Everybody is freaking out over this OTP thing, getting judgy about multi-shipping and deciding that some people don’t know or understand what an OTP is…

It seems like every single person who starts talking about OTPs starts bringing up how many people jumped from Puckleberry to Faberry (or maybe that’s just the people I follow and who they follow). Did I notice an influx of Faberry love on my dash? Yeah, sure. I also noticed a decline in the Puckleberry tag. Personally, I’m not a Faberry shipper. I don’t have any feelings, good or bad, even about their friendship on the show.

But I don’t begrudge anybody who feels differently.

Now, for me personally, Puckleberry is my OTP. And don’t tell me that because I ship Rachel with Sam or Mike or Santana on occasion that I’m not being a true Puckleberry fan or that they’re not technically my OTP. Push comes to shove, if I had to ship only one couple, ever, then yes, Puck and Rachel would be it. If I had to choose Sam or Puck or Mike or Santana or any other gleek, then Puck would always be my top choice. Occasionally, even reading fanfiction that has a Samchel or Cherry or Pezberry pairing but a Puckleberry friendship, or Puck or Rachel show any kind of feelings toward each other, I still feel beholden to Puckleberry first and foremost.

But I like exploring what Sam or Mike or Santana could do or encourage in a relationship with Rachel. I like that there are different aspects to those characters that would speak to parts of her that maybe Puck wouldn’t. And I don’t think that’s wrong. I don’t think it’s wrong to multi-ship or to enjoy characters you love in completely different storylines than what you would get if you solely shipped Puckleberry, or whatever your OTP is.

And if that’s your slice of cake, fine. If you get everything you could possibly want and you never question, never wonder about these characters you love being in a relationship with anybody else, then I’m glad for you. If that makes you happy, then great. But for me, a good story is a good story. So if I want to read about Mike and Rachel falling in love with each dance they share or Sam and Rachel playing the leads in Avatar On Ice and skating their way into each others hearts, or Santana finding redemption and love in her midget, it’s not wrong, and it doesn’t make my love for Puckleberry any less.

It doesn’t make them any less my OTP. Because I know how I feel about them. I know that in my mind and my heart, Noah Puckerman would be everything Rachel could ever want or need, and vice versa. I never doubt that.

So please, before you start telling me I’m wrong or that I should correct myself, try to remember that I’m not judging you and I just want the same in return.