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Couples I hate

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by Lord Ravenclaw, Apr 23, 2005.

  1. Lord Ravenclaw

    Lord Ravenclaw DLP Overlord Admin DLP Supporter

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    I hate quite a few 'ships widely written around the Fanfiction community today. Here is a list and my reasoning behind it.

    Harry/Ginny
    Besides being overused, it is such a cliche to use in stories, and just about every one is badly written. The worse part is most Super!Harry stories ARE H/G, but they too are also usually badly written. Most of the time Harry just "realizes" his love for Ginny one day on Privet Drive. One of the few I can stomach is Barb's Psychic Serpent trilogy.

    Harry/Draco
    Overused, slash. What else do I need to say.

    Harry/Severus
    Absolutely disgusting. Who wants to read about a greasy git coupling with the posterboy of the light?

    Any slash
    I am male. I like women.

    Hermione/Severus
    I sure as hell don't want to read about a pedophilic, greasy git who has taken a liking to Hermione.

    Albus/anyone (Minerva, Hermione, Sprout, etc.)
    Disturbing. The last one I read left me with nightmares.

    Umbridge/anyone (especially Harry! *shudders*)
    Once more: disurbing, and led me to a near attempt to claw my eyes out.

    Harry/Cho
    Midknight brought this couple to my attention...yet another I hate. Her personality is horrible, shes gone crybaby over Cedric, etc.. But then authors make her out to be this perfect pairing in a fifth or sixth book.

    I have more, but I doubt you want to read more, nor can I remember them at this time.
     
  2. Midknight

    Midknight Middy is SPAI! DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    H/G = Agree. WAY overused. ALWAYS the same deal of "both being possessed/linked to Voldemort, hey lets just fall in love"

    I confess to using H/G some in the fic i'm working on, but it is a strong part of the plot, and truth be told he could care less about her =)

    H/D ... ug. oppisites attract, yeah, but jesus

    H/SS Nasty. ALL the Harry + anyone older then Tonks ones are usually nasty, unless they are accompanied by a method for Harry to be older.. sadly most resort to a Time Turner as the sole method of aging him.

    Slash in general... I will not read a fic that has excessive slash. I've seen some extremely good fics, that were ruined by very descriptive slash sex scenes. I've also seen insanely good ones, mostly Azkaban fics, that can just hint at slash, without showing it all out, those i can ignore the slash part of.

    Hermione/anyone just irritates me period. Know it all type ppl i cannot stand in real life!

    Albus/Minerva is overused. At this point in the books #5/6, suddenly introducing a spouse for the man, even in fics, just looks weird.

    And finally the only person Umbridge should be snogging is a frisky Dementor.
     
  3. Lord Ravenclaw

    Lord Ravenclaw DLP Overlord Admin DLP Supporter

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    I pity the dementor.
     
  4. Antivash

    Antivash Until we meet again... DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    I second that motion!

    H/G besides being over used, very cliche, and just plain annoying doesnt work... its obvious Ginny's only reason for her crush is because harry ish the boy-who-lived .. a reason (at least i feel) that harry keeps away from most of the female population.. ginny's crush is a hero-worship thing, something that harry dislikes...

    HP/Any male isnt for me. I wont deny having read things with slash undertones but its usually RL/SB and i ve got no problem with slah, just wont read it... draco and harry are never going to get together, and snapes more likely to offer umbitch and her frisky dementor a threesome than snog a potter...

    And surprisingly, I dont read much femslash either... its usually just written for PWP (porn without plot, or plot? what plot? whichever youd like to use) somehow i dont see luna and ginny getting it on... though i DID enjoy the bit about ginny and blaise in Black Kisses by Mehetabelo

    Hermione seems to be to controlling and demanding to find anyone who isnt a submissive person to me.. thusly i give her ron... a fool too stupid to know hes being controlled

    and I think if albus had ANY kind of significant other wed know by now...

    and as for umbridge.. i get the impression shes doing...*cough* .. under the table jobs for fudge...
     
