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[amalnahurriyeh]

I am worried my home is about to be home to a ship war.

My wife is so desperate for fic that she's reading John/Lestrade.

She keeps reading me bits.

Having showed her this post: "Not on purpose! It's coming up by accident!" So she says.

[Disclaimer: obviously I think shipwars are ridiculous and people can ship what they want and I kind of view the extent to which I OTP in my fandoms and hyperventilate about the ~~mere possibility~~ of alternate pairings to be a moral deficiency. But still. Traitor.]

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Under Isk's direction this afternoon, he, Leigh, and I put on a play. I was the bad guy, Leigh was the princess, and he was "the pretty detective."

...I deny all responsibility for that.

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[fiercynn]

I kind of view the extent to which I OTP in my fandoms and hyperventilate about the ~~mere possibility~~ of alternate pairings to be a moral deficiency

um, yes, THIS EXACTLY. Loath as I am to admit it, I've only ever had one fandom where I could truly consider myself a multi-shipper (as in, liking more than one pairing or moresome involving the same character), but I always feel intensely guilty when I have a hard time liking things other than my OTP! Or, even worse, if I read a poly fic that involves my OTP, it often just reads to me as OTP + extra people for fun, even if all the relationships are intended to be more reciprocal. /o\

[amalnahurriyeh]

I have some situations where I vaguely ship multiple canon pairings involving some of the same people (I like both Josh/Amy and Josh/Donna on The West Wing, for instance, though in different ways), but, yeah--when I ship, I almost always have one preferred pairing for any character.

I don't think I've read enough poly fic to have a general sense--but I think I do tend to see my OTP as the center of it, and their other relationships as corollary to that.

[abrae]

See her John/Lestrade and raise her a John/Moriarty. My sister has been raving about one for ages. ;)

[amalnahurriyeh]

*claws out own eyes moar*

(Not least because, for me to ship two characters, I have to have a vague sense that they could, eventually, form a healthy and mutually supportive long-term relationship that would bring out the best in them and allow them to grow as people, and HA HA HA HA no.)

[abrae]

LOL

No, I get that; I tend to read for much the same reasons. She assures me it's a great story, and I'm sure it is, but it's also not my cup of tea. ;)

[king_touchy]

Some writers can sell a pairing I don't care for but they have to do an amazing job because I do like my OTPs, too. Since I don't go looking for other pairings, I rarely find non-OTP fic unless it's rec'd, and then I still back-button out of most. I'm trying to think of any non-John/Sherlock fic pairings I've liked. A couple stories with dysfunctional Irene/Sherlock, I think. Um. Still thinking. Oh! A Molly/Sherlock I enjoyed, bit of a guilty pleasure but not every story has to be a five course gourmet meal. Sometimes I like a hoagie.

Of course I'm always happy to see people happy. Have at, I say. I'll be over in my own corner devouring my own favorite pairing fic.