I see that we are kindred spirits. I write the exact same type of papers, which is why I've forgone academia for fandom comment-trails...
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But yes, (your "incoherent babbling" sounds perfectly like my own mind, haha uh oh) OTP is a construct that is both highly contextual and open to interpretation, because as many words it started out as a concrete idea and then was subverted for sarcastic/playful use.
OTP could be the 'ship you'll go down with, defending it to the last man, but if Hermione and Ron still get together.
And then when the OTP is justified by cannon, you get a layer of bragging-rights and legitimacy layered onto it.
But as a humorous construct sometimes it's able to provide insight, it becomes a shortcut-word.
See: Spencer Reid + Paper = OTP At first it seems funny, but then you start to watch his hands as he goes through files, and scans books at his million-dollar-mind speed, his absolute comfort, and you're like... "Wait, they really are perfect together."
Belle/Library Tae-Kyung/PigRabbit Tamaki/Kyoya
does the OTP necessarily have to be romantic? Or is it a partnership that will live past any fleeting romance and on into the boring marrieds years?
...I like to end presentations with a question. This is my main problem with essays. X)
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REGRETTING NOTHING
But yes, (your "incoherent babbling" sounds perfectly like my own mind, haha uh oh) OTP is a construct that is both highly contextual and open to interpretation, because as many words it started out as a concrete idea and then was subverted for sarcastic/playful use.
OTP could be the 'ship you'll go down with, defending it to the last man, but if Hermione and Ron still get together.
And then when the OTP is justified by cannon, you get a layer of bragging-rights and legitimacy layered onto it.
But as a humorous construct sometimes it's able to provide insight, it becomes a shortcut-word.
See: Spencer Reid + Paper = OTP
At first it seems funny, but then you start to watch his hands as he goes through files, and scans books at his million-dollar-mind speed, his absolute comfort, and you're like... "Wait, they really are perfect together."
Belle/Library
Tae-Kyung/PigRabbit
Tamaki/Kyoya
does the OTP necessarily have to be romantic? Or is it a partnership that will live past any fleeting romance and on into the boring marrieds years?
...I like to end presentations with a question. This is my main problem with essays. X)