remains essentially helpless to Gon's demands.

Part of this may be because Gon is the first true friend Killua has ever made - and, it seems, the first person in his life that Killua has truly cared about. I think, though, that most of it is due to Gon's great strength - the quality that drew Killua to him in the first place. He wins people over to his side. Effortlessly. People LIKE him. This is quite possibly one of the most useful skills a person can develop during their lifetime, and he does it without even thinking about it. No wonder Killua is so helplessly in his thrall - more emotionally stable people have failed in the face of such power, and as he is, he really didn't have much of a chance.

In a relationship, it would most likely be Gon taking the initiative, and equally likely would be the fact that he thought about it very little before actually *doing* it. Killua would probably be more aggressive once the relationship is under way, but starting it would almost certainly be up to Gon.

[harajukufuuri.livejournal.com]

Gon/Killua:
they are *so* married, and the rest
YAY. Well said. I feel the same way about the two of them, and pretty much love them for the same reasons. They have a cute chemistry, and a fantastic understanding of each other that, I think, has beaten out all my other OTPs's.
While I agree that Gon's the one making the decisions, I think it's because so far, Killua's just been going along for the ride. I'm hoping to see more of what happens when they can't agree on something (however unlikely that is to happen in canon), especially given Zaoldyeck-daddy's cryptic comment on how Killua'd eventually return. If you've been following the Jump chapters of the manga, fun things have been happening lately ;)
They remind me a lot of Ban and Ginji from Getbackers, especially when Gon begins smoking at the ears! :)

I haven't seen most of 02 - only the subbed episodes, the three relevant movies, some episodes in a chinese dub 6 years ago, and episode 50 in the IMO horrible American dub (I copped out for Daisuke's noodle cart!), so I'll have to reserve comment on DaiKen until I finish watching it. What I've seen I think really cute, and it helps that I like Daisuke a lot.

Murata/Yuuri - *is a little sad*
I'd have to agree. They did have their moments circa episodes 30-33, but that was that, and now anime canon at least is taking them in the direction of Best Straight Friends. :( Maybe I should go ship ConYuu, which is almost practically canon, or WolfYuu, even though I can't stand Wolfram despite the overabundance of pretty he has.

ooh, I didn't notice YnM from before, so can I ask (just one more!)
Hisoka/Tsuzuki versus Tatsumi/Tsuzuki (...reversible, I guess)