30DoA.22: Animation studio you'd most like to slap: n/a

I'm pretty bad about noticing anime studios -- I know Gainax, Bones and Ghibli, and none of them make me want to cry. So another 'ask me about anime' today.

Also, I'm going to the Division of Planetary Sciences conference tomorrow, so this series will be on hiatus while I talk science with people.

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30DoS.22: A pairing you hate and no one else understands why? Xellos/Filia

Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why? Xellos/Filia

Well, actually plenty of people understand why. And to be fair, this is one of those things that is 90% execution... though 99% of people who write it will get it wrong*. I could really throw Xellos/Lina and Xellos/Zel and Xellos/anyone-except-maybe-Xelas-or-Shabranigdo here, but I mostly move in the 'traditional het pairing' circles, rather than the alt-het-pairing or slash circles, and most trad fans will ship Xellos with Filia if they ship him.

So, Slayers. Xellos is a mazoku, a being created from piece of the source of all destruction in the world. Filia is a golden dragon, a mortal servant of the gods, who represent creation. You see the problem. Xellos drives Filia up the wall, and Filia seems to be one of the few beings that can ruffle Xellos's metaphorical feathers.

( Now, the big thing here is that neither of them is human. )