So on and on it will always be, true love, true love...

[bimo]

Somewhere in a galaxy far, far away the good old "Name your top five OTPs" meme is making the rounds again. And as I've always wondered how I might answer this particular challenge, I thought, well let's give it a try.

My OTPs, though, might not be “true pairings” in the classical sense. While there are certainly quite a few canon and fanon relationships that I fancy, I’m afraid I’ve never been enough of a shipper to make the OPT concept work for me ;-)). Therefore I’d rather list my current top five cases of a broader, more abstract type of love, the kind that drives, nurtures and consoles people, or just defines a major part of their very essence:

Obi-Wan Kenobi/ The Force
Malcolm Reynolds/ Serenity (and the things that she represents)
Londo Mollari / Centauri Prime
Gaius Baltar/ Survival (a study in irony and absurdness)
Killian Jones/ the Sea

Comments

[selenak]

Well chosen, all. In the case of Londo and Gaius, you can even pin point the big shippy moment of open declaration. Londo, on the day of his death in the "In the Beginning" framing narration: "I had four wives, and in my way, I cared for them. But I loved Centauri Prime. And look what I've done to her!"
And in Baltar's case, it's of course this Gaius-Laura dialogue:

Gaius Baltar: Laura. There's been something I've been meaning to say to you. I wanted to thank you.
Laura Roslin: For what?
Baltar: Essentially, for not murdering me. That can't have been an easy decision to make. But I love living. I love living, and I wanted to thank you for saving my life.
Roslin: I wouldn't be so grateful if I were you. You should know that I told the Admiral that if D'Anna doesn't back down, he should blow the ship to pieces.
Baltar: You what?

Gaius Baltar: this is your life.

In Obi-Wan's case, I suppose you could pick the scene in ANH where he explains to Luke what the Force is?

[bimo]

In Obi-Wan's case, I suppose you could pick the scene in ANH where he explains to Luke what the Force is?

Absolutely. And for me (not just my young and impressionable ten-year old me) that scene will always be pure magic. I should hasten to add, though, that in my opinion there's also one other truly wonderful and poignant Obi-Wan/ Force moment:

Much younger Obi-Wan, Attack of the Clones, the scene when Obi-Wan, surrounded by younglings, is trying to locate the planet Kamino on a three-dimensional holographic star chart.