Shipper meme - 2, 28, 31
2. Talk about three of the most important ships throughout your life.
Answered dy, but let me go a bit further.
Tiga and Dyna was...one of my first same-sex ships, because I don't remember if Saiyuki popped in before that. I had a story about Tiga falling in with the wrong crowd (cough, Kamiira and flunkeys, cough) and Dyna rebelling against their influence, which resulted in him getting shot out into space in a rocket. Good times. In Ninja Manual Tiga's a small kid and Dyna's Rurouni Kenshin a karate master with A Past, but as student and teacher they're no less adorable.
And then there was Mebius. And Hikari. And episode 10. Holy mcshitterson, it was--I don't know what it was, but I tip my hat to Tsuburaya for that arc of awesome, at least. Mebius believed so hard in what remained of Hikari's heart. Unconditional. Unwavering. He never gave up on Tsurugi even when Tsurugi gave up on himself. His devotion puts me to shame.
I fell so hard, I made myself wallpaper. And icons. I made myself a buttload of icons.
And then...there's Strosca. I don't think I'm ever going to be able to explain away that dream I had about the genlock and the crossbow on the banks of Lake Calenhad, but it gave me a story, and the story gave me a series, and the series occasionally makes my heart smile. Two very disparate strangers find belonging in each other--happiness, too, albeit for a short time. I think they were good for each other; that Natia drew courage from him and Sten, compassion from her. Or at least, he had that reminder that yes, sometimes life was just a little less not fair than usual. And a lot stranger than one initially reckons.
28. Does shipping come easily to you?
I think it depends. Sometimes it just happens, like pow! You're now stuck shipping a swimmer and an MMA fighter together because they're such cuties. And sometimes--well a lot of times if just one character in something rubs me the wrong way, I find it hard to ship them with anyone else (though I do enjoy other people's take on them occasionally).
31. Talk about one of your favorite headcanons for a ship you love.
Another one? OK. Natia's the only one who knows whether Sten is ticklish or not. >)