rarepair

noun
/ˈɹɛəˌpɛə/UK/ˈɹɛɹˌpɛɹ/US

Etymology

Compound of rare + pair.

Definitions

  1. A ship that generally receives little attention from fans and has few associated fanworks.

    • Rare pairs might also slash together people or creatures that are considered unnatural, such as a human character with a magical creature such as a centaur or a house elf, or Dumbledore with any young student from Hogwarts.
    • With rarepairs and crackships, it's the unlikeliness or even impossibility of their coming together that gets you going.

The neighborhood

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