Miss Pauling/Scout
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Miss Pauling/Scout (Team Fortress 2) |
| Alternative name(s): | Boston Legal; Swing and a Miss; Prom; Ride-Along; ScoutPauling, Scoutling |
| Gender category: | Het |
| Fandom: | Team Fortress 2 |
| Canonical?: | Fanon |
| Prevalence: | Common |
| Archives: | n/a |
| Other: | n/a |
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Miss Pauling/Scout, known mostly as Caught Looking, is a common pairing within Team Fortress 2 fandom. The ship is between The Scout and Miss Pauling. While Scout is one of the game's nine playable mercenaries and main characters, Miss Pauling is a supporting character, though is a major player in the game's side material such as the official TF2 comics. She was largely introduced to fans in 2011 through the Meet the Director comic, though had a cameo earlier on.
In 2015, the ship was confirmed non-canonical when Jay Pinkerton, a writer at Valve, confirmed on Twitter that Miss Pauling was a lesbian.[1] However, many still ship them, and Miss Pauling/Scout is the most popular Het ship in the TF2 fandom as of 2024.
Common Tropes
- Prom: Given what happens in Expiration Date.
- Adding Sniper: After Scout/Sniper became popular in 2018, Miss Pauling/Scout/Sniper became common as well.
Miss Pauling/Scout Fandom
Measured[2] has written a lot of popular fanfics for the pairing.
Example/Notable Fanac
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Fan Communities/Fan Events
- ScoutXMissPauling, Archived version, a community on DeviantArt.
Fan Art
- Nighttime With Miss Pauling and Scout by Craxytavi, Archived version (2015)
- ugh by ponniinja, Archived version (2019)
- (SFM) The photos by Witchy-Ally, Archived version (2014)
- HAPPY (belated) 9TH ANNIVERSARY TO EXPIRATION DATE by racmune, Archived version (2023)
- Team Fortress 2 (1972), Season 3, Episode 6 by thegremlindraws, Archived version (2024), them at prom.
Collections
- ScoutPauling by chiara-arts, Archived version, a collection of 24 fanworks on DeviantArt.
Fan Mixes
- Doing all I can do just to be close to you by yourunderwaterskies, aka Measured (2012)
Fan Fic
- Rock The House by Cakeshini (2023), Explicit, Sex can be kinky and passionate, but mistakes also happen, and it’s the humorous moments that make the experience human.
- The Kid’s a Natural by Kereea (2017), AU: Spy did not know how he felt about the son he’d never met of being so damn good at helping his urban mercenary team with their jobs. For the sake of his sanity, he was going to go with proud
- Shameless by Measured (2013), Explicit, "So, I heard you like boys in skirts."