That...might not have been accidental on Finn's actor's part lol
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Unintentional Sexual Tension in Fiction
- Thread starter Goodstyle
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I guess i should watch it again
Goro Majima
Kitty Genovese Member
Penguin and Riddler in Gotham at times felt a little tense. I haven't finished Season 3 though so just basing that off what I've seen.
LordKasual
Banned
Guts and Griffith
intentional
there probably was no such thing as a sexual love for Griffith, Guts was like the only thing that interested him at all
It's not. The issue is that she wrote the ending at the start and never deviated, but Ron/Herimone's personalities ended up being so wildly mismatched that if they were a real couple they've probably be unhappily divorced w/ kids. Harry/Hermione's personalities were a much better fit.
Admiral Woofington
Member
only answer that matters lmao
Poor GRIMES
Banned
What part of my post are you referring to?
I did mention the 3rd book. Harry gets upset with Hermione for turning in his Firebolt, and doesn't seem to be affected by her not being in his life as much anymore. Even when he gets it back and mentally forgives her, he still doesn't care enough to make much of an effort with her, and continues to pretty much ignore her just because Ron is pissed at her. At this point in the book, Hermione is barely mentioned unless Ron is involved. Harry, alone, rarely even thinks about her. Even when they both forgive her and begin talking to her again, it's Ron she seems to care more about.
Compare that to how utterly shit Harry's life seems to become in the 4th and 7th books when he and Ron are fighting, and how euphoric he gets both times when they fix things up. I'd say there's more sexual tension between book Harry/Ron than book Harry/Hermione.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
You should watch Season 3.
BKatastrophe
Member
Frozenprince
Banned
There's a reason Midnighter and Apollo are lovers.
Guts and Griffith
The character dynamic that Guts and Griffith are likely mainly based on isn't unintentional about it.
Another big influence, which was Guin Saga, was written by an author known for being one of the pioneers of yaoi.
Alcotholic
Banned
I like their oiled and sun-kissed knees.
Heh, that was so intentional it almost hurt.
Looks especially odd when considering the end of Season 2.
CaviarMeths
Member
There's sexual tension between Araragi and every female character on the show, even (especially?) his sisters and it's all very intentional.
I mean
The funny part is that the character he seems to have the least amount of chemistry with is his actual girlfriend.
Finaika
Member
There's sexual tension between Araragi and every female character on the show, even (especially?) his sisters and it's all very intentional.
I mean
The funny part is that the character he seems to have the least amount of chemistry with is his actual girlfriend.
What is this?
CaviarMeths
Member
Just a caring brother brushing his sister's teeth.
Monogatari series. I think the gif is from Nisemonogatari.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
A lot of these examples seem so blatantly intentional to me.
Like, that clip of Killua kissing Gon, making his eyes go all heart-shaped... Do you seriously think the animators were all "whoops, we totally didn't mean to make viewers pair up these two characters romantically" ?
Like, that clip of Killua kissing Gon, making his eyes go all heart-shaped... Do you seriously think the animators were all "whoops, we totally didn't mean to make viewers pair up these two characters romantically" ?
For what it's worth, that's an anime-only clip.
This is pure and utter trash. Who the fuck watches something like that and thinks that it's okay to continue watching such horrible bullshit? I mean it's so blatant I can't evenThere's sexual tension between Araragi and every female character on the show, even (especially?) his sisters and it's all very intentional.
I mean
The funny part is that the character he seems to have the least amount of chemistry with is his actual girlfriend.
CaviarMeths
Member
???
How the hell do you watch Whiplash and come to this conclusion? Are you just really into abusive relationships?
Ok that made me chuckle.
8BitsAtATime
Member
Didnt JK say Ron and Hermione was a huge mistake and she regrets it?
Little Nemo
Member
Just played this for the first time... geez...
Monocle
Member
ShareTheLoad.gif
I'm all for gay shipping but their relationship always struck me as platonic.
Watch the Thundercats reboot. Still don't like how that went down.
Rumblebones
Banned
What part of my post are you referring to?
