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[doyle]

There's been discussion on bookworm_jen's journal about canon and unconventional relationships. She proposed 4 rankings of relationships:

1) Canon: We saw an actual relationship on screen or there was a clear reference to a past relationship.

2) Near-Canon: We saw flirting or a one time fling on screen, or there was the implication of a past relationship. I would put relationships that are only refered to in commentary or interviews into this category.

3) Non-Canon: There was no relationship on screen, but there was a significant amount of sub-text or build-up and the writers could easily have worked it into the series without distorting the characters too badly.

4) Unconventional: There was no relationship, and it's highly unlikely that the writers could or would have worked it into the series without drastically changing who the characters are.

I'm interested in how subjective these are, or how much we agree on what counts as canon or almost-canon, so I present a poll. I randomly picked 15 m/f, m/m and f/f pairings, some of which happened on the show, some of which didn't. To play, pick which of the categories above you think each one falls into.


[Poll #480215]


[Poll #480216]


[Poll #480217]

Comments

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was going to lump the people who didn't give 1s to Angel/Cordy in the same group as those who didn't give 1s to Wes/Fred, but actually if I tilt my head I can see it. Their whole ship was really based on them not having a relationship. The two of them both went out of their way to not admit their feelings to each other (or themselves, occasionally) and the few times they ever did involved keeping them apart (end of s3, "Were we in love?" in s4, and "You're Welcome").

So even though I ranked them as a 1, I can see why people might call it a 2 based on definitions like "flirting but did not get together".