Okay, cat!McGonagall/Dobby and Crabbe/Fawkes are both completely wrong enough to be competitive.
But of course, it’s more impressive if the completely wrong ship is less high-entropy—that is, if you don’t have to dip so low in the search ordering to find it.
Incidentally, I tried to look it up, and as far as I can tell, this particular ship has been done exactly once before. Surprising, considering how near the characters are in canon. I suppose it’s just that wrong.
What about a high-entropy but suitable ship, like Sorting Hat/Voyager Horcrux? The intelligence without sentience and non-intelligent vital spirit seem like a perfect match for each other.
But of course, it’s more impressive if the completely wrong ship is less high-entropy—that is, if you don’t have to dip so low in the search ordering to find it.
The problem is that the pairings feel too reasonable higher up in the search ordering. For example, I considered Moaning Myrtle / ?, Hagrid / ?, and Trelawney / ? but couldn’t find other high-search-order matches at fanfic-SL4. With students characters I found it especially difficult, as magical teenagers are just too plausibly randy + weird.
It should feel at least somehow wrong but it actually does not. Then again, I suspect that most “happenings” that include Hagrid could pretty soon end with a grave medical emergency of some sort, generating copious amounts of squick.
Okay, cat!McGonagall/Dobby and Crabbe/Fawkes are both completely wrong enough to be competitive.
But of course, it’s more impressive if the completely wrong ship is less high-entropy—that is, if you don’t have to dip so low in the search ordering to find it.
Incidentally, I tried to look it up, and as far as I can tell, this particular ship has been done exactly once before. Surprising, considering how near the characters are in canon. I suppose it’s just that wrong.
What about a high-entropy but suitable ship, like Sorting Hat/Voyager Horcrux? The intelligence without sentience and non-intelligent vital spirit seem like a perfect match for each other.
Perfect. (But I note that the sorting hat doesn’t have intelligence. It piggy-backs off the wearer’s.)
A relationship with a non-sentience doesn’t seem to me to be something I’d really call a “relationship” in that sense.
Someone really doesn’t like this entire branch of conversation. Even the parent was downvoted. (I went through and removed all the −1s myself.)
The problem is that the pairings feel too reasonable higher up in the search ordering. For example, I considered Moaning Myrtle / ?, Hagrid / ?, and Trelawney / ? but couldn’t find other high-search-order matches at fanfic-SL4. With students characters I found it especially difficult, as magical teenagers are just too plausibly randy + weird.
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Firenze/Hagrid?
It should feel at least somehow wrong but it actually does not. Then again, I suspect that most “happenings” that include Hagrid could pretty soon end with a grave medical emergency of some sort, generating copious amounts of squick.
Luna/Draco/Karkaroff?