Ships that sail into the night...

Snagged from everyone in LJ existence. (mine was snagged from herself_nyc although saw it first from scrollgirl. As an aside - there appears to be an equal number of B/S and B/A shippers on my flist. Which makes posting on either ship in my lj, or the characters Spike and Angel somewhat dicey. And may explain why I tend to avoid it or do it behind cut-tags. What they have in common? They both listed it as number one. Neither seems to really understand the others ship, although generally speaking they are tolerant of it or they wouldn't be on my friends list. And I wouldn't be on theirs.)

I'm going to do this - been dying to since I read everyone else's during lunch, I read my flist during lunch but am too scaredy cat to respond or post at work on most occassions - it's not private or secure, so there's a huge risk involved. (As another aside, only the women on my flist did it, what's up with that? I know for a fact several of the guys on my flist ship, they just may do it the way I do it - which is no, I really don't, but yes there are ships I adore and if the writers weren't sadistic monsters, I'd totally go for.) For the reason just explained - I don't seriously ship character relationships. I've watched and read too many serials and tv shows in my life time and know that writers are sadistic creatures that like to endlessly tease their readers/audience, and will inadvertently, often without much explanation destroy, break up, or what have you a favorite relationship. The hotter the relationship, the more fannish you are about it? The more likely they will find a way to break it apart. Sadists. )

Name your 10 absolutely favorite couples (het/slash/canon/fanon) and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms. These are ships that I would and have been known to actually fanfic about and made up stories in my head about.

1. Spike/Buffy (BTVS)
2. Doctor Who (ten and possibly 11 and 12)/Doctor River Song (Doctor Who)
3. Scott Summers/Jean Grey ( X-men Comics)
4. Aeryn Sun/John Crichton (Farscape)
5. Phillipa/Lymond (Chronicles of Lymond by Dorothy Dunnett)
6. Lt. Paris (I think it is Paris - portrayed by Robert Duncan McNeil who now directs Chuck episodes)/Torres (Voyager - I think I only watched Voyager for that ship and it is the only one I really had for the Star Trek serieses).
7. Harry Dresden/Lt/Sgt. Karrin Murphy (The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher)
8. Apollo (Lee Adama and just Apollo)/Starbuck (Kara Thrace and just Starbuck) - BattleStar Galatica and BSG - I'm consistent. They were my ship in the original Galatica and the new version.
9. Sawyer (James Ford and James Le Fleur)/Juliet - Lost
10. Spike/Angel (Angel the Series)

Runners up - Barney/Robin - How I Met Your Mother , CJ Craig/Reporter Guy (West Wing),
Josh/Donna (West Wing), and Vicky Bliss/Sir John Smythe (Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters - which isn't a fandom so does not count).

( trends I see because I can't resist the urge to analyze myself...the whole contemplating navel deal is just irrestible. )