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The Long Game Jul 11, 2016 1:01:16 GMT

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So, I have a question - and I'll be honest, it's more for the 'new' Stargaryen/Danarya fans. Those who have recently jumped on the bandwagon, -despite- the blatant and appealing allure of... -shudders- Dany/Yara.

May I ask why you have chosen to stick with Danarya, even though it is not so 'easy' and 'tumblr-friendly'? Is it that you do in fact see a future potential, and are looking at core personalities and that sort of staying power rather than the cheap queerbaiting of a casual flirtation? Or is it something else?

Come to think of it, I guess this is a good question for any Dany/Arya fan, not just the new ones. I've mentioned a few times how I jumped on this ship, and Munky (who saw The Truth before any of us) seemed to come to this conclusion the same way.. but I'd love to hear from others.

We live in a world of impatience and instant gratification. Where love is often treated as cheaply as drive-through McDonalds after midnight. How have you all perservered despite the shallow opposition?

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The Long Game Jul 11, 2016 1:23:52 GMT

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Post by RosePup on Jul 11, 2016 1:23:52 GMT

I'll be honest I never even thought of ships for Game of Thrones or ASoIaF when I first watched the show or read(audible) the books. Mostly because I was trying to get a feel for the world. And I'll say this it was actually Munky's fic that I found one day and read it before realizing that well hell it works.

Also I would like to point out that I've come from many a different fandoms before this one being Once Upon a Time (which I left midway through the first half of season 4 with the Pirate giving up his ship and insta-soul mate. What are you talking about I'm not bitter.) And really I love a well written story that even if I don't agree with the end game pairings *cough* Harry/Ginny *cough* I can go back and read or watch again and still find new things to enjoy. I don't like instant gratification otherwise I wouldn't enjoy play 100+ hours of video games.

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The Long Game Jul 11, 2016 1:39:34 GMT

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Jul 11, 2016 1:23:52 GMT RosePup said:

And I'll say this it was actually Munky's fic that I found one day and read it before realizing that well hell it works.

Three cheers for our Munky!!

I will admit I haven't watched Once Upon a Time, because I heard a few things about Mulan/Aurora along the way that made me decide to spare myself the grief. I already live in a depressing enough reality.

Jul 11, 2016 1:23:52 GMT RosePup said:

I can go back and read or watch again and still find new things to enjoy.

I am in good company with you then, cmiller. Things I truly love, I love for this very reason - it's why I still heart Firely so much, even after it's been gone and cancelled for over a decade.
And Six Feet Under. So much love for Six Feet Under.

Also, another question..
W're all femslash fans here, first and foremost. No question of that.
However..
Is it viewed as a betrayal to the femslash community if I support a few het couples as well?
I really chose this fandom based on how well I could see the Dany/Arya dynamic working with the breadcrumbs GRRM laid in the novels. It wasn't just... 'I want to put two chicks together because I am gay' sort of thing.

I view people as -people-, first and foremost. And I try to look at them as individuals, and then I can see whether or not they would work well. And I do think some het couples work very well.

(I wish hetero people could be as objective... I s'pose some can, but they seem to be a minority...)

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The Long Game Jul 11, 2016 1:45:25 GMT

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Jul 11, 2016 1:39:34 GMT @starky said:

Is it viewed as a betrayal to the femslash community if I support a few het couples as well?

If you are than so am I. I mean going old school here but I'm still a hugh Clark/Superman and Lois Fan. Which might be why I'm a sucker for Supergirl/Kara and Cat from Supergirl *because damn it writers you can't edit and write scenes between Kara and Cat and have them mirror classic Clark/Lois scenes and not expect me to ship that shit*

Jul 11, 2016 1:39:34 GMT @starky said:

I view people as -people-, first and foremost. And I try to look at them as individuals, and then I can see whether or not they would work well. And I do think some het couples work very well.

This right here is how I view it. I read the person and how they would work with the other character long before I even think about what their gender or Sex is.

