I Will Go Down With This Ship

*spoiler alerts for the 90s anime Yu Yu Hakusho*

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Today i finished the series Yu Yu Hakusho. It used to air on Adult Swim or Toonami... I think Adult Swim.... Anyhow, I love the show. Its kind of a pillar of my mid- to late-adolescence.

The show also has one of my favourite ships of all time/teenage OTP--Hiei/Kurama.  In case you're unfamiliar with fanfiction jargon, ship is short for 'relationship' and OTP is 'one true pairing'.  Basically, it's like 'what characters of a show do I like to imagine have romantic/sexual relationships' and who do I think would be the best ever couple together? OMG I can just imagine them riding off into the sunset together and living happily ever after together, Snow White style!'  It's like that.

Anyhow, today I finished the series.  And in episode 111, there's a moment when Hiei gives a precious stone to Kurama, who politely tells Hiei he's not interested in him as anything more than a friend. The sweat drop on Hiei's head combined with the fact that the writers have been leading ALL of US along since the introduction of these two characters what too much. I imagined a fleet of Hiei/Kurama ships going up in flames, with poor souls jumping overboard as the structure was engulfed in flames.

I fell the fuq out. Literally.

I shrieked and fell off my bed, and hollered for a good minute. I was so loud, my roommate had to let my dog in from outside because puppy was concerned. And I still laughed. That shit was def worth the ten year wait.

I love when writers/directors tap into potential ships and lead viewers along. I mean, clearly it's toying with my emotions, but I don't mind. Because we all know that there is SOMETHING going on between the two of them. It's written between the lines. We so don't have to acknowledge it openly, I get it. The world is not ready for this kick-ass power couple.

And that is why there's fanfiction and fanart.