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Oct. 16th, 2010 09:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snick_backupMutual respect in a ship is sexy.
Corollary: a balanced power dynamic in a ship is sexy.
The couples I ship, I ship because the individuals involved function as equals, even if the equality doesn't take conventional forms (hello, age disparities). It's why I ship Willow/Oz but not Willow/Tara, Xander/Cordy but not Xander/Anya, post-series Faith/Giles but not F/G during S3. I ship Dawn/Ethan just a wee bit not because I want Dawn to be dominated by an icky old man, but because watching an author demonstrate an even balance of power between them is almost more interesting to me than anything else that might happen.
Corollary: a balanced power dynamic in a ship is sexy.
The couples I ship, I ship because the individuals involved function as equals, even if the equality doesn't take conventional forms (hello, age disparities). It's why I ship Willow/Oz but not Willow/Tara, Xander/Cordy but not Xander/Anya, post-series Faith/Giles but not F/G during S3. I ship Dawn/Ethan just a wee bit not because I want Dawn to be dominated by an icky old man, but because watching an author demonstrate an even balance of power between them is almost more interesting to me than anything else that might happen.
