Thats just my opinion, I'm sure many Tommy/Kat fans would hate me for it.

While I do have these preferred couples, I really do tend to enjoy pretty much any kind of romance that's done well. (And when I say done well, I include in-characterness. On EVERYONE'S part. Which rather precludes character bashing. ^_~)

And compare Tommy/Kim to, say, Ashley/Andros and Wes/Jen. With Tommy/Kim, we've got a (stereo)typical high school romance, complete with doodles of "Mrs. Kimberly Oliver" on binder covers. (Whether she actually DID this or not is beside the point; it's the attitude inside the relationship that matters, and that was the attitude.)

Let's compare, then to the latter: the driving force of Wes and Jen's love is the sheer tragedy of it. (In fact, the tragedy, and the depth they brought to it, is probably why Wes/Jen is my favorite het couple in PR ever.) No matter how much Wes and Jen loved each other, they could never actually be together long term -- their love, no matter how great, was not enough to keep her 1000 years away from her own time. Tommy/Kim couldn't have that tragedy if they TRIED. It just wasn't there.

And then take Ashley/Andros; even if their age is similar to Tommy and Kim (as much as we can tell with Andros), they're already much more mature than the members of the supposed 'protocouple.' Andros has been through so much prior to meeting the ex-Turbo Rangers that he's incredibly emotionally damaged, and Ashley has to help him deal with that, and to heal, before they can even really continue onwards -- and she DOES. The four other Rangers do, really, but Ashley most of all, in teaching him how to feel again. Tommy was never that damaged, and to say that Ashley/Andros is somehow based on such a stereotypical high school thing, I think, cheapens what Andros had to go through.

Look at Taylor/Eric, too. It's a VERY adult relationship in a lot of ways; to quote a friend (who is probably the first T/E shipper), "They make great friends, they make even better allies, and their sex life together would be fantastic." The Taylor/Eric dynamic is built on passion, which is something we actually saw relatively little of in the Tommy/Kim relationship. There's romance underneath, I think, or at the very least attraction, but the two of them are such strong, stubborn personalities that everything that happened in their personal lives that WASN'T between the sheets would be full of anger. As that same friend said, "It's a relationship that, really, is destined to produce a lot of heat, a lot of light and a massive implosion."

I mean, I love Tommy/Kim, but I love them for what they were: an idyllic, high school romance. I just wish more people could SEE that that's what they were.

My one aversion is to post-Kat Tommy/Kim fics. I've read quite the handful of those but, off of the top of my head, I can't think of a single one that managed to convince me - it always remained too elaborate, even when the emotion in the story was genuine.

Now I wont get into details, but I simply detest Wes/Jen, Connor/Kira and Tommy/Kim couplings. For a while, Sky/Syd use to rank along beside them

I hope that more Adam/Tanya show up in fanfics.

Oddly, I also really like Jen/Alex. They have so much in common, and are very much alike. Also they have a history together which would make their relationship wonderfully complicated.

Eric/Taylor - Passionate, yes, but I just can't see them getting along for any length of time.

Tommy/Kim - I actually think this was a very sweet high-school-romance type of thing, but after seeing a few zillion fics getting them back together I tend to roll my eyes and say "Not again." Better if they both just move on.

Tommy/Kat - Neutral. Just don't find it terribly interesting.

Tori/Blake - I like them as a couple, a good combination of personalities and a good backstory. Too bad the series never really went anywhere with it.

Others - I do like Zhane/Astronema because of the whole enemies-get-together business, and Joel/Ms. Fairweather because it was sweet. Andros/Ashley - I dunno, I just didn't see a lot of chemistry there.

And on the slash side - I like Wes/Eric, Tommy/Jason, Andros/Zhane, and Cam/Hunter because all of them are based on some kind of interaction in the show, and all impress me as characters who might actually be attracted to and perhaps love each other. (I've left out Ryan and Carter because I don't really know the show, but they're another possibility.) Wes/Eric is especially interesting to me because of the whole love/hate thing they had going on for most of the series. And I hate to be shallow, but Andros/Zhane just look so damn good together...

Wes/Jen the romeo and juliet of time, that woud actually make for a good story,

but just love Wes/Jen, one of the best relationships next to tommy/kim, and andros/ashley!!:)

Wes/Jen: I just love them, there relationship was like real, Wes has that sorta of a high school crush that ends to being he loves Jen, then Jen knows now seeing Alex alive, who she really loves.

Bridge/Z: I just enjoy writing about them, they would never make a bad story an it's like opposites attract and Bridge and Z just clicked into a friendship.

Jack/Syd/Sky: I love the idea of Syd/Sky but I saw Syd with Jack alot, which make thoes three a great love triangle.

Trent/Kira: Trent and Kira, you just got love it!!

Tommy/Kim: Forever!!

Andros/Ashley: Forever.....and I alwyas like the idea of Zhane/Ashley!!

Taylor/Eric: Ment for each other!!

