How many OTP's am I allowed?

[alexisjane]

Having a very slight OTP crisis.

Long story short...I'm reading two WIPs right now, the wonderful Wrapped in Honey by lady_emebalia which is like crack! About the only diligent thing I'm doing right now is checking my timeline for the next instalment! Incubus!Sam and captive!Dean...it's just lovely.

But then I'm also reading Occam's Razor by miss_annthropic. It's...well, it's not spn : /


I started watching Teen Wolf a while ago and then stopped quite abruptly when I realised that I actually hate most TV shows because of this whole on again/off again, relationship issues driven drama. But even after a one episode I was shipping Sterek so hard I thought I might actually pull something. Derek is hot like JESUSFUCKINGCHRIST! and Stiles is beyond adorable...I couldn't help myself.

Anyway (this is turning into the long version, isn't it?) Aaaaanyway, I abandoned it and satisfied myself (no, not like that) with tumblr gifs of their cute faces. But then I started reading Occam's Razor and it's so bloody brilliant, and the characterisations are so spot on...well, I started watching it again. Admittedly, I'm doing other stuff if it's not my two favourite boys on the screen but I'm watching.

But now I'm thinking of leaving the safety of the fandom to go seek out some other Sterek fic...or maybe some podfic...and then I suddenly got this horrible feeling...

It's okay to see other people, right? : /

Comments

[saltandburnboys.livejournal.com]

Lol, this one's easy - as many as you want. ;-) As many as you can handle, hehe.

I love Teen Wolf - its not SPN, but I love it, and I think Sterek is really fucking hot. I love Stiles so freaking much. I don't read any fic, but it's got a HUGE fan base so I'm sure the fics are awesome. Give it a go...I'm sure you'll love it. :-(

xx

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

: ) Yay!

That was putting me off I think...the show is okay but I love them! Which made me sad but then...fanfic!!
I'm just scared of new people. Y'all are all so nice...it's scary out there : /
I'm gonna have to lurk! x

[saltandburnboys.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't worry too much - I think most people are pretty friendly in the other fandoms. Plus, I'm sure there are some SPN fans who are in the TW fandom too. Spread your wings, hon, SPREAD YOUR WINGS!! Hehe! :-D

xx

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I feel like you're screaming that in my ear as you push me from the plane : ) xx

[saltandburnboys.livejournal.com]

NEVER!!! Do you know how high they fly those things! ;-P

xx

[siennavie.livejournal.com]

As many as you can handle? OTP to me is 'per fandom', not just one total....although the latter would be some hella admirable dedication :) Since rejoining fandom though about two years ago (ish), I've read and wandered about into four other different fandoms? Most are small not-so-active fandoms though, so I haven't actually been participating or making new friends. Teen Wolf, on the other hand, is huge and could seriously suck time and energy! But hooray for more pretty boys that make you happy :)

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Yay for more time suckage! Just what I need ; ) xx

[firesign10.livejournal.com]

Wrapped in honey is SO delicious!!

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Coffee and pie. COFFEE AND PIE!!!! *faints*

[etoile-etiolee.livejournal.com]

As many as you want, girl! (I might have developped a thing for Gil/Jensen and I went through the same guilt trip ;-)

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

See I have plenty of secondary pairings in fandom (I particularly approve of that one btw : ) but I think coz this is out of fandom...i feel a bit guilty : /
I'm sure I'll get past it after a fic or two : ) x

[debauchedsock.livejournal.com]

YAAAAAAAS come to the dark sideeeee! Also, I have so many many many many many many many many OTPs, and I don't really know how to just have one, because I get bored easily.

Sterek is lovely and wonderful and I think I have read Occam's Razor and totes think you should explore Sterek because its full of lovely, fluffy, angsty, brilliant, amazing fic. You will like it here. ;D

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Oh, Hun if you wanna rec me some stuff, I would be eternal grateful! *clings to you* I really don't know where to start! x

[debauchedsock.livejournal.com]

Welllll since you asked so nicely :B I have 43 bookmarks on my AO3 account here (http://archiveofourown.org/bookmarks?utf8=%E2%9C%93&bookmark_search%5Bsort_column%5D=created_at&bookmark_search%5Bfandom_ids%5D%5B%5D=258526&bookmark_search%5Bother_tag_names%5D=&bookmark_search%5Bquery%5D=&bookmark_search%5Brec%5D=0&bookmark_search%5Bwith_notes%5D=0&commit=Sort+and+Filter&user_id=debauchedsock) and my favourite Pinboard account is by Jerakeen (https://pinboard.in/u:jerakeen). I think that's plenty to start you off. :D

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

*spidermonkey tackles you* Thank you! All the bedtime reading : ) xx

[wings128.livejournal.com]

You're reading "Wrapped In Honey" too?! :D
Admittedly I'm doing a fair bit of skimming now - yes, looking for the sex ;P - but I'm following along too. I'm not generally into WiPs but hers are addictive. Have you read the Dean/Nick/Sam series? I enjoyed that more than WIH.

