pensnest: Backstreet closeup terrified faces (Backstreet Five)
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[personal profile] frausorge asked for my favourite intra-Backstreet pairing.

And my favourite intra-Backstreet pairing is…

Hmm.

Do I even have one of those? I tend to pair everybody with my adored Lance, so the intra-BSB possibilities get overlooked most of the time.

Still, I think perhaps I do… but it's quite hard to tell, because really, I don't think there would be an intra-Backstreet pairing I couldn't like. I've just had a look to see what I've written, and reminded myself that AJ/Nick is adorable, particularly with them both being young and a bit clueless. Brian/AJ works surprisingly well as a mixture of caring and guilt—not that I do that sort of thing very often, but with that particular pairing, that's how it turns out, which is odd given how sunny Brian is. Howie/Kevin is a thing that there ought to be more of in the world, totally the opposite of AJ/Nick because these are two grown-ups and delightfully self-assured, and that's also something I like.

But I think my favourite has to be AJ/Kevin, which I wrote in my post-apocalyptic SeSa story back in, uh, 2009. I see them balancing one another out really well, with Kevin being sensible and with a sneaky sense of humour, and AJ being strong on the emotions.

But, really. Is there a wrong Backstreet pairing? I don't think so!

Date: 2014-12-12 09:17 pm (UTC)
turlough: woman sitting in sofa corner reading with snoozing cat behind her on the sofa back,  art by Kim Parkhurst ((other) reading is one of life's joys)
From: [personal profile] turlough
I have to confess to not being terribly interested in Brian so I generally prefer my Backstreet pairings to not include him. Apart from that I pretty much agree that most Backstreet pairings are a good thing.

Date: 2014-12-12 09:39 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
MADAM! EXPLAIN YOURSELF!

Date: 2014-12-13 05:16 pm (UTC)
turlough: snickering white cat, Duchess from Disney's 'Aristocats' ((disney) fun)
From: [personal profile] turlough
Brian's boring! ;-P

Date: 2014-12-13 06:17 am (UTC)
frausorge: Howie Dorough smiling and looking over his shoulder (cut through the sugar)
From: [personal profile] frausorge
Indeed, none of the pairings could be wrong. I like your analysis! By rights my favorite one should have been Kevin/Nick, because I think they're individually the two hottest, but I found I had a hard time seeing how they'd be happy together. While Brian/Howie became much more intriguing to me than I first expected.

Date: 2014-12-13 10:51 am (UTC)
sperrywink: (Howie owns)
From: [personal profile] sperrywink
The correct answer is of course Nick/Howie. *g*

/bringing it old skool

Date: 2014-12-15 02:13 pm (UTC)
turps: (longhaired kevin (turloughishere))
From: [personal profile] turps
Personally I liked a bit of Kevin/Brian, but sadly it was never really that big. Kevin/Nick is good too, but now after your comment all I can think of is Let Me Be Your Candle.

Date: 2014-12-15 07:45 pm (UTC)
rikes: Backstreet boys (Backstreet's back)
From: [personal profile] rikes
GSF FTW!

Date: 2014-12-18 12:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zebraljb.livejournal.com
You know, your post made me think. Who is MY fave BSB pairing? I think I have to agree with you. In my heart, I will always love the FrickFrack, because they were the very first slash I ever EVER wrote (except for an AJ/Howie chapter in a vampire het story, but I digress), but I like your reasoning for AJ/Kevin. When I had to write them two years ago for my MTYG assignment, I was shocked at how easy it was...

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