aw, you know... r/s is too otp to me, just too close to my heart, to tolerate even the slightest offness. wading through bad, mediocre and good looking for outstanding is just too much pain for my soul to bear. the stakes are lower for h/s. i just sort of like the templates for the characters. there's a compelling archetype in the insane older man and the brilliant student and all that antipathy, the secretiveness--but it's ONLY ONCE been done to live up to my wants, and even then, it doesn't quite match my imagination. i always have standards like this for the pairings i really doggedly like. it's rare that i've been satisfied. hell, just making me really happy by 99% satisfaction is rare enough.