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I'm trying to figure something out about my OTPs. Starting from as far back as I can remember.

Love Hina
OTP of Choice:
Mutsumi/Keitaro
Why it would never happen: Naru/Keitaro were the Official Couple.

Rurouni Kenshin
OTP of Choice:
Kenshin/Kaoru
Why it would never happen: ACTUALLY DID IN THE OAVS, IIRC.

Stargate: Atlantis
OTP of Choice:
McKay/Sheppard, Zelenka/Weir
Why it would never happen: Gay, and I have no idea.

Firefly
OTP of Choice:
Simon/Jayne, Mal/River
Why it would never happen: Actually hinted at by Adam Baldwin, and breaks up Official Couple and big ol' age difference.

Newsman RPS
OTP of Choice:
Keith/Rachel, Keith/Anderson
Why it would never happen: besides the obvious IT'S FUKKEN RPS Rachel is gay, Keith is straight. Funny how that works.

Psych
OTP of Choice:
Shawn/Lassiter, Gus/Juliet
Why it would never happen: Gay, breaks up Official Couple.

Metal Gear Solid
OTP of Choice:
Snake/Otacon
Why it would never happen: Homophobic gamers.

Tales of Symphonia
OTP of Choice:
Lloyd/ANYONE BUT COLETTE
Why it would never happen: FUCKING OFFICIAL COUPLE GODDAMNIT I HATE COLETTE.

Big Bang Theory (yes, already I'm shipping)
OTP of Choice:
Penny/Sheldon (I'm as surprised as you are)
Why it would never happen: Official Couple in the way and Sheldon/Science is the show's OTP.

Sensing a pattern here. I'm genuinely trying to wrack my brain for one of my pairings that was canon. Even my handful of het pairings have some sort of issues-- which is what draws me to them, I think. I need some strangeness to the power dynamics.

Hm.

-Lucy

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Date: 2010-03-18 02:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] athena-crikey.livejournal.com
Don't remember the OAVs very well, but Kenshin and Kaoru are definitely canon in the end of the manga; they've got a kid.

My OTPs are so bland/canon it's pathetic. I guess I'll just have to live vicariously through you.

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Date: 2010-03-18 03:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lucia-tanaka.livejournal.com
OIC. I wasn't certain with all the different continuities for the series but I thought they got together somewhere.

Mine are pretty bland too. The majority of them are friends with bitchy banter and even more are just the fandom's most popular pairing. 8\

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Date: 2010-03-18 02:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] takoon.livejournal.com
Oh god, Kenshin and Kaoru. I like how they actually let it happen in the OAVs and then made it as soul-crushing as possible. Watsuki preferred his happy ending.

Snake and Otacon happened. It's just behind the scenes.

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Date: 2010-03-18 03:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lucia-tanaka.livejournal.com
I never finished the manga or the anime, actually. I got through the Kyoto Arc on the anime, I think, and I don't remember how far I got in the manga.

I don't think Snake/Otacon happened. I just think they completely love each other and never shagged. But that's just me. 83

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Date: 2010-03-18 03:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] canis-takahari.livejournal.com
I don't think I've ever shipped a canon pairing, now that I think about it. And by 'shipped' I mean 'wrote fic about it'. I've definitely shipped people before, but if I'm going to get into the fandom, I tend to lean into pairings that are basically canonically NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.

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