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I'm reading a fic on someone's journal right now, and it's got a header with Jack/Ennis, and the text says a love that will/never grow old. And I'm like... heh, you may be right, but it will grow a poorly judged mustache...

I dunno. Where do you stand on Happily Ever Afters? What's your ultimate one? Argument's sake, the greatest love story ever told is Romeo and Juliet, even though I hate hate hate that designation, purely because there was never time for the bloom to fade from the rose, as the clichés'd have it.

Me? I like Happily Ever Afters, so long as there's snarking. I'm a romantic of a queer sort. I like happy endings where no one admits that there're feelings involved, where there is much huffing and talk of putting up with each other, where people gravitate towards each other even if only so they can bitch. I like equality and co-dependence, I like a little uncertainty on both sides, I like bull-dozing with a layer of trepidation carefully hidden.

(Mostly, at the moment, I like John/Rodney. *grins* Also? Red wine.)

How 'bout you?

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[jezrana.livejournal.com]

I like realistically happy endings. Like, "happily ever after" may not be realistic, but "okay, we're still gonna have bad shit to deal with sometimes, but we'll deal with it, together, and the good's gonna outweigh the bad" might be.

Princess Bride the movie vs. Princess Bride the book is striking me as a good example, now that I'm thinking of it. Because the way the movie ends makes me grin and feel all romantic and girly, but the way the book ends rings more true , without feeling too pessimistic.