This wank is reminding me the weird "happily ever after" type of idea that happened among both shipper camps. It's as if nobody was allowed to think that what makes a pairing interesting is maybe that they don't actually end up happily ever after, but have to work at their relationship and talk things out on occasion, and maybe that's fine, and maybe the hottest fic can be the make-up sex and the sweetest moments can actually be that the troubles they had, they still stayed together. Both sides had this incredibly rosy view of relationships.