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In recognition of Femslash February, and Valentine's Day later this week, here are some of my favorite F/F pairings (out of the ones that I've written in fanfic).
1. Anthy Himemiya/Utena Tenjou (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
The movie might show an onscreen kiss, but I overwhelmingly prefer the version of Utena and Anthy’s relationship that we see in the series, which appears to be straightforwardly sweet in its earliest stages, before the unfolding story reveals all the layers of manipulation, betrayal, and – ultimately – genuine closeness and hope. The open-ended conclusion to their arc is perfect.
2. Kitty Pryde/Xuȃn Cao Manh (X-Men comics)
Specifically, I latched onto their relationship in the Mekanix miniseries from the early 2000s, in which they reconnect on a university campus and fight giant robots. I’m hoping to write about this storyline in an upcoming Throwback Thursday post, so I won’t say too much more at the moment.
3. Rey/Rose Tico (Star Wars)
I don’t think they ever talk to each other in the movies, but I think they’d make a good team.
4. Georgie Barker/Melanie King (The Magnus Archives)
Although I tend to be more hopeful about their relationship in my own writing, I think that it has the potential to be both deeply loving and profoundly dysfunctional, even before the events of Season Five.
5. TIED: Amity Blight/Luz Noceda (The Owl House) and Sammy Gutierrez/Yaz Fadoula (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous)
Two “opposites attract” romances between teenage girls, one of which I knew was canon before I even saw them onscreen, while I spent a lot of time wondering whether the other one was actually developing in a romantic direction or if I was just wearing slash goggles. I’m old enough to understand how very remarkable it is that mainstream family entertainment gave us storylines like these.
1. Anthy Himemiya/Utena Tenjou (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
The movie might show an onscreen kiss, but I overwhelmingly prefer the version of Utena and Anthy’s relationship that we see in the series, which appears to be straightforwardly sweet in its earliest stages, before the unfolding story reveals all the layers of manipulation, betrayal, and – ultimately – genuine closeness and hope. The open-ended conclusion to their arc is perfect.
2. Kitty Pryde/Xuȃn Cao Manh (X-Men comics)
Specifically, I latched onto their relationship in the Mekanix miniseries from the early 2000s, in which they reconnect on a university campus and fight giant robots. I’m hoping to write about this storyline in an upcoming Throwback Thursday post, so I won’t say too much more at the moment.
3. Rey/Rose Tico (Star Wars)
I don’t think they ever talk to each other in the movies, but I think they’d make a good team.
4. Georgie Barker/Melanie King (The Magnus Archives)
Although I tend to be more hopeful about their relationship in my own writing, I think that it has the potential to be both deeply loving and profoundly dysfunctional, even before the events of Season Five.
5. TIED: Amity Blight/Luz Noceda (The Owl House) and Sammy Gutierrez/Yaz Fadoula (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous)
Two “opposites attract” romances between teenage girls, one of which I knew was canon before I even saw them onscreen, while I spent a lot of time wondering whether the other one was actually developing in a romantic direction or if I was just wearing slash goggles. I’m old enough to understand how very remarkable it is that mainstream family entertainment gave us storylines like these.
