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A non-partisan anti-Xig/Dem criticism
Let me preface this by saying that I don't usually care what pairings you like. If you don't like my pairings, I do not feel obliged to convince you that they are made of awesome. If you like pairings that I don't like, I don't feel the need to tell you why your pairings suck. If I'm vehemently against it, I won't read it; if I trust your writing or I haven't developed an animosity yet, I might take a dip and see what it's like. But in the end I can sit over here with my opinions and hope that you have not-stupid reasons for having yours.
But when 1) you spew stupid related to a pairing I like in an icon post while I'm looking for icons, and 2) you are so vehemently against a pairing I like that you make anti-pairing icons, while 3) advocating again to the point of icon-making a pairing which is equally if not more improbable...
...I feel compelled to respond to the stupid.
But Kay, you might say, she doesn't like Xigbar/Demyx because she doesn't want Demyx to be raped. You can't be advocating rape, right?
What.
Okay, her series of anti-Xig/Dem icons, I don't care. Sure, make Xigbar a cartoonish villain lusting after poor Demyx's hot ass, I've seen it before. (Why do Zexion/Demyx and Luxord/Demyx etc people feel the need to bash Xigbar/Demyx? I don't get it. I've never seen the former two bash each other, only Xigbar/Demyx.)
But in the comments she says some things I just have to call out, like...
Random: awww why dont you like xigbar and demyx..?? i think they're cute :P
Her: >_<;;; because I don't like seeing Demyx get raped? plus the age thing...
First of all, a little age difference never hurt anyone. Xigbar is incredibly awesome, totally hot, and pretty obviouslya hippie young at heart... dude.
But secondly, why is this pairing rape by necessity? People who DON'T like the pairing will sometimes write about it so that Demyx can go cry on [love interest of choice] but unless I missed the part in canon where Xigbar was revealed to be a rapist, I'm pretty sure those are demonizing portrayals and not indicative of "real" Xigbar/Demyx. As someone who roleplays Xigbar, I have never once considered him to be the kind of person who'd rape anyone. (He doesn't think people who are crying and terrified are sexy. Or even interesting. He's more likely to kill such a person than screw them.)
She adds...
Her: I'd rather see Demyx with someone who makes him happy... I just can't help but feel that xigbar's intentions towards Demyx are totally dishonorable.
So... you think he has intentions towards Demyx, but that they're evil?
And meanwhile, I love the flat assumption that Xigbar is incapable of making Demyx happy (which, itself, is something of an impossibility; Nobodies and all) but her OTP for Demyx is of course made of happy, even though Luxord exchanges zero words with Demyx in either KH2 or FM+. (As opposed to Xigbar's whole three sentences.)
Random: I can't understand the XigbarDemyx craze either XD It makes me go wtf in so many ways.
Her: I do not like my Demyx molested D:
Random: D: especially by a surfer pirate
Her: especially by a surfer pirate whototally has "Xaldin's Bitch" tattooed on his ass er... should be sexed up hard by Xaldin! er... ANYWAY XAL/XIG FOR THE WIN
Okay, so here's another thing I missed in canon: the moment when we saw Xigbar's naked ass and the tattoo that was on it. Since Xigbar and Xaldin had absolutely 100% zero interaction in KH2, and I don't think ever addressed each other directly in FM+, this seems like a pretty poor reason to go bashing other pairings with Xigbar.
What I don't understand is how someone who ships Xaldin/Xigbar so intensely can believe that Xigbar is lusting after someone else. He can't be that OTP with Xaldin if he wants Demyx, in my opinion. And I guess is a rapist when it's anyone but Xaldin, who he rolls over and exposes his metaphorical belly for.
Summary: Stop hating on other pairings solely because it interferes with your OTP of choice. That's not a good reason. It just makes you sound like you have no grasp of characterization beyond the surface cliches that make up
Xigbar/Demyx is a fantastic pairing. Xigbar is Number Two in the Organization and he is a ruthless badass who can fuck your shit up, but he's also carefree, nonchalant, and vaguely benevolent. The dialogue he exchanges with Roxas/Sora, like, awww, aren't you cute, with your ferocious little scowl, is made of awesome.
It also leads me to believe that he'd make a good pair with Demyx, who is the only other member of the Organization who is genuinely light-hearted. But the entire Organization holds him in contempt for beingdumb only half-competent adorable, and Xigbar is the only one who voluntarily interacts with him, and he sounds amused when he does. I think Xigbar must be fond of him, and so in my head he's the person Demyx can turn to when he has observations or complaints, or when he's confused, as the only person who doesn't mean it when he mocks Demyx, and who (despite his position of power) isn't unapproachable.
Xaldin/Xigbar bores me. It strikes me as "unattractive people slash," like, Xaldin and Xigbar aren't cute or young enough to sex up other people, so they'll sex up each other, and then somehow people convinced themselves that it was OTP. Even before they became literal blood siblings in my head-canon, I just didn't see the appeal. Xaldin is so utterly disassociated from everything that I don't see why Xigbar would want to screw him, much less be his "bitch". (I'm sure Xaldin feels the same.)
