景元/丹枫 never had a chance to be truly happy, so ending the story right before Battle of Shuhu is the way to go for a (relatively) happy ending. It's all about expectations. With 景元/丹恒, anything less than a full resolution is gonna feel tragic, while with 景元/丹枫 just having the two manage to confess to each other feels like the best possible result. The frame of reference is very different so the type of plot that brings emotional satisfaction will be different.
Since canon already sunk the 景元/丹枫 ship, there's a lot more creative freedom to make up stuff. With 景元/丹恒 it's a lot harder since the story isn't over and the official account keeps pretending this thing has a path towards the happy ending.
Like, I'm noticing a lot of 景元/丹恒 shippers are really afraid of emotional torture for some reason. Given romance's biggest draw is the dragging out of the emotional suffering of the pairing by injecting obstacles between the shipped pairing, this makes a lot of 景元/丹恒 fic emotionally immature. There's no emotional satisfaction if the couple doesn't earn their sexy times by having to struggle with uncertainty and misunderstandings. It doesn't have to be super dramatic, but things like jealousy, mutual pining, or even comical obstacles like the pet who won't let you have sex, are all ways to drag out the anticipation.
Obviously this is a matter of degree, as too much angst will drive the story into melodrama. But not having any obstacles (which tend to be the more common leaning in 景元/丹恒 fic) makes the fic bland and emotionally unsatisfying.
So I guess what I'm saying is I find 景元/丹枫 (on average) to wrangle a little harder with the feefees, something I'm looking for if I'm going to read shipfic.
Re: aventurine/ratio - fandom's over focus on Dr. Ratio's advanced degrees and flattening his personality to "stereotypical nerd" is kind of a put off. Ratio is a well-read Renaissance man, someone who has many interests and a philosopher who have many thoughts on how the world ought to be. We get none of this in fanfic. Ratio's most defining character trait is that he's an educator, yet I've not seen fic deal with what he sees as his duty to his students in terms of educating them into productive members of society. What is the most important value he wishes to impart to his students? That's the key defining trait of every good professor!
IRL examples of philosophical core that my professors imparted to me: astronomy 1 - no matter what you do in life, do something you're passionate about; Western Civ - be always critical of what historians write down; chemistry 1 - never be afraid to challenge authority; bio (all of them) - there is no dogma in science; statistics 101 - irresponsible post-hoc analysis can lead to misrepresentation of reality; etc. The job of Professors is to inspire young minds to want to inquire about the world around them. Yet fandom doesn't touch this aspect at all.
Note I'm not saying Dr. Ratio needs to teach a class in fic, just that the way he interacts with people ought to reflect his desire to teach and impart knowledge. Yet most fic would rather depict him as someone who shows off his smarts or is just bad at reading the room and responding to social cues. Having Dr. Ratio caustically taking down people a peg is like the worst possible depiction. He doesn't get his jollies out of making other people feel stupid, we even see this highlighted in his PV where he gives out praises when he thinks someone did a good job. He understands the importance of building up his student's confidence. Again, not saying he won't cut people down if they're asking for it, but that shouldn't be the focus.
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Date: 2024-09-19 01:30 (UTC)景元/丹枫 never had a chance to be truly happy, so ending the story right before Battle of Shuhu is the way to go for a (relatively) happy ending. It's all about expectations. With 景元/丹恒, anything less than a full resolution is gonna feel tragic, while with 景元/丹枫 just having the two manage to confess to each other feels like the best possible result. The frame of reference is very different so the type of plot that brings emotional satisfaction will be different.
Since canon already sunk the 景元/丹枫 ship, there's a lot more creative freedom to make up stuff. With 景元/丹恒 it's a lot harder since the story isn't over and the official account keeps pretending this thing has a path towards the happy ending.
Like, I'm noticing a lot of 景元/丹恒 shippers are really afraid of emotional torture for some reason. Given romance's biggest draw is the dragging out of the emotional suffering of the pairing by injecting obstacles between the shipped pairing, this makes a lot of 景元/丹恒 fic emotionally immature. There's no emotional satisfaction if the couple doesn't earn their sexy times by having to struggle with uncertainty and misunderstandings. It doesn't have to be super dramatic, but things like jealousy, mutual pining, or even comical obstacles like the pet who won't let you have sex, are all ways to drag out the anticipation.
Obviously this is a matter of degree, as too much angst will drive the story into melodrama. But not having any obstacles (which tend to be the more common leaning in 景元/丹恒 fic) makes the fic bland and emotionally unsatisfying.
So I guess what I'm saying is I find 景元/丹枫 (on average) to wrangle a little harder with the feefees, something I'm looking for if I'm going to read shipfic.
Re: aventurine/ratio - fandom's over focus on Dr. Ratio's advanced degrees and flattening his personality to "stereotypical nerd" is kind of a put off. Ratio is a well-read Renaissance man, someone who has many interests and a philosopher who have many thoughts on how the world ought to be. We get none of this in fanfic. Ratio's most defining character trait is that he's an educator, yet I've not seen fic deal with what he sees as his duty to his students in terms of educating them into productive members of society. What is the most important value he wishes to impart to his students? That's the key defining trait of every good professor!
IRL examples of philosophical core that my professors imparted to me: astronomy 1 - no matter what you do in life, do something you're passionate about; Western Civ - be always critical of what historians write down; chemistry 1 - never be afraid to challenge authority; bio (all of them) - there is no dogma in science; statistics 101 - irresponsible post-hoc analysis can lead to misrepresentation of reality; etc. The job of Professors is to inspire young minds to want to inquire about the world around them. Yet fandom doesn't touch this aspect at all.
Note I'm not saying Dr. Ratio needs to teach a class in fic, just that the way he interacts with people ought to reflect his desire to teach and impart knowledge. Yet most fic would rather depict him as someone who shows off his smarts or is just bad at reading the room and responding to social cues. Having Dr. Ratio caustically taking down people a peg is like the worst possible depiction. He doesn't get his jollies out of making other people feel stupid, we even see this highlighted in his PV where he gives out praises when he thinks someone did a good job. He understands the importance of building up his student's confidence. Again, not saying he won't cut people down if they're asking for it, but that shouldn't be the focus.