Comments on: One Plus One http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/05/25/one-plus-one/ Unsurprisingly Still Single Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:51:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Zeta http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/05/25/one-plus-one/comment-page-1/#comment-2555 Zeta Sat, 26 May 2007 17:15:01 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/05/25/one-plus-one/#comment-2555 I agree with EcureuilMatrix on the matter...prety much my opinion too. People tend to pair characters together because they want/like to see them together, and think: "Hey, since they're already friends/aquaintances, why not move one on to the next phase?" That's pretty much the thought behind pairings...which eventually leads to a fanfic, these "pairing fanfics" can be split into two types: 1) Pair characters who already exist. or... 2) Create a new character to pair with an original character...*cough* like me *cough* Then the writter simply has to hope that the legions of fans against such "blasphemy" won't find him/her and grind his/her bones to dust... I agree with EcureuilMatrix on the matter…prety much my opinion too.

People tend to pair characters together because they want/like to see them together, and think: "Hey, since they're already friends/aquaintances, why not move one on to the next phase?"

That's pretty much the thought behind pairings…which eventually leads to a fanfic, these "pairing fanfics" can be split into two types:
1) Pair characters who already exist.
or…
2) Create a new character to pair with an original character…*cough* like me *cough*

Then the writter simply has to hope that the legions of fans against such "blasphemy" won't find him/her and grind his/her bones to dust…

]]> By: EcureuilMatrix http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/05/25/one-plus-one/comment-page-1/#comment-2527 EcureuilMatrix Sat, 26 May 2007 05:04:03 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/05/25/one-plus-one/#comment-2527 Maybe because we project our own human yearning for companionship onto these characters? We want them to be happy, and since we often largely equate happiness with finding a soulmate... Hmm. And I am like-minded with you on the subject of shipping. 'Tis a dreadful battlefield. Ah, The Influence of Sea Power upon History... Maybe because we project our own human yearning for companionship onto these characters? We want them to be happy, and since we often largely equate happiness with finding a soulmate… Hmm.

And I am like-minded with you on the subject of shipping. 'Tis a dreadful battlefield. Ah, The Influence of Sea Power upon History…

]]> By: Cardcaptor Yoshi http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/05/25/one-plus-one/comment-page-1/#comment-2512 Cardcaptor Yoshi Fri, 25 May 2007 23:14:53 +0000 http://check.animeblogger.net/2007/05/25/one-plus-one/#comment-2512 Because love is interesting. Alternatively, it makes for interesting stories, when characters act out of their domains - there's not one character whose personality visibly changes around their loved one. It could be considered the same thing as why people like the tsundere, almost, maybe? The change in personality, the lowering of emotional barriers, something different, dynamic about the character. Also, Yuki needs that "burn and die" look in that Kyon/Itsuki picture. -CCY Because love is interesting. Alternatively, it makes for interesting stories, when characters act out of their domains – there's not one character whose personality visibly changes around their loved one. It could be considered the same thing as why people like the tsundere, almost, maybe? The change in personality, the lowering of emotional barriers, something different, dynamic about the character.

Also, Yuki needs that "burn and die" look in that Kyon/Itsuki picture.

-CCY

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