Shipping Manifest

[effex]

Yes, I spent all day on this. No, no one is interested (except possibly zanzando. Zan, it grew). Regardless, I present:

My Shipping Manifest*

I adore this couple and will someday write them the epic romance they deserve
(Castle) Rick Castle / Javier Esposito
(DCU) Booster Gold / Ted Kord
(DCU) Jaime Reyes / Traci 13
(Darkwing Duck) Drake Mallard / Launchpad McQuack
(Dresden Files) Harry Dresden / John Marcone
(FF8) Squall Leonheart / Zell Dincht
(Gundam Wing) Duo Maxwell / Chang Wufei
(Hayate x Blade) Kibi Momoka / Inugami Isuzu
(High School Musical) Chad Danforth / Ryan Evans
(MarvelU) Hank McCoy / Peter Parker
(MarvelU) Karolina Dean / Xavin
(One Piece) Monkey D. Luffy / Usopp
(Ranma 1/2) Tendo Akane / Kuonji Ukyo
(Ranma 1/2) Saotome Ranma / Hibiki Ryoga
(Star Trek Reboot) Pavel Chekov / Hikaru Sulu


I adore this couple but they seem content to just make hang out in the back of my head
(Card Captor Sakura, Tsubasa RC, etc) Kinomoto Sakura / Syaoran Li
(Clamp Campus Detectives, etc) Takamura Souh / Imonoyama Nokoru
(Eyeshield 21) Kobayakawa Sena / Hiruma Yōichi
(Final Fantasy 7) Cid Highwind / Vincent Valentine
(Final Fantasy 7) Reno / Rude
(Hikaru no Go) Shindo Hikaru / Touya Akira
(Jeeves & Wooster) Reginald Jeeves / Bertie Wooster
(Kingdom Hearts) Axel / Roxas
(Leverage) Eliot Spencer / Alec Hardison
(MarvelU) BillyKaplan / Teddy Altman
(Miss Congeniality 2) Gracie Hart / Sam Fuller
(Naruto) Rock Lee / Gaara (of the Sand)
(Ouran High School Host Club) Fujioka Haruhi / Hitachiin Hikaru
(Ouran High School Host Club) Ootori Kyoya / Suou Tamaki
(Pirates of the Caribbean) Jack Sparrow / James Norrington
(Revolutionary Girl Utena) Tenjou Utena / Himemiya Anthy
(Torchwood) Jack Harkness / Ianto Jones
(xxxHolic) Watanuki Kimihiro / Doumeki Shizuka


I didn’t really ship them before I wrote that thing and now they’re demanding sequels
(Sandman) Morpheus/Lucifer
(Sky High) Will Stronghold / Warren Peace


And now I’m just Making Shit Up (and will probably write about it)
(Disney/Princess Project) Jasmine / Ali 'Al' Hayak / Javid 'Genie' Vafazadeh
(Disney) Max Goof / Louie Duck (technically this is poisonivory making things up)
(Persona 4/Ouran HSHC) Tatsumi Kanji / Hitachiin Kaoru
(Torchwood/Dresden Files) Jack Harkness / Thomas Raith (Jack gets to go twice)


This does not include all the pairings I read in, all the pairings I OTP, or all my favorite characters. Just the couples that have moved into my head.

* I couldn’t help myself.

Comments

[bookshop]

(Dresden Files) Harry Dresden / John Marcone

:DDDDDD *BEAMS AT YOU*

omg can i steal this meme. And add on to it, like, "I adore this couple but they have flown away to the repositories of my mind like that boyfriend I had when I was 15" or something.

[bookshop]

ps READ NERO WOLFE

[effex]

I have/do! And I read all the fic you link.

There is just no room for Wolfe's orchid collection in my head.

[bookshop]

DAS;KLAJKL I BET ARCHIE COULD MAKE ROOM :D

although i kind of don't want fic for them unless it's a certain kind of fic that i haven't quite found yet. i mostly just want them to go on and on and on forever.................

[effex]

Steal away, Aja! But no, you may not alter my BRILLIANCE in ANY way That is an excellent header.

I have a Harry/John fic. In my head. Someday...

[bookshop]

SO HOT. so hot. adfska i don't actually think i have another couple in my head that i have, like, such an immediate reaction of HOLY GOD THAT'S HOT, not quite the same way. okay maybe maybe McLane & Matt. also why are John & Matt not on your list, do they not get to make out in the back of your mind. :((((((

All of which is to say PLEASE WRITE THAT FIC

This metaphor is out of control

[effex]

Matt and John got cut from the list. They live really close, though. Like, next door.

I <3 them.

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[bookshop]

and Rodney & John? :DDDDDDDDDD *tortures you for fun*

also your delicious link is 404-ing me :(

Re: This metaphor is out of control

[effex]

HTML hates happiness. It should be fixed now - I've logged out of Delicious to test it and it's working fine, let me know 'bout your end.

How can John and Rodney live in my head if they're on Atlantis?

[effex]

All of which is to say PLEASE WRITE THAT FIC

People who say that get bombarded with notes and snippits.

[bookshop]

OH NO, HOT GANGSTER/SULKY WIZARD PORN COMING AT ME FROM ALL SIDES, WHAT IS TO BE DONE >:D

Info dump

[effex]

OKAY SO HERE'S THE SETUP: Reality and the Nevernever do a polarity shift (a little like the Earth's magnetic field, a lot like Doctor Who) every 10,000 years or so and it's just about due. The fairy courts have been keeping it on the DL (being the only ones who remember) but, once she's sure there's nothing he can do to stop it, Lily lets Fix give Harry a heads up.

