There's a set (sect?) of One Direction fans who do it, lots of people who write fan fic do it and now JK Rowling is doing it.'Shipping. JK Rowling once again prodded the dead horse that is the Harry Potter franchise by saying Harry and Hermione should have ended up together, not Ron and Hermione. While many might suggest the only ill-paired couple here were JK and her editor we were prompted - what with it being Valentine's Day (there, we said it) to think up some other pairs we'd like to 'ship.
1. I've always quite fancied the idea of a Tybalt-Mercutio lovefest. Romeo and Juliet were boring, melodramatic, and self-obsessed (typical teenagers!), but Mercutio and Tybalt had edge and were sexy as. Shame that Billy S couldn't figure out which character pairing he should have focused on, AMIRITE? F1Kate
2. I think Wuthering Heights would have been a better good if after all the estrangement and longing and bad marriage choices, Cathy and Heathcliff ended up together. Why oh why does Cathy have to get so stressed out and die? A baby by another man or not, Heathcliff and Cathy would have been happy on the rolling moors and close enough to her old home for the jilted hubby to visit. Squeamish Nicola
3. Scott Pilgrim and Knives Chau should have got together in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World! They have real chemistry and work together so well - they are a proper couple who fight and argue but ultimately support each other. But no, the idiotic test audiences didn't like that he didn't get the manic pixie girl he'd been chasing all movie (despite the fact that she was supposed to be unattainable!) and we got the stupid ending where he ends up with Ramona Flowers. There's no spark between them so it just feels hollow. In fact it undercuts the entire narrative of the movie. Scott spends the whole movie learning to accept the real world over his fantasy life, but then that’s all forgotten about so he can get with his (literal) dream girl, a girl so sketchily drawn she can only be a fantasy. By choosing Knives, a woman who loves him flaws and all, he was finally growing up. Check out the DVD (or Youtube) - the original ending is so much sweeter, warmer and fitting. Gareth
4. It finished years ago, but I'm still shipping Spike and Angel from Buffy. Moody, brooding, miserable Angel, obviously. All the angst! The leather coats! The whole idea was my introduction to the notion of slash, and teenage me is very grateful for that, still. Squeamish Louise
5. I always thought Chewy and Han Solo looked like they had a lot of fun. Hans gave up his position as Imperial Captain for Chewbacca, if that isn't love I don't know even want to know what is. Squeamish Kate
2. I think Wuthering Heights would have been a better good if after all the estrangement and longing and bad marriage choices, Cathy and Heathcliff ended up together. Why oh why does Cathy have to get so stressed out and die? A baby by another man or not, Heathcliff and Cathy would have been happy on the rolling moors and close enough to her old home for the jilted hubby to visit. Squeamish Nicola
3. Scott Pilgrim and Knives Chau should have got together in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World! They have real chemistry and work together so well - they are a proper couple who fight and argue but ultimately support each other. But no, the idiotic test audiences didn't like that he didn't get the manic pixie girl he'd been chasing all movie (despite the fact that she was supposed to be unattainable!) and we got the stupid ending where he ends up with Ramona Flowers. There's no spark between them so it just feels hollow. In fact it undercuts the entire narrative of the movie. Scott spends the whole movie learning to accept the real world over his fantasy life, but then that’s all forgotten about so he can get with his (literal) dream girl, a girl so sketchily drawn she can only be a fantasy. By choosing Knives, a woman who loves him flaws and all, he was finally growing up. Check out the DVD (or Youtube) - the original ending is so much sweeter, warmer and fitting. Gareth
4. It finished years ago, but I'm still shipping Spike and Angel from Buffy. Moody, brooding, miserable Angel, obviously. All the angst! The leather coats! The whole idea was my introduction to the notion of slash, and teenage me is very grateful for that, still. Squeamish Louise
5. I always thought Chewy and Han Solo looked like they had a lot of fun. Hans gave up his position as Imperial Captain for Chewbacca, if that isn't love I don't know even want to know what is. Squeamish Kate
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