aroceu's favorites
Here are my present day favorites — from the general to the specific — in a variety of entertainment forms. Though I think of myself as having a wide and diverse range of interests, I am also undeniably drawn to a pattern of preferences, pointed out and exemplified below.
Also, I am a relentless multishipper who likes a lot of different types of dynamics. My ships are my favorites of all of my ships, but there are a lot more that I enjoy more casually.
Archives: Characters 
Relationships
Inspired from similar pages by Mei, Rems, and Ainna.
Themes
- enemies to lovers
- men who are divorced from each other
- immature protagonists with hearts of gold
- main characters / heroes
- philosophy and the complications of being human
- time travel and the (meta)physical complications of time passing
- quiet cocky geniuses with a moral code
- any form of competition, especially when physical (including and especially sports)
- same-gender characters being trapped together
- mystery
- social deception / bottleneck mysteries
- loyalty to a fault / betrayal and manipulation with sexual tension
- lazy kids with natural intelligence
- forbidden romance / forbidden sex
- red string of fate but why is it you
- oh shit it's you again and you got hot
- RPF / finding the romance in everything
- the fourth wall (and breaking it from the other side)
- magic with rules
- satire / parody
- fairy tales / mythology / folktales / kids' tales
- comedy-horror
- boy (genderless) and his dog (genderless) / spongebob and squidward / unstoppable force x immovable object (the immovable object is secretly pining for the unstoppable force)
- romance between two women who have the same male love interest and/or ex-boyfriend
- emotionally repressed or unexpressive characters who are sticklers for rules
- female characters who are mean / popular / shallow (bonus points if they are red-headed and/or exceptionally ditzy or intelligent (either works) and/or the eldest child)
- found family formed from a friendship between an unlikely group of misfits
- you're like me but better and what if we kissed
- the nerve to say or do something for the sake of comedy or entertainment
- heists that are secretly narratives about found family and friendship
- class difference ships / "we come from different worlds" romances
- internalized denial and emotional repression (with consequences, of course)
- pretty boys who are both flirty and cunning :3
- redblue ships
- good boy/brat ships except both parties are both of them
- matchmaking / genies / cupid / lovebugs / falling in love seemingly under an influence
- canon ships usually, particularly the het ones
- exceptionally talented characters with high reputations who are of somewhat equal skill and have a rivalrous relationship in some way
Things
- dragons
- oceans
- elephants
- anchors
- sea creatures (dolphins, turtles, sharks, seahorses, plesiosaurus, the loch ness monster)
- movies
- flowers
- the moon
- water / ice
- teleportation
- vampires
- werewolves
- selfcest
- zombies
- animation
- archery / long range attack
- birds / claws
- science / math / physics
- pianos / keyboards
Characters/People
- Aomine Daiki (Kuroko No Basuke)
- Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)
- Angelica Schuyler (Hamilton)
- Asami Sato (Legend of Korra)
- Bubbles (Powerpuff Girls)
- Callie (Splatoon)
- Carlton Lassiter (Psych)
- Cho Kyuhyun (Super Junior)
- Cindy Vortex (Jimmy Neutron)
- Eren Yeager (SNK)
- Finn (Star Wars)
- Gold/Ethan (Pokémon - all)
- Gwaine (Merlin)
- Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen (Marvel - all)
- Harry Potter (Harry Potter)
- Haruka Nanase (Free!)
- Hinata Shouyou (Haikyuu!!)
- Jack Shepherd (LOST)
- Jazz Fenton (Danny Phantom)
- Jiang Cheng (Mo Dao Zu Shi)
- Kagami Taiga (Kuroko No Basuke)
- Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Kate Austen (LOST)
- Kenny McCormick (South Park)
- Kim Jonghyun (SHINee)
- Kimiko Tohomiko (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Kingdra (Pokémon)
- Kino (Kang Hyunggu) (Pentagon)
- Kunimi Akira (Haikyuu!!)
- Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (X-Men)
- Lan Wangji (Mo Dao Zu Shi)
- Lay (Yixing Zhang) (EXO)
- Lee Sungmin/LIU (SNSD)
- Lisa (리사) (BLACKPINK)
- Leigh-Anne Pinnock (Little Mix)
- Malina (Emperor's New School)
- Manami Sangaku (Yowapeda)
- Mayuzumi Chihiro (Kuroko No Basuke)
- Miles Straume (LOST)
- Neji Hyuuga (Naruto)
- Niall Horan (One Direction)
- Nick Jonas (Jonas Brothers)
- Nie Mingjue (Mo Dao Zu Shi)
- Peter Parker/Spider-man (Marvel - all)
- Princess Morbucks (Powerpuff Girls)
- Raymond Holt (Brooklyn 99)
- Regulus Black (Harry Potter)
- Rin Hoshizora (Love Live!)
