Kinks, clichés, and birthday wishes

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Weekend Birthdays That I Would Miss If I Didn't Post This:
Happy Birthday Katia and Will!


;_; I may have done badly on my Geography midterm. I had another Attack of the Killer Headache and was basically sleeping for 14+ hours. I don't know how I manage it and still wake up "normal" (ish). I should have studied during that time, but with the half-hour or so that I stayed awake long enough to study, plus the half-hour from this morning, it wasn't nearly enough. ;_; Remembering all this stuff about landforms and weather patterns is hard! I hope I at least get a B. ^^;

It's all been done before... - An excellent (if amusing and occasionally graphic) list of all the tropes, kinks, and clichés found in fanfiction. Just when you think it HASN'T been done before... oh, it has. And to great effect. So sorry. Pick another letter of the alphabet, please.


-Abuse (sexual, emotional, and/or violent childhood abuse; past abusive relationships; character A's abuse drives character B into arms of character C; the wounded child as an adult archetype)
-Abduction as seduction (beloved captives)
-Adrenaline and crises (pre-, mid-, or post-crisis sex; speed-freaks or adrenaline junkies; near-death experiences; the shadow of impending death--hours, minutes, or moments; see also Situational engineering)
-Accidental stimulation (proximity and friction; involuntary arousal; situations of adrenaline and reflexes)
-Aliens make them have sex (fuck or die; fertility rituals; intoxication; taking one for the team)
-Amazons and strong women (warrior women; women as soldiers, law enforcement figures, or leaders; goddesses; tough, butch, or muscled women; lesbians or dykes; quasi-masculine characteristics in general, such as a boyish body type: slim, athletic, and small-breasted; forcefulness or brusqueness)
-Amnesia
-Angst (see Emotional themes)
-Anonymous sex (clubbing; glory-holes; alley sex; alien fertility rituals; one-night stands)
-Anti-heroes (sympathetic villains; villains with principles; noble demons; enemies who keep their word)
-Aphrodisiacs (see Intoxication and altered states)
-Aristocracy (aristocratic behaviors, characteristics, and/or identity; chivalry and noblesse oblige; royal blood; elegance or effeteness; dignity; royal courts or castles; imperial cultures; Greco-Roman classicism; dynastic families; gentlemen; aristocrat pairings with houseboys, stable-boys, or secretaries)
-Attention (singling someone out; treating someone specially in front of others; making a point of showing respect to or interest in someone who doesn't usually receive it; observing, studying, or analyzing someone to understand them)
-AUs (alternate characterizations and situations; sex between alternates of one character or between different characters; alternates as catalysts for realization of desire; role reversal; darker mirror universe characters; mistaken identity)
-Auctions (slave or slave charity)
...and that's just the letter 'A.' *shudder*

^^ I want an LJ-hoodie for my birthday. :P

Make a list of all the characters in your icons. (Although you may have more than one icon of a single character, they only go on the list once.) Alphabetize it. Take the first two people on the list; that's your first pairing. Second two people; second pairing. Etc. (Note that I differentiate between different incarnations of a character, so Yuugi Mutou =/= Atemu =/= Yami no Yuugi, etc.)

