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[Kamina-Yoshi]

At one time, i was an absolute huge fan of Harry and Hermione in Harry Potter. I never really got over it....it just hurt worse when JK herself admitted that re-reading the story as a reader instead of a writer, my gut feeling about them was correct to start. 

YES. THANK YOU. This is worth posting again after a hiatus. Ron x Hermione was so shoe-horned it hurt.

Another anime that has let me down shipping-wise is D.Gray-man. Allen and Lenalee, the main characters with significant romantic hints, have yet to move toward that direction yet. Come on already, stop playing games with my emotions ;C

[questdrivencollie]

I think the only one right now is BenLie from Ben 10. It was canon, but then Omniverse had them break up. I still love Omniverse, though.

I don't count series with open endings as let downs.

[Narutofanfreak]

For DGM, atleast Allen and Lenalee parted on a potential note. But Hoshino lost interest in DGM, so that'll just be a story left untold. It was good while it lasted though. I was a huge fan of them at one point too. 

 

But yeah, with Harry and Hermoine, JK's explanation that she spent too much time writing the story how she initially planned the general developments and not enough time reading the story it eventually had transformed into, that only going back and reading the whole story years later made the jarring shift to R/Hr H/G in starting at book 6 allowed her to see it as a mistake. 

 

Well, nothing can be done about it now, but atleast it really wasn't that i was delusional as we were called back then.

[desaix]

I don't really what my pairing of choice was in these, but Princess Nine and El Hazard both let me down with their main couple.  I also felt kind of saddened by the final couples in Porco Rossa.

 

I was one of those "deluded" Harry\Hermione fans... up until book six came out.  My interest was flagging at that point. and the breaking of that possibility in book six (combined with how poorly executed it was) really killed my interest in the series as a whole.  (I've been mildly drawn back into reading some HP fanfiction, recently, but usually with HP\HG rewrites of the final two books; quite frankly, I can't stand Ron, and what JK Rowling did to Hermione's character to bring that relationship out just sickened me.  I'm sorry, Hermione cheating to help Ron win a spot on a quidditch team just... no, that's not the girl I remember from the first five books, even WITH the excuse of adolescent rebelliousness and stupid crushes, and that's just one example)

 

Usually, a shipping let-down kills a series for me.  Sometimes, an obvious canon ship with a poor resolution in the final book can be even worse, though (thinking... oh, since it's a perfect example (though perhaps not one most people go to looking for ships), let's take EVERY Skyrim pairing, where you can game just about any romance you want and marry your favorite character to your PC, but then your spouse becomes... generic guy\gal #6!)

[Narutofanfreak]

Hah, you noticed the decline in book 6 too? Yeah, that just came out of nowhere for me. Especially with that 'monster' in harry's stomach bullcrap. It really was juvenile and completely out of proportion from the rest of the series.

[lupina]

Hah, you noticed the decline in book 6 too? Yeah, that just came out of nowhere for me. Especially with that 'monster' in harry's stomach bullcrap. It really was juvenile and completely out of proportion from the rest of the series.

 

Yeah, It felt like a cheap american teenage movie inside an big epic story like "Lord of the Rings" or so ... really really stupid 

Edited by lupina, 10 September 2014 - 08:55 AM.

[TheQueenB]

At one time, i was an absolute huge fan of Harry and Hermione in Harry Potter. I never really got over it....it just hurt worse when JK herself admitted that re-reading the story as a reader instead of a writer, my gut feeling about them was correct to start. 

 

This. I could tell that Ron X Hermione was what she wanted to develop, but, just the same, Harry X Hermione had so much more potential. 

 

Also, Zutara, anyone? Yes, I understand that Kataang happened and it was developed up until the end, but I so wanted to see them together. Didn't the creators, themselves, even admit that Zutara should've happened? (I hope nobody kills me for this.)

[TouKen4Life3g]

RED ALERT! RED ALERT!

ZuTara fan inbound!

[Lid]

Also, Zutara, anyone? Yes, I understand that Kataang happened and it was developed up until the end, but I so wanted to see them together. Didn't the creators, themselves, even admit that Zutara should've happened? (I hope nobody kills me for this.)

 

I'm not sure about that. I know listening to the DVD commentary they seemed pretty set on Kataang. Additionally, I don't know if they would have gave focus to Aang and Katara's children in the new series or came up with that concept art of the older group having Aang with his arm around Katara if they weren't confident in their final decision. 

 

I've also heard that one of the creators, Michael Dante DiMartino , said "Sorry to disappoint the "Zutara" fans out there, but we never intended for Zuko and Katara to get together. Maybe we're just sentimental, but we always had a soft spot in our hearts for "Kataang."

 

Not trying to bash, I enjoyed Kataang but have no problem with Zutara. I just can't see evidence of the creators regretting the final couple in the series.

