Also, with a few comments to people here, since it'll be easier to just make one mass post here than to comment to each and every single person. I've been pretty much all anon save for the occasional post here and I'm apologizing for that.
To People Who Comment on My Work, Whom I have Not Yet Responded To (Re: ZeWatcher, Karbo, InAbsentia, Nomis, and others):
DDD THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE COMMENTS! I'm sorry I have not responded until now, once again, but I do appreciate them. And the critiques have all been a big help.
To Emily: Dude, we do need to start hanging out again.
I'm sorry I have not said anything until now (I've been feeling sort of withdrawn, but now I'm starting to contact people again and I'm trying to hang out with people more). My AIM is still GypsyMisaki, and I can message you my phone number if that helps any as well.
To Tom: Well, I speak to you all the time and I'm more in contact with you than anyone else. But I still have the urge to tell you this: I love you.
Being with you makes me happy, and you encourage me to do my best every day.
With all that being said, on to the meme! o/
SIX PAIRINGS I LIKE: (Fine, I'll leave out the threesomes I like too. But I'm adding them to the other sections!)
1. Ichigo/Chad
2. Orihime/Tatsuki
3. Keiichi/Rena
4. Ichigo/Orihime
5. Naruto/Hinata
6. Ban/Ginji (... Most of the pairings I like are slash or femslash. Well, anyway, THEY ARE JUST SO SNUGGLY TOGETHER AND BUDDY-BUDDY, AND THIS IS WHY I LIKE BROMANCE OMG)
THREE SHIPS I'VE ABANDONED:
7. Shunsui/Nanao
8. Naruto/Sakura/Sasuke
9. Yoruichi/Urahara (Sorry.
It's honestly has become Yoruichi/Soi Fon or nothing for me)
THREE SHIPS I'VE NEVER LIKED:
10. Sonozakicest
11. Hitsugaya/Hinamori
12. Kazuki/Jubei
TWO SHIPS THAT HAVE PIQUED MY INTEREST:
13. Sarah/Grissom (... I know, "You're a little too late for that", but the reruns have given me a sense of "
You know, they work well together. In a damaged, somewhat creepy May-December way, but they work."
14. Mion/Rena
1. Why do you dislike #11 so much?
I'm sorry, internet, I've tried.
I just can't like either of these two as a character, and having them together is both of my LEAST FAVORITE THINGS of childhood friend pairings
2. Who do you know that ships #13?
I think it was the series crazy sect of shippers for a while. You know, like how the Harry/Hermione fans who called themselves "Harmonians" were, only with series backing.
3. What would be your ideal scenario for couple #3?
Have you seen the "Wedding Night" copy-pasta, with a sexualized rewrite of Keiichi and Rena's fight from the Tsumihoroboshi-hen arc.
4. What is your favorite moment for #1?
When Chad is reminiscing about how he and Ichigo met, and Ichigo had Chad agreed to fight for his sake in return for Ichigo fighting for Chad's sake. *_*
5. How long have you been following couple #6?
Pretty much after the first two episodes of the anime. It wasn't until the first major arc that I became very fond of them.
6. What's the story with #8? What made you stop caring?
It's been slowly developing since Sasuke abandonned Konoha, but it's pretty much has hit the boiling point with the last major arc. Why you gotta hurt us, Kishimoto?
There's no conceivable way to salvage Sasuke now, IMHO, and now he's just become too irredimable as a character.
7. Which ship do you prefer--#2 or #4?
Why do you make me have to choose, meme?
Why must you make me choose?
8. You have the power to make one ship non-existent. Choose from #10 or #12.
10. I don't like 12 because it's really overplayed. But I don't like 10 because I really dislike Shion, and because Shion/Mion creeps me out.
9. What interests you about #14?
Mion covered up a murder for Rena. SHE COVERED UP A MURDER. Dude, there's some level of love there, at least.
10. When did you stop liking #7?
I liked it up until the latest chapter of Bleach where... Well, I can't say what happened, since Tom's reading this and he's very >
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about spoilers, but still. Kubo has just made it REALLY awkward.
11. Did your waning interest in #9 kill your interest in the series?
Not really. Honestly, it's one of those replaced for something double-plus-awesome, so I don't mind as much.
12. What's a song that reminds you of #5?
Hikaru Utada's "My Sanctuary", mostly due to a very sweet AMV featuring those two.
13. Which of these ships do you love the most right now?
CHAD/ICHIGO
DDD
14. Which do you dislike the most?
Sonozakicest.
Not all incest is wincest, internet.
15. If you could have any of these pairings double date, who would they be?
Ichigo/Chad
Orihime/Tatsuki
Maybe it will lead to orgy hijinks? >
16. Have #2 kissed yet?
I wish.
At least they have hit the "I'll beat up people in order to show my love for you! o/" stage that a lot of my preferred pairings have though.
17. Did #4 have a happy ending? Do you think one is likely?
Honestly, four seems to be one of the two most likely pairing ends with Bleach. As it stands, I think it's either going to be Ichigo becomes a full-time shinigami/vizard/whatever and be with Rukia, or he'll be human (and ascend to AWESOMEGAMI in the epilogue after a natural death) and he'll probably get together with Orihime in that time period. While I have no problems with IchiRuki, I really am hoping for ending two.
18. What would make you start shipping #14?
Probably Mion making Rena do a punishment game. Most of them have been either entire group punishments or Keiichi-only punishments. But a Rena-only punishment instigated by Mion...
19. If only one could happen, which would you prefer--#2 or #6?
Orihime/Tatsuki. TATSUKI NEEDS SOME LOVE, DAMNIT. And besides, GetBackers is over, whereas Bleach is probably at mid-point.
20. You have the power to decide the fate of #10. What happens to them?
Maybe Mion wins one round of the "Shion's gone NUTS" timeline with the power of FALCON PUNCH?