Couples meme... baa...

Gakked from brihana25 while I'm loitering in the MW hotel, waiting for tenaya who is very kindly giving me a lift to Detroit airport:

Name your 15 absolutely favorite couples (het/slash/canon/fanon) and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms.

I'm more one for favourite characters than pairings, and I already know what the characteristics are for them, but if anyone wants to guess the consistent factors of either my favourite characters or pairings, have at it... ;)

1. Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo (Man from UNCLE)
2. Artemus Gordon/James West (Wild Wild West)
3. Ezra Standish/Nathan Jackson (Magnificent Seven)
4. Marcus/Esca (Eagle of the Ninth)
5. Daniel Jackson/Teal'c (Stargate SG-1)
6. Severus Snape/Harry Potter (Harry Potter)
7. Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin (Nero Wolfe mysteries)
8. Donald Strachey/Tim Callahan (Donald Strachey mysteries)
9. Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane (Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries)
10. Abe No Seimei/Minamoto no Hiromasa (Onmyoji)
11. E/Vince (Entourage)
12. Stephen Maturin/Jack Aubrey (Master & Commander)
13. Peter Venkman/Egon Spengler (Real Ghostbusters)
14. Charlie Eppes/Larry Fleinhardt (Numb3rs)
15. Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (Due South)