I really used to consider myself an OTPer. Since being introduced to "Supernatural" half-way through the first season, I was only into SAM/DEAN, and then later when the RPS bit bit the rest of us, JENSEN/JARED. I had always had these ideas of the perfect pairings in various fandoms (from Mal/Simon to Piper/Leo to Daniel/Jack and more), but since I began branching out into Livejournal, I have, you could say, had my 'eyes opened' regarding pairings. I have been surprised, and while some of them are just wrong in so many ways and not believable at all, most pairings that I read or that catch my eye turn out to be interesting.

For instance, I never really entertained the concept of Sam/Ellen before I read a certain story (can't even remember it now), but since then, I can't get enough of it!

I love reading new stuff, and if it's believable (you're right, a certain pairing would just not work), I grow attached to it. I think I have lost my OTP ways and no longer get angry if someone dare pair one of my favorite characters with someone else outside the designated OTP.

I really hope this comment made sense; I wrote it quickly on my way out the door.