I SHIP! Just...not in everything. I squee over anything that doesn't annoy me, I just don't get involved in as many. But yeah, if they were m/f, I suspect they'd be paired.
The thing with romance centric plots is that I'm rarely convinced they can make it through real life after they work out their personal issues. If they're having to deal with other things that aren't related to their relationship too, or the conflict isn't about getting together, i'm more comvinced. (Which is why, of my favorite shoujo series, the only one where the romance is the main focus is one where they get together quickly, and the conflict-when there is conflict- is about what they'll do with their lives after HS.)
ETA: I've been rewatching Disney mvies lately too. I think that, once you reach Little Mermaid Disney goes "hmm...our target audience is teenaged girls...let's make more of these focus of finding their place in the world, and less on being rescued by the prince" and it even carries into the male-lead centric shows.
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Date: 2008-11-18 09:04 pm (UTC)The thing with romance centric plots is that I'm rarely convinced they can make it through real life after they work out their personal issues. If they're having to deal with other things that aren't related to their relationship too, or the conflict isn't about getting together, i'm more comvinced. (Which is why, of my favorite shoujo series, the only one where the romance is the main focus is one where they get together quickly, and the conflict-when there is conflict- is about what they'll do with their lives after HS.)
ETA: I've been rewatching Disney mvies lately too. I think that, once you reach Little Mermaid Disney goes "hmm...our target audience is teenaged girls...let's make more of these focus of finding their place in the world, and less on being rescued by the prince" and it even carries into the male-lead centric shows.