MEME

[faded_lace]

I know I did a meme like this recently, but I thought this one seemed more... discussion causing? XD;; I don't know, I like meta :P

Give me one of my OTPs and I will tell you:

1. When I started shipping them
2. What I think their challenge is
3. What makes me happy about them
4. What makes me sad about them
5. What moment I wish had never happened
6. Who I'd be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other
7. My happily ever after for them

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My box of $200 worth of art supplies arrived today. I don't want to open it. I want to send it back and get my $200 back. TT_____TT

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...Okay, seriously, when did Kime/Nagayan become my otp?

Comments

[fulminata]

...er...is Pillar one of your OTPs?

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Of course it is, silly. ♥

1. I started shipping them when I watched 25-26... which would have been around last February.
2. Oh, god, what isn't their challenge? To start with, there's the age difference and position of power; that creates an uneven dynamic that they'll have to overcome at some point. Then there's Tezuka's over-responsibility and need to take everything onto his own shoulders; not only would he have to make a move or be okay with being in the relationship, but that silly little habit of ruining his arm for Ryoma really has to go. Then, of course, there's communication, because when do they ever communicate? XD;
3. Just how deeply they obviously care about one another in canon makes me really happy. It kind of shows up in shitty ways (Tezuka fucking up his arm for Ryoma, Ryoma losing sight of all other goals and only wanting to play against Tezuka), but... it's there nonetheless. Oh, and 25-26 makes make happy, too. XD;
4. The reality that they might in fact only see one another for what they're supposed to be and not what they really are is a saddening factor. I mean, Tezuka is invested in the Pillar of Seigaku, and Ryoma is captivated by the Captain who "lit a fire underneath him," but once those labels fall away, once they're on their own paths, will they still have the same interest in one another?
5. I'd say I wish the slap never happened, but I don't, really. I mean, I think it was inappropriate of Tezuka, despite how stupid Ryoma was being, or rather, I think it was inappropriate that he didn't apologize as well when Ryoma did, but... it proves just how high Tezuka's emotions run when it comes to Ryoma. More than something that never happened, I wish Tezuka had cared more when Ryoma had amnesia. Because it seems downright out of character that he was fucking staring into Fuji's eyes rather than giving a shit (even in a tennis sense!) that his pillar was wandering around referring to himself as "boku" and not knowing a thing about tennis.
6. This is a sticking point. :P I don't want them not together. I suppose either of them could end up with Atobe.
7. Professional tennis together until retirement; Ryoma coaches for Seigaku, Tezuka goes back to school, perhaps becomes a German professor or something. They adopt one kid and have lots of cats and tutor other former Seigaku Regulars' kids in tennis in their free time. It would be glorious.

[fulminata]

I'm stealing this meme.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Go for it. XD;

Err... I hope my response was okay.

[fulminata]

It was. ^_^ I decided that if I was asked about them, my answer would kind of be a response to yours.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

I see. XD; I was expecting a long discussion and all, too.

[fulminata]

Aa. I can wax poetic on Pillar for. like. ever.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

I know you can XD; That's why I'm looking forward to it. ♥

[fulminata]

I'll try my best to satisfy your curiosity.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

♥

[pergamond.livejournal.com]

Everyone would wish they would end up with ore-sama.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

Pssh. Ryoma says like he'd ever want to end up with a stupid Monkey King.

[britkit27.livejournal.com]

:D since you suggested it, Kime/Nagayan!

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

1. As stated above, I can't figure out when I started shipping them. XD; Sometime over winter break, I think. Between electric_boys, the spinner game, and... I don't know, Kime!muse taking over my head, somehow, the Nagayan obsession formed.
2. Well, gee. I don't know, maybe something with a big forehead. Honestly, though, I don't ship them together. I ship the unrequited angstiness of it~
3. They're obviously so happy when they're together. Whenever they go on "dates," there's always a picspam of photos, and they look so happy together.
4. The fact that they won't ever be together-- even though this is what I like about the pairing, too. Kime's heartache is bittersweet~
5. ...It's kind of hard to answer this for RPS? The moment Tuti met Nagayan? :P I'm only joking, though; I really don't know how to answer this.
6. Err, Tuti with Nagayan, naturally. And Kime's stuck with Creeper #2, I guess. XD;;
7. That they remain besties for ever and ever and ever and ever, and even when Nagayan is old and Tuti is bald, he and Kimeru still spend time together and go on outings, and Kimeru can still make him smile just as much now.

[britkit27.livejournal.com]

XD why hello there, Kime-muse, I see you're as complimentary of tuti as you always are.

^ ^ mostly what I had guessed, given our conversations and your fic, but I felt I ought to ask nonetheless.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

I don't see what there isn't to like except that he's an asshole. ♥

XD; Yes, well. Kime!muse says it's trufax. XD; It's still fun to wax eloquent every once in a while. ♥

[pharrezychica.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you shipped them XD
They're the cuties from the first Tenimyu, they do fit ♥
In my ideal world, Nagayan is with Tuti, Kime with Yanagi and they'll be meeting forever and forever and ever to complain and bitch about Tuti and Nagayan like the total girlfriends that they are XD

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

I mean, I ship them together, but I don't. XD; I like writing about Kime's unrequited love for Nagayan, but, really... in the end, I think it's more of a deeper, caring love than a romantic love, if you will? Nagayan is with Tuti, there's no doubt of that in my mind. XD; Actually, I ship Kimeru with Konomi Takeshi, which, I know, makes NO SENSE whatsoever, but I like it anyway XD;;; (I don't know how much you keep up with blogs and things, but they were on Kime's blog together, plus that he drew Kime's newest album cover...)

[yomimashou.livejournal.com]

Taka/Fuji?

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

1. I started shipping them fairly soon after I started the series... so mid-February last year? Sometime like that?
2. I think their main challenge is in how exactly opposite they are; while Taka is kind hearted and so very transparent, Fuji has a much more fluid set or morals and is so layered in masks and facades that it's hard to say what he's truly feeling. That, and, of course, that Taka is continuously self-deprecating and Fuji is basically the prom queen of Seigaku... XD;
3. OMG SO ADORABLE. You know I like angst and issues, but these two are the sweetest, cutest thing ever, and they warm my heart and melt my teeth. Just how much they obviously care for one another (Taka protecting Fuji, Fuji "avenging" Taka with his racquet against Hyoutei) is so touching.
4. What makes me sad is that they might never get past that not being on the same page thing-- I have doubts that Fuji will ever fully be able to open up, or that Taka will ever have enough self confidence, and while I don't like to think it would, misunderstanding can lead to mistrust very easily.
5. AWKWARD AKUTSU/TAKA CUDDLES All those weird Tezuka/Fuji moments in the OVA. What the fuck.
6. For Taka, I sincerely can't think of someone, but someone who makes him happy, of course. As for Fuji... Yuuta? XD; Though Mizuki hisses at that. I really don't know. These two should just be together.
7. MARRIED WITH KIDS AND SUSHI. Seriously. It would be so sweet, and I think it would be good for Fuji. He'd have his photography, or something, to keep his mind busy, and a family, which would fill that hole that Yuuta never wanted to. And he could have sons to encourage to be incestuous!