starvinbohemian

You ever have a ship that you just know you should like? But you don't?

I know that I should be able to ship Sylar/Mohinder. All the work is practically done for me. It's almost canon, they're both gorgeous, and they even have that rivals!dynamic that is usually one of my kinks. They're more or less the Harry/Draco of Heroes, if the sheer amount of fic out there is anything to go by. I tried telling myself that there was just too much fic to wade through to find the good ones, but even when I do find one that's written fabulously and does everything right, I just can't connect. My "do not ship" warning light starts going off.

My only explanation is that I ship them individually with Peter. Peter is my ship whore in Heroes. I always have that one character that I love beyond all others, and I ship them madly with just about everyone. But, bizarrely, I enforce a ship monogamy onto my ship whore's partners. For instance, I love Nathan/Peter, but I can't read fics that pair Nathan with anyone else, whereas I love Peter with Mohinder, Sylar, Adam, Elle, Simone, etc. Hopefully, I'm not the only weirdo to ship this way. Though it's a shame because Mylar is a really good ship, and I love their scenes together. I just can't read the fic.

Another pairing that I probably should like but vehemently don't is Paire. I hate Paire, and I don't know why. Clearly, I'm not opposed to Petrellicest, I don't deny the amazing chemistry Milo and Hayden have on screen, and I won't even deny that it's almost canon-- though I'd like to. I'm possibly squicked by their real life relationship, but that seems like an odd reason to reject the characters in a pairing. I really don't get it. *Scratches head*