I've always liked OTP, but for me, in mind it's always "my OTP". It is, sadly true, that a lot of fen do take the wording in the absolute sense, which is kinda sad. Even when there are other pairings that I may very much dislike or go strongly against my personal OTPs, I just avoid those fic. But you're right, the wording, or rather the sentiments at times embraced by that turn of phrase, do lead to snear and smear campaigns on other characters/pairings/writers, which...yeah...just sucks.
And thus, I'm with you, I think MPP works quite well! ^_^
Semi-related to the wording problem of OTP, my sister and I have recently been using MIP (Most Important Person(s)) as in Rodney is John's MIP or Sam and Dean are MIPs. We started using it mainly because while we are often slashers, there's some fandoms in which we like to stick with Gen, but even so, usually in those fandoms, there's still one relationship that often grabs us more than the others...but using OTP started bothering us 'cause "pairing" always implies romantic sentiments and sometimes that's not how we see it. Maybe they're friends or siblings or what not, but it's still that relationship that we like the most, seeing them care about each other above all else, etc. But sometimes that doesn't me romance and sex, so pairing seems...misleading....Um...I'm rambling, sorry...
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Date: 2010-04-13 01:12 am (UTC)And thus, I'm with you, I think MPP works quite well! ^_^
Semi-related to the wording problem of OTP, my sister and I have recently been using MIP (Most Important Person(s)) as in Rodney is John's MIP or Sam and Dean are MIPs. We started using it mainly because while we are often slashers, there's some fandoms in which we like to stick with Gen, but even so, usually in those fandoms, there's still one relationship that often grabs us more than the others...but using OTP started bothering us 'cause "pairing" always implies romantic sentiments and sometimes that's not how we see it. Maybe they're friends or siblings or what not, but it's still that relationship that we like the most, seeing them care about each other above all else, etc. But sometimes that doesn't me romance and sex, so pairing seems...misleading....Um...I'm rambling, sorry...
Ahhh, semantics :-p