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

[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.