Nothing is always absolutely so.

While trying to get in a writing frame of mind, I started going through my old writing files (read: procrastinated) and found notes for a Blossom/Mojo fic I had planned to write at one point. (LOL YEP)

I'll preface this by saying (or pointing out (or perhaps reminding, for fellow old-timers out there!)) that through the end of the 2000s fandom as a whole was a lot more receptive (or perhaps just populated by folks who were more receptive) to pairings that would definitely range from questionable to flat-out NOPE territory in today's modern fanscape. From a personal standpoint, I never had strong feelings about Blossom/Mojo one way or the other (if I had to pin it down it'd be "Not for me, but you do you"), but there was a small part of me that occasionally gravitated towards writing a pairing I didn't personally support. The reason behind this was twofold:

1. I was constantly trying to push myself out of my comfort zone wrt writing - not just in subject, but in the craft of writing itself (writing a pairing like Blossom/Mojo would involve very different character psychology than Blossom/Brick or any of the other RrB, for example)
2. There was a divide between RrB/PpG writers (mostly newer/younger writers; the pairing was much more popular and hence quality was... not always a sure thing) and anti-RrB/PpG shippers (mostly older; more of a fringe group that favored character-based work over situational work, the latter of which RrB/PpG fic tended towards) and I wanted to show that someone who mostly wrote RrB/PpG could write outside of that comfort zone

Honestly, looking back, I can see I was probably being a little petty and egotistical on that second point. I wanted to be recognized and liked by as many people as possible. I'm no stranger to the phenomenon of perpetually trying to escape high school and failing.

Setting all that aside, I thought I would go ahead and share one version of what a notes file looks like from me. An old one, at that. The date on this is 2012, but I know this story (which will never be written at this point) had been rolling around in my head for longer than that.

( In case anyone is interested... )

Upon reflection, the fic I had planned did not even dive into the Blossom/Mojo pool - more like skirted the surface of it, and only for a second. It's more about Blossom than it is about the pairing, and I see things in here I like a lot that I wouldn't necessarily get to explore if I pitted her against other characters.

Anyway! There you have it. Have I procrastinated effectively enough? I daresay yes. Back to the grindstone.