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not long ago phineasjones posted/picspamed her top otps through all her fandoms, and encouraged everyone to do the same. and lo, i have.



my otps, let me show you them...

once upon an afternoon, long long ago, a quick google search of 'slash fiction' led me directly to a lotr site. i saw frodo/sam and immediately thought, oh! i could see that! that makes sense! *READS*



om nom nom, i LIKED IT. this slash thing. it was exactly what i never knew i always wanted.


but that otp only lasted for about ten minutes until i found THESE TWO:





bc YES YES YES!! THAT MAKES SENSE, TOO. ALSO, PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY.

theoden: leave the dead.
legolas: *face of WAHHHHHT WOE AND TEAR*
krit: *wibble homg*

legolas: you're alive! you look like shit.
aragorn: thank you, ilu too. *smile*
legolas: here, take this trinket. it's shiny.
aragorn: thank you, ilu mostest.
krit: ♥____♥


and then i discovered RPS. \o/ and i never. looked. back.











shut up, it *totally* counts as an otp picture. ♥ ♥ ♥

man, it's been so long since i've read them... but when i sit and think of them, i think of quiet moments. long nights and sunrises. sparse words scribbled on scrap paper. a beauty that goes beyond the obvious. stillness. silliness. vibrant colors. strength. almost always a little sadness. love. i never thought another pairing would ever, EVER, inhabit my being like they did. (i was wrong.)


moving on to lotrips otp #2: domlijah (okay, yes, smooshed up pairing names are kind of stupid, but for whatever reason, i never minded viggorli or domlijah. idk.).







teh wuv. <3



TEH DRUNKS. LOLLLLLLLLLL.



there are a mulitude of reasons why they work. but for me, at the core of it... i always come back to the notion that they each see in the other qualities that they (falsely) believe they don't possess. elijah sees humor and character and depth. the stuff that matters. he longs to be more than just two giant blue eyes. he wants to be a more interesting, complex person. a person with layers! he kind of can't believe dom is with him. dom gets that elijah is much more that just a pretty face, but let's be real. he has a really fucking pretty face. this radiant, unreal quality, almost spooky in its near perfection. dom knows he can woo and charm like nobody's business, but he's never had that. that shining beauty that effortlessly opens doors. he kind of can't believe elijah's with him.

oh, lookit what i found in the attic. my old shiny hat. *polishes* <]:)


i've read orlando paired with just about everyone, but the only one i'd consider another otp (if we're allowed more than the implied one, which obviously for the sake of this post, and just in general i say, we are) would be dom/orlando.



it was never my default, my heart always went to viggorli first, but dom/orlando just makes too much sense. it works, i can't deny it. (much like pairings in another fandom that i'll get to further down.)


next up: woodcest <3 (also woodcest + dom, but it is near impossible to find a picture of the three of them together, despite attending many of the same events)





this is how i see them: ever since they can remember, they've done everything together. and the thing is... that never really stopped. <3


i dipped my foot back into the fps pool for a few lotrips adjacent otps.

zeke/casey from the faculty.





asjdlkfjs touching.


and hoot/todd, from black hawk down.



four little lines:
- hey man, there's a line.
- i know.
- well, this ain't the back of it.
- yeah, i know.

AND LO THERE WAS FIC. \o/

the rps version of this pairing wasn't too shabby, either. <3



OM NOM NOM.


so i guess after lotrips and the lotrips spin-offs would be harry potter. i really only ship two pairings, even though i'll gladly read a variety of them (the most unexpectedly enjoyable probably being remus/draco from buckle_berry - i don't know how that worked, but it really, really did).

first up, harry/ron.



okay, maybe not at this age. but lookit how adorable they were! :D




(bonus stripey top!) so yes, this is my favorite pairing of the kids. what can i say, i have a thing for gryffindors. and best friends. otp moment from the books: in gof, they opted to hang out together at the ball instead of flirting and dancing with, you know, girls. :D


but the hp pairing of my heart, the one i feel the strongest about, would have to be remus/sirius.



as far as i am concerned, they are canon. and no one, not even jkr herself, could tell me any differently. CANON. otp moment from the books: in ootp, harry's christmas gift comes from the both of them. naturally.

but as much as i love what is there in the books, the pairing cemented themselves in my heart by way of marauder era fic. THANK YOU, FANDOM. ♥ [fanart from shoebox_project]

i recently was cruely forced by buckle_berry to chose an otp of all otp's, and after much contemplation, i decided that if i could only keep one, it would indeed be remus/sirius - marauders era especially. i'm not sure i've ever been so utterly delighted when reading any other pairing. i love them. to pieces. forever and ever. (why must you be so ultimately tragic, though, boys? siiiiigh.)


i then had a brief fling with king arthur fic, specifically galahad/gawain.



arthur: and you, gawain?
gawain: i'm in. *pounds beer* galahad as well.
galahad: WAHAAAT?! *storms off, kicking the ground*
gawain: *watches longingly, storms after*
deleted scene: [we-might-die-tomorrow sexings]
krit: *annoys K2 with repeated viewings and SEE?! SEE?! pointing*


and then there was a whole lot of nothing for quite a while. well, not nothing, i suppose. take all of the above and depending on my mood, or the weather, i'd read a little of this, a little of that. until...

UNTIL OCTOBER, 2007.

UNTIL THE BIG BANDOM TAKEOVER.

i fought it. i did! but i wasn't strong enough. the boys, they were cute. they had tattoos. they wore chucks! THEY KISSED. LIKE FOR REAL. and that was just the beginning...