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Baaa, am sheep:

Comment with the name/title of a fandom I'm aware of, no matter how obvious you think the answers will be, and I'll reply you with the relationships - canon or not - from it I ship. I'll give favorite romantic relationships as well as favorite platonic ones. Also, you're free to reply in subthreads and ask me why I ship or don't ship something.

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Romantic:

Roy/Hawkeye: Ok, maybe not in the schmoopy romantic way, because I can't see them being too sappy, but I love the respect between them, Roy's teasing, and Hawkeye reining him in, which he desperately needs.

Whiting this one out for spoilers!
Lust/Scar: It's so wrong! But I love it so much anyway! It's the sublimation and the "my body moved before I could think to protect you" thing, the vague stirrings of humanity in Lust, the very wrong history between the two.

Platonic:
All the military guys: I particularly love Roy and Hughes and the interesting dynamic between them, but I am a total sucker for loyalty. And I love that you can tell there's something more to Roy than the scheming ladder-climber that he first seems to be because of the loyalty he inspires from the guys, and I love that he protects them in turn.

Ed and Al: You knew this was coming. Ed and Al! They are the center and the heart of the series for me; I love how much they are willing to sacrifice for each other and how much they care for each other. I love Ed's attempts to be the big brother and shield Al, I love Al as Ed's conscience, and I love it when they're goofy and Al's yelling at Ed. I wouldn't love this series as much if I didn't have all this love for the Elrics.

Izumi and her husband: it's never really emphasized, but I like how quiet it is, how she can lean on him and how she takes her own space to do her own thing.

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Roy/Riza: Yeah, this will probably end up being canon eventually in the manga I suppose. And the prospect of that doesn't actually irritate me - I can respect Riza and what she stands for, and of course I have undying love for Roy already. So even though my mind wants RoyxEd badly, the reality isn't awful either.

And of course I keep thinking of Roy's playfulness putting the glasses on her and commenting 'not bad'...

Spoiler couple: (what's the code for whiting out on LJ anyway?) Hee, I always thought it was so very, very sweet on his behalf. The classic crush on your brother's girl. It honestly helped a lot in redeeming his character from my perspective, given everything he did. Proof that he's still human inside.

Military: I never seemed to get the same connection with Hughes that everybody else did. I mean, funny guy, very devoted and caring, and willing to protect his friends against everything, but... I dunno. There always seemed to be something lacking, he never felt fully fleshed out. I prefer the relationship between Havoc and Roy, even if it clearly wasn't as deep.

Ed and Al: Yeah, I have no comments to make. It's all love.

And Izumi's husband is just incredible. He's always there, but never in a way that puts pressure on their relationship. I love how he walks that line.

Other relationships, platonic wise, I get a kick out of Ed/Al/Winry. There's just so much history between the three of them. Winry is always complaining that she never knows what's going on, but when it comes down to it, they don't even have to share words to understand the gist of each other's problems. It's sweet. But I hope it stays platonic.

And I constantly wish a deeper friendship/understanding had been given a chance to develop between Martel and Al. She ended up doing so much for him in such a short time.

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Code for whiting out spoilers: <span class="color:white;background-color:white">Spoilery text here </span>

I think I didn't quite get into Ed/Al/Winry just because Winry doesn't have that large of a role to play in the anime, though I've heard she gets more to do in the manga, yay.

I really like the Martel/Al relationship as well!