Thank you! š
5)
Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?
I donāt think so? Iām trying to think. If anything itās usually the other way round. Iāll see so many sweet gifsets that Iāll start shipping something that I didnāt really think all that much about before. In fact thanks to gifsets I even took a second look at an entire TV show – Farscape. Iād tried one episode of that, decided I didnāt like it – 100 awesome gifsets later – I had the collectors edition complete boxset (Iāve just started watching season four).
6) Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?
Nope, I hate very few pairings to begin with, so thereās not much chance for fandom to change my mind that much. Fandom did make me really ship Swanfire when Iād beenĀ āI like it but I donāt careā beforehand. I did curse fandom a little bit for that, making me love a doomed ship heh š Thatās all that really comes to mind. The thing is I did like Swanfire before, so it was like into love. Mostly with ships I either see it or I donāt.
7) Is there anything you used to like but canāt stand now?
Yes and no. For instance Hook, I didnāt like him back in season two but I liked his character. I thought he had a good arc, in terms of how he connected to Rumple and Bae/Neal. He had the whole revenge thing going on which played off well against Regina, showcasing character development. He was a villain, unapologetic about doing whatever it took in pursuit of his aims. I understood why he wanted revenge, I was never going to side with him because Iām 100% TeamRumple but Hook was a good character.
Now? Hook is out of his element. He hasnāt changed but how people react to him has. I never minded being an arsehole in season two because thereās nothing wrong with a good villain. As another example I hated Zelenaās actions in 3b (I will never forgive her for Neal or for what she did to Rumple) but Zelena was a villain. She had some awesome sarcastic lines, I loved to hate her. Then just like with Hook, itās a bit like slipping into an alternate reality, they havenāt changed as characters but everyone is saying they are heroes. Itās like what people say, and what they do, are completely different, thereās this disconnect going on.
So I canāt stand either Hook or Zelena now most of the time, because it ruins suspension of disbelief. They are changing the other characters around them, making the characters I love act out of character, and do stupid things, and so I donāt like it. Now, I have no problem with either Hook or Zelena staying around on the show. I just wish it had been done in a way that rang true and made sense. There has to be justification, I loathe forced march plotting. Where the writers/creators have obviously decided something has to happen, and so itās very muchĀ ābecause I said so.ā I really canāt stand that.