I'm kinda of varied on the whole OTP thing. When I first got into fandom, yes, I did have one OTP (in one fandom!). But through my various re-watching of shows I've kind of grown into a multi-shipper, mostly for Buffy and Angel. I see varied possibilities for all the characters I love.
But when it comes to other shows, I have definite OTPs that aren't going to budge for anything. SG-1 it's Jack/Daniel (the only canon ships I could read would be Jack/Sara or Daniel/Shar'e leading into J/D). SGA, I have two, John/Rodney and Carson/Teyla (though I occasionally delve into Carson/Radek, but only with authors I trust). X-Files and Firefly have the distinction of having canonical pairings I'm OTPish over (I usually am all about non-canonical or practically canonical pairings), Mulder/Scully and Zoe/Wash.
I think having multi-pairings is more fun because you can explore the smae canon (show wise) from many different angles.
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I'm kinda of varied on the whole OTP thing. When I first got into fandom, yes, I did have one OTP (in one fandom!). But through my various re-watching of shows I've kind of grown into a multi-shipper, mostly for Buffy and Angel. I see varied possibilities for all the characters I love.
But when it comes to other shows, I have definite OTPs that aren't going to budge for anything. SG-1 it's Jack/Daniel (the only canon ships I could read would be Jack/Sara or Daniel/Shar'e leading into J/D). SGA, I have two, John/Rodney and Carson/Teyla (though I occasionally delve into Carson/Radek, but only with authors I trust). X-Files and Firefly have the distinction of having canonical pairings I'm OTPish over (I usually am all about non-canonical or practically canonical pairings), Mulder/Scully and Zoe/Wash.
I think having multi-pairings is more fun because you can explore the smae canon (show wise) from many different angles.