I don't really have a chan-kink myself, though it doesn't really bother me, either. I like innocent characters, though, especially in dark, non-con situations, and well, younger characters are likely to be more innocent, I suppose, though I'll just as gladly take an older kind of innocent character.
WWhich is exactly why chan tends to squick me. <g> It's really less the physical youth of the character than it is the mental age (which is why stories where one of the guys seems to get turned into a toddler in a man's body--and oh, god, remind me to link you to the Slash Hall of Shame some time--squick me too), and most of all the power (im)balance. Which is one of the reasons why Snape/Harry kind of squicks me--the other one being the trauma of reading Snape rhapsodizing about harry's lovely, childlike body, and ewwww. The physical aspect may not squick me that much, but that's no reason to rub it in my face!
Now how did I get on this tangent? Oh, right ...
*snickers* Same here. Though at the same time, I can't help seeing Harry's potential, not-so-dorky dark side.
Care to tell me? Because um, yeah. I'm not too fond of Gryffindors in general, or Harry in particular.
Exactly! OoP hasn't just changed the way I see Ginny post-GoF, it has changed the way I see Ginny from book 1. The potential to become the Ginny she is now must have been there all along.
Exactly! But I do love new!Ginny, and especially Ron's reaction to Ginny's dating. So typically big brother, man, it's so sweet.
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WWhich is exactly why chan tends to squick me. <g> It's really less the physical youth of the character than it is the mental age (which is why stories where one of the guys seems to get turned into a toddler in a man's body--and oh, god, remind me to link you to the Slash Hall of Shame some time--squick me too), and most of all the power (im)balance. Which is one of the reasons why Snape/Harry kind of squicks me--the other one being the trauma of reading Snape rhapsodizing about harry's lovely, childlike body, and ewwww. The physical aspect may not squick me that much, but that's no reason to rub it in my face!
Now how did I get on this tangent? Oh, right ...
*snickers* Same here. Though at the same time, I can't help seeing Harry's potential, not-so-dorky dark side.
Care to tell me? Because um, yeah. I'm not too fond of Gryffindors in general, or Harry in particular.
Exactly! OoP hasn't just changed the way I see Ginny post-GoF, it has changed the way I see Ginny from book 1. The potential to become the Ginny she is now must have been there all along.
Exactly! But I do love new!Ginny, and especially Ron's reaction to Ginny's dating. So typically big brother, man, it's so sweet.