I agree with the above people about it depending on the definition of OTP. I tend to be seen as an OTP author because I write about a limited number of pairings, but I get into trouble because a) sometimes I write conflicting pairings (oh, the hate I've gotten from Remus/Sirius shippers who think I'm betraying them with Remus/Severus!) and b) when I start writing a pairing, I, ah, like to take it apart to see what makes it tick. Sometimes things get broken. Oops.
As a reader, I definitely choose which pairings to read, but it feels more like choosing which flavour of ice cream I want at 31 (chocolate-dipped McShep, or -- ooh! -- raspberry Dex/Zelenka...) than an OMG OTP FTW death to the infidels kind of passion. Some days I want things one way, that's all. I also read for warnings, so if that branding fic is Shep/Zelenka, well, bring it on!
There is also the scale of easy vs hard pairings. Some -- usually (coincidentally?) the main pairings in a fandom -- are very easy and therefore tend to leap into established relationships. Others are damned hard to convince readers of, and those tend to be really convincing. If you can write convincing Sheppard/Todd, or Umbridge/Dumbledore, or Pince/Lockhart, then I'm in my happy place.
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I agree with the above people about it depending on the definition of OTP. I tend to be seen as an OTP author because I write about a limited number of pairings, but I get into trouble because a) sometimes I write conflicting pairings (oh, the hate I've gotten from Remus/Sirius shippers who think I'm betraying them with Remus/Severus!) and b) when I start writing a pairing, I, ah, like to take it apart to see what makes it tick. Sometimes things get broken. Oops.
As a reader, I definitely choose which pairings to read, but it feels more like choosing which flavour of ice cream I want at 31 (chocolate-dipped McShep, or -- ooh! -- raspberry Dex/Zelenka...) than an OMG OTP FTW death to the infidels kind of passion. Some days I want things one way, that's all. I also read for warnings, so if that branding fic is Shep/Zelenka, well, bring it on!
There is also the scale of easy vs hard pairings. Some -- usually (coincidentally?) the main pairings in a fandom -- are very easy and therefore tend to leap into established relationships. Others are damned hard to convince readers of, and those tend to be really convincing. If you can write convincing Sheppard/Todd, or Umbridge/Dumbledore, or Pince/Lockhart, then I'm in my happy place.