Couples meme... baa...

[graculus]

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)

Comments

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

What?! No Alan and Denny? I'm shocked!

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I could probably have done this meme twice over, which surprised me a bit when I realised it, but tried to focus on couples where I like to read fic rather than just from the show...

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I tend to be more for favorite characters than pairings, too. I'm not sure I can make a guess about yours, though, because I only know two of the fandoms.

What do you think is a commonality of these?

My guess: One strong character--possibly one who tends not to be too open with affection or feelings, the other more driven by emotions. Yeah...um...so not a good guess. hehe

[graculus.livejournal.com]

In terms of characters, I like intelligent snarky folks who don't wear their hearts on their sleeves. In terms of couples, I like it to be my favourite character plus someone else who I find attractive in some way - if I don't, then I can't ship them at all...

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

Hee! So I was almost half right. ;) That's not too bad considering I only know two of the pairings/fandoms.