Believable/Unbelievable Pairings

[themostepotente]

Have you ever looked at a fic pairing and said one of the following;

1.) Oh my GOD, that would SO never happen!

2.) What crack was this person smoking? And where could I get some?

3.) I just canNOT wrap my head around that!

So I must ask...

What pairing(s) do you find ridiculously OOC?

What pairing(s) do you find the most believable?

Let's hear what you have to say!

Comments

[anjenue.livejournal.com]

Just want to say this is an awesome question you ask, and I'm really enjoying reading the responses!

That aside, here are my contributions.

Canonically, I think the ones that make the most sense (aside from the ones implicitly mentioned, like James/Lily or whatever) are:

Het: Ron/Hermione, Harry/Luna, Colin/Ginny, Lord Voldemort/Bellatrix, Remus/Tonks
Slash: Severus/Lucius (in the 70s), Lord Voldemort/any of his Death Eaters, Dumbledore/Severus, Sirius/Remus, Sirius/James, Seamus/Dean, Lucius/Draco, Fred/George

The ones I think are least plausible:

Het: Draco/Hermione, Draco/Ginny, Severus/Hermione
Slash: Sirius/Harry, Severus/anyone he hates (at least in the here and now)
plus any interspecies stuff (especially people paired with house elves. ergh. Remus doesn't count in this category. Hagrid only sort of does.)

I'm sure there are more, but it's Friday and I'm braindead.

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

I love, love, LOVE Snucius in the '70's! You write Snucius, don't you?

[anjenue.livejournal.com]

Yes, ma'am, I do. I just wrote one, in fact, Leather and Lace (http://www.livejournal.com/users/rosesanguina/97462.html), if you're interested.

There is definitely something delicious about Snucius, isn't there?

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

Heading over there now :-)