Allydia
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Allison Argent/Lydia Martin |
| Alternative name(s): | Allydia |
| Gender category: | F/F |
| Fandom: | Teen Wolf |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Common for femslash, rare overall |
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Allison/Lydia is the non-canonical femslash pairing of Allison Argent and Lydia Martin of the television show Teen Wolf. Its portmanteau name is Allydia.
Canon
On the show, Allison and Lydia become best friends after Allison moves to Beacon Hills, California in her sophomore year of high school.
Fandom
Allison/Lydia is the most popular femslash pairing in the fandom;[1] however, like many femslash pairings, it is often tagged in works focused on a M/M pairing where it is only in the background.
Statistics
Allison Argent/Lydia Martin has consistently been with in the top 100 femslash pairings on Archive of Our Own, ranking:
Tropes and Fanon
- Resurrection: After her death in canon, fanworks often focused on Allison being resurrected by Lydia.
- Friends to Lovers: When Allison first moves to Beacon Hills Lydia boldly pursues a friends with her and they are canonically best friends. Fanworks often explore their friendship growing into a romance. These works often involve Lydia's canonical split with her boyfriend, Jackson Whittemore, who she dated partly to maintain her popularity, and Allison ending her on-again-off-again relationship with Scott McCall.
Challenges
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
- We're Friends When You're On Your Knees, by narceus (link). Future fic where Allison and Lydia negotiate a BDSM relationship while at college.
- Working in Pairs, by soaringrachel (link). Friends to lovers fic set after Allison/Scott broke up. (Scott/Stiles is an additional pairing.)
- Surviving a Hot College Roommate (And Then Appreciating It) by veterization. College AU "After living in blissful solitude in her dorm room during Lydia's sophomore year at college, she gets a roommate named Allison."
- they write books about this sort of thing by forcynics. Friends to lovers fic. "So maybe Lydia's just as enraptured with the new girl as the rest of the school. And maybe Allison quickly turns into the closest thing she's ever had to a best friend. And maybe she still wants more than that."
- The Inside Job by alocalband, podfic by sir_yessir "Lydia wakes up as Alpha and takes to it like she takes to everything. Perfectly."
Fan Art
"I miss you every day." Lydia mourning Allison, by schiefergrau.
Allydia, by numberts. Allison and Lydia standing and kissing.
Allydia, by nightmarenosh. Allison leaning over to kiss a seated Lydia.
Allydia for Femslash February, by littleweirdoalien. Allison and Lydia sitting and kissing.
Allison and Lydia, by Kasadija957. Allison and Lydia walking arm in arm.
untitled art by side9. Lydia taking Allison's shirt off.
Rec Lists
- Allydia tag at Teen Wolf Reclists
- Jen's Allison/Lydia Fic Recs
- natabutts' Allison/Lydia Rec List
- Allydia Fic Recs
Links and Resources
- Allison/Lydia on the AO3
- Allydia tag on tumblr
References
- ^ As of December 2018, AO3 has 1800+ works tagged Allison/Lydia, versus 7500+ for Malia Tate/Kira Yukimura and 550+ for Cora Hale/Lydia, the next two most common femslash pairings.
- ^ "2014 A03 femslash stats". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. by centrumlumina
- ^ "2015 A03 femslash stats". Archived from the original on 2016-04-06.
- ^ "2016 A03 femslash stats". Archived from the original on 2019-04-08.
- ^ "2017 A03 femsalsh stats". Archived from the original on 2020-05-16.