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Give me a character from any fandom I know at least fairly well, and I will tell you:

A) My OTP
B) The runner up
C) The anti-ship
D) My unpopular fannish opinion on said character
E) One person he/she never fell in love with, and why

2.

recs--->

ergoipsofacto wrote Like Calls To Like (Pelleas gen, a bit of Pelleas->Micaiah)
It is awesome, filled with awesome of the gen variety. I rarely rec FE stuff because like, I know most everyone and it's like incestous, but it is awesome. Now go shower her with love.

Your Girl, She's A Renegade and What A Girl Wants, (Oofuri, Momokan/Shinooka)

These remind me why I love this pairing to a desperate, obsessive degree. I think I did a little happydance inside when I realized my request had been filled. They're hot, and do a great job fleshing out the characters and their motives. Just gaaahh /flails happily.

half-asleep heart (Oofuri, Abe/Mihashi) is utterly gorgeous and I wish I could say more, but just oh, read it.

Open Beta Fandom/LJ, Fandom/Dreamwidth.

Have I ever mentioned that I love moe anthros? Even more if it's delicious. This is adorable, sexlicious~hot and delicious all in one.

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1. Fire Emblem 9-10 of course

It's a character meme, not a fandom meme XD You gotta ask for a specific character~

Oh, damn. my bad. I'll be boring as hell and say Soren.

A) My OTP | Ike/Soren. WHAT A SURPRISE~ I somehow feel this should be giant and sparkly given my feelings towards it, but I don't think Soren would approve.

B) The runner up Soren/knowledge, Soren/his books, Soren/crankiness.

C) The anti-ship | Soren/anyone-that-is-not-Ike.

D) My unpopular fannish opinion on said character

Well, you asked for it!

I'm not just being a crazy fangirl when I OTP Ike/Soren and generally dislike all Soren/other, Ike/other pairings. This is characterization talking.

Soren isn't really multishippable by his own doing. He personally sabotages any relationship that could start by saying that he's loyal to Ike. He does this to Stefan, Micaiah, Skrimir AND Pelleas, each citing specifically that he won't leave Ike's side. Despite many people offering him kindness in the Greil's Mercenaries and so on, the closest he ever comes is being civil to them when he's grown up a bit and is more comfortable with himself. He's had years and years to open up to other people, and Ike is the only person he takes that chance with.

He isn't the sort who secretly snuggles kittens and can be ~moved~ by the special actions of Ilyana/MarySue/other female. If so then he might've thawed a bit towards Oscar or Mist or Rhys, who have surely shown him kindness through the years and would never betray him.

The game is loose enough that you can interpret them as being asexual guy pals, but I view most Soren/other and Ike/other pairings as being not just OOC, but ignoring everything about the characters, often to force them to be some heterosexist norm. Thus, I react really badly to all the [insert Ike/other and Soren/other] pairings because it's just as offensive as trying to pair Heather up with guys. It ignores the fact that Ike is Soren's raison d'etre. Not money, not power or wealth, Ike. He's talented enough that he could easily move up and have his pick. By the end of Radiant Dawn, he could've easily taken a high spot in Gallia, Begnion, Daein or Crimea -- even the Serenes if he wanted. He chose Ike.

I know this makes me sound horribly wanky and opinionated, and usually I'd go YMMV on characterization things, but seriously, the game says so itself. Soren never shows interest in a single girl except Micaiah for about two seconds, and that's not romantic but "Hmm, another like me. /writes notes." then he promptly alludes to his loyalty to Ike. So yeah, asexual, romantic, whatever, but these two are downright co-dependent and I'm not sure they can survive without each other. Especially Soren without Ike, for that matter. But I'm sure Ike would probably like, insult a bunch of locals and have to fight them bare-handed or something without Ike there.

E) One person he/she never fell in love with, and why | Ribs. he tried to love ribs the way Ike did, but alas, he still hates and only tolerates Ike's love for Ribs because it's more preferable than his love for certain green-haired princesses.

Well, I totally agree with you on A, B, C, D. It's all spot on (surprise, surpise, your the kink meme's IkexSoren lolol)

Who is Ribs though? I know it must be short-hand, but I forget.

Oh also, he seems to tolarate Amie....in very different ways.

Ribs isn't a character, just ribs. XD The game said that Ike loved to eat meat and ate a lot, and mentioned that Soren didn't like eating so much. Somewhere along the line it turned into a joke that Soren was jealous of Ike's love for food. Ribs were just how the joke took form, until it became Ike having an almost Ilyana obsession with food (especially ribs, as that's such a manly food) while Soren looks on in jealousy and wished that Ike showed such enthusiasm for him.

In Japan it's usually a porkchop shown.

Soren tolerates Aimee when she's useful XD He might be a little more tolerant of her because he knows Ike can't stand her advances and thinks she's crazy, but that doesn't mean he doesn't keep an eye on her.

Ah, I do remember one joke in FE10 about how Ike grew so much eating Ribs. lol

But man, the "Soren hates everything" Oscar food discussion was epic too. Soren really does hate everything but Ike, even....food.

you'd think with all the time he spent starving he'd gorge himself as much as possible. Maybe he's one who hates eating in front of people, hordes food and hates people touching his plate? Those are also signs of the aftereffects of having been close to starvation.

;.; Damn, its hard to find more then one thing not depressing about his life. Really, the game did a good job of showing his mental damage, but there has to be a lot more underneath the surface that didn't get time to develop.

So yeah, asexual, romantic, whatever, but these two are downright co-dependent and I'm not sure they can survive without each other.

I'd like to see your argument for co-dependency on Ike's side. *puts on scholar glasses*

in that case it was less emotional codependency and more "without Soren's guidance, he's totally going to get kidnapped by Aimee/get poisoned while traveling/get cheated/price gouged while traveling/step into one of those pitfall things and then get kidnapped by Aimmee" and all that jazz.

Ike is hardly helpless, but Soren has a discerning eye. Remember, Ike was willing to go with Aimee's plan before Soren ran in and stopped him in that base scene.

Oh, Soren definitely helps him out a ton. But on Ike's side I feel that it resembles a clownfish's "dependency" on an anemone. "Oh man, those stingers sure are useful for staying alive. Thanks, anemone." "Co-dependent" and Ike really don't mesh in my head. The emotional inequity is something I like about that pairing.

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