Incesty Pairings

[deird_lj]

So, I come bearing pollage.

I've seen a lot of conversations about fanfic recently, in which people have discussed different pairings and said "That pairing squicks me out. It's... almost incestuous."

And I was wondering which pairings are most likely to strike people that way.


So, under the cut is a poll, full of pairings!
Rate each pairing from 1 (not incestuous in the slightest) to 10 (really really incestuous and squicky).




[Poll #1524132]


Questions? Comments?

Comments

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

It's more to do with power relationships and manipulation than fear of inbreeding

This is definitely it for me. Squickiness remains even when the parties aren't related when the power balance is too uneven. Therefore, Xander/Dawn when she's in high school is Not Good At All, but when she's a confident young woman, Do Whatchoo Wanna Do. I struggled with the Giles/Faith combo, because it really depends on when. brutti_ma_buoni has made me a believer in post-Chosen Faith/Giles, but if he had hit on her when she first showed up (or vice versa, more likely), that would have been Not Good.