Shipper tendencies

[gategrrl]

Can someone explain to me why there's such a compelling need to sexualize and Romantic-ize characters? I've been there myself, but I seem to have gone past that as a "serious" endeavor. I'll *play* with characters and their sexuality -- but the *need* to pair them up romantically just isn't a priority, and it seems so unnecessary, and somewhat Mary Sueish, especially if it's certain types of het and slash writing.

It's not so much the sexualizing -- that I get, it's fun to imagine your favorite characters whupping it up with the whipped cream and cherries, and get down and dirty and sweaty. But at the same time, what I'm puzzled more about is the need to Harlequinnize decent characters who already have complex, nonsexual relationships with each other, that get totally boring when they DO get together.

Anyone?

Comments

[amycooper.livejournal.com]

I think that there is a lot of difference between types of slash or ship stories. I'm really not found of the "And so they married and live happily every after" stories. There's a lot of them out there, yes. But there is a lot of other stories out there as well. I like the problems, the conflicts, that sprout up in life. I tend to like stories that either have a plot other than "Character A loves Character B."