Top Ten Tuesday (7) - Couples I Adore

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This week's topic is a Romance Freebie. Their lives are busy and this week they're not putting up a post of their own. 

I mean it's Valentine's Day so romance makes sense, even though I must admit, we're not really doing Valentine's Day in this household. In fact we're considering just ordering a 2 for Tuesday pizza!

I decided to go back to my late teen years and early 20's where shipping was a thing, and OTPs made me squeal. I mean, I still ship, but I no longer squeal as much and I'm probably less enthusiastic these days when it comes to couples than I used to be.

I will present both book couples and TV couples, because both mattered a lot throughout the years.

Top Ten Couples I Ship (or used to) 

Television

1. Does anyone remember Alias? And if yes, does anyone remember loving Irina Derevko as much as me? Not only that I was such a big fan of her and Jack Bristow, I think I wrote a ton of unnecessary fanfiction.
2. How about CC and Niles in The Nanny? They and
3. Xena and Gabrielle were probably what introduced the word shipping to me.
4. Another couple I was quite passionate about was Kerry Weaver and Kim Legaspi on ER. They were one of the first lesbian couples that broke my heart. (Later came Erica Hahn and Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy.)
5. Ben Wyatt and Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation. Probably the most perfect couple that ever coupled.
6. Dana Scully and Fox Mulder on The X-Files. I'm showing my age with this, aren't I?
7. Tony and Michelle on 24. I remember a certain episode breaking my heart into a million pieces.
8. Battlestar Galactica had Adama and Roslin. I was head over heels in love with that relationship. With the entire show actually, but those two...
9. Lost had Juliet and Sawyer.
10. And last but not least Friends had Rachel and Ross. DID SHE GET OFF THE PLANE?!

Books

1. Claire and Jamie in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series.
2. Pride and Prejudice has Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
3. I guess Harry Potter had Snape and Lily. Though to be fair, this was less of a ship and more a recipe for total heartbreak.
4. Jane and Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre.
5. Natasha Rostov and Andrei Bolkonsky in War and Peace.

Hm, turns out I tend to be more passionate about TV couples than book couples. Though, I have to admit, I could add almost every Jane Austen couple. And when I was a teenager I loved Wuthering Heights but today, I'm not so sure that couple belongs on any romance lists.

I hope everyone had a good start to the week. Let me know about your posts and I'll drop by!