Random (avoiding-work) thoughts...

[out_there]

Sam/Josh - my otp of angst.

Not that there needs to be heartache and pain for a good J/S story, just that... so many of them feel vaguely doomed. And even when it's a happy ending, even when they don't both cave to the pressures of the real world and admit that this isn't something they can afford to do, there's still a history of pain and self-sacrifice, of learning the 'ways of the world' and becoming bitter and jaded.

Dan/Casey - my otp of hope.

Likewise, not every D/C story is happy and cheery. Some are angsty, some are painful, some hurt, but beneath it all, there's still a firm belief that these two guys can make each other happy. These two are snarky and smutty; they're sexy, silly guys who fundamentally care a hell of a lot about the other person.

There's a reason I write far more SN fiction than WW fiction, and there's a reason why I've fallen head over heels into SN fandom. Both fandoms have snappy dialogue and interesting characters, but the difference is in how I feel about the pairings. Sam/Josh makes me smile, sigh and ache, but Dan/Casey makes me smile, snigger and hope.

Comments

[ahab99.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's one kind of SN story that I have a very hard time with: stories that are set after a Dan/Casey relationship and break-up. I've come across a couple, and regardless of how well they may be written I'm totally unwilling to stipulate that they might break-up one day. I can read stories where their friendship breaks up or their forced to move away or whatever, as long as it's not accompanied with a permanent romantic break-up.

Whereas, Sam/Josh, you're totally right about them feeling doomed, even if that feeling is coming completely from me and not at all from the story. I have a hard time reading my old Mulder/Scully stories due to that same feeling of impending doom...

[out-there.livejournal.com]

I can read stories where their friendship breaks up or their forced to move away or whatever, as long as it's not accompanied with a permanent romantic break-up.

*nods* Apart from... Oh, I can't remember the fic title, but the plot is that Danny moved to LA, and when he comes back he kisses Casey, and Casey is all "Is this some kind of therapy thing" and Dan's "You should have come to LA."

*thinks*

Then again, I sort of have the firm idea in the back of my head that they'll eventually get together, so that doesn't really count. *G*