Interesting... I think you have a very good point there. I think there was a time a lot of REALLY crack pairs were actually scorned. They still happened, but even people who didn't necessarily stick to "canon" had their limits. Now I'm not so sure.

Personally I prefer it when people have at least some sort of supporting argument for their ship - I just seem to value well thought-out explanations even if I don't necessarily agree with them.</i. Same here.