Unrequited/one-sided pining and two-sided pining but both are completely oblivious are my favorite things ever. The thrill of the chase is always more fun than the catch imo...
I've been seeing this ship dynamics meme going around lately and I'm curious to see which ones other people like! Any ship dynamic is allowed here
Here are four of my own favorites
Enemies to friends to lovers, or 2 people who completely hate each other but find the other maddeningly attractive shshdhd
Also 'you're the best thing in my world' x 'you're the only good thing in my world'
enemies to lovers all the way and any sort of extra steps in between. like, you got your basic enemies to lovers, enemies to reluctant allies to lovers, friends to enemies to lovers, IT'S ALL GOOD!!!
that and also big buff really shy and gentle w/ small and excitable one _(:'3
friends to lovers.... literally the best. god tier.
i also have a oddly high number of pairings that are Tall x Even Taller. love a couple who towers over everyone.
really contrasting characters in general tbh (physically or personality-wise), but i'm especially eternally weak to cold and reserved x fun and flirtatious sorta ships, ,,
also enemies to lovers is veryyy nice tbh. or even not to lovers necessarily as long as there's attraction, bc the tension is just great in general lol. i like a pretty wide range of ships though, so there's gotta be more ofc, but that's the main stuff that comes to mind
I always fall for and make the exact same thing: total opposites in every regard, a lotta the times even appearances follow suit. Cat/dog sorta thing
Basically the more responsible, closed off one and the fucking brat LMAO I like seeing them interact... and maybe hold hands... what if they kissed (and they were both boys). May the obnoxious one out of the two get the emotionally constipated one to open up at least a little
I am a complete OTP monoshipper who's dedicated to one pairing only outta a whole series and that always seems to be the one I gravitate to. Same with OCs. But there's a little looseness there when you create a third wheel to go with the pairing
Childhood friends to lovers is my favorite. It especially gets me going when one of them jokes like "hey if neither of us are dating someone by x time, we should just hook up with each other" and inside both of them are taking it so seriously.
I just like the idea of two people being so comfortable with each other that it's almost a foregone conclusion that they'd be together