I SHIP IT!

^Did not need to see that

Anyway, I would ship Genji and Mercy from Overwatch.

I totally ship it ^

Now....how about Loki and Tony Stark

I ship it! As Tony realised in Avengers, both of them have a lot in common and are total divas!

Batman and Harley Quinn (yes, I know it's heresy)

^ Cannot ship!
The Capt. Is way too goody two shoes for ol' Mr. Deadpool.


I really wanna ship:

Princess Irulan and Paul Atreides from Dune


But I'm not sure it's possible.

It's far too cliche and trite of a narrative mechanic. You can have growth and development of a character without having to resort to another human to bring it out. A decent character has a greater drive or motivation than simply 'the power of love'. A good one, dare I say, is better without a relationship to hold it down; too many rely on 'chemistry' as the narrative engine, whereas in reality, it's hardly ever the driving mechanism. The thing is, relationships in fiction don't make things more human or something that you can relate better too. Most of the time, it's fantastic wish-fulfillment. Rarely do any relationships actually have a legitimate bearing on a stories direction and how it progresses. A character should never be defined by their romance.

The best way for a romance to be handled is when you have a spark of attraction that is approached by two adults and handled like two adults. None of that awkward 'how will they ever communicate' crap. It has the romantic complexity of high school. People don't have romances like that. To make a story more realistic, you don't need romance, you need context and exposition. Romance is a part of life, but it's not a foundation piece of it. People aren't immune to attraction, but they do learn (if they're professional and competent) how to handle their feelings and set them aside. And a story with less romance to explain away woo whereas characters do actually problem solve is much more compelling. Logical humans don't lose that logic just because feelings get involved. I certainly don't. If anything, whenever I'm attracted to a person or vice versa, I just ignore the feelings and move on. It doesn't need to change anything. Nor would I want it too. It's distracting, and there are more important things to do than focus on a woman. 

An ancient ship.

Ok, then are you saying the awkward relationship period between Aniken and Pademe or Han and Leia was cliche, trite and unnessary? See, cause the way I see it, they were 2 romances that had to happen and they added a great deal to the story. In fact if they didn't happen, there wouldn't have been a story. ..Now, if you're talking about something like Twilight, pshh, I'm with ya. That was a story that shouldn't have happened, IMO. Cliche and trite is too kind of a description for that train wreck...*ducks incoming projectiles.*

I think my favorite romance to date is the one between Leonidas and Gorgo in 300 or the one between Aragorn and Arwen in LotR and those romances did add to the stories and gave them a deeper meaning. I don't think it was cliche or trite the way they were done at all.

And yeah, a well written romance can add more humanity into a character, it can make them more vulnerable, uncertain , more open to new possibilities. I have seen adult men and women go through that awkward stage at the beginning of a relationship...it can be rather amusing to watch. Sure eventually the 'honeymoon period' wears off, but the initial reactions are endearing.

I agree that relationships in real life need to be based on a certain amount of maturity and practicality, but a little bit of whimsical romance never hurt either. Approaching a relationship with cold, clinical cynicism is just as harmful as an overly romantic approach.

Personally, I like watching a good romance play out. Sometimes they're done overly sappy and it makes me cringe...but when they're done well, they can add humor, heart, drama or pupose to the story.

I have to disagree with you there.

Fiction fundamentally relies on conflict and drama. If there is no conflict and drama, there is no story, it's that simple. Without conflict and drama, Frodo would just have simply casually walked to Mordor and thrown the ring inside the vulcano, then strolled back and went back to doing whatever hobbits do. That's not a story, that's not interesting, nobody would watch that. It's the drama, conflict and hardships that Frodo had to overcome that made LOTR an interesting story.

And it's more than just problem solving. While logical conflicts that have to be solved by an intelligent protagonist can certainly be interesting, people tend to find emotional drama and emotional conflict more compelling. It's because we're emphatic creatures and we have this wonderful ability to gain experience through other people's emotions because of our strong ability to feel empathy. 

Romance in fiction is no different. Without awkwardness, drama and emotions, a romance arc would be incredibly dull and pointless.

Ship it, but got a little annoyed about it on my tumblr dash. 

as for me, I ship:

Ling Yao x Lan Fan 



but also
Greed x Ling  (in their own bodies please )

Ship them both (especially the first one)!

ETA: Exile/Atton Rand

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Why was this cut? So many feels!

Waring incoming Yuri pairings
Sakura and Ino

Korra and Asami

Mikasa and Annie

Yoruichi and Soi Fon

Yes.

Dean Winchester / Castiel (Though it's been a long time since I stopped watching Supernatural. *hides*)