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Just because I feel like it, I want to do a personal shoutout to something that I never thought I’d be interested in.

Shipping. Specifically Rare Pairs.

As I started BNHA, I was content on love pairs simply being Izuku and Ochako, and that was all. (They are still one of my faves, don’t worry!) As time went on, I started coming across fanfics of BNHA, and started to look at them, and I came across one fic that made me do a double take.

Rock n Roll High School by TheJoshuaTree87.

It’s a discontinued fic (hasn’t had any chapters since 2018 as of now) and it had these two as the main romantic pairing.

And at first, I was like…

…what?….

How would this possibly work?

The two of them are just so…opposite!

But I decided to read it anyway, out of mere curiosity.

Two things happened.

I enjoyed EVERY chapter.

And I ended up looking forward to seeing these two as a couple!

Again, this hasn’t been picked back up in ages, so I’m not holding my breath. But I actually enjoyed it!

After that, it got me into digging around, and I started looking up more about shipping and eventually the term rare pair (which this pair very much is).

And the more I understood it, the more I ended up enjoying it.

Because I see shipping as something just to let the mind explore and have fun! That’s what is important at the end of the day after all, isn’t it? As a little thing to distract you from the main storyline if you wish.

And over time, I’ve had a number of rare pairs that I particularly love. IzuMomo, IzuTooru, Kirichako, Iida and Aoyama, Shouji and Ibara, Momo and Satou, Jirou and Koda, to name a few. As for MinaToko, I still like it and it’ll have a special place in my heart, but there’s another ship involving Tokoyami and a pink-themed girl that lives rent free in my head.

So what about you? Is there a special rare pair that you love? Is it your OTRP? Or maybe what started getting you fixated on rare pairs? Feel free to share! Just don’t start a fight now!