The top/bottom name switch in listing the pairings always seems like such an old fashioned thing. I think they still do it a lot in anime and some of the video game fandoms, but I definitely think it's gone out of the Western fandoms (mostly; I'm sure there are fandoms where it happens, I don't want to make a huge sweeping statement and have people point out all those little exceptions).
I personally don't use it because I think it makes something really important and significant out the header, when what should be important is the content of the fic. Especially going as far as considering them two separate pairings. I mean, the characters don't become different people when you change the dynamics.
I don't mean to make this the pile on Elr post, I just had Thoughts.
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Date: 2011-07-10 12:55 am (UTC)I personally don't use it because I think it makes something really important and significant out the header, when what should be important is the content of the fic. Especially going as far as considering them two separate pairings. I mean, the characters don't become different people when you change the dynamics.
I don't mean to make this the pile on Elr post, I just had Thoughts.