[TheQueenB]

 

I'm not sure about that. I know listening to the DVD commentary they seemed pretty set on Kataang. Additionally, I don't know if they would have gave focus to Aang and Katara's children in the new series or came up with that concept art of the older group having Aang with his arm around Katara if they weren't confident in their final decision. 

 

I've also heard that one of the creators, Michael Dante DiMartino , said "Sorry to disappoint the "Zutara" fans out there, but we never intended for Zuko and Katara to get together. Maybe we're just sentimental, but we always had a soft spot in our hearts for "Kataang."

 

Not trying to bash, I enjoyed Kataang but have no problem with Zutara. I just can't see evidence of the creators regretting the final couple in the series.

 

No, I totally understand. Haha! I could tell that that was how they intended to develop things, anyway, and they did a good job with it, might I add. I really have no problem with how they did it. I was just curious, because that was a rumor that I had heard. Actually, thanks for clarifying that! 

[TheQueenB]

RED ALERT! RED ALERT!

ZuTara fan inbound!

 

Beware. 

 

No, but I totally understand how Kataang became canon and appreciate its development. It was well done. For real. Zutara was my preference, but I appreciate the truth, as well as how they had brought it about. 

[TheQueenB]

Sorry, guys! I'm not salty over Zutara. I'm really not. I liked it, but I like and respect Kataang, too. Really! 

[KonaKonaFan]

Hermione shouldn't have been with anyone tbh. And I was honestly hoping more for Taang that Zutara? idk im weird

[TheQueenB]

Hermione shouldn't have been with anyone tbh. And I was honestly hoping more for Taang that Zutara? idk im weird

 

The bolded part. As much as I respect Kataang and appreciate its development, that was what I was rooting for. Oh, well! 

[Liu bie]

Probably this is the  NS in human, but I hope NS doesn't leave down like this one  Sam and Freddy, but  I had to trust Nick.

[harry4e]

At one time, i was an absolute huge fan of Harry and Hermione in Harry Potter. I never really got over it....it just hurt worse when JK herself admitted that re-reading the story as a reader instead of a writer, my gut feeling about them was correct to start. 

 

She didn't say that, she said in some way Harry and Hermione are better suited than her and Ron, which is true, Ron was a complete git most of the books and didn't grow up until the last third of the last book. However Ron and Hermione had been set in stone from the first book, as was Harry and Ginny. I'm a massive fan of the latter, the mere idea of Harry and Hermione used to make me feel sick, it still makes me feel quisy thinking too much about it. Those two were written as brother and sister. If JKR was to rewrite, she'd probably go with George or Fred as the pairing for Hermione, she'd probably give Ginny a stronger role, apparently her subtle hints towards Ginny being ideal for Harry were too subtle to many fans. And if she was going to make Harry and Hermione, she'd have to change their relationship completely because otherwise it would be like reading incest. The two worked so well together was because there was no sexual tension between them.

 

My shipping letdowns were lets see, Sakurasou's main pairing between that was a major letdown, that wasn't even a pairing, it was a clutch, she was useless in living her life and somehow always bought the worst out in him  yet Nanami got shafted even though she showed much better suited for him. It also pissed me off how the moral of the story was how you shouldn't blame others an fate on your failures but learn from them and move on, yet Nanami had to constantly struggle, never gave up and still failed. I've got so many, but I can't think of any at the top of my head....I think most of the time once it becomes obvious the auther is going to stick to a pairing no matter how unsuitable it is, I usually drop it, unless i'm heavily invested in the stor, in which case the romance is usually a side plot.

Edited by harry4e, 13 September 2014 - 08:40 PM.

[Konohakitten]

Tai Sora are my biggest ship let down, ever. It was like they are so going to be canon, and then the let down at the end was crushing. I also was let down with Goku and Bulma, probably because I really don't like Chi Chi, but I'm ok with VegBul. As for Harry Potter I agree with Harry and Hermione being together at the end, I don't have a problem with Ron being with Hermione in the end but I never liked Ginny, to me their relationship seemed forced.

[Lid]

Tai Sora are my biggest ship let down, ever. It was like they are so going to be canon, and then the let down at the end was crushing.

 

Watching that finale, and losing like that... I didn't even know if I wanted to ship ever again, because I just felt I would never win after that.

[Konohakitten]

 

Watching that finale, and losing like that... I didn't even know if I wanted to ship ever again, because I just felt I would never win after that.

Agreed 100% I felt that I could never trust a ship again after that!

[Lid]

Agreed 100% I felt that I could never trust a ship again after that!

 

I think that if we had beat MattxSora, and if we had won the Digimon pairing war, that they would have called us the best ship in the last 25 years. But it wasn't there, wasn't meant to be I guess. And that's something that will stick with me for the rest of my life.