Post by Tout-Perd on Dec 13, 2015 9:41:51 GMT -5
'cause we're here to do some shipping!
I do find it intriguing that shipping really wasn't a thing for years and years- I think this may be due to the fact that BB, DL, Prime, and myself were heavily averse to it, and everybody but Pohatu and SV were mostly neutral. However, Terminer Academy threw open the floodgates with a variety of character pairings designed mostly just to cause shipping and romantic drama, and now, here we are.
So who all do you ship?
Personally, besides Canon couples, I pair:
-Almudena and Deandre: For the longest time, I paired Almudena and Garth, but it looks like Ben is an actual better pairing for Garth, due to his being more nurturing. Not to mention that within two or three posts, Almudena and Garth fell into a vitriolic best buds routine, which seems to fit them better than any romance. I think Almudena and Deandre could be an interesting pairing, especially since Almudena has no defenses against Deandre's powers and does so little introspection that she wouldn't even question odd memories, so he'd have to be EXCRUCIATINGLY careful with his Powers. I kinda like the idea of a pair that are completely defenseless against eachother, so they have to go out of their way to be extra nice to eachother. Not to mention, they'd be a wicked fun pair to sink into a street level RP (for example, imagine the two of them as a team in say, Renard's role in The Burgled Boullogne.)
-Natalie and Albatross: *IF* Nat ever moves on, Al seems like the best bet. Nobody's going to ever out-cool, out-easygoing Ender (which is a large part of why Eragon's attempts at wooing her fell so incredibly flat), so it's likely she's going to have to go towards the other direction in complimentary personalities to find a partner. So instead of "Fiery Nat, Cool and Calm Ender", we're now looking at "Abrasive and Businesslike Natalie, Friendly and Jovial Albatross". Not to mention in FRP, they apparently had a child together, sooo...
-Garth and Ben: I kinda like the dynamic of the generally more fragile person in a relationship actually being a powerhouse. Not to mention the fact that they bring out a lot of good in eachother, and the fact that both of their powers are dangerous, so I can see them totally getting into cute bicker-fests about who's going to use their powers when things get dicey.
-Nopcsa and...?: I have no idea who I pair Nopnop with. I've heard serious suggestions of Garth, Terrian, Alpha, Telrien, and so forth, and less serious suggestions of Cesare, Sikes, Orville Giguere, and Prime (? Maybe?). Nopcsa could pretty much go in any direction, so no idea on how this'll play out.
-Silumas and Emily: I'm not sure how this all plays out, but I think it'd be fascinating to see the two of them as an item, since they're both sooo out there personalitywise. I mean, we've got the biggest villain on the site, the sweetest character on the site, and both of them with massive hidden depths going on, so it could be really interesting to see how this goes. Granted, I'd rather Clicker be in charge of this, since I'm good at going BIG with Emily, but I'm bad at hitting her nuances.
(I consider Zebedee+Thyra, Helen+Rhys, and Terrian+Blaise basically just canon couples.)
I do find it intriguing that shipping really wasn't a thing for years and years- I think this may be due to the fact that BB, DL, Prime, and myself were heavily averse to it, and everybody but Pohatu and SV were mostly neutral. However, Terminer Academy threw open the floodgates with a variety of character pairings designed mostly just to cause shipping and romantic drama, and now, here we are.
So who all do you ship?
Personally, besides Canon couples, I pair:
-Almudena and Deandre: For the longest time, I paired Almudena and Garth, but it looks like Ben is an actual better pairing for Garth, due to his being more nurturing. Not to mention that within two or three posts, Almudena and Garth fell into a vitriolic best buds routine, which seems to fit them better than any romance. I think Almudena and Deandre could be an interesting pairing, especially since Almudena has no defenses against Deandre's powers and does so little introspection that she wouldn't even question odd memories, so he'd have to be EXCRUCIATINGLY careful with his Powers. I kinda like the idea of a pair that are completely defenseless against eachother, so they have to go out of their way to be extra nice to eachother. Not to mention, they'd be a wicked fun pair to sink into a street level RP (for example, imagine the two of them as a team in say, Renard's role in The Burgled Boullogne.)
-Natalie and Albatross: *IF* Nat ever moves on, Al seems like the best bet. Nobody's going to ever out-cool, out-easygoing Ender (which is a large part of why Eragon's attempts at wooing her fell so incredibly flat), so it's likely she's going to have to go towards the other direction in complimentary personalities to find a partner. So instead of "Fiery Nat, Cool and Calm Ender", we're now looking at "Abrasive and Businesslike Natalie, Friendly and Jovial Albatross". Not to mention in FRP, they apparently had a child together, sooo...
-Garth and Ben: I kinda like the dynamic of the generally more fragile person in a relationship actually being a powerhouse. Not to mention the fact that they bring out a lot of good in eachother, and the fact that both of their powers are dangerous, so I can see them totally getting into cute bicker-fests about who's going to use their powers when things get dicey.
-Nopcsa and...?: I have no idea who I pair Nopnop with. I've heard serious suggestions of Garth, Terrian, Alpha, Telrien, and so forth, and less serious suggestions of Cesare, Sikes, Orville Giguere, and Prime (? Maybe?). Nopcsa could pretty much go in any direction, so no idea on how this'll play out.
-Silumas and Emily: I'm not sure how this all plays out, but I think it'd be fascinating to see the two of them as an item, since they're both sooo out there personalitywise. I mean, we've got the biggest villain on the site, the sweetest character on the site, and both of them with massive hidden depths going on, so it could be really interesting to see how this goes. Granted, I'd rather Clicker be in charge of this, since I'm good at going BIG with Emily, but I'm bad at hitting her nuances.
(I consider Zebedee+Thyra, Helen+Rhys, and Terrian+Blaise basically just canon couples.)