As for the liking several OTPs, look at me, I have three definite faithful pairings that I love with all my heart and soul and...
I never feel disloyal or unfaithful to any of them simply because when I'm with them, no one else enters my mind. The only tricky moment was when I wrote "Reunion" with John/Ronon/Cam in a threesome and I kept worrying that I was giving one twosome too much time together and the other was being left out. I think that's because my OTPs are John/Ronon and John/Cam, lol.

What is it with TW? Seriously, I like my men to be, well, men, with muscles and sometimes some chest hair (and strong enough to overpower me, it could happen, shhh, lol) and of a military persuasion or at least with those kinds of skills. Yes, I know I'm contradicting myself here, because I read and enjoy J2 collegeAU fic, but nothing's ever simple with me :D

Basically it comes down to this, hun, if you like them, enjoy them, that's what they're there for.

♥♥

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

*dances*

I kinda accidentally read part 6 I think as the summary didn't sound like my kinda thing at the beginning but then, yeah. Hooked. I really love the tentative burgeoning relationship between them *sighs* I'm a sucker for that : )

I glimpsed the other one but i didn't want to get into a wip. I was going to wait until it was done.

I think I like them coz Derek is BAMF like nothing else and although Stiles is really scared of him, he doesn't take any shit and really stands up to him...he uses his adorableness to wear him down...'s cute!!

I like them...I'm gonna keep 'em : ) xx

[wings128.livejournal.com]

The other one's finished - well the main story anyway. It's worth a read ;)

That'a girl, keep them and enjoy them at your leisure :D

[casey28.livejournal.com]

I like Stiles and Sterek, and I watched Teen Wolf for a little while, but it's not something that I feel really drawn to. I've heard that the show gets really confusing and doesn't always make sense in the later seasons, so I decided not to keep watching it.

Enjoy reading the Sterek fics! No worries, you can always love as many pairings as you like. :)

I have a few OTPs ... McShep for Stargate Atlantis, and Merthur for Merlin. It doesn't effect how I feel about Sam/Dean... they are my OTP of OTPs. ♥

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I think I realised that I'm not really into the show...just them... but that's okay coz fanfic!!

Sam/Dean will always come first : ) xx

[mangacat201.livejournal.com]

Oh, but tell me you watched season 3b? If you're into Stiles and you haven't, you must. It's the showcase of why Dylan O'Brien is going to break really big, really soon.

[casey28.livejournal.com]

Thanks for letting me know. I've only seen the first 2 seasons. From what I saw, I was very impressed with Dylan's acting. He's amazing.

[mangacat201.livejournal.com]

OH YES, you're season 3b is going to BLOW YOUR MIND. It's the best they've done so far in my opinion (coincidentally also the most narratively coherent) even if you notice that some... personell changes throw them off balance a little bit at the beginning and Derek regretfully doesn't have a lot to do. But Stiles. OH MYyyyyy...

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Oh Hun, I'm just over halfway through S1! Really, it got to the bit where Alison broke up with Scott after the night in the school and I just realised that's why I love spn so much...I hate the whole will she/won't she date me thing. So I've just started watching again. I'm spoiled on some stuff coz...well, tumblr but yeah, Dylan O'Brien is amazing! I would love to see him and Jensen act together coz wow!! xx

[mangacat201.livejournal.com]

Yeah, season 1, them's the oldies but the goodies, but am I glad that Tyler H. decided to grow a beard, lol, he looks much better in stubble. In other words you DO know that there's TW/SPN crossover fic out there, right?
We're in fandom, baby, there's nothing that isn't out there.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Rule 34. If you can think of it, there's porn of it : ) Fandom is wonderful.

Oh and the scruff...I dream about that scruff : ) xx

[mangacat201.livejournal.com]

It is...

yes, the scruff is dreamy ... it should have its own nickname.

[mangacat201.livejournal.com]

AWWWWWWWWWWww, of course it's ok to see other people... I don't see an OTP crisis here at all, because my take on the issue is you get one OTP... per fandom. Never been any other way for me.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

It's just that I have to go...outside! That's so scary! I like it here with you guys! What if the other fangirls are mean to me?
I'm going to lurk just to be on the safe side : ) x

[mangacat201.livejournal.com]

Well, if you think about it... you might not have to go far. I wrote Teen Wolf fic... and I'm sure if you look around on your flist, I'm not the only one. Besides, you're very welcome to search my AO3 bookmarks for my recs.

