I have a lot of 'ships and usually will willingly follow where canon (or fanfic) goes (except in some cases, like Angel/Cordy), but my OTPs tend to be non-sexual/romantic pairings, like Sam/Dean or Mal/Zoe or Angel/Cordy (I thought they were such good friends with very little sexual chemistry, which is probably why I dislike that the show tried to turn them into a romantic pairing) or Tony/Pepper or many Friday Night Light 'ships.
I think part of the issue with SPN is that it tries to push women on the boys and viewers too hard. Perhaps if they were developed a little more organically or not as a love interest, it would work out better.
Overall, I think I'm probably character first, relationships second/part of the character (and plot somewhere in the distant third). I like seeing the development of relationships, but I think I tend to obsess more over the non-romantic ones because they don't get as much attention, maybe, or are not so intense. So when it does happen - stuff about family dynamics (SPN, Brothers & Sisters, FNL, Whedon's shows...) or friendships - it gets my attention.
Though I'm not adverse to most romantic pairings if I can see a reason for them to be together, plus believable chemistry from the actors. It used to surprise me when I first got on the internets how worked up people could get over 'ships (eg, Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Riley or Buffy/Spike); I can too, but for the most part, I'm okay with it -- or in Buffy's case, I was sold on all three relationships and that she ended up with none of them.
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Date: 2008-09-03 07:09 pm (UTC)I think part of the issue with SPN is that it tries to push women on the boys and viewers too hard. Perhaps if they were developed a little more organically or not as a love interest, it would work out better.
Overall, I think I'm probably character first, relationships second/part of the character (and plot somewhere in the distant third). I like seeing the development of relationships, but I think I tend to obsess more over the non-romantic ones because they don't get as much attention, maybe, or are not so intense. So when it does happen - stuff about family dynamics (SPN, Brothers & Sisters, FNL, Whedon's shows...) or friendships - it gets my attention.
Though I'm not adverse to most romantic pairings if I can see a reason for them to be together, plus believable chemistry from the actors. It used to surprise me when I first got on the internets how worked up people could get over 'ships (eg, Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Riley or Buffy/Spike); I can too, but for the most part, I'm okay with it -- or in Buffy's case, I was sold on all three relationships and that she ended up with none of them.