1)Wes/Jen:The love story here was so original not just an obvious puppy love throughout the season, but rather some underlying factors that made the relationship more intreguing like the whole love triangle between Wes/Jen/Alex along with the time difference, made this one better than the other rnager romances.

2)Tommy/Kat:Even though he had a strong love for Kim in MMPR, let us not forget that she dumped him. Also Kat was there for Tommy as a shoulder to cry on and share his feelings with, when Kim wasn't. They had a growing chemistry throughout Zeo and Turbo which I believe could have carried into the future.

3)Sydney/Sky:I feel that this couple began to blossom in the middle of SPD right after Sky started to lighten up. If you notice you can see in eps towards the midle and end of the season that she is more drawn to Sky. Now some will argue that Jack could have a place in Syd's heart, but he left SPD without blinking too much of an eye, which would allow for a Syd/Sky relationship to continue to flourish.

These are my thoughts and I wish you a good day,

Best Regards,

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Wes/Jen was the tragic romance, never to be, despite all they had went through. That is what makes this coupling so popular I guess. But me, being a realistic that I am, Jen could never had really gotten with Wes by staying in the past or that would have really mucked up the Time-Stream. Now I have seen several fics done here on ff.net that come off real good, as if that could actually happen, getting Jen and Wes together, but like I said, I'm a realist. I think, I believe that somehow Jen and Alex found each other again, after the obvious problem (that being Wes) was out of the picture. You just dont love someone for as long as Jen did Alex and out of the blue, decide that you love the person that you've barely known for a year. To me, that was bad writing on the writers part of Time Force. To me, that last episode is when I lost all interest in the character of Jen.

So yeah, just wanted to rant a little. Get my feelings about the whole Alex/Jen/Wes debate out in the air. Maybe I'm just one of those writers/fans that gets the most kick out of drama/tragic stories.

Tori/Blake- they make the cutest couple.

Tommy/Kim

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My second favourite is between Sky/Z and Carter/Dana(mainly 'cause I've only really seen MMPR and these series).Carter/Dana, I don't really know why I like this one since I've only seen a tiny bit of Lightspeed,but when I saw them something in my head just clicked.

Sky/Z,I don't really know why I like this pairing either,this is probably the only majorly non-canon relationship I like.I just think they make a cute couple really,that and I think there's a lil' chemistry there(Sky/Sydney shippers don't hate me!Or Bridge/Z).I do quite like Bridge/Z and I can see Sky/Syd,but Sky/Z is my favourite.

Zack and Trini-let's face it they were all over each other, they seemed to always be those two, then Jason and Trini.

Tommy and Kim/Kat-I liked them.

Jason and Kim/Kat-I don't think there's anything with Jason and Kim in MM but in the Turbo movie. With Kat just watch Zeo.

Ashley and Andros-I just love them. They are so cute together and perfect. From the "you're human." to the "My home is with you." You just have to love it all.

Zhane and Astronema-I think they are just adorable, I think he helped bring out the good side in her.

Carter and Dana-they just fit together

Wes and Jen-As for others mention, they have so much love between the two.

Cole and Alyssa-I didn't see that much of Wild Force, but from what I did see, those two seemed to have a fit, and look at all the pictures where they're always touching.

Eric and Taylor-They had chemistry from the start, which is way cool, I tend to like that with couples.

Merrick and Shayla-Come on a love that can last 1000s of years(Not sure exactly how long) and an evil curse has got to be real and strong.

Tori and Blake-I'm just now watching it, but those two are so adorable. I think they're cute.

Trent and Kira-I just love those two. They had so much. Him drawing her, she trying and wanting to always believe that he was still good.

Jack and Ally-Obviously she was part of the reason he left SPD. I think those two fit with each other.

Sky and Z-At the beginning they didn't get along. Talk about opposites. He's the rule guy and she was the thief. Throughout it you could see them getting closer. She was the reason he loosened up. When he unzippered his jacket-at her request. He flirted with her with the frisbee in Reflections, her look in Impact, and of course who can forget the hug at the end of Endings. Definitely not a friend hug. Plus if you're going with the whole open thing, it's really Jack that Sky is most open with. He doesn't open up with Syd.

Bridge and Syd-I love these two. You see them throughout the whole season. Where you can see things with Syd and Sky, it's not enough. Their interaction is just as friends. See gets annoyed with him and he obviously thinks that she still acts like a little kid, just look at some of his faces. Bridge you don't see doing that too. Plus they seem to have natural chemistry. It seems that you have to have chemistry forced onto Sky/Syd and Bridge/Z.

And speaking of Tommy/Kim: Y' know, I still don't know why the Tommy/Kim people want to continue to persist with this pathetic debate over the fact that Tommy should be with his "soulmate" Kimberly. I mean, yeah, their romance was the first of the few genuine ones in the series and even I'm not going to deny what Tommy and Kim had, but it was a typical high school romance, and no one on this planet can say that ya high school sweetheart is the one you're gonna end up with, and I realized that when Kim decided to leave the show. Now I (like most people at the time I'm sure) was convinced enough to believe that Kimberly would eventually return and she and Tommy would live happily ever after.

