Favorite dynamic in a couple/ship?
| What are your favorite dynamic in a couple/ship? I put lgbt in "Forbidden love and taboo." considering it's still seen as such in general. The things I listed are basically my favorite dynamic except the forbidden love one because I only like lgbt in there and I personally don't think it as something forbidden. I love any combination of these. - Childhood friends. They know each other all their life. Example: Aomine x Momoi, Ed x Winry, Renji x Rukia - Love/hate relationship. Back and forth banter, high tension. Example: Oga x Hilda, Rock x Revy, Taiga x Ryuuji - Deep/complicated relationship. Long and complex history, often complex feelings for each other. Example: Jellal x Erza, Renji x Rukia, Inuyasha x Kikyo, Zeref x Mavis - Passionate rivalry. Push each other to be stronger in many things. Example: Melida x Kufa - Absolute loyalty born from a special bond and earned trust. Example: Ackerbond, Alucard x Integra - Unconditional love. Dedicating one's life for the sake of their loved one's happiness even if it's unrequited. Example: Subaru x Rem, Hak x Yona - Master/servant relationship, commander/subordinate. Example: Alucard x Integra, Roy Mustang x Hawkeye, Smoker x Tashigi - Reason to live. They don't have anyone else to live for. Example: Hei x Yin Also some other things I love: ♥ Enemy to friends to lovers ♥ Friends to lovers ♥ Mutual pining ♥ Slow build/slow burn ♥ Childhood friend/best friend to lovers ♥ Childhood memories ♥ Shared trauma Really though SLOW BURN is the best for me. The slower, the better, lol. |
CrimsonMidnightMar 26, 2020 10:26 AM
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| Absolute loyalty is pretty cool. Both parties trust and care for each other more than anything else. |
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| Absolute loyalty always tugs at my heartstrings, but... weirdly I can't list any specific ones. At least for now. Other than that, I like Teacher and Student relationships ever sine a real good H-manga did a great take on it. The main example for this one is The Teacher Can Not Tell Me Love, where the couple has a special relationship but not a "lover relationship" already; the student is basically a year away from graduating, but the teacher wants to wait for him to hit 20... but you can tell that won't last for long. At the very least, the two won't last beyond graduation. |
| "You know you've reached peak quality when a doujin is better than the actual source series." (Eg. To LOVE-Ru) Just to list a couple of biases. Likes: A good story, characters, writing, romance, a good plot twist or something that breaks expectations (In a good way), 'backstory' and justice. Dislikes: Bad romance, too much fanservice, the harem genre, yuri, yaoi, and bad writing. |
| I like relationships where they start off knowing not much about each other but overtime learn to depend on each other. Childhood friends are always great but harder to work with in the long run |
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| the 3rd bullet point, complicated relationships and complex stuff is what I like, it gives us nice introspection about the characters, the other stuff that op put in there were interesting too |
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| Forbidden love,i feel like it´s pretty powerful seeing a romance endure despite it being marginalized by society.Mainly with lgbt,and interspecies romances. It also like the enemy to friends to lovers one,mainly because i´m a sucker for villain redemption tropes,and the ones that have to do with love conquers all are no exception.It´s just great seeing a villain find a new purpose through someone else,wether it would be romantic or platonic. |
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| From this list.. Somewhere between deep/complicated relationship and special bond and earned trust.. But more leaning towards first, as bond is more special, I feel, if it involves getting through some doubts, insecurities, circumstances or other things as well.. Not only dere-dere stuff.. But that's for me personally.. I think it's more interesting and includes more of what you'd see in real life as well.. Also, I personally more enjoy or not relationships with taboo - by looking at other factors.. If I like them as a pair more, not all sisters x brothers are better or worse.. |
| Some of these are not mutually exclusive though. I want both LGBT and love/hate. Or LGBT, absolute loyalty and master/servant. Or LGBT, osananajimi and reason to live. In all combinations LGBT is a must. |
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Auron_ said: Some of these are not mutually exclusive though. I want both LGBT and love/hate. Or LGBT, absolute loyalty and master/servant. Or LGBT, osananajimi and reason to live. In all combinations LGBT is a must. Yeah, I like combination of one or more options too tbh :3 |
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| The ones that are able to have engaging and enjoyable conversations together, including taking jabs through banter (not physical abuse) at each other for fun without being dramatic or offended to the point they hold some kind of grudge. i.e. Holo and Kraft, Koyomi and Hitagi, Mai and Sakuta It's the fastest way for me to like couples that don't involve me liking the individual characters first (although if there is melodrama, that's the fastest way to kill the dynamic). Examples in which I like both characters before liking the dynamics between the two....i.e. Mustang and Riza, Okabe and Kurisu, Revy and Mr.Chang (ship) |
MechKingKillbotMar 26, 2020 8:15 AM
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| I choose other. I like characters who have never met each other in their entire life, but begin to develop feelings for each other as a story progresses. Like Kimi ni Todoke, Golden Time, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou. Just the normal stuff I guess. I just checked and Absolute Loyalty was a thing to vote for, but not all relationships have earned trust to make a stable relationship. I think. |
Aybid said: whatever the fuck Natsu x Lucy is... It's not in the poll :3 Natsu x Lucy is probably friends to lovers trope :3 Also slow burn because it's been like more than 200 eps and they still not kiss XD |
