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...