There are actually a few canon ships that I just find just plain annoying, and I really would have replaced them with something else. I can't say which one is MORE annoying.
Harry Potter. People know I'm a huge Potter-nut. Ok, more than a Potter nut. Literally, I keep the elder wand in my purse (In my defense, it's a pen) But anyways....
A bit of bickering can mean attraction, I suppose, but in my opinion Ron/Hermione has NO sparky chemistry. Best friends (practically family), tutor-tutored, debate partners, yes to all of these. But LOVERS?? This pairing annoys the heck out of me. I don't see it. I prefer Hermione/HARRY. I mean, come on, those two had WAY more chemistry. Way more spark, and they were a bit more similar in personality. Plus, in a relationship Hermione would always be the smarter one. Ron tends to cut down when that happens, although being in the Golden Trio seems to have calmed down that tendency a bit. I don't know who to pair him with, but ANYONE but Hermione. And Ginny/Harry stories can be cute, but I still think they were better off as good friends. They were still better than Ron/Hermione, though.
I also like Neville/Luna, or even Neville/Ginny can be cute (though I like the first one better as an idea).
Finally, from the Power Rangers fandom (yes, I know). Actually, these people tend to ROYALLY screw up pairings (in my personal opinion). I love the show for some odd reason, have ever since I was a kid, but Tommy/Kat? Kim/SKULL!!??? Kim/Skull should NOT be happening in any universe. He's a complete bully to her towards the beginning. I mean, he gets better towards the end, but COME FREAKING ON!! Friends, I can see. Someone she tells about her being a ranger, maybe. I can even see them keeping contact when she leaves for Pan Globals. But really? And Spike can't be Kimberly's kid. She would kick him in the nuts for being that idiotic about Power Rangers before Samurai even happened.
And while I'm not as upset about Tommy/Kat, Tommy/Kim still had a lot more great chemistry going on. While it may have looked like puppy love, I don't think it was. They were saving the world everyday. They grew up. And some people do find love with their high school sweethearts. Kat is great by herself, but then she takes Tommy away from Kim, so everyone hates her. And the way they made Kim break up with Tommy was completely idiotic, too. The letter? Kim would have called, at least, and probably visited. She and Tommy would have talked for hours about it. They would have set things strait. Kim was no coward. She was the world's first pink ranger, for goodness sakes. And then they would be IN-CHARACTER.
Oh, there are more botched pairings.
There's of course, the famous Kira/Trent, Conner/Krista. WHY? Let me list the reasons: Conner and Kira just had more chemistry and Trent lied to Kira BIG time about his Dad being Mesogog. Kira's crush on Trent was so forced, and Conner and Krista weren't similar enough to make it work. If you're at least not going to get rid of the Kira/Trent (who can have their cute moments, I guess), then pair Conner up with ANYONE else. Because Krista's kind of too up in nature, and Conner, even as a stuck-up jock (and he did a lot of growing being a red ranger) deserved a whole lot more than that. And it was forced.
Trini/Jason wasn't ever confirmed, was it? It should have been, they were cute together. And Dustin/Kelly- everyone thinks it should have been Marah, but I thought Dustin and Kelly were super great together. Kelly's age was never said- I would have placed her to be somewhere in her early twenties, Dustin around eighteen or nineteen- if not in his college years, then very close to it.
Even though they only ever confirmed Ally/Jack in SPD, they didn't really botch much from that season. Almost any combo of the rangers- Syd/Sky, Z/Bridge, or even Sky/Bridge (since apparently they tried to make a season of gay Bridge)or Z/Boom would work, to be quite honest. And Z could have done very well single. I prefer Syd/Sky and Z/Bridge, but any of those could have worked. Kat/Cruger would have been so cute, though. Even though his wife was there. But Kat/Cruger had a better relationship. We saw more of that, though.
And they didn't botch anything in Jungle Fury, I don't think. And in my fave season, RPM, they didn't botch anything, either. So writing got better as it went on. But the first several you were staring at the screen like, "You just did WHAT???"
Sorry, it's not often I get to rant like this :)