The flood of magic means that 1) tech's going to stop working, 2) magic users are going to get a lot more power, 3) everything that currrently lives in the Nevernever is going to move house and 4) Marcone's going to be the only recognized authority in Chicago. Harry's got no choice but to bring him the news.

And then I get to play with the various camps coming together to plan for the apocalypse, the actual apocalypse, Harry and John's careful negotiations of power, Harry dealing with his newly unstable magic, John dealing with ruling the city, and some outside threat I haven't figured out yet (probably Mab).

Other tidbits - Harry'll start the fic with prophetic dreams re: a choice he'll make about John that'll determine the fate of Chicago (because his subconscious thinks he's an impulsive idiot. Which is fair.) Murphy gets to be in charge of Marcone's new police force, which'll be fun. They manage to get the word out world wide, so humanity will only be fucked to varying degrees.

I don't have any porn yet, most of my plotting has gone into the bit where all the various camps come together at Mac's to figure out how the city's going to be run. Because that's how I roll.

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[polarisnorth]

Oh my god, I want to read this SO MUCH.

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[effex]

Gentleman Johnny would make a fantastic ruler. And 70% of Harry's problems with him would... mmm, not disappear, but be no longer relevant once he'd gone legit.

Re: Info dump

[polarisnorth]

It's kind of like giving a pirate a letter of marque.

Re: Info dump

[effex]

[blinks] you know, it's exactly like a letter of marque.

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[polarisnorth]

\o/

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[elspethdixon]

I now want to read this fic desperately, like even more than the imaginary fic-in-my-head where Steve Rogers doesn't die but instead falls through a portal into Harry's world and then Tony, Sharon, Sam, and Bucky come to rescue him, and Harry spends the entire story going "OMG you come from comicbookworld!" because he's obviously a fanboy who named his car after Ted Kord. And then Red Skull follows them because he wants to steal the denarius buried under Harry's cellar floor and wed the power of hell to Nazism to... I don't know, probably create Nazi zombies or something.

And Tony sleeps with Thomas Raith in a phenomenally self-destructive way to make Steve jealous, and Thomas is only able to even touch him because he has never yet actually had sex with Steve. (my Id is very fond of the fact that white court vampires allow for a physical manifestation of the depth of an OTP).

And Steve ends up being the wielder of that magic Jesus sword Harry was guarding for a while (it's name had something to do with fidelity, but "magic Jesus sword" is easier to spell). And Molly would crush all over Bucky and weird him out deeply in the process ("The jailbait is batting her eyelashes at me again, Sam! What do I do?!")

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[effex]

I fully support the existence of this fic. I've only seen one Dresden Files/Comics crossover (with Hellblazer) and it didn't... go well. I'd love to see you work with it. And team fic! It should always be team fic.

Thomas is the perfect OTPdar, I am waiting for fandom to figure this out. The increase in crossovers will be a bonus.

[polarisnorth]

If you write an epic Booster/Ted fic, I will cry with joy. Which reminds me, I need to write that epic post about how DC broke my heart. I also very, very much want to see the Dresden/Marcone fic. (Of course, I have my own epic fic for them all plotted out but not written. *headdesk*)

If you ever do feel like writing it, there always needs to be more Billy/Teddy fic in the world. And I have a nostalgic fondness for Jack/Norrington.

[effex]

omg DC and their heartbreaking ways. My love/hate relationship with them and Marvel is... well, I imagine it's a lot like yours [clutches favorite characters].

Harry and John are good for EPIC ideas - the only 'problem' is I'd have to go back and reread all the books. And finally get around to reading 'Changes' [pokes it with a stick]

Billy and Teddy need all the relationship time fans can give them - it's not like Marvel is going to do it for us (although it looks like they're coming back in 'Avengers: The Children's Crusade', so here's hoping). Jack/Norrington makes me happy, though I've been known to moan (on twitter, at length, quite recently) about the lack of ~magic~ in fic about them.

[polarisnorth]

My relationship to DC can best be explained thus: I was lured to comics by Ted & Booster and their BFFery, and by Impulse and Young Justice, with some snarky Deadpool thrown in. Then rocks fell and everybody (except Deadpool) died and Booster became DC's woobiest punching bag ever (except possibly for Tim). I started reading Marvel because of Cap and Tony, Runaways, and Young Avengers. Then Civil War happened. And then Gert died.

So yeah.

Heh, yes, re: Harry and John. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who hasn't gotten around to reading Changes yet. It's sitting on my shelf... staring at me.

The thing about getting more Billy/Teddy is that while I love having new canon, I'm terrified of what Marvel may decide to do to them. Sometimes I prefer to have a canon give me characters and then never touch them again if it means they don't get broken that way. ~Magic~ in Jack/Norrington fic is always fun and often hilarious. I am totally down for that.

[effex]

I was caught (after a decade of naught but manga) by Jaime's run as Blue Beetle and then kind of fell into Ted/Booster. Via High School Musical, it was a whole thing. My comics reading expanded out from there and now I want to take all these fabulous characters and put them where their owners can't hurt them. I hear you about being leery about new canon - the sample pages are a little... problematic. On the plus side, Cheung's back as artist!

[chalcopyrite]

Just dropping by via network to go

(FF8) Squall Leonheart / Zell Dincht

:D :D :D

That is all. :D

[effex]

\o/

They really are the best <3

[elspethdixon]

(Disney/Princess Project) Jasmine / Ali 'Al' Hayak / Javid 'Genie' Vafazadeh

I firmly support the eventual existence of this fic.

[zanzando]

FYI I come back to this and roll around it it (metaphorically >_>) A LOT.