Yeah, the idea of an OTP is sort of beguiling, and yet...and yet in almost every single fandom that I read (and there are many of them), while I have one pairing that I probably do love the best (and other pairings that I just can't stand - for any reason), I also have alternate pairings that I read very happily. (And, wow! That's a loooong run-on sentence!)
You mention X-files - also a fandom that I read in even now. I don't read M/K - at all...unless it's a threesome with Walter Skinner. ;) It's one of the few threesomes and moresomes that I will read. I started out reading Sk/M, and then - mostly because of Josan's amazing fic - I also started reading Sk/K. It wasn't so far, then, to add Sk/M/K. What I did realize in that fandom was that I really needed Skinner to be a part of whatever I was reading. I guess that's why M/K just doesn't work for me. Although...it's very pretty. ;)
But I tend to be that way in most of my fandoms. There's usually one character that I need to make the fic work for me. Not always, but most of the time. Like in SGA. I love McShep, but I also love McDex and I'll read McKay/Beckett and even McKay/Zelenka. In BtVS I'm a Spander girl through and through, but I'll read (and like) Xander/Giles and Xander/Angel. See a trend? LOL I guess I tend to stay fairly open to possibilities. Also, a really well-written fic can suck me in to almost any pairing. I actually read Xander/Riley a couple of times - and I NEVER liked Riley. At all.
Anyway, those are just some examples in a few of the fandoms that I read. I've always thought I'm sort of a whore about it (and sometimes it makes me feel bad), because it seems that I can't stay loyal to any one pairing, but maybe it's really not such a bad thing. Your post gave me a lot to think about. Maybe I don't need to actually feel bad about my reading habits.
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Date: 2010-04-20 09:52 pm (UTC)You mention X-files - also a fandom that I read in even now. I don't read M/K - at all...unless it's a threesome with Walter Skinner. ;) It's one of the few threesomes and moresomes that I will read. I started out reading Sk/M, and then - mostly because of Josan's amazing fic - I also started reading Sk/K. It wasn't so far, then, to add Sk/M/K. What I did realize in that fandom was that I really needed Skinner to be a part of whatever I was reading. I guess that's why M/K just doesn't work for me. Although...it's very pretty. ;)
But I tend to be that way in most of my fandoms. There's usually one character that I need to make the fic work for me. Not always, but most of the time. Like in SGA. I love McShep, but I also love McDex and I'll read McKay/Beckett and even McKay/Zelenka. In BtVS I'm a Spander girl through and through, but I'll read (and like) Xander/Giles and Xander/Angel. See a trend? LOL I guess I tend to stay fairly open to possibilities. Also, a really well-written fic can suck me in to almost any pairing. I actually read Xander/Riley a couple of times - and I NEVER liked Riley. At all.
Anyway, those are just some examples in a few of the fandoms that I read. I've always thought I'm sort of a whore about it (and sometimes it makes me feel bad), because it seems that I can't stay loyal to any one pairing, but maybe it's really not such a bad thing. Your post gave me a lot to think about. Maybe I don't need to actually feel bad about my reading habits.
*hugs*