one true pairings
Shamelessly stolen from ralst
List the first five OTPs that come into your head, but preferably from different fandoms.
1. Xena and Gabrielle (Xena: Warrior Princess)
2. Helen and Nikki (Bad Girls)
3. Olivia and Alex (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit)
4. Helena and Barbara (Birds of Prey)
5. Susan and Talia (Babylon 5)
1. When did you first fall in love with ship number 1?
From the very first episode I watched, Comedy Of Eros. When Gabrielle got shot with one of Cupid’s arrows, she called Xena’s name and you just know that if Joxer hadn’t got in the way she would have been ripping that leather corset off the tall, dark and deadly one.
2. When did you fall in love with ship number 5?
Someone got me to watch an episode called Ceremonies of Dark and Light and told me to listen very carefully to the secret that Susan was going to confess. When she said ‘I think I loved Talia’ I begged anyone who would listen to loan me the entire series, I had to know who Talia was and why Susan loved her.
3.What is your favorite moment of ship number 3?
The devastation in Olivia’s eyes when Alex tells her that she has to go into protective custody.
4. What will the ship be if you take the boy from ship 2 and the girl from ship 1 and mesh them? If one or both of the ships are slash, then pick and choose.
Nikki and Gabrielle… Interesting. Well Gabrielle stood by Xena who had carved a bloody path across most of the known world to conquer it, Nikki is mild by comparison having only killed to protect her previous girlfriend. And Gabrielle could write epic tales and Nikki could read them and answer essay questions.
5. Vise versa.
Xena and Helen… Scary. Not sure how well Xena would react to being told to ‘grow up and stop all this macho crap’ but then she would probably see the woman fighting for the ‘greater good’ of her charges and get on board with it. Not sure what Open University course she would get the Warrior Princess to sign up for though… Woodwork? Embroidery?
6. What's your favorite moment for ship 4?
In ‘Lady Shiva’ when Barbara is dressed in her Batgirl costume and sitting in her wheelchair while Helena kneels before her begging to be able to help Barbara with her battle. (And because Dina Meyer looks gorgeous with the dark eye makeup.)
7. How long was there between the time you got into the fandom and the time you started shipping ship number 3?
The ship was part of the reason that I decided to watch the series. I decided to watch the series from the beginning and Alex Cabot does not appear until the second season, but by my watching schedule that was about three days.
8. When did you start shipping ship number 4?
From the unaired pilot episode. There was a hug and I was hooked.
9. Take three random people from three of the ships and create an OT3?
Talia, Alex, Barbara…THUD!
10. Rank your OTPs in order.
Currently
1 - Olivia and Alex (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit)
2 - Helena and Barbara (Birds of Prey)
3 - Xena and Gabrielle (Xena: Warrior Princess)
4 - Helen and Nikki (Bad Girls)
5 - Susan and Talia (Babylon 5)
Honorary ships that didn't quite make the five:
Sara and Catherine (CSI: Las Vegas)
Buffy and Faith (Buffy, The Vampire Slayer
Elphaba and Glinda (Wicked)
Sam and Janet (Stargate SG1)
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