Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11462509-20130929214446/@comment-64.231.139.232-20140822013322

I ship Jarida, and while it doesn't seem like the most popular shipping in the Big Four fandom although I could be wrong, Jarida shippers have their reasons for this ship and here are some of mine.

I just love their love/hate/love all over again relationship. It isn't exactly the opposites attract kind of thing, or connecting with things in common relationship. It's more like playground love: the little boy pulling on the girl's braids. Jarida stands out from the other ships because while most ships in the Big Four fandom are made with the characters balancing each other out, relating to each other, and stuff like that, Jarida is a good representation of all the imperfections of love. Jack and Merida may bicker, tease each other and disagree with each other, but they will always be there for one another when needed, even when one doesn't know it or want the other to be there, being too stubborn. It's not really much of a fairy tale love kind of ship. It shows how the person you love can annoy the heck out of you with their flaws and habits. Jarida is just perfectly imperfect when it comes to love, and that makes it so that the relationship is never dull. Think Pink's "True Love". Think Castle and Beckett. Teasing each other would be sort of how they show their affection. Love doesn't necessarily have to be the easiest thing in the world, and their relationship shows it, but it's definitely worth all the work.