Dang, I wish I still had poll-making privileges.

Hey, remember how a while back I said I had five 'OTPs' that I absolutely loved, despite them being pure cracktastic brain-breakers outside of the TDPS?

Well, yeah, for the past year or so, I've started to develop this pretty bipolar love-hate relationship with my professed number one OTP, DannyxVicky. To be honest, I don't really remember exactly how it came to be — beyond some eureka moments about how it mirrors the very canonical GourryxLina ship from Slayers, and the similarities between the halves —, and just why it shines over the other five. (Frankly, the ship I've been most obsessed over lately is ButchxJulieann; though, I suppose you could say "Ectophile" is a miniature, mirror ship of BxJ, or that "Love Rekindled" is an 'adult' version of DxVi.)

As far as the TDPS goes, I didn't really bring DxVi into the picture until I threw it point-blank at the screen and cracked it with the uberly-anvilicious ficlet Next Jenn and previously Peace of Mind to Be. After that, I decided to sink it along with every other Dannyx* ship in the angsty Prelude to Melancholy. Then for some reason, I had a change of heart, and tried to revive it with An Interlude to Melancholy, which one no-words-mincing commenter described as "pure shit!" (Which, by the by, counts as my very first actual flame. *bounces* ^o^)

I personally feel that despite having some room to take such "creative" license, I had to do a lot of finagling and mangling to both characters to make them the least bit compatible. And then there's my dismissal of the cannon DannyxSam, which I feel is equally ham-fisted. (Not to mention that there's a certain stigma attached; most people — not all, but most — who aren't avid DannyxSam shippers only aren't because they're either rabid DannyxOC shippers or DannyxVlad shippers, and tend to show much loathing for canon in general.)

Is this TL;DR yet? Yes, I know shipping is srs bznss, and "Who cares?". But I want to actually discuss it...seriously. For just a moment, at least.

Unlike some people *glances around shiftily* who only want more yes-persons, I want some honest, unbiased opinions. Thus far, does DannyxVicky make some semblance of sense, from what you've read? Or is, for instance, this far superior? Well? Anybody, anybody?