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[odditycollector]

Taken from a few people around, a meme that hopefully will distract me *exactly* the appropriate amount! (And also gives me an excuse to use one of my favourite old icons, of course.)

Comment with the name/title of a fandom I'm aware of, no matter how obvious you think the answers will be, and I'll reply [to] you with the relationships (canon or not) from it I ship. Also, you're free to reply in subthreads and ask me why I ship or don't ship something.

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[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

Well, there is, of course, AoA Scott/Warren. Which makes *perfect* sense, whether or not I has had too much cough syrup at the time I read that event!

And speaking of Warren, I'm fond of the undercurrents of Warren/Jean in many stories (fan written or not) revolving around the X-men's early days. Not that canon is wrong about the guy Jean choose, but it's an interesting tension.

Mystique/Destiny, because though I've read little of the canon, what I have read made me believe. And you have a woman who is used to moving unseen... and a precog. And a history - it's rude to ask a lady her age, but Mystique is much older than she looks. The possibilities are great.

And then, as I'm sure you were waiting for (snickers at your icon), Charles/Erik. The movie convinced me that their love for each other is, well, maybe not pure and true, but most certainly a driving motivation. The actors even agree, although if you were Ian McKellen, you'd probably argue for a scene where you're naked in bed with Patrick Stewart as well. Ultimate-verse aside, of which what I read was both fascinating and appalling, I wasn't confident the X-books would hit me in quite the same way. And then Marvel published Claremont's Excalibur -- aka, the one where Charles and Erik elope (http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/460983.html) to a deserted (http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/461844.html) island (http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/616730.html).

Also, Neil Gaiman sort of wrote fanfic (http://odditycollector.livejournal.com/63779.html) about them, so they must be cool.

[wychwood]

I'm fond of the undercurrents of Warren/Jean

Yes. It's a nice complication, a lot of the time. Plus occasionally you get something as twisty as 1602 out of the relationship, which is always fun *g*.

The movie convinced me that their love for each other is, well, maybe not pure and true, but most certainly a driving motivation.

After X3 I'm hard put to it to find an explanation for their relationship that doesn't involve them being ex-lovers... And Excalibur is hilarious :)

The actors even agree, although if you were Ian McKellen, you'd probably argue for a scene where you're naked in bed with Patrick Stewart as well.

Ahaha. That might explain a lot. And I'm fairly sure that you're right about McKellen. Subtle he is not.

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

And I'm fairly sure that you're right about McKellen.

I am! He gave a rather detailed interview! It was in the entertainment news as, iirc, "Ian McKellen Wants Gay Sex Scene."

("I originally read that as 'Ian McKellen Wants Gay Sex'," posted a friend of mine. "And I thought, 'Of course he does, but why is this *news*?'")