Juuchan17 wrote:
Kodi_Lennon wrote:
There is no certain way that Kodi is meant for Dusty or any of Kodi's teammates. However, there is evidence supporting both sides. We should assume that either Kodi and Dusty are one, or that Dusty is neutral. Either way, there is no solid evidence... just quick glances, smiles, and even gestures to Kodi or to Ralph.
THIS. Thank you - I'm glad someone else actually noticed this.
I think a lot of people notice this. In my experience, the "They looked at each other!" argument is much more often used in caricatures and sattire than in actual arguments by those advocating Kodi and Dusty as a couple (and I will admit here that when I do see it used I try to discourage it because it just makes all of us look dumb by association). Granted, the fanart - including some of my own - uses the scene with their one-on-one chat so much because, admittedly, it's the best one of the two of them in the movie.
Juuchan17 wrote:
To be honest, doesn't this sort of thing happen with co-workers all the time? Just because you do one of those things [quick glance, smile, gestures, etc.] to someone of the opposite sex does not mean that you're in love with them - it's probably just some little thing that all dogs do, that's all. Aren't people the same way?
Yeah, I've been the victim of that myself, so I have to agree with you there. This is exactly why I favor arguments based on their personalities, or at least what can be seen of them. His sense of responsibility, her sense of fun; let's face it, if one likes the "odd couple," the two of them would complete each other nicely.
Juuchan17 wrote:
Dragon Tamer wrote:
Now looking back over some of the more, ah, cynical posts, I recognize that Jucchan does have one point I can agree with: love at first sight fanfics are rather lame. Not only that, but stories of that nature both feed and feed on unrealistic expectations of romance. On the other hand, it's unfair to categorize them so broadly; some fanfics about them are well-written. I think redwolf03's story about them, "The Right Time," serves as a good model; it establishes that they have a history together, and it works with something more substantial and worth addressing than the mushy-gooey "Oooh, I love you" junk.
I had a feeling you'd agree with that, DT.
One could say that Balto and Jenna's relationship was just a little like this in the first movie [it was rather sudden...], but at least they did have some sort of a development and not a simple "love at first sight" thing. Well, Jenna's support for Balto may have just grown only because it seemed that other dogs wanted to pair her up with either the town zero [Balto] or the town "hero" [Steele] because... well, they too were fan-shippers and guess who she'd been seen with?
Balto, on the other hand, was sort of "at first sight". He was a brooding Romeo, wishing that he could just gather the courage to speak his mind and probably woo her [though I wonder if he knew what the word meant... or what the feeling he was feeling was]. At least Boris knew what it was with a mile away. Once realizing what the most important thing to Jenna was - Rosy, if you didn't already know - Balto definitely used that to his advantage and had a new drive to try and achieve that sledding dream of his. Fast-forward 45 minutes later, and we all know that after non-existent blood, sweat, some obvious tears, and nearly dying at least two or three times... it definitely worked.
Not sure I agree with you there. The way they talked to one another early on - if you can call it talking - makes it seem likely that they had some history of one kind or another. At the very least, each knew who the other was, and we can infer that Balto had been in contact with Jenna before from the fact that Rosy knew him too (after all, how many strays have names that everyone uses?) and was comfortable around him.
Juuchan17 wrote:
Now, to connect this to the point of this topic: Kodi's love interest(s) and what's best for him.
He never admits that he loves a girl/guy/goose/whatever, but we know that he takes his sledding job super seriously [his sledmates beg to differ and ended up joking and making fun of him for it; they end up nearly eating their words about 15 min later when their jobs are now on the line] because it means so much to him. He looks up to his dad and probably that's where the sledding love comes from. Watch the flashback during "You Don't Have To Be A Hero" and it shows that bonding It makes him feel special, important, a part of something bigger than just himself [sorta like Aleu and the wolf pack in WQ... sorta?].
Isn't that feeling and sense of importance almost like love in a way?
Also, "The Right Time" is an excellent recommendation. I'm not afraid to admit that I've written stories with "love at first sight", but this method is more for a hopeless romantic type of character [or a naive one - you know what I mean: one that's only read/heard of fairy tales and thinks that a handsome/beautiful love interest will arrive on a white sled and instantly sweep him/her [most likely HER] away into the sunset blah-blah-blah...]. Kodi, unfortunately, is not one of them - sorry, fan-shippers! He seems like a tough nut to crack, and one would probably have to tolerate his talking of sledding all the time. No ordinary gal would suit him - she'd have to be someone heavily compatible to him, in my opinion.
Well if it comes to that, who better than someone who was in the same line of work and would know all the lingo? I mean if you need something to talk about when you're not getting lovey-dovey, methods of doing something important to your well-being and that of others strike me as a good way to go. For example, I know a married couple - a few such couples in fact, but one in particular - who are involved in EMS. Whether that's how they met I don't know, but it seems to work well for them to both be involved in the same line of work. And out of the better relationships I've had, all the really good ones (which sadly were rather few) were with fellow writers, ladies who would just as soon spend an hour chatting about the intricacies of, say, dragons and centaurs as dine by candle light.
Besides, I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that Kodi would ALWAYS be talking about work. I'd have to take a look at it again, but I think the cases where he was talking about it were mostly cases where it made sense to be; it doesn't necessarily follow that he would talk about it 100% of the time. Besides, if memory serves, she talked about the job a lot too. It's just that initially they were singing opposite tunes.
Juuchan17 wrote:
Whew... Okay, I'm done ranting a bit. And also, thank you, Roi~ I personally think this topic is redundant and pointless, but as long as no one goes into berserk-fan-shipper mode, we'll be good - honest!
- Juuchan17
Works for me.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:12 pm 
