hmm...I think this is my first ever ship-war...

[meganbmoore]

I seem to have gotten myself involved in the Qing Qing/Chengzhi/Ah Jie shipping war over at SPCnet...odd, as I try to avoid shipwars in general.  I think normally I just like the canon pairing and don't really care about the 3rd party as much in contect to whoever they're being shipped with, but in this case, in addition to loving Chengzhi and Qing Qing, the actual relationship between Chengzhi and Ah Jie is beautiful and I find myself protective of it and thinking that simplifying it by saying "oh, they were in love but he didn't state with her" cheapens it.  It's a worlderful example of lost opportunity and "could have been" that doesn't undermine what is and what came along (Qing Qing and the fact that he already loves her by the time he meets Ah Jie and never wavers in his commitment to her.)

Comments

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I get very very protective over my ships sometimes though I try not to go overboard.. but sometimes I can't help it!

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I'm protective of ships, too. Usually when someone says the non-canon ship is the "real" ship or would be better, I just move on and maybe post on it her, but this is the rare time where I love the actual canon relationship with both options equally, so I get irked.