*sigh* It's things like this that make me glad I watched the show first and got into fandom second.
I didn't realize the depth of the Fred hate until sometime in S5. I didn't like her for a while, myself-- it took the Jasmine arc and some rewatching of early S3 for me to figure out what she was up to.
Innteresting on the Mal/Inara; I'll have to consider that more. It's not a 'ship I like, so I spend most of my time ignoring it.
It's a 'ship I only like if they never get together. I like the sexual tension, you know? But I am weak for Kaylee/Inara and Mal/Jayne.
I agree that Simon/Kaylee has that element of idealization, although I think it's mutual-- Simon starts seeing Kaylee as sophisticated and unattainable, or assumes she must be because she's into him. The other place I *really* see the dynamic is Angel/Cordy, where it seems like they fall in love because everyone is telling them they ought to.
The canon 'ships I like best-- Zoe/Wash, Wes/Lilah, Xander/Anya, Willow/Oz, Willow/Tara-- I like *because* they're down-to-earth. They usually function as secondary 'ships in canon, contrasting the idealized, sexually tense ones, come to think of it.
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Date: 2005-02-03 05:02 am (UTC)I didn't realize the depth of the Fred hate until sometime in S5. I didn't like her for a while, myself-- it took the Jasmine arc and some rewatching of early S3 for me to figure out what she was up to.
Innteresting on the Mal/Inara; I'll have to consider that more. It's not a 'ship I like, so I spend most of my time ignoring it.
It's a 'ship I only like if they never get together. I like the sexual tension, you know? But I am weak for Kaylee/Inara and Mal/Jayne.
I agree that Simon/Kaylee has that element of idealization, although I think it's mutual-- Simon starts seeing Kaylee as sophisticated and unattainable, or assumes she must be because she's into him. The other place I *really* see the dynamic is Angel/Cordy, where it seems like they fall in love because everyone is telling them they ought to.
The canon 'ships I like best-- Zoe/Wash, Wes/Lilah, Xander/Anya, Willow/Oz, Willow/Tara-- I like *because* they're down-to-earth. They usually function as secondary 'ships in canon, contrasting the idealized, sexually tense ones, come to think of it.
And yay for new friends!