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| Of I guess the ones listed I like childhood friends the most. I just enjoy relationships that have that long term connection. It means more I guess. For something not on the list I guess role reversal is something I enjoy as well. |
| I think I prefer the "forbidden love" minus the icky LGBT stuff... Some sort of obstacle between them ending up together makes for all sorts of possible story developments and it's gratifying to see them struggle with the consequences and hopefully overcome them because their bond is just that strong. Or they don't overcome anything and it ends in tragedy. Either way it's more interesting than childhood friends. |
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| Absolute Loyalty is the most important for me and of course the trust you get from each other is real happiness. |
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| I put other because I think about any of the options can be compelling and interesting when done well. Need another option tho, like 'murderer/corpse' or whatever the hell was going on in School Days at the end. Crazy chicks are hot as hell! |
You can make me grow old, but you can never make me grow up! |
| stay at home dads are my kink role reversal is gold |
| misato > asuka > rei |
| There are actually many other dynamics but I only put my favorites in the poll lol. Sorry XP |
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ysphyr said: TolkienFan365 said: For something not on the list I guess role reversal is something I enjoy as well. How could I ever forget about this! My RR-loving friend, I send you my respects! Role reversal is blessed in every way. Unfortunately, I don't really see it that much in anime - Osake wa Fuufu ni Natte kara is the only one that comes to mind, but it's not really that deep into RR. Oh, and not to forget Madoka's parents, they are a sweet couple. Yeah it's not that common most of the stuff I have seen in anime/manga is mostly limited to hentai and just random art. I would like to see more actual romance titles around it though. I have seen the first one which was pretty decent (for some reason I forgot I had watched that anime just added it to my MAL) and I will get around to Madoka at some point once I get more experience in the magical girl genre. |
Tangerine said: y no very normal people with normal lives and normal funny love because thats boring if there's no twist |
| misato > asuka > rei |
uninventive said: Tangerine said: y no very normal people with normal lives and normal funny love because thats boring if there's no twist the twist here is we dont see anything like this anymore |
| For passionate rivalry, you could say Melida x Kufa (Assassin's Pride) or maybe even Oono x Yaguchi (High Score Girl) but for me, I'm either between wholesome/mature ones (which isn't even on the list btw lol) or back and forth teasing ones (which I guess is part of love/hate?). For the former, you don't really see it too much in anime more so compared to manga like Risouteki Boyfriend, ReRe Hello, Domestic Girlfriend, Horimiya, Fetiple, Furare Girl, Mairimashita Senpai etc. Basically ones where it's not like one side is dragging their feet through the relationship, and their drama gets resolved in a way that creates very little misunderstandings (most of which get resolved right away) so that there's little unnecessary drama For the latter, I don't mean like one sided beatdowns ala Karakai Jouzu Takagi-san, but more back and forth ala Kaguya-sama, Bunny Girl Senpai etc. |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
Tangerine said: y no very normal people with normal lives and normal funny love Yea I only listed my favorites lol. Sorry about that :3 |
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eh, i guess that's fair but it is boring most of the time |
| misato > asuka > rei |
i guess, but life doesn't need to be all dramatic i like the mundane, rather simplistic real-life portrayals in movies and shows at least they show what actual struggles are for actual people |
Short_Circut said: For passionate rivalry, you could say Melida x Kufa (Assassin's Pride) or maybe even Oono x Yaguchi (High Score Girl) but for me, I'm either between wholesome/mature ones (which isn't even on the list btw lol) or back and forth teasing ones (which I guess is part of love/hate?). For the former, you don't really see it too much in anime more so compared to manga like Risouteki Boyfriend, ReRe Hello, Domestic Girlfriend, Horimiya, Fetiple, Furare Girl, Mairimashita Senpai etc. Basically ones where it's not like one side is dragging their feet through the relationship, and their drama gets resolved in a way that creates very little misunderstandings (most of which get resolved right away) so that there's little unnecessary drama For the latter, I don't mean like one sided beatdowns ala Karakai Jouzu Takagi-san, but more back and forth ala Kaguya-sama, Bunny Girl Senpai etc. I guess I'll trust you and put those two in the example above for rivalry :3 Yeah, the list isn't based on what's popular, it's just my favorite dynamics lol. And yeah, love/hate relationship is exactly like that. The love/hate can be in any level of seriousness for me. |
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Tangerine said: i guess, but life doesn't need to be all dramatic i like the mundane, rather simplistic real-life portrayals in movies and shows at least they show what actual struggles are for actual people Anime is the wrong medium if you're looking for normal stories about normal people |
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| Anything that I can project my loneliness and lack of human connection onto |
| A lot of the relationships portrayed in anime are heavily romanticized. Anime series do not aim to be realistic but rather aim for escapism where the viewers can see themselves in. This is especially true for slice of life and romance series where the user is expected to be able to project him/herself into one of the characters. |
| Mine favourite dynamic being the enjoyable and witty banter between the couples where they take jabs at each other.I really love Araragi x Senjougahara and Sakuta x Mai. I also love the forbidden love especially between teacher x student.Especially when it explores the relationship.I really loved Garden of Words.It loved the dynamic between Takao and Yukari(thou they are not a couple).Takao simply feel in love because Yukari was there to support and encourage him.But Yukari refuses the relationship because he's her student. |
