Sometimes, I feel like all my fandoms are the same.

[cygna_hime]

Auron/Rikku is, I have decided, the Eriol/Tomoyo of FFX fandom:

No canon evidence whatsoever;

In fact, possible negative evidence in terms of other relationships, interests, or similar;

They may have spoken once or twice about another canon character (Sakura, Yuna/Tidus);

A much larger age gap than most fans acknowledge;

Other issues (being dead, being the half-reincarnation of a great and powerful sorcerer who could see the future in graphic detail) skated over without so much as a nod;

Characters tend to appear in places (Japan, Spira) where they have no reason to be, as they are officially elsewhere (England, the Farplane);

Canon non-romantic relationships getting thrown out the window (Guardians, what Guardians? Summoner, what summoner?);

Appear as secondary pairing in stories featuring the major canon pairing (Sakura/Syaoran, Yuna/Tidus);

Take up space that could be used for canon pairings (too many to list);

Have many truly idiotic fans who make us all headdesk with their prejudices against certain pairings (age gaps, slash) while ignoring issues with their own (age gaps, necrophilia);

Are mostly in stories with no buildup or explanation of pairing whatsoever;

I have seen them each done well exactly once.

Argh. FAIL and LOSE.