- Rocket Raccoon (Marvel - Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Rosalina (Super Mario - series)
- Rose/Huntsgirl (American Dragon: Jake Long)
- Ryan Ross (Panic! at the Disco)
- Sansa Stark (Game of Thrones)
- Scipio Fortunato (The Thief Lord)
- Scott McCall (Teen Wolf)
- Shiver (Splatoon)
- Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
- Sulli (Choi Jinri) (f(x))
- Tahani Al-Jamil (The Good Place)
- Tanaka Ryuunosuke (Haikyuu!!)
- Tia (Animal Crossing)
- Treecko / Grovyle / Sceptile (Pokémon)
- U-Kwon (Kim Yukwon) (Block B)
- Vader Eloha (OFF)
- Veronica Lodge (Riverdale)
- Villager (Mario Kart)
- Violet Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
- Wei Wuxian (Mo Dao Zu Shi)
- White/Hilda (Pokémon - all)
- Yang Hongseok (Pentagon)
- Yellow (Pokémon Adventures)
- Yuki Sohma (Fruits Basket)
- Zero Suit Samus (Super Smash Bros.)
Ships
- Adaman/Irida (Pokémon)
- Agent 3/Agent 8 (Splatoon)
- Albus Severus/Scorpius (Harry Potter)
- Amy/Rosa (Brooklyn 99)
- Angelica/Susie (Rugrats/All Grown Up)
- Annie/Troy/Abed (Community)
- Aomine/Kagami (Kuroko No Basuke)
- Barry/Oliver (Arrowverse)
- Beast Boy/Terra (Teen Titans)
- Beca/Chloe (Pitch Perfect)
- Billy/Freddy (Shazam!)
- Blossom/Princess Morbucks (Powerpuff Girls)
- Bokuto/Kuroo (Haikyuu!!)
- Bruce/Harvey (The Dark Knight Series)
- Butters/Kenny (South Park)
- Christine/Meg (Phantom of the Opera)
- Cindy/Jimmy (Jimmy Neutron)
- Dirk/Todd (Dirk Gently)
- Draco/Harry (Harry Potter)
- Dylan Rhodes/J. Daniel Atlas (Now You See Me)
- Eduardo/Mark (The Social Network)
- Elphaba/Galinda (Wicked)
- Eren/Jean (SNK)
- Gabe Saporta/William Beckett (Fueled By Ramen)
- Gabriella/Sharpay (High School Musical)
- Hollywood/Katelin (Go Figure)
- Hongseok/Kino (Pentagon)
- Honoka/Kotori/Umi (Love Live!)
- Jake/Rose (American Dragon: Jake Long)
- Karin/Blue (Black Mirror: Hated in the Nation)
- Kageyama/Hinata (Haikyuu!!)
- Kate/Juliet (LOST)
- Kindaichi/Kunimi (Haikyuu!!)
- Korra/Asami (Legend of Korra)
- Krista/Nadine (The Edge of Seventeen)
- Kuroko/Mayuzumi (Kuroko No Basuke)
- Kurt/Kitty (X-Men: Evolution)
- Kyuhyun/Yesung (Super Junior)
- Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian (Mo Dao Zu Shi)
- Light/L (Death Note) (I also like adding Misa in every so often)
- Link/Sidon (Legend of Zelda)
- Mabel/Pacifica (Gravity Falls)
- Makoto/Haru (Free!)
- Maria/Manolo/Joaquin (Book of Life)
- Mark/Courtney (Pendragon)
- Mary-Jane/Gwen (Marvel)
- Merlin/Arthur (Merlin)
- Oikawa/Suga (Haikyuu!!)
- Napoleon/Illya/Gaby (The Man From U.N.C.L.E)
- Pang/Wave (The Gifted)
- Pat/Pran (Bad Buddy)
- Pearl/Marina (Splatoon)
- Pitch/Sandy (Rise of the Guardians)
- Poe/Finn (Star Wars)
- Professor X/Magneto (X-Men) (classic™)
- Raimundo/Omi (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Red/Gold (Pokémon)
- Ron/Hermione (Harry Potter)
- Roy/Jamie/Keeley (Ted Lasso)
- Ryan/Brendon (Panic! at the Disco)
- Sasuke/Naruto (Naruto)
- Shawn/Gus/Juliet (Psych)
- Sokka/Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Stan/Kyle (South Park)
- Swan/Mercy (Warriors 2024)
- Tahani/Eleanor (The Good Place)
- Tashi/Patrick/Art (Challengers)
- Wonil/Woosang (No Breathing)
- Zayn/Niall (One Direction)
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