December Meme, Day Twelve

[pensnest]

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!

Comments

[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.

[(Anonymous)]

MADAM! EXPLAIN YOURSELF!

[kira-j.livejournal.com]

that was me

[turlough]

Brian's boring! ;-P

[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.

[pensnest]

Sadlythe idea of Kevin/Nick makes me think of Let Me Be your Candle which is just too horrifying for words. I can't think of any Brian/Howie stories, off the top of my head, but I can imagine that being a rather adorable and very tiny pairing.

[sperrywink]

The correct answer is of course Nick/Howie. *g*

/bringing it old skool

[pensnest]

I tend to fall in love with characters and pairings as I write them, and of course I did write a Nick/Howie, and am in consequence charmed by that pairing too! Howie needs to maintain a very firm hand, I feel.

[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.

[pensnest]

I don't think any of the Backstreet pairings is the behemoth that, say, JuC is. Which sorta makes it easier at MTYG time—if I'm asked for a BSB pairing, I probably haven't written it before, at least not very much.

Kevin/Nick ought to have white-hot affairs that flame out. I can't imagine them as a long-term pairing!

[rikes]

GSF FTW!

[pensnest]

You are not wrong, I feel sure.

[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...