Luxord/Demyx is kind of random. It's not bad: Luxord is one of the more laid-back members of OXIII, although still more proper and distant than Xigbar, and Demyx might be able to get along with him. I've read some porn of them, it's hot.
But not as hot as Xigbar/Demyx, which is my OTP for them.
But *GASP* I like both of them in other pairings too. I have a higher-functioning brain and am capable of having two ideas at the same time.
But when 1) you spew stupid related to a pairing I like in an icon post while I'm looking for icons, and 2) you are so vehemently against a pairing I like that you make anti-pairing icons, while 3) advocating again to the point of icon-making a pairing which is equally if not more improbable...
...I feel compelled to respond to the stupid.
But Kay, you might say, she doesn't like Xigbar/Demyx because she doesn't want Demyx to be raped. You can't be advocating rape, right?
What.
Okay, her series of anti-Xig/Dem icons, I don't care. Sure, make Xigbar a cartoonish villain lusting after poor Demyx's hot ass, I've seen it before. (Why do Zexion/Demyx and Luxord/Demyx etc people feel the need to bash Xigbar/Demyx? I don't get it. I've never seen the former two bash each other, only Xigbar/Demyx.)
But in the comments she says some things I just have to call out, like...
Random: awww why dont you like xigbar and demyx..?? i think they're cute :P
Her: >_<;;; because I don't like seeing Demyx get raped? plus the age thing...
First of all, a little age difference never hurt anyone. Xigbar is incredibly awesome, totally hot, and pretty obviously
But secondly, why is this pairing rape by necessity? People who DON'T like the pairing will sometimes write about it so that Demyx can go cry on [love interest of choice] but unless I missed the part in canon where Xigbar was revealed to be a rapist, I'm pretty sure those are demonizing portrayals and not indicative of "real" Xigbar/Demyx. As someone who roleplays Xigbar, I have never once considered him to be the kind of person who'd rape anyone. (He doesn't think people who are crying and terrified are sexy. Or even interesting. He's more likely to kill such a person than screw them.)
She adds...
Her: I'd rather see Demyx with someone who makes him happy... I just can't help but feel that xigbar's intentions towards Demyx are totally dishonorable.
So... you think he has intentions towards Demyx, but that they're evil?
And meanwhile, I love the flat assumption that Xigbar is incapable of making Demyx happy (which, itself, is something of an impossibility; Nobodies and all) but her OTP for Demyx is of course made of happy, even though Luxord exchanges zero words with Demyx in either KH2 or FM+. (As opposed to Xigbar's whole three sentences.)
Random: I can't understand the XigbarDemyx craze either XD It makes me go wtf in so many ways.
Her: I do not like my Demyx molested D:
Random: D: especially by a surfer pirate
Her: especially by a surfer pirate who
Okay, so here's another thing I missed in canon: the moment when we saw Xigbar's naked ass and the tattoo that was on it. Since Xigbar and Xaldin had absolutely 100% zero interaction in KH2, and I don't think ever addressed each other directly in FM+, this seems like a pretty poor reason to go bashing other pairings with Xigbar.
What I don't understand is how someone who ships Xaldin/Xigbar so intensely can believe that Xigbar is lusting after someone else. He can't be that OTP with Xaldin if he wants Demyx, in my opinion. And I guess is a rapist when it's anyone but Xaldin, who he rolls over and exposes his metaphorical belly for.
Summary: Stop hating on other pairings solely because it interferes with your OTP of choice. That's not a good reason. It just makes you sound like you have no grasp of characterization beyond the surface cliches that make up
Xigbar/Demyx is a fantastic pairing. Xigbar is Number Two in the Organization and he is a ruthless badass who can fuck your shit up, but he's also carefree, nonchalant, and vaguely benevolent. The dialogue he exchanges with Roxas/Sora, like, awww, aren't you cute, with your ferocious little scowl, is made of awesome.
It also leads me to believe that he'd make a good pair with Demyx, who is the only other member of the Organization who is genuinely light-hearted. But the entire Organization holds him in contempt for being
Xaldin/Xigbar bores me. It strikes me as "unattractive people slash," like, Xaldin and Xigbar aren't cute or young enough to sex up other people, so they'll sex up each other, and then somehow people convinced themselves that it was OTP. Even before they became literal blood siblings in my head-canon, I just didn't see the appeal. Xaldin is so utterly disassociated from everything that I don't see why Xigbar would want to screw him, much less be his "bitch". (I'm sure Xaldin feels the same.)
Luxord/Demyx is kind of random. It's not bad: Luxord is one of the more laid-back members of OXIII, although still more proper and distant than Xigbar, and Demyx might be able to get along with him. I've read some porn of them, it's hot.
But not as hot as Xigbar/Demyx, which is my OTP for them.
But *GASP* I like both of them in other pairings too. I have a higher-functioning brain and am capable of having two ideas at the same time.
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I'm avoiding the fandom now mostly because it's flooded with all this stuff about Birth by Sleep, which we still know next to nothing about. I'm sure Terra/Ven will be an awesome pairing, you guys, I just want to wait until I know wtf is going on before I go reading fanfic, okay?
But I wanted Namine icons for an RP, and, sigh.