I'll admit, I used to hate Ikarishipping before. For a pretty long time...but then I got into ComaKari, and I started to hate it a lot less. ;; And then I read a few dark stories for the shipping...I finally began to like it. Though I'm still kind of...biased against the pairing. But you can be sure, sooner or later, I'm going to write a fic on it. ;;
'Except Me'! I know that story, actually. I totally need to get to reading it--along with all the other fics that interest me in the sub-forum. Thanks for telling me about! ;D And I think Hikari (both game and anime) is such a fun character to pair up, srsly. There's just something about her, which I guess is something that can be said for Ash too. Hurhur.
AND YOUR SITUATION BETWEEN KASU AND SATO IS SO TRUE. And as for seme!Sato...all I can think of right now is pretty much Paul (IT WOULD BE A SERIOUS SCENARIO, FOR SURE). Like you, I'll probably have to look through the whole Shippers list before I find someone else. =/