Animated Romance

I dunno, I'm iffy on Tokka myself. It just seems far too contrived that out of the main four (Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Toph), both sets of male and female characters would hook up. Sokka being with someone outside of the main group's more interesting IMO.
 
I?ll admit it! I?m a romantic at heart and love to watch well written romance. As long as develops and doesn?t stay stagnant. I love it when characters personalities are developed through their relationship of others. Right now the ones I can think of are Beauty and the Beast (though mostly Beast) and Kim/Ron. I?m sure there?s more, but mostly in movies.
 
True for the most part, especially with Kingdom Hearts (I took one look at the slash in that fandom and now stay the hell away.) but some Disney properties can actually have subtle hints at gay relationships, the most obvious being Lilo & Sitch (Jumba and Pleakley anyone? :p )



Agreed on that for the comics; I could understand why the show wouldn't allow it but I don't think the comics are really read much by kids anyway so I don't see what's stopping 'em...:sad:



Lol, exactly. That's another issue I have with fanon slash...it's not even that much gay as much as it is fey; just a bunch of stereotyping. :yawn:
 
Time for me to jump in.

Old school:

Popeye/Olive Oyl: One of the longest running relationships in fiction. Peter David married them off in a 1-shot comic a few years back.

Mickey & Minnie Mouse, Donald & Daisy Duck: Disney's original couples who've never married. Do they really need to?

And, then, there is the friendship between Casper and Wendy. If a ghost and a witch could actually be a compatible couple, this would be a great test case.

Modern times:

Flint/Lady Jaye (GI Joe): I remember seeing them kiss in at least one or two episodes. I didn't follow the comics, so I don't know where their relationship went after the toon ended.

Egon Spengler/Janine Melnitz (Extreme Ghostbusters): On Real Ghostbusters, Janine did carry a torch for Egon, but in "Ghostbusters 2", she was flirting with Louis Tully (remember when Annie Potts (Janine) draped a leg on Louis' (Rick Moranis) lap?) as well. I didn't follow XG all that much, so I don't know how Egon & Janine finally hooked up (and perhaps married, based on what I did see?).

Goliath/Eliza (Gargoyles): To me, it was Disney's response to the live-action Beauty & the Beast which was around at the same time. My feeling was, if Goliath eventually slept with Eliza, would she be subject to turning to stone alongside Goliath come sunrise? I'm not sure.

Robin/Starfire (Teen Titans): The cartoon deaged the 80's Titans, especially Starfire, who became more of an innocent novice new to Earth. Having read the comics back in the day, I recall that Starfire fell hard--literally--for Robin virtually from day 1. She learned English just from kissing him! It took a while for them to finally hook up in the cartoon, but it was inevitable.

Kim Possible/Ron Stoppable: You know how opposites attract? Perfect example. Ron's a klutz, Kim excels at just about everything. You knew they'd eventually become a couple.

Then, there was the implication on JLU of Batman & Wonder Woman as a couple. GL John Stewart was torn between Vixen & Hawkgirl. Too bad CN & WB decided to end the series before things really heated up.

My Life as a Teenage Robot: Was it just me, or did Brad have a crush on Jenny, and vice versa?
 
Fan-created couples are one thing. Honestly, there are canon pairings out there which are "love interest for sake of love interest" or "so he's not gay" or simply OOC. So I'm not going to discount a pairing just for being fan-created, especially in the realm of AU fic or slash. AU has different rules, and homosexuality is just barely appearing in fantasy canons for the first time with Dumbledore and Lexington and possibly the current toon version of Brainiac 5.

That said, I can't stand L/Light fic. Even if you shut off just how much they basically hate each other in canon and are angling to bring the other down, the fact is that Light's not fit to be with anyone except maybe his little Skank Trio or Nancy Grace.
 
I think there's a difference, though, between Goliath and Elisa being an "item" and any kind of boy/boy relationship with Lexington. With Goliath and Elisa, we're still talking male and female, and Goliath is very humanoid; because of that fact, the pairing is IMO far less disturbing than Roger and Jessica Rabbit, for instance. But any kind of depiction of a gay couple on a kids' show is still considered controversial and IMO, is not likely to happen anytime soon. There are many parents - if not the majority of parents - who would object to such a depiction. I'm not certain it's the business of cartoon producers to introduce that depiction to children anyway. Any more than I thought it was J.K. Rowling's business to introduce it to children via her revelation about Dumbledore. That came off as a stunt IMO - if she truly wanted to be inclusive, to preach tolerance, than Dumbledore's sexuality should have been mentioned in the books IMO. The fact that she waited until all the books were finished and sold before she dropped her bombshell didn't impress me at all. And I daresay at least some parents felt betrayed. But it's all water under the bridge now...
 
