Unequal Pairing: Difference between revisions

Line 170:

* The semi-common ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Avatar]]'' Zhao/Azula [[Crack Pairing]] takes this from two angles. On one hand we have a [[Lolicon|middle-aged man and a fourteen year old girl]], on the other we have a naval officer with more ego than sense and the [[Evil Overlord]]'s [[Daddy's Little Villain|favorite]] (not to mention [[The Gift|freakishly skilled]] and [[Magnificent Bastard|terrifyingly cunning]]) [[Daddy's Girl|daughter]].

** There's also Azula/Ty-Lee, [[Prison Rape|Azula/Suki]], and even Aang/Katara. There's also the very canon couple of Zuko/Mai, considering Zuko is heir to the throne. (Not to suggest in any way that Mai is any way less competant than Zu-Zu... just less in the "Inheriting the throne" way).

*** There is also that unless he's going to marry his sister, there ''are'' no women in the Fire Nation of equal seniority to Zuko. And as the eldest daughter of a provincial governor, Mai would be of the next-highest social stratum below the royal family and thus at least equal in seniority to any other possible suitor for Zuko from the Fire Nation.

*** Aang/Katara is hardly unequal by the time they get together in canon. It would be unequal if they had gotten together any earlier.

** There's a really great [http://archiveofourown.org/works/164669/chapters/239418 fanfic] that plays with the power dynamics involved in shipping Zuko and Lt. Jee. On one hand, you have Prince/Commoner. On the other, you have middle-aged man/16-year-old boy. On still another hand, you have legitimate ship captain/his superior who holds no actual rank. Both are stubborn and [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|neither of them really likes the other.]] Conflict ensues.

Line 175:

Line 176:

** This is frequently compared to [[Teen Titans (animation)|Slade/Robin]], which is like Batman/Batgirl combined with the above.

* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] fandom has the relatively common shipping of Princess Celestia, a multi-thousand-year-old [[Physical Goddess]] who controls the rising and setting of the Sun and is the unquestioned diarch of Equestria, with Twilight Sparkle, a relatively normal unicorn filly who is her student (and somewhat socially naive to boot). Other fanfics ship Celestia's sister Luna with Twilight Sparkle, Trixie, or Fluttershy.

== Real Life ==