Quinn Fabray/Santana Lopez
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| Pairing: | Quinn Fabray/Santana Lopez |
| Alternative name(s): | Quinntana |
| Gender category: | Femslash |
| Fandom: | Glee |
| Canonical?: | yes |
| Prevalence: | popular |
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Quinn/Santana, also known as Quinntana, is a femslash pairing in the Glee fandom.
Canon Background
Santana was presented as more or less a side-kick to Quinn in Pilot. Since then, they've maintained a frenemy-relationship. In Season Two, Santana is mad at Quinn for stealing the head-cheerio spot, but in Season Three, they seem to be quite close again. In "I Do", they ended up sleeping with each other at Will and Emma's failed wedding after getting drunk.
Fandom
Reaction to canon
Before the episode "I Do" aired, where Quinn and Santana ended up sleeping together, there were many rumors within the fandom about whether the pairing was actually going to be realized in canon.
If you ever want to set a fandom on fire, the most important thing to remember is: A rumor’s worth a thousand facts. Glee‘s lesbian fandom was already burning hot after Heather Morris suggested to a group of reporters last week that Brittany and Santana were maybe really only ever best friends, but things went from “blazing” to “incandescent” over the weekend when the Gleek rumor mill began whispering about this year’s Valentine’s Day episode. Santana is in it. Quinn is in it. Santana and Quinn are together in it. No, Santana and Quinn are together in it, is how the rumored story goes.[...]
According to the straw poll I conducted among our AfterEllen staff this weekend, the idea of Quinn and Santana going at each other in a non-slap-fighting kind of way seems equally ludicrous and enticing. On the one hand, we don’t think there’s any way on earth it’ll really happen. On the other hand, we’re embarrassed to say how much we’d enjoy watching it happen. We also all agree that it’d be just like Glee to hook-up Quinn and Santana in the name of equality while really chasing down ratings. (Have you ever noticed how the big girl kisses on Glee always land during Nielsen’s sweeps weeks?) And as an added bonus: It’ll cause the Faberry and Brittana fandoms to eat each other alive, something that would cause RMurph & Co. no small amount of delight, we’re sure.[1]
After the episode aired and the rumors turned out to be true the reaction was somewhat mixed.[2] Many quinntana fans were happy to see their ship become a canon one and praised the episode for making the hook up feel natural. Brittana fans, while still generally unhappy with how their pairing was fairing at the time, were still supportive of Santana being happy in that episode.
Notable Fanworks
Fanart
- Body!Switch Quinntana ► Sugartie by luckypressure
- Commission: AIWNSG by afterlaughs
- santana/quinn by suitfer
Fanfic
- like a cat in a bag by thememoriesfire
- faster by thememoriesfire
- the battle's almost won (and we're only several miles from the sun) by texaswatermelon
Vids
- quinntana [4x14 | closer] by nevermeansforeverr
- it's in her D.N.A | quinntana ♥ by Gwen Glcht
- quinntana ♥ give me love [4x14] by delleBisou