(The problem with this is that I have 132 icon slots and only 88 spots filled. Therefore, I have a very low variety of icons. Please, people, direct me to some cool/funny/gorgeous/poignant icons for ANY of the fandoms you know I'm into.)
alphabetized by given name:
Albus Dumbledore x Anzu Mazaki (Harry Potter & Yu-Gi-Oh!) - Hah. I think he'd be a great mentor to her.
Ashton Anchors x Atemu (the Pharaoh) (Star Ocean EX & Yu-Gi-Oh!) - Ashton would drive the Pharaoh CRAZY!
Bakura (the Thief King) x Charles Darwin (Yu-Gi-Oh! and Real People) - (see above)
Clark Kent x Cornelius Fudge (Lois and Clark & Harry Potter)  - Clark would totally see right through Cornelius and encourage him to "do the right thing."
Duo Maxwell x Draco Malfoy (Gundam Wing & Harry Potter)  - Head A'SPLODEY!
Ed Alphonse x Eiri "Yuki" Uesugi (Full Metal Alchemist & Gravitation) - Battle of the BLONDES!
Frodo the Hobbit x Han Solo (Lord of the Rings & Star Wars: The Original Trilogy) - Something tells me Han doesn't have a thing for short dudes.
Harry Potter x Heero Yuy (Harry Potter & Gundam Wing) - Hero power!
Hermione Granger x Hiroto Honda (Harry Potter & Yu-Gi-Oh!) - Geeks unite!
Hitomi Kanzaki x Invader Zim (The Vision of Escaflowne & Invader Zim) - Hey, they're both considered aliens (Hitomi on Gaea, since she comes from the "Mystic Moon"; Zim because he IS an alien on Earth)
Isis Ishtar x Katsuya Jounouchi (Yu-Gi-Oh! for both) - This is actually called Swiftshipping, but I'll be damned if anyone's ever written it (well).
Kisara x Lois Lane (Yu-Gi-Oh! and Lois and Clark) - I think Kisara's inherent weakness would bother Lois. But they're both pretty intrepid and stubborn (to a degree), so they might get along.
Luna x Mai Kujaku (Sailormoon & Yu-Gi-Oh!) - "When all else fails, I'll become a lady with a lot of cats."
Minako Aino x Minerva McGonagall (Sailormoon & Harry Potter) - Minako would annoy the HECK out of McGonagall.
Mokuba Kaiba x Nick (Nearly Headless) (Yu-Gi-Oh! & Harry Potter) - These two would love playing pranks on others. Well, Mokuba might convince him, anyway.
Priest Seto x Quatre Winner (Yu-Gi-Oh! & Gundam Wing) - Across the boundaries of space and time...
Ryou Bakura x Ryuuji Otogi (Yu-Gi-Oh! for both) - This is called Minorshipping. The two never really interact, do they?
Seto Kaiba x Severus Snape (Yu-Gi-Oh! & Harry Potter) - *shuddertwitch* Kaiba would probably be kick-ass in Potions, don't you think? Either that, or the two would HATE each other because of how SMART and ANTI-HERO (but not necessarily evil) they are.
Shuichi Shindo x Shizuka Kawai (Gravitation & Yu-Gi-Oh!) - I don't know much about Shuichi, but I know he totally dressed like a girl once. And Shizuka's kind of girly, but I'd say she's a hell of a lot bolder in terms of actions that Shuichi seems.
Siegfried von Schroeder x Sugoroku Mutou (Yu-Gi-Oh! for both) - EEEEEEEEK. I'm not even going to start on this one. (And no, it doesn't have an official pairing name yet)
Trowa Barton x Tsukasa Domyouji (Gundam Wing & Hana Yori Dango) - I get the feeling these two wouldn't get along. Mostly because of Tsukasa.
Tsukushi Makino x Usagi Tsukino (Hana Yori Dango & Sailormoon) - These two would be great friends. :D
Van Fanel x Voldemort (The Vision of Escaflowne & Harry Potter) - I don't think so. Van Fanel would sooner crush Voldemort with Escaflowne.
Wufei Chang x Yami no Bakura (Gundam Wing & Yu-Gi-Oh!) - o_o;
Yami no Yuugi x Yuna (Yu-Gi-Oh! & Final Fantasy X/X2) - Instead of going to the Afterlife, what if Atemu ended up in Spira!? And hey, his hair kind of reminds Yuna of Tidus...!
Yuugi Mutou x Yuuko (Yu-Gi-Oh! & xxxHolic/Tsubasa: Resevoir Chronicles) - Yuuko would delight in confusing Yuugi. Yuugi would like all the weird things Yuuko picks up. Nothing would weird him out. He's already seen it all.