5 OTPs from 5 different fandoms

[alias_sqbr]

I was tagged by nilhmai but am totally ignoring the tag ten people bit myself because it's too hard. I have decided to define "OTP" as a pairing I not only like but am so invested in I find it hard to see the characters with other people. I'm generally a multishipper so these are rare!

Anne/Diana from Anne of Green Gables: I haven't consumed the canon in literal decades but it was deeply formative and I still feel a DEEP SENSE OF RESENTMENT any time I am reminded that Anne/Gilbert is canon.

Chell/GlaDOS from Portal: Have I mentioned how much I like robot/human femslash enemy ships?

Dave/Terezi from Homestuck: I don't ship it as hard any more due to canon shenanigans but ohhh did I love it in the day. I can ship them both with other people, but there will always be a small part of me going "But where is Terezi/Dave?" (LIKE SAY AT THE END OF CANON)

Leliana/Morrigan from Dragon Age: the ship I have the most works for at the AO3, even though they never liked each other much in canon and there's more supported f/f I could be shipping instead. And they got EVEN MORE PERFECT for each other in DAI, the subtle similarities I saw in Origins were teased out in really interesting ways. Shout-out to (Isabela/)Fenris/Mef!Hawke as the Dragon Age ship that consumed me the most emotionally.

Darcy/Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice: such a great example of an initially combatitive pairing that ends up genuinely perfect for each other. I have enjoyed so many versions of them getting together and am still enthusiastic at the prospect of more.

Honourable mentions: Root/Shaw from Person of Interest, Utena/Anthy from Revolutionary Girl Utena, Sam/EDI from Mass Effect, Ahiru/Rue from Princess Tutu, Mary/Anne from Pride and Prejudice, Zuko/Mai from Avatar the Last Airbender, Zen/Obi/Shirayuki from Akagami no Shirayukihime (mainly because I'm into it right now I don't know how I'll feel later), Magneto/Xavier from Xmen (probably my first m/m ship), and f!Shepard/Tali from Mass Effect

Comments

[alias_sqbr]

Oh, I like Leliana/f!Warden (and f!Cousland in particular) plenty too, don't worry :)

And yeah, it felt like laziness to me too, luckily I like enemies-to-lovers so it was just extra inspiration :D

[maramcreates]

Oh, I like Leliana/f!Warden (and f!Cousland in particular) plenty too, don't worry :)

Well...if you're ever interested in some of my Leliana/f!Cousland stuff, it's up on AO3 (with a DAO novel coming in the next month or so -- I hope ^_^;;)

To be honest, most of my long WIPs involve that pair...I'm just a really big fan.

And yeah, it felt like laziness to me too, luckily I like enemies-to-lovers so it was just extra inspiration :D

I'd love something along those lines involving Aveline Vallen and Queen Anora to be honest (which means that I'll probably have to write it myself). I know that they're not actually enemies (as they don't really know each other), but I imagine that Aveline's ethical code and Anora's political know-how would clash enough to put them at odds if they were forced to work with each other (perhaps Aveline is the new Captain of the Guard in Denerim?).

Cassandra/Sera, or Josephine/Sera would be great too.

Aww crap...now I've got more to add to my WIP list ^_^;;;

[alias_sqbr]

I have definitely pondered Josephine/Sera though never got the inspiration to go anywhere with it. I'd never thought of Anora/Aveline before, interesting!

[maramcreates]

[Feel free to let me know if you're done talking about this by the way (I won't be offended) -- it's hard to read nonverbal cues through text after all ;)]

There's no Anora/Aveline fic on AO3 (I've checked), so I'm pretty proud of that one :D

These three ideas are a bit of a guilty pleasure (comedy and erotica in one?! what?!) that I've been sitting on (which I don't have to be the one to write, of course, so I'm sharing in case anyone's interested):
- Anora meets Aveline in Kirkwall, sparks fly, they find a room...and lo! Neither seems to be able to take directions well.
- Josephine is busy studying for her GREs (by candlelight of course), when an extraordinary sorority queen, Vivienne, happens to pass by the open dorm room and decides to have a bit of fun.
- Cassandra had done everything by the book (Varric's book that is) and still she didn't seem to get it quite right. She expected things to be easy, this was Sera she was bedding after all, but, for some reason, the imp kept giggling at the worst possible moments.

There's this one rare pair (also nothing on AO3) that I've gotten as a prompt, and it's really exciting: Josephine/f!Hawke. I've done a good chunk of it so far, but I've got to switch gears and work on a different WIP (for a deadline). It won't take me long to return to this rare pair though :)!