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

[rachelmanija]

They both do, but they're more complicated/problematized than in the Anne books, so there isn't the fandom MF juggernaut Gilbert/Anne equivalent. Explaining how is spoilery. Like I said, I'd be happy to give you a spoilery rundown if you ever want - there's some genuinely disturbing stuff in there, but a lot of that is author's intent disturbing, and I'm not sure how much of it hits your specific DNWs or if it would be an exception. (For instance, there's an extremely major element that would be book, meet wall for me if it was written as a positive, and lots of books from that time period would have written it as a positive, or it could be written in a boring "this is bad" way, but this one digs into its creeptastic nature in a complex way that I really like.)

[alias_sqbr]

Thank you! I am rather overwhelmed by my to-read list right npw but if that changes I may get back to you :)