1) Beecher/Keller were THE biggest pairing in the series, so its no surprise they got the majority of fic written about them. Them being (relatively) pretty and white helps a lot, too. Not denying that. But it's not like, say, Said/Alvarez, to pull a random pairing out of a hat, had several seasons worth of UST, confessions of love, betrayal, head trips, and kissing, and the fandom STILL shipped Beecher/Keller.
2) A lot of those connections you point out were based on rape/dub-con. Even in OZ fandom, ficcers are reluctant to ship Robson, for example, with anyone he had any sort of sexual encounter with. I'm not saying B/K is the model of a healthy gay romance, but it's certainly easier to stomach than, say, Schillinger/random prag.
3) OZ was one of my first major fandoms, back in the late '90s (99-ish I got into the show and the fandom). A lot of OZ fic from the fandom's active days has gone POOF -- archives disappeared, authors drifted from fandom and deleted their stuff, that sort of thing. Some of that vanished fic included stuff that featured Cramer, Hill, etc.
4) I am a HUGE Torquemada/Alvarez shipper, and if Torquemada had been around for more than like 2 episodes, they probably would've been the second-biggest ship in the series, after B/K.
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2) A lot of those connections you point out were based on rape/dub-con. Even in OZ fandom, ficcers are reluctant to ship Robson, for example, with anyone he had any sort of sexual encounter with. I'm not saying B/K is the model of a healthy gay romance, but it's certainly easier to stomach than, say, Schillinger/random prag.
3) OZ was one of my first major fandoms, back in the late '90s (99-ish I got into the show and the fandom). A lot of OZ fic from the fandom's active days has gone POOF -- archives disappeared, authors drifted from fandom and deleted their stuff, that sort of thing. Some of that vanished fic included stuff that featured Cramer, Hill, etc.
4) I am a HUGE Torquemada/Alvarez shipper, and if Torquemada had been around for more than like 2 episodes, they probably would've been the second-biggest ship in the series, after B/K.