I've been active in fandom about that long too, and I don't know what kind of abnormality prevented me from really getting shippers until pilots happened to me.
I thought I could take the potential heartbreak because I was used to couples getting sad endings in all the manga I'd read as a teenager/all of Joss Whedon's shows, but NOPE, pilots were the shipper bitchslap from hell. You're right about the fact that other people have 'pinged' for me to various degrees afterwards, but never quite like pilots did (and I don't think I'll get quite this invested again).
And I feel you on Aragorn and Eowyn, she was such a badass but damn canon - actor chemistry is also what made me ship Loki/Sif, lol. Also, as far as Clint/Natasha goes, I think they should be safe for a while yet, such are the benefits of three-film franchises! (and she has to be part of Captain America 2 as well, I suspect there will be some Bucky/Winter Soldier angst to deal with, and I cannot wait)
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Date: 2012-09-13 08:43 pm (UTC)I thought I could take the potential heartbreak because I was used to couples getting sad endings in all the manga I'd read as a teenager/all of Joss Whedon's shows, but NOPE, pilots were the shipper bitchslap from hell. You're right about the fact that other people have 'pinged' for me to various degrees afterwards, but never quite like pilots did (and I don't think I'll get quite this invested again).
And I feel you on Aragorn and Eowyn, she was such a badass but damn canon - actor chemistry is also what made me ship Loki/Sif, lol. Also, as far as Clint/Natasha goes, I think they should be safe for a while yet, such are the benefits of three-film franchises! (and she has to be part of Captain America 2 as well, I suspect there will be some Bucky/Winter Soldier angst to deal with, and I cannot wait)