I do have one friend who slashes Freebatch cross-fandom pairings (Khan/Arthur Dent, Peter Guillam/Hector Dixon, etc), so you might draw the conclusion that she's just into the actor pairing aesthetically and the two actors' chemistry together generally, but Johnlock doesn't do much for her. And she isn't so much into the real person ship of Freebatch. I think she's drawn to the cross-fandom stuff becauseshe builds up all these angsty worlds in her head where they find each other and are with each other against all odds...and I dunno, it's something about the cross-fandom pairing that really does it for her. On a level that's not just "haha I love fandom crack" sort of way. It's practically OTP levels for her, and I can't say I can explain it except that obviously so much of it is happening outside of the canon/text. It's downright fascinating what we ship and why. That's very interesting! Funny that Johnlock is the pairing that doesn't work for her - but maybe it is too obivous for her and she likes to dig deeper? Yes, the question of what we ship and why is very interesting! :))))
Aaaaand so much rambling. Sorry. :) No need to be sorry!! This was great! :)))))
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Date: 2014-07-06 10:20 pm (UTC)That's very interesting! Funny that Johnlock is the pairing that doesn't work for her - but maybe it is too obivous for her and she likes to dig deeper?
Yes, the question of what we ship and why is very interesting! :))))
Aaaaand so much rambling. Sorry. :)
No need to be sorry!! This was great! :)))))