Hey. There is a difference between putting a male character and a female character in the same place and throwing a dash of interest at them, and giving the characters a ROMANCE. The first episode with Suki was great, but very short-lived and I didn't actually ship it then. It wasn't enough, and there was also the whole "they have to part and we don't know if they'll even see each other again" thing, which pretty much kills it for me. I have a hardcore bias against long-distance relationships, especially in a world with the tech levels of Avatar. (Also, all of this is coming from me not having rewatched the series in a LONG time, so I may be vague on the details.)
Then Yue. THAT was a romance, but dear lord that was depressing. THAT to me was Sokka getting shafted, because that was just... Yeah. Also, I admit, half of me being all "Awww Sokka gets the short end of the stick so much ;o;" is because he IS pretty much the comic relief character, so sometimes it feels like we aren't taking his relationship stabs seriously, since it's supposed to be FUNNY, right? *slight sarcasm there*
I forget how much of Sokka/Ty Lee was canon, and how much was fans reading into it.
I think I made myself forget any Sokka/Toph because I really, really don't ship that.
So I basically see his RELATIONSHIPS being with Yue and with Suki, and I am so happy the Kiyoshi warriors came back in and kicked ass and it was awesome, and that in the post-series bit at the very end Sokka could spend time with Suki again and I could see it as a RELATIONSHIP and not just the writers throwing him a brief, metaphorical bone.
...does any of that make sense?
I just don't think his lovelife was so great and full of high romance. It was teenage romance and he got shafted sometimes. Doesn't mean it wasn't worth it.
The comics sound pretty awesome, though.
(Also, I think Sokka THINKS he is a chick magnet, more so than he actually is. Sorry Sokka.)
Yeah, I do kind of know about you and threesomes. (It's funny to me because didn't you used to write with Rae? I've been talking to her more lately, and rediscovering that she seems to freaking LOVE threesomes. It feels very extreme to me, the two of you. xD)
My policy on rival ships is still mostly that it's fine until it's in my face and people are starting wars over it. If people can coexist peacefully and not shove fanfic I would disdain at me, I'm pretty fine.
I can see where Zuko/Jet comes from, too. I just don't actually see the appeal. It's pretty much me being stubborn though.
Sokka and Katara would creep me the fuck out, yes. Siblings incest is usually NOT MY THING even though I know somehow them being same-gendered twins can make it better for me. Brother/sister incest has always creeped me the fuck out a lot more than brother/brother. I almost want to say the possibility of offspring adds to it, but I'm really not sure if that's what my problem is.
However, the fact that Zuko and Azula's present-series relationship was so utterly fucked up makes it less "*instantly cringes away in horror*" I still think it's fucked up, but it becomes bizarrely interesting fucked up, which I might be persuaded to read, and not KILL IT WITH FIRE fucked up.
(I still have never read a Zuko/Azula fanfic.)
Feel free to stick with the siblings incest squick. I know fanfic will allow me to forgive things that in real life would bother me a lot, but sometimes it seems like a good idea to PRESERVE your inflexibility towards those things. You know?
Rachel and Annabeth. I don't think it's a matter of Rachel being deliberately hostile. I think it's a matter of she can take care of herself and stand up to Annabeth if she needs to, which makes it interesting. And yeah, it's pretty much gone at the end of the series, but there can always be fanfic set during the series, or fanfic exploring how their interactions change and such, which is interesting to me. Just because Annabeth is no longer JEALOUS doesn't mean the two of them will suddenly have boring conversations about paint drying.
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Then Yue. THAT was a romance, but dear lord that was depressing. THAT to me was Sokka getting shafted, because that was just... Yeah. Also, I admit, half of me being all "Awww Sokka gets the short end of the stick so much ;o;" is because he IS pretty much the comic relief character, so sometimes it feels like we aren't taking his relationship stabs seriously, since it's supposed to be FUNNY, right? *slight sarcasm there*
I forget how much of Sokka/Ty Lee was canon, and how much was fans reading into it.
I think I made myself forget any Sokka/Toph because I really, really don't ship that.
So I basically see his RELATIONSHIPS being with Yue and with Suki, and I am so happy the Kiyoshi warriors came back in and kicked ass and it was awesome, and that in the post-series bit at the very end Sokka could spend time with Suki again and I could see it as a RELATIONSHIP and not just the writers throwing him a brief, metaphorical bone.
...does any of that make sense?
I just don't think his lovelife was so great and full of high romance. It was teenage romance and he got shafted sometimes. Doesn't mean it wasn't worth it.
The comics sound pretty awesome, though.
(Also, I think Sokka THINKS he is a chick magnet, more so than he actually is. Sorry Sokka.)
Yeah, I do kind of know about you and threesomes. (It's funny to me because didn't you used to write with Rae? I've been talking to her more lately, and rediscovering that she seems to freaking LOVE threesomes. It feels very extreme to me, the two of you. xD)
My policy on rival ships is still mostly that it's fine until it's in my face and people are starting wars over it. If people can coexist peacefully and not shove fanfic I would disdain at me, I'm pretty fine.
I can see where Zuko/Jet comes from, too. I just don't actually see the appeal. It's pretty much me being stubborn though.
Sokka and Katara would creep me the fuck out, yes. Siblings incest is usually NOT MY THING even though I know somehow them being same-gendered twins can make it better for me. Brother/sister incest has always creeped me the fuck out a lot more than brother/brother. I almost want to say the possibility of offspring adds to it, but I'm really not sure if that's what my problem is.
However, the fact that Zuko and Azula's present-series relationship was so utterly fucked up makes it less "*instantly cringes away in horror*" I still think it's fucked up, but it becomes bizarrely interesting fucked up, which I might be persuaded to read, and not KILL IT WITH FIRE fucked up.
(I still have never read a Zuko/Azula fanfic.)
Feel free to stick with the siblings incest squick. I know fanfic will allow me to forgive things that in real life would bother me a lot, but sometimes it seems like a good idea to PRESERVE your inflexibility towards those things. You know?
Rachel and Annabeth. I don't think it's a matter of Rachel being deliberately hostile. I think it's a matter of she can take care of herself and stand up to Annabeth if she needs to, which makes it interesting. And yeah, it's pretty much gone at the end of the series, but there can always be fanfic set during the series, or fanfic exploring how their interactions change and such, which is interesting to me. Just because Annabeth is no longer JEALOUS doesn't mean the two of them will suddenly have boring conversations about paint drying.