Romance can work as long as it isn't overdone and annoying. And personally, I' am getting tired of the countless romance fanfics. I mean as much as I like characters Rogue, Raven, etc. but couples like ROMY or the Beast Boy & Raven are getting annoying and tiring.
 
OK, but could they even sleep together?

Also, Jiraiya knows plenty about love. There's a reason the Icha Icha series is so popular.

And there is one woman Jiraiya loves. So the idea that he knows nothing about true love is wrong.
 
And it's still someone Ash wouldn't date. Ash is just a good owner- one of the best.

I did think it was interesting, back when I lurked on a Shi-shi mailing list some years back, how that group supported Ash/Gary and tended to think that Pikachu was female. In a way, I think slash gets most interesting in its handling of the opposite sex.
 
You'd never guess it, but I'm a hopeless romantic. I love shows that flirt around with crushes, unacquainted love, and love that is obvious to us but fails to reach the characters. Like the ending of Danny Phantom, a final resolve of their caring is just sO great.

My favorites.

Yumi and Urich
Kim and Ron
Sam and Danny
Etc etc
 
Oh that's so annoying. I've had people in real life try to set me up based on the fact that I and the girl in question were both black. Ah, I love the fresh smell of ignorance in the morning. :cool:

Sam and Danny from DP were a great pairing. I think that some of the moments between them in Reign Storm and especially Phantom Planet were among the most memorable moments I've ever seen in a Nick cartoon. Dave Kaufman and Grey Delisle really did some great work together during that finale.

The growing bond between Katara and Aang is great. Can't wait to see where it ends up by season 3's end.

I was in no way a fan of the show, but As Told By Ginger had some nice development with Ginger and Darrin.

There are many others from other cartoons I could name.
 
Are we allowed to mention anime couples too?

IF soo.

Pokemon-Ash/Dawn I just find chemistry between them that I never found from him and any other main girl character.

Pokemon-Ash/Anabel. This is another Pokemon ship I liked, thought it was cute.

Naruto-Naruto/Hinata. I loved all the little hints they had. Wonder who Naruto will end up with in the end Sakura or Hinata?

Yuusei/Aki-Yugioh 5D. Yes even though they haven't meet yet they still look cute together. I can't wait for Aki first appearnce :D

Those are the main ones I support from anime series. I do like some from the anime movies too, but I can't think of there names at the moment. Thre is also this other ship I like from Trigun the girl with the blue hair who followed Trigun every where and gave him attitude. I always thought her and Trigun were nice together.
 
Well, there are a few occasions like in the first Pepe LePew cartoon. In that one, Pepe chased after a male cat. Heck, there were lot of male-kissing moments in Looney Tunes overall, and while they were definitely done for comedy purposes, they were still there.

On a more serious approach, there was also Card Captor Sakura which had every controversial pairing in the book. Males, cousins, females, adults and minors... Sure it was all taken out in the American dub, but the original was also considered a kids' show.

I agree with you on the Potter books though. It seems to me that Rowling didn't include the whole "Dumbledore is Gay" stuff in the books because she was afraid her editor will force her to take it out. If she didn't include it in the books, she should have never revealed it, it's pointless.

Off-topic corner: 4 IMOs in a single post are 3 IMOs too many. :D
 
Romances like Jake and Rose in AmDrag really improve the show. As did Helga crushing on Arnold (and doing various nice things for him such as helping him find Mr. Hyunh daughter) Any romance that has a good basis and execution is fine in my book.

The ones I abhor are the typical "normal/geeky boy crushes on hot/popular girl from school", such as Timmy/Trixie, Arnold/Ruth, Danny/Paulina, Jimmy/Betty, Yes, they're realistic on how kids/teens usually only care about beauty/popularity, but I detest shallow relationships and they tend to be even more shallow in those cartoons (though granted, Arnold did eventually realize Ruth was shallower than a kiddy pool.
 
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