Have you ever tried writing for ships you hated, and figured out how to make it work for you?

Have you ever tried writing for a ship you hate, challenging yourself to see if you could make it work? Did you ever figure out you didn't actually hate the ship, but rather you wanted it to be portrayed differently than it is commonly done? Also, did you ever tell yourself, "allright, if nobody will write x character as bottom, I'll do it myself!" or something like that?

I'm curious and I kinda want some recs for fanfics who do this, especially One Piece and Naruto fics because those are my main fandoms atm.