Fic because of actors

[arcanetrivia]

Is there a general term for the sort of thing represented by "Teninch" fic, where people put together random characters played by Billie Piper and David Tennant other than Rose and the Doctor? I have been browsing Hitchhiker's Guide fic for a couple of days and have run across both Sherlock and Khan in fics which I therefore assume have Martin Freeman's Arthur Dent in mind, since they have both been played by Benedict Cumberbatch.

(not sure what other tags might apply)

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Not at all :)

However, just to check -- the Split OTPs wasn't what you meant?

[arcanetrivia]

I think they must be a subcategory. It looks like all Split OTPs would qualify, but what I'm thinking of are not necessarily Split OTPs. Like for example, in the Teninch arena, you do get a lot of "Rose + this other character David Tennant played". But then you also get "Bella from Bella and the Boys + Campbell Bain from Takin' Over the Asylum", which were never a pairing in the first place but seem to have been put together because the real OTP in the fanficcer's head is David + Billie.