One True Pairings (OTPs), Shipping, and the Fiction Genre

Salamander (CTCC MR 26)

Sunday July 15, 2018 - 11:00 am to 12:00 pm


Shipping is part of the fabric of fandom communities. We all have an OTP (one true pairing), like Diana and Steve or Maggie and Alex or Magneto and Xavier. But there's also an entire fictional genre devoted to shipping romance that contains heroes and relationships similar to the pairings that fandom loves. Join us for a walk-through of romance in geekdom and how that relates to the feminist genre of romance.  Who are we? Corrina Lawson is the co-founder of GeekMom.com and an award-winning author. USA Today bestselling author Jamie K Schmidt writes erotic contemporary and paranormal romance. Award-winning author, Casey Wyatt, loves writing stories that go bump in the night, adores Doctor Who, and collects stray cats.