Oh, good call. I'd forgotten about the phone call, but having her out running erronds for Artie would make sense. I'm so excited to have her back. I just want her and Myka to be cute together again.
I can tell the only common theme is that a lot of them contain an element of, um, borderline stalking
Yes, this. Also the ones I would be okay with if not a fan of myself, the fans tend to have the habit of warping the source around them. Like with Dresden/Marcone a huge portion of the fanbase threw a fit when Changes came out and Marcone wasn't in it. There was mass outcry that this was the first time Marcone hadn't been in a book. I'd just finished my re-read and could say with complete certainty that wasn't the case. He hasn't been in several books and only briefly shown in others. (Why is the Dresden Files fandom so obsessed with this pairing? Why?)
And all the really big ships do this sort of thing. I think it has something to do with echo chambers and not reviewing the source material with a critical eye, but it's annoying and puts me off pairings I would've been so-so about.
Sinbad is just a fun show to watch. The characters are their own people and not just there to be Sinbad's supporting cast. Sinbad makes terrible decisions and has to deal with the consequences of those. He does have some of the main character warping effect, but I think the writers are at least aware of the dangers of letting your main character get away with things.
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Date: 2012-08-30 11:25 pm (UTC)I can tell the only common theme is that a lot of them contain an element of, um, borderline stalking
Yes, this. Also the ones I would be okay with if not a fan of myself, the fans tend to have the habit of warping the source around them. Like with Dresden/Marcone a huge portion of the fanbase threw a fit when Changes came out and Marcone wasn't in it. There was mass outcry that this was the first time Marcone hadn't been in a book. I'd just finished my re-read and could say with complete certainty that wasn't the case. He hasn't been in several books and only briefly shown in others. (Why is the Dresden Files fandom so obsessed with this pairing? Why?)
And all the really big ships do this sort of thing. I think it has something to do with echo chambers and not reviewing the source material with a critical eye, but it's annoying and puts me off pairings I would've been so-so about.
Sinbad is just a fun show to watch. The characters are their own people and not just there to be Sinbad's supporting cast. Sinbad makes terrible decisions and has to deal with the consequences of those. He does have some of the main character warping effect, but I think the writers are at least aware of the dangers of letting your main character get away with things.