My own take on that pairings meme...

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Twenty favorite pairings, eh?

In no particular order, at least past my 1.5 OTPs. And by no means complete or exclusive or balanced, just what comes to mind, because I have soooo much trouble picking favorites. And discounting crack!pairings, fanon pairings, mainstream or canon pairings, and pairings from fandoms I'm only tangentially in.

Shinji/Kaworu (Evangelion) OTPeleventyone!
Tuvok/Suder (ST: Voyager) OtherOTP!
Mikage/Miki (Utena)
Allen/Dilandau (Escaflowne)
Riddle/Moody (Harry Potter)
Hughes/Ed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Snape/Draco (Harry Potter)
Van/Celena (Escaflowne)
Harry/Ron/Hermione (Harry Potter)
Vicious/Gren (Cowboy Bebop)
Inara/River (Firefly)
Winry/Roze (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Juri/Kozue (Utena)
Lucifer/Dream (Sandman)
Dryden/Millerna (Escaflowne)
Akio/Mikage (Utena)
Kingsley/Sirius (Harry Potter)
Folken/Allen (Escaflowne)
Hughes/Roy (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Akio/Touga/Miki (Utena)

Special bonuses! Much fewer restrictions. Just a few things that come to mind...

Crack!pairings:
Mal/Serenity (Firefly)
Jayne/Vera (Firefly)

Little Black Dresses:
Ed (Fullmetal Alchemist), especially in threesomes
Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist), because he is a little black dress, and sinsex in general makes me happy
Mikage (Utena)
Akio (Utena), though that's canon
Kozue (Utena), also canon
young Dumbledore (Harry Potter)
submissive and kinky Percy (Harry Potter)
Tom Riddle (Harry Potter)
Bill Weasley (Harry Potter)
Blaise Zabini (Harry Potter)

Fic-Based Pairings:
Carus/Julius (Harry Potter: Two Worlds and In Between)
Julius/Albus (Harry Potter: Two Worlds and In Between)
Well, that fic is teh sex in general. Lott...asjdfalsdjfasd...
Also Barrows/Vorik (ST: Voyager: The Secret Logs of Mistress Janeway)

Characters Who Need To Be Slashed [more]:
Edward (Anita Blake)
Strongbow (Elfquest)
Longshot (X-men)
Chiana (Farscape)

Mainstream Pairings which I actually like, at least most of the time:
Spike/Vicious (Cowboy Bebop)
Roy/Ed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Van/Dilandau (Escaflowne)
Mal/Simon (Firefly)
Chakotay/Paris (ST: Voyager)
Sirius/Remus (Harry Potter)

Canon Couples that make me particularly happy in the non-porny way:
Will and Lyra (His Dark Materials)
Hughes and Gracia (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Atrus and Catherine (Myst), especially when she's not a pod person -.-
Sig and Izumi (Fullmetal Alchemist)
And a few close-to-couples:
Subaru and Seishiro (X)
Cutter and Skywise (Elfquest)
Rodrigo and Ammar (The Lions of Al-Rassan)

I considered listing pet threesomes, but realized I'd go on for years with every threesome involving Ed I can think of. What is it about that boy which makes one want to stick him in bed with two? o.O

So behold! Assloads of pairings. :D

I also must say, for the record, that I'm notably fond of the idea of Tasuki/Nuriko (Fushigi Yugi), even though I'm not in the fandom and dislike the anime, so it didn't make it onto any lists. And Nakago/Tamahome goes without saying.

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