Top 10 American/British TV otps

[dangermousie]

I talk so much about drama OTPs but here is a list of my Top 10 American/British tv OTPs. No order, except that John/Aeryn ARE my number 1.


1. John Crichton/Aeryn Sun, Farscape



2. The Doctor/Rose Tyler, Doctor Who



(OK, she is posessed by Cassandra here, but whatever)

3. Buffy/Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer



4. Mal Reynolds/Inara Serra, Firefly



5. Max Evans/Liz Parker, Roswell



6. Max Guevera/Logan Cale, Dark Angel



7. Athena/Helo, Battlestar Galactica



8. Robin/Marian, Robin of Sherwood



9. Veronica Mars/Logan Echolls, Veronica Mars



10. Kara Thrace/Samuel T. Anders, Battlestar Galactica.



Well, the women are strong, and the men idealistic, and there is angst, but that is about all they have in common :P

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

1. Never seen, they want insane amounts for the sets.
2. See above.
3. Yes(though Angel/Cordy is my fave...but only just...)
4. Most definately.
5. Never saw or was overly interested. Heard a lot of heat from both the lovers and the haters over them, though.
6. Most definately.
7. Only thing that made me consider finishing S1.
8. Most definately.
9. Most definately.
10. Never made it that far...

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

1. Never seen, they want insane amounts for the sets.
You should, you really REALLY should. It is like a wuxia only in space :) Lots of eyecandy in form of Ben Browder, a strong female lead, fights, battles and an OTP to die for.
Besides, it has Muppets Puppets that become so real, it is amazing.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Do you netflix? They have EVERYTHING.

And yeah, I fail at life, I forgot to send S1 again :)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I am allergic to watching/reading on a schedule, even a generous one. It's something I seriously need to work on.

And that's ok.

[forgottenpolish.livejournal.com]

Seriously I just watched a Dr Who MV that made me sob forever and reminded me why I love that OTP as my favorite. <33

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I love Dr Who angsty mvs. Doomsday is like an angst mine that never ends...

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I rewound one of the tapes tonight, just to watch HUGGING. My roommate made sighing noises, but didn't throw things since we went back to NCIS pretty quick.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heh. I've rewatched the reunion scene in S3 (from the pic) a few too many times. I want the DVDs now.

[carviangli.livejournal.com]

Hahaha...I agree on 6 and 9...I haven't seen any of the rest^_^

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh...DA and *sigh*

[ambergold.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, LoVe, mmm, Max/Logan...darn it! *mentally moves Farscape and Roswell farther up on her list of things to watch* Can't say I agree with Mal/Inara however. I'm a Mal/River shipper.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Re: Mal/River. I never ship UC pairings so it was going to me Mal/Inara, Zoe/Wash and Simon/Kaylee for me, or no one, but luckily I ended up loving all three...

[janlake83.livejournal.com]

ummmm i agree with number 5...... but in the Buffy and Angel thing ummmm i prefer her with Spike. and although i love Max and Logan i wanted her to hook up with Alec

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I loved the Max/Logan angsty/doomed thing. But Alec was hot!

[janlake83.livejournal.com]

ohhh yeah alec was hot...

[thelana.livejournal.com]

You know, I was totally shocked at first that B/A and Max/Liz weren't higher. Then I remembered B and A didn't end up together and Max/Liz had this whole huge obstacle thing.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeeee. These aren't in order except for J/A :)

[fivil.livejournal.com]

This reminds me, I meant to ask you if you've ever jumped ships.. You seem to be the type who doesn't but I know I'm not the type either but sometimes canon takes a turn for the worse of one ship and for the greatness of another, and that another is simply too delicious not to ship or somehow more fitting. Well, perhaps you know my meaning. Have you?

I have to say, out of these I only love Mal/Inara myself.. Though I never watched Firefly fanatically but regardless, they were awesome. Firefly overall had very good ships.

I want to throw in a plug for Bones here but I've sort of given up hope of you ever watching that. Ah well. ;)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Very very rarely, but ship-jumping happens even for me. In fact, couple number 10 on that list, Kara/Sam, is a result of such a ship jump.

The short summary is that for the mini, first season, and most of second of BSG, I shipped Kara/Lee (the bloke in my icon). Kara and Lee are best friends, and have a complicated history (she was engaged to his younger brother and blames herself for his death, and is also the surrogate daughter to his Dad with whom he has a pretty messed up relationship). There was UST and a great deal of chemistry, and her calling out his name while having sex with someone else, and his going berserk when she was lost. And she is too messed up to allow herself to have him etc etc. And Lee is probably my favorite character on the show.

Sam didn't even appear until S2. He was in one episode as a resitance fighter she meets and has a brief, very intense fling with, and it was supposed to be a one off thing. I was actually annoyed with it (not the sex, but that it seemed she genuinely liked him) and so was most of the fandom. Kara/Lee was THE ship for BSG and actually is still by far the most popular ship.

But then Sam reappeared at the end of S2, and somehow between there and the beginning of S3 where they are married but she has been 'disappeared' for a year by the occupying force and then he finds her and he is freaking out whether she is dead and holding her, and then she is even more messed up after her captivity and breaks up with him because she just might kill him (or anyone who is close) otherwise, but they still care. Yeah, somehow with the functionality and the angst and the mess, I went into a Kara/Sam spin. Plus they also have awesome chemistry. They are together at the end of S3 so good for me :)

But whenever the writers veer into Lee/Kara stuff, I still squee like mad. So basically, whoever she ends up with, I win :) In BSG, I go with what writers sell me. Of course, it helps that they never sold L/K as the otp to end everything, soulmates. That's what's so handicapped me on switching ships on Buffy. I like my stories to be consistent.

[fivil.livejournal.com]

Is this the only occasion or the only one that comes to you at this moment? I think I've only jumped ships once that I can remember and it was a similar situation, though my multi-shipping nature was strong with the fandom in question so I was always open to other options anyway.

Man, Buffy. When I was 10-11 yrs old, I used to love staying up late to watch S1 & S2 of Buffy. That period I really liked but honestly, I don't remember shipping B/A as Angel was dull to me (travesty! maybe I just didn't 'get him' being so young) so when S/B came along, I was like "Huh? Hokay!" and by then, I wasn't really active in my Buffy watching anyway. Firefly was always 'the' Joss Whedon show for me. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I think it's the only ocassion period. Usually I am pretty tenatious. I also don't watch much TV (as opposed to books/movies/dramas which have only one otp) so it doesn't come up often :)

[weissman.livejournal.com]

For me its Sharon and Helo, not much else after that. Can't get any more strong or idealistic

Bob

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they are very wonderful!

[kitkat-cat.livejournal.com]

Woah!

Goodness, I'm internet-less for 4 days and i miss all this! I seriously have to watch BattleStar Galactica...all the pretty is drawing me in...I have no idea what it is even about! kind of like when i watched friefly! hee!

One of my favourite British OTPs ever is Pip and Estella in Great Expectations as shown in the BBC adaptation wiht Ioan Gruffudd and Justin Waddell!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

liked GE a lot. And BSG is awesome.