Uh-uh. That didn't happen by a long shot.

Fast forward to Zeo, or put more specifically, "No buisness like snow buisness" and the shocker to end all shockers happens: Kim sends Tommy a "Dear John" letter. Now I remember just getting home from middle school and sadly missing the first two minutes of the episode, but when I turned it on I saw Tommy starting to read the letter. And let me tell you, after he finished reading it I was completely and utterly shocked.

I mean, for a show that's supposedly for kids, to have that kind of Dawson's Creek/Felicity-esque moment happen, it took me (and I'm sure everybody else) by surprise. But now that I look back on it, I'm glad the writers did that. Because that in more ways than one that episode did have a little bit of message: That your very first love (or at least in High school) isn't necessarily going to be "The one". And that's a message that would later drive itself home for me in my not-so-great experiences with the few girls I genuinely like-liked in High school.

All that, along with my mom and dad telling me that sometimes you may end up with the person you didn't think you would are the main reasons as to why I'm against Tommy & Kim reuniting and why I stand by Tommy/Kat all the way, because while you didn't think in the beggining you would end up with this other person, it later makes more than a lot of sense because of everything they've done in-between: both together and apart.

Now before I created my pen name and had only the idea for my fics in my head, I read a few Tommy/Kim DT fics for inspiration. Now I'm not going to say which ones I read, but let me tell you, the few that I read are living proof of how some authors and authoresses are willing to toss aside years of character development and maturity on both Tommy's part and Kim's part (maybe) and create the most MEDIOCRE of plotlines if for no other reason than to see Tommy and Kim reunited.

Yeah, I know, I sounded like I was just ranting and raving, but that was something I wanted to get off my chest. Besides, to me, Tommy/Kat in the DT timeline is more believable than Tommy/Kim any day of the week.

I do hear you about stories, a lot of people will change the characters just because they like the couple together. I have seen this done with Tommy and Kim, and Syd and Sky, and Bridge and Z. People like the couples, they want to do a certain story so they change the characters and write the story.

I disagree greatly. Sky and Syd had interaction and it was geniune. If anyone has ever noticed, Sky has always watched out for Syd. While everyone else ticked him off, Syd was the one to bring a smile to his face, and break down the walls he carefully built. I highly disagree that S/S had nothing. Yes, it wasn't as great as T/K's relationship, but it (if looked at closely) could be referenced to tommy and kim's.

There was a little bit of characterization in the series where potiental couplings could have been made for Jack/Syd, Sky/Z, heck even Bridge/Z. I saw more potiental for Jack/Syd than all of them combined. And if I, a hardcore Jack/Z fan can admit this, then surely some people can see the reasoning behind this agrument.

In my opinion, I think that people tried to hard to force the coupling in the beginning. I remember seeing fanfics pop up on ff.net the day after Beginnings pt.1 aired placing Sky and Syd together. There was no time to really set forth any development for that pairing, if any. Fanfics writers wanted it, so they wrote on certain aspects and forced the fan-coupling into the fandom.

Sad, and even shallow, but that enough enforces my whole "attractive coupling theory".

Why would it have to be? Does a romance have to mirror theirs in order to be enjoyed by someone? Can't it just be enjoyed for what it *is*, not who it resembles?

So, if there are a lot of Sky and Syd interaction, please tell me.

Thats one down, the rest of ff.net to go! XD

Sorry, I just don't see that at all. I've looked at every romantic couple that's existed post Kim/Tommy (Kat/Tommy, Cassie/Phantom, Ashley/Andros, Karone/Zhane, etc.) and they're all *different*. Different ages. Different positions in life. Different ways of getting together or falling apart. Different *people* and personalities.

I don't see Kim/Tommy as being any more special than any other high school romance. We don't even know if it was EITHER of their first romances. They never said anything to confirm or deny it. Maybe the first one that lasted longer than a few months, given that they're teenagers, but that's about it.

But I just don't see how they're unique except in the minds of the fans. They weren't even the first *romance* on the show. Zack's interest in Angela came first. They were just the first one between a pair of Rangers. That's all. The romances that followed had very little to do with them. Reference Broken Part of Me's post above for just how different some of them were.

I just do not see them as anything special or magical. Teenagers get together and break up all the time. It's called life. We all go through it.

And also:

Just because two characters look good together, doesn't mean that they belong together.

Hey, I don't know about everybody else, but I agree with that completely.

Yo, Higuchimon, that says it all. That and everything else you've said.

And y' know, for those people that say that "Tommy/Kim was inadvertantly plotted to fit all couple's'line of romance'", that's a bunch of BS. All the other couples were different and unique in their own way. Why some people can't see that (or maybe they just don't want to) is beyond me.

But in terms of the quote I put up here, that's yet another one of the things that drive me to write my fics and to add a sense of realism to it (or at least try to). Because after a break-up, whether it be a nasty one or just a sad one, you still need to go on and see where life takes you. If something's meant to be (or in this case, love), it'll come back to you.

It's just a question of when.

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