random nitpickery thought
Jul. 17th, 2003 02:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockYou what I really don't get in fanfic? What really annoys me?
People who write Gundam Wing / Sailor Moon crossovers, and pair Heero and Usagi together. And then in their author's notes or summaries claim that they're doing so because they hate Relena's character so much.
This makes no sense to me, because except for the maturity and intelligence differences, Usagi and Relena are basically the same. They symbolically represent the same thing, they serve the same function in the plot, they even have near identical relationships with their respective boyfriends/ love interests. Heck, they even both are blond princesses who one day rule the world.
And yet there's this unbelievable amount of people who cross those two utterly unrelated shows, and say that Usagi is meant for Heero because Relena's so horrible. Sometimes they pair Usagi with Duo instead, for variety.
And the really funny part is that almost the exact same thing happens with DBZ / SM crossovers, only in those Bulma is the bad girlfrien and Usagi is paired with Vegita... or sometimes Trunks or Gohan.
It's this absolutely strange and annoying yet weirdly fascinating trend, and I wonder at the fan psychology behind it. It's not just fangirls who write such fic, either, there's boys too.
People who write Gundam Wing / Sailor Moon crossovers, and pair Heero and Usagi together. And then in their author's notes or summaries claim that they're doing so because they hate Relena's character so much.
This makes no sense to me, because except for the maturity and intelligence differences, Usagi and Relena are basically the same. They symbolically represent the same thing, they serve the same function in the plot, they even have near identical relationships with their respective boyfriends/ love interests. Heck, they even both are blond princesses who one day rule the world.
And yet there's this unbelievable amount of people who cross those two utterly unrelated shows, and say that Usagi is meant for Heero because Relena's so horrible. Sometimes they pair Usagi with Duo instead, for variety.
And the really funny part is that almost the exact same thing happens with DBZ / SM crossovers, only in those Bulma is the bad girlfrien and Usagi is paired with Vegita... or sometimes Trunks or Gohan.
It's this absolutely strange and annoying yet weirdly fascinating trend, and I wonder at the fan psychology behind it. It's not just fangirls who write such fic, either, there's boys too.
