...To all my fellow Toki/Skwisgaar* shippers out there.  I know there are few of you on my f'list — I can count you guys on one hand — but I hope you will pass this sentiment on to your fandom friends and neighbors.

Let's all come together and show that we're mature, intelligent people, and that shipping a popular and [as many of us see it] canon-supported pairing has not turned us into self-righteous douchbags.  Let's be strong, and smart.  Let's not be threatened by every other pairing under the sun.  Let's not scream "BLASPHEMY!" every time we see one of our beloved Scandinavians shipped with someone other than each other.

Let's be people.

As someone I very much respect has said recently, we S/T shippers are solidly in the majority.  We're the status quo.**  But even if we weren't — it isn't as though other pairings are going to come out and get us.  It's fine to like Nathan/Skwisgaar or Toki/Pickles, even when your first love is S/T.  Or?  It's fine if you don't.  There's nothing wrong with liking lots of pairings, and there's nothing wrong with liking just one.

Let's be open-minded toward each other, that's all I'm saying.  Let's stand together for fandom unity.  Let's show our fellow Dethfans love and respect, no matter who they ship — and we will get the same from them in return. :)


If you love Toki/Skwisgaar* (or like it even a little), and happen to agree with my sentiments, please pass this on!

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* Once again, to be clear: when I say "Toki/Skwisgaar," I also mean "Skwisgaar/Toki," or whatever else you want to call it.  When it comes to shipping, it's not about who's on top for me.

** And there is nothing wrong with that, either.  Disliking something simply because it's popular is hypocritical all in its own right; and we do not have to prove that our favorite pairing is "struggling" or "oppressed" in order to earn the right to like it.

I know, I know... no one is going to read this.  Or maybe someone is.  Goodness, I've pretty much lost track of whether anyone who watches Metalocalypse actually reads my journal.  (Need to go make more friends, I guess.)  And I think I may've just been unfriended by the one person who'd have been most likely to care about this kind of post.

But I do need to update my journal with something.  So, I will trudge on.


Anyway, I had a Toki/Skwisgaar bunny.  This morning, just hypothetically, I was trying to imagine what kind of T/S plot might make sense** to a person who doesn't find T/S canonically plausible (I won't say appeal — but at least make sense).  And this idea came to me.

It's sort of lame and cracky, to tell you the truth... but hey.  Crazier scenarios have been turned into good fic before; I've seen it.

So, I thought: what if Toki accidentally overdosed on some sort of wacky aphrodisiac drug (hey, it's Metalocalypse.  I mean, if a drug can erase your whole brain...), and as a result, he had to have sex within the next, say, hour, or he would die/go insane/his peen would fall off... something along those lines.  (Alternatively, it could also be that for whatever crazy reason, anyone in Dethklok who's a virgin is in some kind of mortal danger... and it turns out Toki has never had sex.  I mean, I know a lot of people don't like or don't really buy virgin!Toki.  But I could totally see it.  And I'll gladly explain my reasoning, if anyone asks.)

Anyway, either there's not enough time to find Toki a groupie, or the guys are somewhere (on their way to a concert, maybe?) where women are not readily available to them.  So basically, one of them has to sleep with Toki.  Everyone is very put off by the thought of ghey seksorz — and Toki himself is at least weirded out by the idea — but finally Skwisgaar volunteers.  Not because he's into it, but because he's the one who least wants Toki to die or whatever [something I feel is pretty supported by canon].  And possibly because he's the least picky in bed [something that could also be supported by canon].

And then the sex turns out to be surprisingly good... etc.


I'd actually really like to do something with this idea; I just don't know what.  It might be fun to play out as an RP one day, with the right person.  Or, I don't know, if anyone wants to use it as a fic bunny, you're welcome to it — just tell me so.  Though, I reserve the right to use it again myself/pitch it to someone else/submit it somewhere as a challenge... or whatever.

It might be fun to see it written by someone who's not a big-time Toki/Skwisgaar* shipper, I think.

Or it could just sit there in the back of my brain, gathering dust, until ultimately I forget all about it.  Who knows.  That might be kinda sad, though.


(By the way, please tell me if anyone thinks this thing calls for an LJ-cut.  I don't mind, I just never really know how long is too long.  Plus, people hardly ever seem to click on LJ-cuts. :\ )



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* Just in case, if anyone here does that name-order thing (which I'll be honest, I hate); allow me to clarify.  "Toki/Skwisgaar" is not intended to imply that Toki would be on top during sex.  I just happen to think it sounds better that way.

** You have to understand: I'm of the mind that most pairings can be written realistically, and written well, if they are done right.  Including ones I personally dislike, or ones I don't find very believable.  Of course, not everyone shares this outlook... and I get that.  Trust me.  But theoretically, if someone did feel the same way as I do, then the right kind of story could make them buy a pairing they normally would consider unrealistic or out of character.