OWP!

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new fandom word: OWP = One Wicked Pairing

I hereby nominated OWP as an easy & convenient way to describe any person's unconventional OTP (one true pairing). For example, if you are both into Buffy/Spike and Buffy/Giles ::shudder::, then Buffy/Giles can be your OWP. Or, Buffy/Giles could be your OTP and Xandrew could be your OWP. Whichever.

For myself, Spike/Buffy is my OTP and Spike/Angel is my OWP.

For another example, Naruto/Sakura is my Naruto OTP. Kakashi/Kabuto is my Naruto OWP, because theirloveissogreyhairedandsordid.


Of course, most of y'all are probably going to ignore this post and never use this term. Such is the fate of being a fandom toady rather than a shiny, cool, fandom master. But I have a fondness for the phrase anyway, and maybe it will catch on.

Comments

[evemac.livejournal.com]

Could Mal/Inara be my OTP and Mal/Kaylee my OWP?

Hmmm. This is interesting. I likes this.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Could Mal/Inara be my OTP and Mal/Kaylee my OWP?

Sure thing! I'll take those pairings for 200, please.

[juliet-demarcus.livejournal.com]

Great idea! Buffy/Spike can be my OTP and Willow/Giles can be my OWP! I've always had trouble with that because I want to call both of them my OTP...so I've been saying W/G is my non canon OTP, but this is much better! Thank you!

I'll try to spread the word!

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Willow/Giles can be my OWP!

You know, there was a brief time where I was reading crossovers that involved Buffyfic before I'd even watched any Buffy, just because I like crossovers. And in those, I ended up reading more Willow pairings than anything else-- especially Willow/Angel and Willow/Giles. So I kinda always had a soft spot for the charm of that one even though I don't really ship them.

[juliet-demarcus.livejournal.com]

Yay! You have a soft spot for W/G! *hugs you* I"m so pleased! I thought you would shudder like you did with Buffy/Giles. Maybe someday you'll even be a shipper! You should check out willowgiles.com!

What sort of crossovers did you read?

I always wanted to find a really well written BtVS/X-Files crossover, but I never did.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I thought you would shudder like you did with Buffy/Giles.

I don't know why-- I *should* shudder, right? In fact, Willow's even less mature than Buffy is, really. But for some reason one makes me squick and the other just rolls off me without my blinking. I guess because Giles has a paternal relationship with all of them, but none as strongly as with Buffy, so for Willow it would be slightly less incestuous.

What sort of crossovers did you read?

I don't remember specifics; it was so long ago. Mostly X-files and Highlander crossovers; they were my favorites.

[drewsilla.livejournal.com]

Thanks for explaining the OTP/OWP thingy. I've seen the OTP all over the place, and felt kind of silly not knowing what it ment. So nice to learn new things!

Also, the OWP is very cool. S/B is my OTP and S/A, S/X, and S/everyone else is my OWP. I love my Spike!

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I've seen the OTP all over the place, and felt kind of silly not knowing what it ment. So nice to learn new things!

Wow, poor dear! I would happily have told you. I guess that's one of those overused fandom things where we just assume everyone gets told. Yep, it's one true pairing.