  5. Lord Ravenclaw

    Lord Ravenclaw DLP Overlord Admin DLP Supporter

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    ...it takes much of my self control to not write a short but graphic adult scene depicting just that, leading myself and you to claw our eyes out.
     
  6. Midknight

    Midknight Middy is SPAI! DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    What else would she be using that huge mouth for?

    shudders in fear of that mental image
     
  7. Lord Ravenclaw

    Lord Ravenclaw DLP Overlord Admin DLP Supporter

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    shudders once again at Midknights's comment

    Okay, off the Umbridge topic.

    Have you seen those Patil twins? Wewt. Erm...just reply about this...yes, do.
     
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    Ya know after searching for a new story i haven't read today, I can officially say if i see one more Harry/crybaby Cho fic i will throw up.


    "Oh Harry, I'm so sorry I'm a crybaby about some guy i hardly knew, and only dated a few times dying by some monster.

    Let me cry about him for years to come, even though I only kissed him twice, it is the only thing my character has going for me. Sure i'm a seeker, but who cares, we needed a fast and easy way for me to get my character better established in the story, after me being in the background for so long.. whaaaa oh Cedric D.. um wait what was his last name again?"



    As of this moment the only thing worse then H/C for me is H/G. I'd say slash, but hell at least the slash authors give the relationship some sort of reasoning, not hero worship, or obsessesion with dead boyfriends.


    Midknight
     
  9. Antivash

    Antivash Until we meet again... DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    .. Thats the problem with Harry/Chang ... everyone makes her this big emotional rollercoaster... its always up and down... there are a few i like where she is decent, but those were a long time ago, and i cant find them anymore aside from Draco664's (think thats right anyway) two. The second one shows about how far ginny would go in my opinion.

    Aaannnnd yeah... Patil twins... if everyone didnt make Pavarti so bubbly and girlish i could stand it... cuz lets face it... every male has at least ONE twins fantasy
     
  10. Lord Ravenclaw

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    ...which is why I tend to like Harry/Padma ships. A smart girl with the good looks and without the divination and "bubbly" stuff.
     
  11. Midknight

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    Hmm, only read one story in which Harry was in a relationship with Padma, but they broke up in the end. Too bad, I really liked that ship.
     
  13. Lord Ravenclaw

    Lord Ravenclaw DLP Overlord Admin DLP Supporter

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    The Sword of the Hero by Joe had a Harry/Padma relationship to begin with.
     
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    yea but none of the main female characters understand him ..... i mean he was practicly abused as a kid and then .... well you know what happens after he got into the magical word .... i dont think anyone of the can understand him ..... so i would much rather go for an orignal female character
     
  15. Antivash

    Antivash Until we meet again... DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    Dangerous road, OCs... though some of the better stories ive read are HP/OC.. they have extreme potential in both ways.. can be very good.. or horribly bad..

    and as far as Padma/Harry goes.. ive read three I think.. Give me a little whil and if anyones interested ill try to dig them up...
     
  16. Lord Ravenclaw

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    Antivash Until we meet again... DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    Ahh.. those were some of the ones i read.. i think the other was by the same author...

    Plot is sometihng like harry got sucked into a different universe where his other self was dating padma and Sirius was married to Alice Longbottom.
     
  18. Lord Ravenclaw

    Lord Ravenclaw DLP Overlord Admin DLP Supporter

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    Oh I read that too...twas interesting. Actually...I think that might have been the one where Harry was deathly injured by his uncle and had another persona named Seer, as he was a seer. Or maybe not. I'm not quite sure.
     
  19. Antivash

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    o_O ... sounds interesting.. havent read that one..
     
  20. Lord Ravenclaw

    Lord Ravenclaw DLP Overlord Admin DLP Supporter

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    It was pretty convoluted...dealing with time, universes, abusive uncle, etc. The end turns out good though. It also has my favorite McGonagall quote.

    "Mr. Potter! Please attempt to look less dead, you're scaring the first years."

    I don't remember the name though.
     
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