I did mention the 3rd book. Harry gets upset with Hermione for turning in his Firebolt, and doesn't seem to be affected by her not being in his life as much anymore. Even when he gets it back and mentally forgives her, he still doesn't care enough to make much of an effort with her, and continues to pretty much ignore her just because Ron is pissed at her. At this point in the book, Hermione is barely mentioned unless Ron is involved. Harry, alone, rarely even thinks about her. Even when they both forgive her and begin talking to her again, it's Ron she seems to care more about.
Compare that to how utterly shit Harry's life seems to become in the 4th and 7th books when he and Ron are fighting, and how euphoric he gets both times when they fix things up. I'd say there's more sexual tension between book Harry/Ron than book Harry/Hermione.
You seem to have a very different reading of the books than I do, and the fandom for that matter considering you referred to Hermione and Ron as a super popular pairing when they really weren't and the biggest by far had always been Harry and Hermione.
You're also drawing a real comparison of when Harry fell out with Hermione and Ron respectively. Circumstances were much different for Harry in both those instances, and far graver in book 4 when he needed his friends to be there to support him through the Triwizard Tournament and all Ron could do was project his unhappiness on Harry.
So yeah, Harry was more stressed out with Ron being gone in book 4, but when Hermione stayed, and when Ron left again in Deathly Hallows, Hermione was his rock once again. Honestly, when it comes to friendships, Hermione was always the better, more loyal friend, whereas Ron was really just a sounding board most of the time that Harry relied on to make himself feel better.
The comparability between Harry and Hermione was so obvious behind their shared experiences in the Muggle world was obvious from the start.
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
That's why Rowling said in hindsight the pairing wouldn't work with a lot of counseling. In the books, they constantly needed Harry as a buffer not to rip into each other.
Sparkedglory
Member
This is the answer I was looking for
RedHoodedOwl
Member
Kwame and Gi from Captain Planet
T.v
Member
Who?
Regginator
Member
I'd totally be not surprised if Kit and Sophie are banging behind the scenes of Game of Thrones. Especially last episode you could rather... feel the tension.
Kit and ygritt actress ended?
Regginator
Member
Yeah, a few years ago if I'm not mistaking.
But...they weren't. Like this is made clear in the books, which I just pointed out. What exactly "fits" better, as though relationships are to be some kind of mathematical thing?
Where are people even getting this from? There's only two times in the books where it's just Harry and Hermione for an extended period, in Goblet of Fire where as I said, he finds her boring to be around without Ron, and in Deathly Hallows where she's miserable without Ron there.
Meanwhile in Prisoner of Azkaban when Hermione has a falling out with both of them and it's just him and Ron, he doesn't really miss her at all. As someone else pointed out, it takes Hagrid saying he's disappointed in Harry for caring so little that she's not around anymore for him to try to patch things up between her and Ron.
Ron and Hermione may clash a lot, but Harry and Hermione is just...nothing. You can't have a relationship based on nothing. You can have a turbulent one based on a strong attraction and attachment but clashing priorities/personalities, which is what the Ron/Hermione one is meant to be. It's not a perfect relationship but few are, and it's entirely ok to write a non-perfect relationship.
Harry may as well have a relationship with his broomstick for all the romantic connection he has. At least he actually misses that when it gets destroyed in the third book.
MontyBrown
Banned
Now think how many GAF members with anime avatars are probably paedophiles, or at least attracted to kids.
Scary, innit.
A major reason for this was the storyline changed heavily during development, as originally
she was written to be his love interest and unrelated to him, they overhauled the story at some point and she was rewritten to be his daughter instead.
I can actually see this happening though.
Blitzrules240
Banned
Smurf and J in Animal Kingdom...
Which is very wrong but that hotel scene tho.
Which is very wrong but that hotel scene tho.
Which had absolutely fuck all to do with the content of the books, and everything to do with things like fanfiction or fan expectations of "the hero and his female companion have to be love interests" or it has to be a long term love story. I believe the Potter fandom is pretty notorious for using Hermione as a self-insert for their fanfiction. In general you should not look to "shippers" for any kind of accurate reading of character relationships. They see whatever they want to see.
I look purely at what is in the books, not which genre conventions I expect to be fulfilled, and there is zero romantic writing between the two characters at any point in all seven books. The "like brother and sister" idea is overstated in fiction, but in this case it's 100% accurate to how they're written.