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The Long Game Jul 11, 2016 2:27:46 GMT

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Jul 11, 2016 1:01:16 GMT @starky said:

May I ask why you have chosen to stick with Danarya, even though it is not so 'easy' and 'tumblr-friendly'?

Once I saw it as a ship, so many things just clicked in my head. The two characters have SO many parallels that go so much deeper than just a regular f/f ship. I'll be honest, I get excited over queer couples VERY easily and will fall into queerbaiting. It's just something I do being so newly "out" to myself. But this ship just MAKES SENSE to me, fundamentally and otherwise.

Jul 11, 2016 1:39:34 GMT @starky said:

Is it viewed as a betrayal to the femslash community if I support a few het couples as well?

Never. If that's a betrayal, then people are making issues out of the wrong things. Liking couples is about chemistry and the characters themselves--gender is definitely not something put before that.

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The Long Game Jul 11, 2016 4:33:16 GMT

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Jul 11, 2016 1:01:16 GMT @starky said:

May I ask why you have chosen to stick with Danarya, even though it is not so 'easy' and 'tumblr-friendly'? Is it that you do in fact see a future potential, and are looking at core personalities and that sort of staying power rather than the cheap queerbaiting of a casual flirtation? Or is it something else?

Come to think of it, I guess this is a good question for any Dany/Arya fan, not just the new ones. I've mentioned a few times how I jumped on this ship, and Munky (who saw The Truth before any of us) seemed to come to this conclusion the same way.. but I'd love to hear from others.

Jul 11, 2016 1:23:52 GMT RosePup said:

I was trying to get a feel for the world. And I'll say this it was actually Munky's fic that I found one day and read it before realizing that well hell it works.

Awwwww, so much love tonight, I have the stupidest grin on my face (and it's making up for the hellish antibiotics I got put on for the next two weeks to kill a strain of bacteria the babymaking doc dislikes that can cause complications, but I haven't been on the damned things in...13 years and my body flora is screaming like those trapped on Valyria during the Doom.), so thank you

Jul 11, 2016 1:39:34 GMT @starky said:

W're all femslash fans here, first and foremost. No question of that.
However..
Is it viewed as a betrayal to the femslash community if I support a few het couples as well?

Uhm, does that mean I have to give up my Jon/Melisandre? or my Bran/Meera? or my Brienne/Jaime?
I'll hand over my "Community" Membership card first.

And before I get teased about Brienne/Tormund, there is a wonderful fic out there somewhere, I think it was ffic, where Jaime wears the dress offered to Brienne (who took it in horror) by some hoighty toighty lord and seduces her in the bedroom with it, and that cemented the pairing for me.
This is, of course, Cersei hating book canon Jaime, pre Stoneheart betrayal, not this HBO nonsense...

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Because if that's the line that reeled in Starky, someone else could be out there too, waiting for the courage to step forward and share their thoughts and talents.
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The Long Game Jul 11, 2016 4:36:31 GMT

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Jul 11, 2016 4:33:16 GMT prplmunky said:

ffic, where Jaime wears the dress offered to Brienne (who took it in horror) by some hoighty toighty lord and seduces her in the bedroom with it, and that cemented the pairing for me.

I think I saw that fic. *now kind of wants to go find it just to know if crazy or it really was out there somewhere*

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prplmunky Maester Posts: 425	The Long Game Jul 11, 2016 4:46:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by prplmunky on Jul 11, 2016 4:46:05 GMT Jul 11, 2016 4:36:31 GMT RosePup said: I think I saw that fic. now kind of wants to go find it just to know if crazy or it really was out there somewhere Found it! Though it was his aunt and not a lordling.
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RosePup Queensguard Posts: 715	The Long Game Jul 11, 2016 4:52:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RosePup on Jul 11, 2016 4:52:19 GMT cackles Thank you I didn't realize I needed to read it again until just now.
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