Well, sometimes in the pairing madness I feel like the iconoclast fangirl...tho' it's hard to be too iconoclastic with so many fellows marching to that different drumbeat. And I like your fic because there's intense relationships without "sexxxy hawtness, twoo luuuurve!!" (Like, oh, say...Ginji & Ban caught & Ban-chan out of his tiny mind and WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT? *cough*)
You're right that the need for romance is an endemic problem to the body of human fiction in general, tho' there are the exceptions (quite a few war stories with no romance 'cuz no femme chars...which doesn't preclude romance, of course, but slash wasn't an explored option for so long.) What gets me most is that there is that large body of genfic in Western fandoms--for the longest time, I was content with what friendshipping I got in regular stories, along with the inevitable romance. And then I discovered the h/c genre and fanfic, lo, not a kissing book, but stories all about the true love of buddies! I don't think I'd be nearly as frustrated with anime fic if I didn't have that background of dozens of Blair-gets-shot-and-Jim-worries/Daniel-gets-trashed-and-Jack-worries, stories written by people like me who obviously had other interests than romance. (not to say a lot of said stories aren't as garbage as the most hopelessly OOC lemon, but when I first started reading fic I was just so thrilled to find what I'd craved that I didn't care) I just wish more of those authors would find their way into anime.
And if I find anything good I'll let you know <3 So far, lots of agreement, no suggestions...(c'mon people! get writing!)
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You're right that the need for romance is an endemic problem to the body of human fiction in general, tho' there are the exceptions (quite a few war stories with no romance 'cuz no femme chars...which doesn't preclude romance, of course, but slash wasn't an explored option for so long.) What gets me most is that there is that large body of genfic in Western fandoms--for the longest time, I was content with what friendshipping I got in regular stories, along with the inevitable romance. And then I discovered the h/c genre and fanfic, lo, not a kissing book, but stories all about the true love of buddies! I don't think I'd be nearly as frustrated with anime fic if I didn't have that background of dozens of Blair-gets-shot-and-Jim-worries/Daniel-gets-trashed-and-Jack-worries, stories written by people like me who obviously had other interests than romance. (not to say a lot of said stories aren't as garbage as the most hopelessly OOC lemon, but when I first started reading fic I was just so thrilled to find what I'd craved that I didn't care) I just wish more of those authors would find their way into anime.
And if I find anything good I'll let you know <3 So far, lots of agreement, no suggestions...(c'mon people! get writing!)