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peoriapeoriawhereart ([personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart) wrote in [community profile] fictional_fans2019-08-30 10:53 am
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Shipping and AO3

I wrote up something here in response to The Niche which was based on this on tumblr.

Feel free to respond here or there. Thought we could use a conversation starter.
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[personal profile] feurioo 2019-08-30 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
That Tumblr also posted the shipping stats for 2019.

Glad to see that the usual F/F suspects, but I'm surprised that there doesn't seem to be any Captain Marvel/She-Ra content, to be honest. I don't follow either fandom, but judging from my Tumblr dash, I'd somehow assumed that they were these big fandom juggernauts.


Feeling sentimental over:

- Mulder/Scully: My first REAL OTP! Also my first real fandom. Still remember reading that super clichéd "Mulder and Scully go camping" fic and how it made 11-year-old me swoon.

- Harry Potter/Snape: Not gonna lie, my 12-year-old edgelord self shipped this for a second. However, afterwards, I never really "got" it despite reading some really good fic featuring the two together.


Other thoughts:

- Bond/Q: Knowing nothing about James Bond, little ol' me was super happy to find out that Bond/Q produced so much fic because I somehow assumed that Judi Dench was Q. Was disappointed to learn that she wasn't. There's, fortunately, still some very steamy A+ Bond/M content out there.

- Jack Harkness/Ianto: I only ever heard other people talking about this pairing that sounded really epic until I finally succumbed and watched Torchwood about two years ago. And can I just say... that it was not what I expected? Considering the Jack/Gwen stuff going on, I somehow just felt let down.
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[personal profile] peoriapeoriawhereart 2019-08-31 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
I expect that Carol Danvers is being paired enough ways that the Captain Marvel fic hasn't gotten into the sheer numbers for a list like this. Also, as it was posted in 2017, it predates the movie. Only came out this year.

Moose/Squirrel is right back there. At its best it can have a slash sensibility for being het.

Oh, good, you've found the Bond/M.

I recall hearing about Jack/Ianto and Captain Harkness was cameoing in most every fandom I was reading at one point.
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