User blog comment:Ceras SanMarina/Some rants!/@comment-2117337-20100614174235

On Shipwars: Like I've said before, I don't really see many shipwars. I don't know why I've never come across one, but I do understand they can be pretty vicious. This might be because, aside from Germany/Italy and Spain/Romano and perhaps Prussia/Hungary, I don't ship the most popular pairings. I don't know why, but with this fandom, I somehow attract all the underdog pairings.

Anywho, back to the point. Amougst my friends, I have tons of different pairings flying around. One of them has two conflicting OTPs (Russia/America and America/Canada). There's also a random Egypt/Canada tossed in the mix as well as the extremly odd Italy/Russia. Yet, we don't really fight too much despite all the confliction (even though my friend who is probably the world's biggest America/Canada shipper is trying to wipe away my other friend's like for Russia/America.)

What also really surprises me is how I haven't gotten some odd review for one of fanfictions in which I answer questions from people about any character they wish. With this fic, I get a LOT of US/UK fans asking US/UK -related question, but because I have conflicting OTPs, its hard to write for it. Even so, I do include pairings I would otherwise not touch. It helps me become more toleratant to other pairings even though I don"t like it.