What we want to see is an exploration why a certain pairing could work well, or what would be detrimental for an involvement.
Do you mean internally or externally? I.e. pointing out slashy subtext, these are ways in which I think Severus and ____ might come to like each other given what we see on the page, etc., or more meta reasons why people like to see certain pairings at work, such as "Severus and Sirius are mirror images of one another" (to take an example from my own head)?
Do you mean internally or externally? I.e. pointing out slashy subtext, these are ways in which I think Severus and ____ might come to like each other given what we see on the page, etc., or more meta reasons why people like to see certain pairings at work, such as "Severus and Sirius are mirror images of one another" (to take an example from my own head)?