OTP poll

[xparrot]

I've seen OTP ("One True Pairing") used a bunch of different ways around fandom, sometimes leading to confusion and misinterpretation. I'm curious what the general trends for its use are.

(For this poll, please answer the way you personally use OTP, not the way(s) you may have seen it used by other fans.)

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Comments

[shayera.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I've never thought about applying the term OTP to friendship relations, I always thought that the "Pairing" part meant it was supposed to be exclusively romantic/sexual. And that's not how I fan, so I've never actually applied it to myself.

But if you widen the definition to mean "characters you want to be together forever", then I'd be OTPing all over the place! :) The team of four in SGA would definitely qualify, not to mention the entire team of Mugiwaras in One Piece.

Hmm. With the first definition, an Ed&Al OTP would be incestous and squicky to me. With the second definition, I'm all for it! That could lead to misunderstandings, I guess... ^^;

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

I apply OTP to friendships because there are so many pairings of characters (or teams, or crews!) that I simply love to see together, and it breaks my heart to see them separated, and I don't care if they're romantically entangled or not. (A lot of my OTPs, the only reason I start slashing them is because I don't want to see them fall in love with someone else, move away or stop being close to their friends...so it's most convenient to "take care of" that problem by shipping them with each other ^^)

But, yeah, the majority of fans don't use OTP quite like that, so it can lead to confusion...