It really is about the foundation and dynamics of the relationships for me, rather than whether or not there is boning involved. Even the ships I talk about above, that I say are supported by canon - what I'm really saying is that the LOVE is there, but whether or not that ever manifests into a sexual relationship is sort of besides the point for me.
I HAVE written fics with sex in them, like my Merlin/Arthur fic, but the sex was almost a tack-on, as the fic was really about coming to terms with the place of their old and current lives and the context of the modern world.
So, all in all, even my shipping is a very gen form of shipping. When I do write fics about sex, they tend to be done as complete AUs on anon kinkmemes, so the characters could actually be anyone, I just borrow whatever name and likeness the prompter wants, because I don't really care and it doesn't really matter.
I could get behind Bucky/Natasha too, if it were done right, I just don't believe that the MCU have it in them to do it right. I've read some fics that have done it, even without making Natasha 80, and they've done it well, but yeah, fic writers are often more talented than screen writers... and after the disaster that was Natasha/Bruce in Ultron, I just want the writers to back away slowly from Natasha.
That being said, I'd love for Natasha to secretly be 80 years old, or 60, or whatever. It'd be really cool if she were a cold-war baby from like, the HEIGHT of it. That's what I'd want. And they COULD do it, because what the heck does Zola know, not everything.
And agreed completely that Steve/Sharon is gross. I'd be fine with them being friends, but I really don't want them to have a romantic relationship - if they're not going to commit to Steve/Bucky, then at least leave Steve a bachelor. But, whatever, I'm pretty pessimistic about the whole thing. I didn't want them to do civil war in the first place.
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It really is about the foundation and dynamics of the relationships for me, rather than whether or not there is boning involved. Even the ships I talk about above, that I say are supported by canon - what I'm really saying is that the LOVE is there, but whether or not that ever manifests into a sexual relationship is sort of besides the point for me.
I HAVE written fics with sex in them, like my Merlin/Arthur fic, but the sex was almost a tack-on, as the fic was really about coming to terms with the place of their old and current lives and the context of the modern world.
So, all in all, even my shipping is a very gen form of shipping. When I do write fics about sex, they tend to be done as complete AUs on anon kinkmemes, so the characters could actually be anyone, I just borrow whatever name and likeness the prompter wants, because I don't really care and it doesn't really matter.
I could get behind Bucky/Natasha too, if it were done right, I just don't believe that the MCU have it in them to do it right. I've read some fics that have done it, even without making Natasha 80, and they've done it well, but yeah, fic writers are often more talented than screen writers... and after the disaster that was Natasha/Bruce in Ultron, I just want the writers to back away slowly from Natasha.
That being said, I'd love for Natasha to secretly be 80 years old, or 60, or whatever. It'd be really cool if she were a cold-war baby from like, the HEIGHT of it. That's what I'd want. And they COULD do it, because what the heck does Zola know, not everything.
And agreed completely that Steve/Sharon is gross. I'd be fine with them being friends, but I really don't want them to have a romantic relationship - if they're not going to commit to Steve/Bucky, then at least leave Steve a bachelor. But, whatever, I'm pretty pessimistic about the whole thing. I didn't want them to do civil war in the first place.