Exactly - you can't take anything for granted, including the audience's sympathies. There are no fanon clichés to fall back on with most of these pairings, and it requires a little more effort and ingenuity to persuade readers - perhaps, even, to persuade oneself, as a writer or artist - that this isn't a joke. You have to play fair, and be on the look-out for the unexpected. And I think the participants did a dazzling job of making the less popular characters fascinating in their own right. *awards gold stars all around*