So do you think that a person who believes in soulmates is a naive, silly little schoolgirl who doesn't understand what a true relationship entails?
:blink: Um... no. Not at all. For one thing, I wouldn't assume anything about someone's real life based on fandom like or dislikes. I probably made my point badly: I think using the word 'soulmates' is too often a lazy device employed by TV writers in lieu of actually *showing* why their main pairing's meant to be - Smallville did it in the episode Skinwalker with that girl whose name I can't remember. Hey, much easier to make her a threat to the Clana that way than expending effort in making her a 3D character and building a real relationship with Clark.
To me the Sydney/Vaughn relationship feels forced because I don't like Vaughn and I don't see the chemistry. To me it's more interesting when I'm not hammered over the head with 'these characters are together because they're fated to be', because it's rarer. YMMV.
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on 2004-08-18 03:39 pm (UTC):blink: Um... no. Not at all. For one thing, I wouldn't assume anything about someone's real life based on fandom like or dislikes. I probably made my point badly: I think using the word 'soulmates' is too often a lazy device employed by TV writers in lieu of actually *showing* why their main pairing's meant to be - Smallville did it in the episode Skinwalker with that girl whose name I can't remember. Hey, much easier to make her a threat to the Clana that way than expending effort in making her a 3D character and building a real relationship with Clark.
To me the Sydney/Vaughn relationship feels forced because I don't like Vaughn and I don't see the chemistry. To me it's more interesting when I'm not hammered over the head with 'these characters are together because they're fated to be', because it's rarer. YMMV.