Hey, a navel-gazing meme. I haven't done one of those in a while.

[stunt_muppet]

And by "in a while" I mean "since maybe last week". Stolen from violetisblue :

Name fifteen favorite fannish pairings (het/slash/canon/fanon), and ask people to see if they notice any common traits/tendencies in the pairings you choose. Try to pick different fandoms.Oh man. Do I even have 15 favorite ships? I don’t know. I suppose I’ll just pick the ships I

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[airie_fairy]

Hmm, I can attest to a vague link between the Who ones. Jo and Jamie both have a lot of love for the Doctor and definitely believe in his greater abilities than their own, but in their own ways still make sure he knows his place when he gets too ridiculous. And the Brig has that respect/discipline thing, too, in different amounts.

[brewsternorth]

I don't know all the fandoms, but for the ones I know there seems to be a lot of "close relationship despite difference in age/rank" which leads to a lot of snarky love.

Wouldn't've pegged you for a HH/Pellew shipper, I admit...

[nentari]

*ponders* Well, Three/Jo, Two/Jamie, Horatio/Ryan and Gibbs/Abby have this sort of teacher/pupil vibe to them, even if in some cases the pupil shows that he/she has no trouble calling the teacher on their shit (well, Ryan might have some trouble on that account, since Horatio generally doesn't have much for him to point at). Three/Liz is a different matter, since Liz, albeit also obviously learning from the Doctor during the sort time she's working for UNIT, is more of an equal than an assistant. Add the Brigadier to the mix, and you have some extra snark.

Now, Horatio/Yelina is the other pairing I'm familiar with (I only know Kirk and McCoy from TOS, so I'm not pronouncing myself on their movieverse equivalent) and I find it a bit more difficult to connect. We could possibly put them in the "relationship of equals" category where I've fit Three and Liz.