Oh if I were going to do this I would definitely use Dany's age from the show (which I believe was eighteen). I probably won't because like I said I have a hard enough time finding time to write things I actually want to write out of things besides a petty desire to show the kids how it's done, but if I did I would definitely make her older. I'd also have to power down the Asgardians as individuals and a nation significantly to not completely overpower everyone else.The Romulan Republic wrote:
Oh, I definitely understand that desire to take something stupid and try to make it work. But Dany/Loki is a pretty big challenge to overcome. Not meaning to be overly critical, but my usual approach to slash fic in general is that the "slash" part comes at the detriment of the "fic" part. Meaning that when people write romance or sex, the goal is generally to titillate (or, in fan fic, to promote certain characters/pairings at the expense of others), which means different priorities than if you're trying to write a strong narrative for some other purpose.
And that's without even getting into the age issues, which adds a whole new level of creepiness unless you make it an older Dany. Yes, I know that the world of GoT follows pseudo-Medieval values about sex and marriage, but Asgardians don't, as far as we know, so I see no good reason to go out of one's way to make Loki a child molester, on top of his many canonical sins. While the thought of doing so for fan service is obviously repulsive (I'm not saying that's your intent, of course).
But even with shipping in general, I've seen so many good premises killed because the story was warped to fit the ship, rather than having the characters' actions grow organically from their personalities and the premise. So, I've nothing against sex or romance in fiction on principle, but I do wish that slash wasn't so dominant in fan fiction. Especially since the number of even professional writers who can write romance or sex well is, in my opinion, depressingly small. Though to some extent this just falls, again, under "different people have different tastes."
Still... you know the Sherlock Holmes quote, about how (paraphrasing) its a mistake to theorize without data, because you start twisting data to fit theories rather than theories to fit data? Likewise, in my opinion, its a mistake to ship and then write a story around it, because you start twisting the story to fit the ship, rather than having the ship develop from the story.
And I agree that the obsession with shipping is sometimes annoying when trying to find good fanfiction, especially if that's a secondary concern or less for you as a reader. I tend to keep romance as a subplot, but I admit sometime I've built a story around it. But usually I wait until I have a good idea for a decent main plot to construct the story around rather than the romantic subplot.