| Didn't vote because I really can't decide, leaving aside the love/hate relationship and incest/teacher-student/interspecies I like all of them. Absolute loyalty, special bond and unconditional love are my favorite among them. Li Ren x Kajika (Hanasakeru Seishounen) was about the only time I've seen childhood friends win (maybe there are more but I can't remember right now). Megumi x Soga (Tenshi na Konamaiki) would be good example of rivals I like. Was really enjoyable to watch these two complete to be the man among men, specially Megu-chan. And I must be completely out of my mind since all other options only kept reminding me of two characters whom I don't even ship romantically. |
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| Childhood Friends & Unconditional Love are good ones (Rem ftw), but my favorite type of relationship is when a parent is grooming their adopted child to become their wive (Usagi Drop). That's just heartwarming :>. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
Pullman said: but my favorite type of relationship is when a parent is grooming their adopted child to become their wive (Usagi Drop). That's just heartwarming :>. Not canon in anime.. Only happens in manga, and that's probably one of reasons, why it didn't get later adaptation.. Just saying, in case someone will want to watch Usagi Drop for that.. It doesn't happen in anime.. |
Gendolfas said: Pullman said: but my favorite type of relationship is when a parent is grooming their adopted child to become their wive (Usagi Drop). That's just heartwarming :>. Not canon in anime.. Only happens in manga, and that's probably one of reasons, why it didn't get later adaptation.. Just saying, in case someone will want to watch Usagi Drop for that.. It doesn't happen in anime.. I don't think that's how being canon works. An incomplete adaptation doesn't de-canonize something. It's not like they cut it out, they just didn't get that far. Also I doubt that was the reason for not adapting it further, most anime never get a second season despite not having a grooming conclusion and Japan must have liked the manga otherwise it would have gotten cancelled earlier. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
Pullman said: I don't think that's how being canon works. An incomplete adaptation doesn't de-canonize something. It's not like they cut it out, they just didn't get that far. Also I doubt that was the reason for not adapting it further, most anime never get a second season despite not having a grooming conclusion and Japan must have liked the manga otherwise it would have gotten cancelled earlier. Well, either way it doesn't happen in anime.. So just saying for people, who'd want to watch it, out of curiosity, or anything.. |
| Fate brings them together. They stay throughout the night.. as they chance upon the star Chanting unlimited love works |
| Even though I like complicated relationships where one or both party are indecisive about there feelings for one another because of its potential for drama, I just connect more with deep trust born from experience and bond that sometimes borders on a platonic level like with ryo x kaori or seiya x saori. |
_Ridley_ said: Lumping LGBT in with incest and exploitation is offensive as all get out. Right? What a nasty thing to do..  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA |
Pullman said: my favorite type of relationship is when a parent is grooming their adopted child to become their wive (Usagi Drop). That's just heartwarming :>. Is this character dynamic really so common that it warrants complaint? |
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| Don't have a favourite one, but I'll go with loyalty. I'm not a fan of forbidden love and I find pairings based on rivalry (BNHA killed it for me), Love/Hate (it would be better if was either love or hate, and not a mix of the two), and childhood friendship (someone like that may as well be your sibling) unappealing. |
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| Forbidden love, mostly because the story in those is on point, and the story is the most important part in every piece of fiction, at least in my book. |
this_shit_again said: _Ridley_ said: Lumping LGBT in with incest and exploitation is offensive as all get out. Right? What a nasty thing to do.. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I mean, I don't think it's forbidden at all lmao I ship gay ships all the time duh. I didn't want to lump it with the others too. But just trying to be normies for once and see how most of our society think of lgbt. Authors still addressed that issue and make the couple deal with their taboo relationship in society as one of the obstacle they had to face throughout their relationship. Considering that kind of obstacle only happen in forbidden love kind of relationship, so I lumped it in that category... |
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NamikazeHime said: Forbidden love, mostly because the story in those is on point, and the story is the most important part in every piece of fiction, at least in my book. Yeah but it depends really. I mean, I love it when the author addressed the forbidden love element in gay romance, as it makes it more realistic, especially if the setting took place in Japan. Incest is kinda a hit and miss for me. The only real blood related incest I like is Lannicest from Game of Thrones. I don't think I ever liked any other real incest other than that. I take Shibacest (Tatsuya x Miyuki) as pseudo incest because they are not related. OH, I love interspecies a lot and the hurdle they have to face, like Lawrence x Holo. I read a fanfic about them where Lawrence grew old while Holo stayed the same, they are together until Lawrence become old and dementia and eventually died. I cried. It's great. EDIT: Forgot to mention teacher x student. I'm not a fan of it, period. EDIT2: Oh no I forgot I kinda like Aizawa-sensei x Bakugou, but it's more crack than anything serious, so... |
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