[septembers-coda.livejournal.com]

OMG! I discovered Teen Wolf recently and LOVE IT, (well... I just started season 3.5 and I think I might not love it anymore... but up until then it was awesome). And I would TOTALLY ship Sterek! I ADORE sweet little Stiles, (he makes the show for me) and Derek, I must agree, is smokin', and your gif is killing me! I haven't delved into TW fic because... welllll... I could be wrong, but I got the impression its fanbase was quite young and maybe a bit silly, just cuz... MTV. So I thought the fic might not be good, because whenever I've looked at fic in other fandoms, I've found that it's vastly inferior in quality to SPN fic, maybe only because I don't know where to look in other fandoms. So if you like this Sterek fic, I might have to check it out!

And I agree with the others-- you can have as many OTPs as you want. ALL THE PAIRINGS ALL THE TIME NO ONE CAN SINK OUR SHIPS. ;-)

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I have to say the guy that plays Stiles just acts the pants off everyone on that show! He's so good!

And the gif! Oh my heart! They're so sweet!

The whole bad fic thing is a worry...I did read some shockers before I fell on our little corner of the world tbf but yeah...no fic is better than bad fic for me. This one is just wonderful! I really like the way she writes them and I cant wait to see how the story goes!

Okay...but you won't tell the boys, right? : / xx

[mangacat201.livejournal.com]

I suspect that Dylan O'Brien is regretfully probably not going to stay on many more seasons (if they get them) and I will stop watching if he leaves, because it's true, he acts in circles around everyone on the show. And season 3b, where he finally got some meat to chew on, is - in my opinion - the best of the show so far. He's going to break out in a full launch Hollywood career soon enough though, Maze Runner is just the beginning.

[majestic-duxk.livejournal.com]

I actually read teenwolf before I got into Supernatural. I still read a little johnlock too... sometimes some fruits basket (although no one writes it these days), and yeah. A bit of avengers, and all around.

I think if it makes you happy to read, read away! one can never have too many otps :-D

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

What is fruits baskets? I haven't heard of that x

[majestic-duxk.livejournal.com]

It's a shoujo manga from way back when, with a cursed family who turn into the chinese zodiac when they are touched by opposite sex. plenty of homoerotic moments (although I think everyone ended up being straight, but there was one very strongly implied threesome), but I loved Kyou, the Cat, who was feisty and temperamental, and oh look, my perfect sort of bottom...

so since it was from... gee... must be the early 2000's and it was a romance/comedy aimed at teenage girls the yaoi fanfic with my chosen dynamics is light on the ground.

at least I have other shows to get my fix from :-)

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

chemm80 has podficced a bunch of *sterek* fics. I read Teen Wolf and totally don't feel like I'm cheating on Sam and Dean. Go for it because Derek is smokin' and Stiles is adorable!

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

*clings to you* I was looking at the disgusting state of my flat yesterday and thinking that in might be more inclined to clean up if I had some Sterek to listen to...my house is going to be so clean!!! : ) xxx

[lady-emebalia.livejournal.com]

Reading your post and some of the comments ... I'm blushing over here.
I started watching TW as a light-hearted counterpart to SPN but now both shows wreck me emotionally.
I haven't read many TW fics but I love Sterek, both characters are just adorable. And no, it's not cheating, it's adding new family members.

[lilykep.livejournal.com]

In my defense, I said it was a fun show. I NEVER said it was lighthearted.

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I'm doing stuff and getting on with my day and then I'm suddenly 'Coffee and pie!!!' I'm so invested in your story it's ridiculous!

I think it a lot to do with having really only opt shipped Sam/Dean for so long...but then getting all these fuzzy feelings for Sterek that go beyond just a regular ship...I'm consoling myself that it's a whole other universe so it's not really cheating : ) x

[lady-emebalia.livejournal.com]

"I'm consoling myself that it's a whole other universe so it's not really cheating"
Now I'm really tempted to write a crossover, just to screw with you ;)

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

O_o

If I had a million pounds I would give you a million pounds right now to write that!!!...as long as they stick to their assigned couples...and Dean and Derek play pool together...and Stiles talks incessantly to Sam and at first Sam is annoyed but then they end up in a really intense conversation about something totally geeky...

Goddammit! Look what you did! *runs and hides from the bunnies* ♥ xxx

[lady-emebalia.livejournal.com]

You started it!

BTW Finished writing Wrapped in Honey today. It came around to 49 chapters ;)

[matchboximpala.livejournal.com]

When I started reading Arthur/Merlin fic I felt like I was cheating on J2. But I've realized, there's enough love in my heart for all of them. :D

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

I'm kinda a bit sad that I didn't get into Merlin. I watched a few but then...I don't know what happened. The fandom seems really nice though, the little I've seen of it. Maybe one day I'll go back to it...then you'll probably see another one of these posts : ) x

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Your heart's big enough for both honey :) ♥

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

Heart...right...: ) All I can think now its fandom dp! Oh god, I may be over tired ; ) xx

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

LMAO! Just once I want a sneaky peek inside your head! And I said HEART! *SNORTS* xx