what was your first ship, and what fandom is it from?
let’s see…
my first real “ship” ship was ron x draco from harry potter. ahhhhh, memories.
when i (finally) started reading harry potter, a friend and fellow hp lover started telling me about this thing called “slash fanfiction” and i found the idea immediately intriguing, so i started seeking it out.
i looooove the ‘hate turns to love’ trope, so naturally landed in drarry land first. it…was not my thing.
i love draco. he’s an asshole. i love him because he’s an asshole–and in every drarry i’d read (granted i didn’t read many), the author had ‘tweaked’ draco’s character so much that it wasn’t draco anymore. he was just some blond boy who was slightly haughty, and there was always some excuse for why is was the way he was. plus, i just didn’t like harry and draco together. it didn’t feel right for me. also, it didn’t involve ron, who is my favorite hp character.
next, i tried some harry x ron, which was better, but what i’d read didn’t have that *gnarls fingers* NNNNNGH element that i really enjoy.
AND THEN I STUMBLED INTO RON X DRACO. i was hooked. HOOKED. it had everything i wanted: my two favorite characters, two people who don’t like each other, yet they manage to get under each other’s skin like no one else. THAT REALLY BUTTERS MY EGG ROLL.
i don’t actively ship them anymore, but ron x draco will always be precious to me.
*is nostalgic*
