Love Vs. Friendship

[scone]

goldenflither said:

Hm.. well, thats nice to know. ;D *laughs* But that is interesting. You can get pregnant with a pill?

.......

The Pill

[eveluvswally]

goldenflither said:

Hm.. well, thats nice to know. ;D *laughs* But that is interesting. You can get pregnant with a pill?

Fttttt, funny.

[NumbuhInfinity]

Gah. -__- One more major steering off the topic like this, and this thread is history.

Edit: Or I'll start editting/deleting posts. What to choose, what to choose...

[exmember]

Or why not just move the thread?

[NumbuhInfinity]

^ I'm not moving the thread because the thread was *supposed* to be about KND pairing-type preference (do they prefer it lovely or friendshippy).

For some slight on-topicness: Uh... Yay friendship? Yeah.

[numbuheightbitstar]

Sorry NumbuhInfinity.

I'll take the blame for this one.

scone said:

Aww, James, way to drag it off topic again. :,(

I didn't drag it off topic--the topic had somehow already gotten corrupted into discussing Monty Python.

regan said:

numbuheightbitstar said:

I just did a search on Google for the topic of "why do kids join gangs?"[1] and, like it or not, the findings--including statements from qualified researchers--pretty much support my beliefs.

To wit: One of the leading reasons kids join gangs is because of problems at home from disinterested (if not outright abusive) parents.

I don't doubt that unhappy homelives contribute to destructive natures in kids. However, what in the world makes you assume that use of birth control automatically leads to all (or ANY) instances of unhappy homelives?

We seem to have a communication error. I was not saying that using birth control = unhappy homelives. I was saying unplanned (or poorly-planned) births = unhappy homelives.

EDIT: Yea, this'll be my last discussion on this topic too. The original "Love vs. Friendship" topic has already taken on all the dimensions it was capable of, and our discussion of "reckless behavior" seems to have resulted in too many misunderstandings.

NumbuhInfinity, go ahead and do what you feel is appropriate.

[cutenessndoom]

Wow... off-topic galore... O.O

Going back on the subject...

Romance is definitely a weird topic for me in fandoms. Like, if a ship is canon, I think it's cute, but if two characters of opposite genders (while I have nothing against them, I'm not into boy/boy or girl/girl ships) have a really close friendship, I'll consider the possibility that there's something more, but I don't take it for granted. That usually leads to me liking interfering ships-- in KND, for example, I like 1/362, 1/Lizzie, 1/5, 2/5, 5/Heinrich, and 2/86 all simultaneously, but I know that there definitely isn't something going on between the characters in ALL of the above due to obvious reasons. Heh.

So, yeah, I usually end up liking a million ships at once, too, because I overanalyze everything. And then I freak out and read oodles and oodles of fanfiction for my current pairing obsession.

Of course, because I know that most of the ships I like won't work because one usually cancels out the possibility of five, I'm perfectly content with them just being friends and not going around parading that X/Y is love for my whole life. I just take everything I see as plausible into account because you never know what could happen.

[GoldenFlither]

Dang my thread ideas..

I'm kind of like you, cutenessndoom. Except I squeal at any sight of interaction between characters not always because I think its romantic. But because I like to see the emotional side of characters and their personalities. Not just action and missions and stuff. Thats why the older episodes were kind of a down-pour to me. Numbuh 1 never seemed to show any emotion.

So I guess in conclusion I could say that I like both romance and friendship. Just as long as it was an interaction between characters.

[digigirl02]

I agree.

[GoldenFlither]

So maybe you guys are right. There's not much left to discuss in this thread.

[digigirl02]

But it was a good idea at the time though.

[GoldenFlither]

True, true.. I thought so anyway.

[NumbuhInfinity]

@james:

Worry not, 'cause this thread shall live.

@cutenessdoom:

I used to be pretty much just like you. Nowadays I tend to like friendship 'versions' of pairings more, though I don't mind actual romantic ones as long as it's either cute, funny, or both. (Serious or angsty ones don't get me as much.)

[GoldenFlither]

I suddenly changed my mind.

After continuous episodes of "Arthur" I'd always be looking for romance. But my favorite is Arthur/Francine. Like, I'd see Arthur helping Muffy, talking to her somehow. Or any other guy/girl interaction. But it made me realize that they are only friends. The people in "Arthur," I mean. It made me understand that I'm taking the romance in KND way too seriously. But of course, I still like romance.

Its hard to explain. But I know for a fact that my perspective of love and friendship. Sorry for the bad explanation. I'm not the best at it.

[numbuheightbitstar]

Seriously, romance obsession is going pretty far if you're noticing it in PBS shows, anyhow.