December Daily: OTPs

duffy - Top 5 OTPs in television or movies. Could be romantic or friendship. (Canon is NOT a requirement!)

In no particular order except for #1:

To no one's surprise: Fraser and Kowalski (due South). The way Ray's ready to throw down at any moment and yet often his reaction to freakishness is: "Huh. OK, then." The way Fraser's initial reaction -- that scene in the station when he turns completely around with an astonished look on his face -- in a sense never changes.

Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane (Dorothy Sayers mysteries). Because she's difficult, and damaged, and discouraged, and sharp, and yet he collaborates with her and is transformed by her, and when he finally proposes to her successfully (in Latin), he addresses her as Magistra.

The romance between Willow and Xander (Buffy) was plausible to me in that it was clearly and obviously a terrible idea that was going to hurt everyone and thus an irresistible temptation, but what I liked about their relationship was that when it was necessary for them to have a deep connection, what connected them was not romance or attraction but the strength of their childhood friendship.

I would love to have gotten more of the friendship between Seven of Nine and Naomi Wildman (Star Trek: Voyager). It's so totally believable to me that a kid would say, "This is Seven. She was kidnapped and assimilated and a lot of people are scared of her and she doesn't really know how to be human, and now I'm going to teach her how to skip and how to gallop."


1. Book-canon Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, of course! Their differences, their oddities, their mutual admirations, never get less delightful.




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