I think your point about the love we have for main characters in a story (or we wouldn't read it), combined with their importance in terms of narrative attention, does answer for quite a bit of pairing fic.
You're right about writing Gussie - Tuppy, perhaps, but Gussie? Also, Bertie really likes Tuppy, and he thinks Gussie is the most ghastly whimp. Can't see them bonding over newts, either. Funnily enough, your B is why the pairing doesn't work. Giving Jeeves Bertie? For crying out loud, the man has a brain. He'd be bored to tears within hours.
But the point about the importance of the character in the original story, and the tendency to pair them with equally important ones, yes, I totally see that.
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Date: 2012-09-23 08:19 am (UTC)You're right about writing Gussie - Tuppy, perhaps, but Gussie? Also, Bertie really likes Tuppy, and he thinks Gussie is the most ghastly whimp. Can't see them bonding over newts, either.
Funnily enough, your B is why the pairing doesn't work. Giving Jeeves Bertie? For crying out loud, the man has a brain. He'd be bored to tears within hours.
But the point about the importance of the character in the original story, and the tendency to pair them with equally important ones, yes, I totally see that.