1. Because Stéphane Lambiel. No seriously, this guy!! I love that he loves cheesy things unabashedly, and that he loves things period. HE LOVES ICE SHOWS AND THE ENERGY OF THE AUDIENCE. WHAT MORE COULD ANY SKATER ASK FOR. Also, he is a total hottie. (Johnny totally refers to Stéphane in that way, shut up.)
2. I enjoy the fact that they've known each other a long, long time. In my head they've always hooked up at least once before, and just decided to be friends instead. And yeah, I guess it's a dynamic that can be pretty sexless (unlike Johnny/Evan, which just sets itself up for hatesex, I think harriet_vane described it pretty well when she called it a "punch-kiss" impulse in her fic), but I like thinking about how they're obviously really comfortable around each other! It's a less fraught relationship, and I would like Johnny to have a less fraught relationship overall.
2a. This is why I find the most RIDICULOUS joy in imagining the schmoopiest relationships. It's like, the tropes that didn't work for me in bandom find a completely new lease of life in figure skating fandom. Future fic? Sure! Kidfic? OH MAN YES PLEASE. I love thinking about future Johnny -- calmer and healthier and hopefully in a happier place, and Stéphane just fits into that.
3. This isn't to say that I don't think they don't push each others' buttons? I think it's easy to stereotype ships, and Johnny/Stéphane very easily gets characterised as a sort of "and then they cuddled, the end" kind of pairing. That is fine! I always support more cuddles for Johnny Weir! But I also find interesting to think about the way they push each others' buttons, perhaps not as explicitly as Johnny and Evan do, but there nonetheless.
4. There are Gaga/Britney fanwars. THIS IS CANON OH GOD.
5. They're both really similar! While I can believe in a Johnny/Stéphane dynamic where Stéphane tones down Johnny's... Johnny-ness, I also like it when people recognise that Stéphane is also a huge drama queen with tendencies towards fits of poutiness. I'd like to imagine that together they are both capable of recognising it in each other and toning each other down, and also I like imagining several hilarious moments in which they call each other out on their drama queen tendencies.
6. They do pairs skating and they both want to be the girl. (But seriously -- it's a relationship in which top/bottom and dom/sub isn't very obvious, so it's pretty reciprocal in that sense.)
7. Because they cuddle. Look at my icon. JUST LOOK AT IT.
It is shockingly easy to get me to tl;dr over this, oh my god. /o\
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Date: Sunday, 2 May 2010 13:38 (UTC)1. Because Stéphane Lambiel. No seriously, this guy!! I love that he loves cheesy things unabashedly, and that he loves things period. HE LOVES ICE SHOWS AND THE ENERGY OF THE AUDIENCE. WHAT MORE COULD ANY SKATER ASK FOR. Also, he is a total hottie. (Johnny totally refers to Stéphane in that way, shut up.)
2. I enjoy the fact that they've known each other a long, long time. In my head they've always hooked up at least once before, and just decided to be friends instead. And yeah, I guess it's a dynamic that can be pretty sexless (unlike Johnny/Evan, which just sets itself up for hatesex, I think
2a. This is why I find the most RIDICULOUS joy in imagining the schmoopiest relationships. It's like, the tropes that didn't work for me in bandom find a completely new lease of life in figure skating fandom. Future fic? Sure! Kidfic? OH MAN YES PLEASE. I love thinking about future Johnny -- calmer and healthier and hopefully in a happier place, and Stéphane just fits into that.
3. This isn't to say that I don't think they don't push each others' buttons? I think it's easy to stereotype ships, and Johnny/Stéphane very easily gets characterised as a sort of "and then they cuddled, the end" kind of pairing. That is fine! I always support more cuddles for Johnny Weir! But I also find interesting to think about the way they push each others' buttons, perhaps not as explicitly as Johnny and Evan do, but there nonetheless.
4. There are Gaga/Britney fanwars. THIS IS CANON OH GOD.
5. They're both really similar! While I can believe in a Johnny/Stéphane dynamic where Stéphane tones down Johnny's... Johnny-ness, I also like it when people recognise that Stéphane is also a huge drama queen with tendencies towards fits of poutiness. I'd like to imagine that together they are both capable of recognising it in each other and toning each other down, and also I like imagining several hilarious moments in which they call each other out on their drama queen tendencies.
6. They do pairs skating and they both want to be the girl. (But seriously -- it's a relationship in which top/bottom and dom/sub isn't very obvious, so it's pretty reciprocal in that sense.)
7. Because they cuddle. Look at my icon. JUST LOOK AT IT.
It is shockingly easy to get me to tl;dr over this, oh my god. /o\