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elwinfortuna) wrote2023-01-22 10:47 am
elwinfortuna) wrote2023-01-22 10:47 am
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Snowflake Challenge #11
Challenge #11: In your own space, talk about your favorite trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme.
This is difficult because I like so many! I'm really easy to please when it comes to tropes, kinks, etc.
One of my favourites is loyalty kink, which I define as "enjoying and/or kinking on aspects of mutual loyalty, faithfulness, and devotion between two characters (who often but not necessarily have a power or status imbalance) which usually includes some degree of sexual tension, which may or may not build to a romantic relationship over time."
My ultimate par excellence example of loyalty kink is the relationship between Hua Cheng and Xie Lian in Heaven Official's Blessing. They are perfect; they tick every box for me and then some.
Some other great examples are Beleg/Turin and Fingon/Maedhros in the Silmarillion, Frodo/Sam, Aragorn/Frodo, and Aragorn/Faramir in Lord of the Rings, Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu in Word of Honor (about the time when Tian Ye Ke fans are complaining that the plot has gone off the rails, I'm rubbing my hands together with delight and asking for more delicious food), Marcus/Esca in Eagle of the Ninth, Jack/Ianto in Torchwood, Marco Loristan/The Rat in The Lost Prince, and Steve/Bucky in the MCU.
A very important part of the enjoyment is that the loyalty is mutual; the characters involved are devoted to each other, consider each other special, protect each other, sacrifice for each other. If one of them is pining and the other one is not really invested in the relationship, that's a different thing to me. I also enjoy it but it's not my absolute fave.
Looking back over this list, I've realised that all my examples are m/m couples, and I know I love this no matter the configuration. I'd include Dongfang Qingcang/Xiao Lan Hua(/Changheng) from Love Between Fairy and Devil as an m/f (and rare threesome) example, Aerin/Morwen from the Silmarillion (I <3 them so much!), Corky/Violet from Bound (SUCH a good movie!), and Yasmin Khan/The 13th Doctor from Doctor Who as good f/f examples of this trope.
I'm always looking out for more canons that feature loyalty kink, especially between women, so please, if you have any recs, let me know!
This is difficult because I like so many! I'm really easy to please when it comes to tropes, kinks, etc.
One of my favourites is loyalty kink, which I define as "enjoying and/or kinking on aspects of mutual loyalty, faithfulness, and devotion between two characters (who often but not necessarily have a power or status imbalance) which usually includes some degree of sexual tension, which may or may not build to a romantic relationship over time."
My ultimate par excellence example of loyalty kink is the relationship between Hua Cheng and Xie Lian in Heaven Official's Blessing. They are perfect; they tick every box for me and then some.
Some other great examples are Beleg/Turin and Fingon/Maedhros in the Silmarillion, Frodo/Sam, Aragorn/Frodo, and Aragorn/Faramir in Lord of the Rings, Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu in Word of Honor (about the time when Tian Ye Ke fans are complaining that the plot has gone off the rails, I'm rubbing my hands together with delight and asking for more delicious food), Marcus/Esca in Eagle of the Ninth, Jack/Ianto in Torchwood, Marco Loristan/The Rat in The Lost Prince, and Steve/Bucky in the MCU.
A very important part of the enjoyment is that the loyalty is mutual; the characters involved are devoted to each other, consider each other special, protect each other, sacrifice for each other. If one of them is pining and the other one is not really invested in the relationship, that's a different thing to me. I also enjoy it but it's not my absolute fave.
Looking back over this list, I've realised that all my examples are m/m couples, and I know I love this no matter the configuration. I'd include Dongfang Qingcang/Xiao Lan Hua(/Changheng) from Love Between Fairy and Devil as an m/f (and rare threesome) example, Aerin/Morwen from the Silmarillion (I <3 them so much!), Corky/Violet from Bound (SUCH a good movie!), and Yasmin Khan/The 13th Doctor from Doctor Who as good f/f examples of this trope.
I'm always looking out for more canons that feature loyalty kink, especially between women, so please, if you have any recs, let me know!
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