The OTP Meme

[bofoddity]

I've been wanting to try this meme.

Name your 10 absolutely favorite couples (het/slash/canon/fanon) and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms.

The reason I haven't yet is that I'm not a shipper by nature. My favorite relationships in fandom are almost without exception gen relationships, and I usually can't get behind a shippy ship unless it works on me on the gen level as well. So I'll do this in two ways: the gen version and the shippy version.

Gen (Mostly) OTPs

1. Vorenus/Pullo (Rome)
2. House/Wilson (House MD)
3. Buffy/Faith (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
4. Sephiroth/Cloud (Final Fantasy VII) (Canon only since the fanon takes only drive me crazy)
5. John/Scorpius (Farscape)
6. Vader/Luke (Star Wars)
7. Angel/Connor (Angel)
8. Sam/Dean (Supernatural)
9. Clark/Lex (Smallville) (Seasons 1-4)
10. Daniel/Betty (Ugly Betty)

I can handle non-gen takes on most of these pairings but most of the time it's the gen side I'm interested in. This how it's changes on the shippy list when I stick to the same fandoms:

Shippy OTPs

1. Vorenus/Pullo (Rome)
2. Vorenus/Niobe (Rome)
3. House/Wilson (House MD)
4. Buffy/Faith (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
5. John/Aeryn (Farscape)
6. Han/Leia (Star Wars)
7. Wesley/Lilah (Angel)
8. Angel/Spike (Angel)
9. Clark/Lois (Superman in general)
10. Daniel/Betty (Ugly Betty)

So. Any trends? Other interesting stuff?

eta: And since it's a sensible thing to do, my all time favorite ships.

1. House/Wilson (House MD)
2. Vorenus/Pullo (Rome)
3. Buffy/Faith (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
4. Legolas/Gimli (Lord Of The Rings)
5. Clark/Lois (Superman in general)
6. Bruce/Selina (Batman in general)
7. John/Aeryn (Farscape)
8. Han/Leia (Star Wars)
9. Tulio/Miguel (The Road to El Dorado)
10. Ranma/Akane (Ranma ½)

Comments

[bofoddity.livejournal.com]

Hi, welcome back! :D And yeah, whether it's platonic or romantic, canon is pretty much the most obvious trend there. There are a lot of non-canon pairings I like, but they usually don't get the OTP squee from me.