the stars like dust

I really like pairings. Sometimes, I fall for characters , other times ensembles push my happy buttons, once in a while it's a genre or a conceit or a special effect (swooshy ships!<3), but mostly I fall in love with the strange creatures formed by human unions. Like, I love the Firefly crew as a whole, and I'm crazy about grumpy-sweet Rodney McKay, and Sam Winchester makes me go *swoon*. I also crush on dragons and wishing rings and magic doors, but really? It's the interactions between the dragons and their humans or the Sam/Dean Beast or the way that I like Sheppard so much better when he's the kind of guy who falls helplessly in love with the most aggravating man on Atlantis that gets my blood up.

And I'm a vagabond, we all know this, right? So I have attachments in literally dozens of fandoms, and really hundreds of worlds, and once in a while some story I love or a plot or a team makes in onto my forever list, but when a pairing does, that's it. I support, in every way, the growth of variety and multiplicity in fan fiction (viva All Pairings, All Genres, enjoy the GSF with my blessings, seriously) but what makes me happiest is always going to be the epic that obsesses, as I do, on the pairings that I can't forget, can't give up, won't shut up about. 

I'm happy to say that bandom has added to that list. Yay!

Now, there's a long list of Pairings in Bandom that Interest Me. (PIBTIM).  In fact, here it is:

• Frank/Gerard, of COURSE. This one is moving up the list all the time. Frank's just so. And Gerard.
  
• Patrick/Gerard, because Warhammer, people.
• Ray/Mikey. They just. I dunno. I like the idea.
• Joe/his guitar. I'm not an Impala/Dean shipper, but I love the idea of Joe's guitar turning into a woman.
• Andy/His Ideals. Like, I want stories where he struggles over idealism vs. success.
• Jon/Spencer, because of the way they look at each other.
• Brendon/Patrick. Just. So much vocal talent in one place.
• Patrick/Frank. They're so *wee*. It's. Hmm.
• William/Travis. Hands on hips, I'm just saying.
  
• William/his wife, because there's this one picture where he looks at her like she hung the sun.
• Bob/an Awesome Nurse. I mean this, I love the idea.

There'll be others, but that's my current list of interest, except for a couple that have, essentially, leaped into the set-aside special category.
Frank/Gerard has come close, and I think it'll get there. But not yet. Those pairings are Ryan/Brendon and Pete/Patrick (which I really long to call Stupid Pet Tricks, but won't because I have mercy). It's just that, not merely in the bandom category, but in fandom in general, I'm going to be thinking about these guys as units. I don't rule OUT pairings or alternatives to my favorites, but these ones are the ones I love.

Ryan Ross just looks so *haughty* and *reserved* and then Brendon climbs him and squeals, and I cannot be expected to resist this. Especially when Ryan, who we fondly call George, just lets him.

And Pete Wentz is so lovable when he's with Patrick, who is one of nature's plushie creatures with a snarky side that enchants. And they made a band! Which is on top of the world!
 
How could I help but love?