Where is the Owen/Gwen love?

Feb 02, 2010 14:16

There's a OTP meme going around my f-list. (I'll get there eventually.) Basically I've been asking each Memer about Owen Harper. While the other answers on the meme are different for different respondents, regarding OTP, Runner up, Crack OTP etc. There seems to be a universal lack of love for Owen/Gwen. Some people can't believe ANYONE likes them ( Read more... )

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wiredblowfish February 2 2010, 22:22:07 UTC
Super hot together! Massive chemistry!

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karaokegal February 2 2010, 22:27:22 UTC
YESSSSS!!!!!

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aeron_lanart February 2 2010, 22:37:47 UTC
I'm not denying it's there, they definitely had sizzling chemistry, I just don't like it for me! I'm funny that way and I think I gave a very good accounting of *why* I don't like it too. *g*

I'd rather have Jack/Ianto/Owen...

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karaokegal February 2 2010, 22:39:49 UTC
I know, I know, and you certainly did. I feel bad that they kept showing up in the "Ship other people like, but I don't" spot.

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aeron_lanart February 2 2010, 22:47:50 UTC
Yeah, I suppose if it's a pairing you like you would feel bad about seeing it in that spot.

I'm surprised no-one has given me Ianto in that meme, considering I'm known to be a fan (J/I wouldn't be the OTP though, which would please you). I've had lots of variation of fandoms, even without my love of crossovers, so it's been good fun and poked more than a few bunnies besides.

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karaokegal February 2 2010, 22:49:57 UTC
I want to do it right away, but I get bizarrely OCD about doing memes in the order I find them.

I'm delighted that NOT ONE person on my f-list has J/I in the OTP spot for either of them. It's probably a matter of self-selection, but I choose to take it as a sign of hope.

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karaokegal February 2 2010, 23:05:09 UTC
Whooooo-hooooo! HIGH FIVE!

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karaokegal February 3 2010, 02:34:19 UTC
For me, it's his VOICE!!!

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rustydog February 2 2010, 23:06:09 UTC
I haven't done that OTP meme because I'm not shippy enough in general to accomplish it, but I very much enjoyed the hotness of Owen/Gwen.

And Owen/Jack in my imagination. :)

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karaokegal February 2 2010, 23:08:04 UTC
Jack/Owen FTW!!! Seriously, that's IS the great lost slash pairing that was sacrificed for the woobie.

BUT ANYWAY...all hail the HOTNESS OF OWEN AND GWEN!!!

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kel_reiley February 2 2010, 23:16:45 UTC
super hot, definitely, but would never be my otp - they were just so fucked up and wrong together (which is why it worked in the context of when and how it happened)

i have a little bit of a fic (in my head) during the time jack was gone and the team were on their own, where gwen and owen try to go back to what they had but realize it's gone now... i might actually write that one of these days

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karaokegal February 2 2010, 23:22:01 UTC
they were just so fucked up and wrong together

And yet some many claim to love the so-call canon slash ship for just that reason. :)

That sounds like a great fic, probably sad and angsty, but with hope as well. I do NOT accept the "there's no story left to tell" excuse because clearly there is. We only saw them together once and had the mind-reading and the break-up.

There's plenty of story to tell about the missing!Jack period and how they managed to make their way to being friends after everything that happened. How about a story from Owen's POV showing how he really felt about Gwen's wedding? And of course all my Jack/Owen fanon has a bit of jealousy about Gwen/Owen tucked in there as well. Jack can't STAND that Owen got there first.

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aeron_lanart February 2 2010, 23:24:44 UTC
Jack can't STAND that Owen got there first. That would rankle somewhat, wouldn't it? *g*

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karaokegal February 2 2010, 23:29:07 UTC
Did you catch the look he gave Gwen and Owen after the rescue in They Keep Killing Suzie? That's why he was susceptible to the "stopwatch" routine. Sex was being offered at a point when he felt a bit hurt and jealous.

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