I don't care for "evidence" pages. Especially not in the case of Mimato. You know why? There is no evidence.
I know, I know, we tend to keep our eyes peeled for every single exchange between
the two (which are few and far between), but then when you go post them up on
a webpage as proof of their undying love, it doesn't work. First of all, the only
real interaction between them is in 01, when neither of them was exactly looking
for a date. It's just friendly stuff. Then 02 arrives, Mimi disappears, Sora hurls
herself and a box of shortbread at Matt while Mimi attaches herself to a Matt-wannabe
in a mucus-green shirt, and the rest is history. (Gah.) Really all we've got in
02 is that phone call, which I've heard was dub-added. Sigh.
So instead of putting up worthless "evidence", I've decided to devote
this little not-a-rant to things I, or other people, like about the idea of them
as a couple.
The model-and-musician thing. As Trent pointed out up there, this is practically
a standard. These two types just go together. (Maybe it's the mutual drug habits?
^_~) We already know Matt's a budding rock star. (Not an astronaut. NOT an astronaut,
dammit!) When Mimi makes her reappearance in "Family Picnic", she claims,
"I'm setting my sights on the fashion world of New York." Naturally,
you assume she means as a model. (How she leapt from there to cook-show host,
with Sora ending up as the fashion maven instead, I'll never know!) But hey, models
are with the band. It fits.
The singer thing. Okay, say maybe Mimi gets rejected by the Ford Agency
on account of her ski-jump nose. She can always fall back on talent #2, the one
behind "standing there and looking pretty"singing! Hey, plenty
of bands with male singers have female backupsmaybe she could join Yama's.
I can see it now...the Wolves could cover old Smithereens songs with Mimi on backup,
or possibly the Machines' "Rite of Shiva" with her doing the moaning
noises. ^_^;; Heh, nevermind, I'm sure I've lost you all by now.
The "beautiful people have to stick together" thing. Dammit,
we Mimato fans are egotistical, snobbish, and image-obsessed. Right? (Creativeshippers
and Sorato fans: "Damn straight you are!") They look good. They know
they look good. And they know they are the only ones worthy of the other. ^_~
Screw evidence, screw interaction, screw compatibility. They're The Beautiful
People.
The rebel-and-princess thing. I guarantee you EVERY SINGLE Mimato fan
has brought up this point at least once since Mimi4Matt introduced it, but that
doesn't make it any less valid. Even I keep whipping it out in my fics.
The Cloud and Aeris thing. Okay, so this is kind of a lame one. But...judge
for yourself. o_o
Though Mimi getting run through with a masamune would kind of suck. (Well, I
think it would. :P )
Then, there's my personal favorite:
The "I am sick and tired of having to justify my Mimato fixation to everyone
else" thing. Need I say more?