For those who don't know what shipping is, you can either read this informative wikipedia article or just watch this hilarious AMV below.
So who has shipped some characters togethe? What are your thoughts about shipping in the various fandoms?
For those who don't know what shipping is, you can either read this informative wikipedia article or just watch this hilarious AMV below.
So who has shipped some characters togethe? What are your thoughts about shipping in the various fandoms?
True beauty exists in things that last only for a moment.
Current Mood: And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe. Maybe this year will be better than the last. I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself. To hold on to these moments as they pass...
Occasionally I have shipped a character or two to a friend but I prefer to give them collectibles in person because UPS often ignores the fragile label.
Sometimes I think of the "what ifs" of characters coming together. None come to mind right now.
I get annoyed when people make ships that don't make sense even in the best of circumstances, like Light and L from Death Note. That ship makes negative sense. Same goes for a lot of twincest.
There's a difference between a good ship between people who would actually be good together and awkwardly putting them together for your own weird fetish, and I think the latter is where shipping gets its negative stigma from.
Last edited by Lone Wolf Leonhart; 10-17-2014 at 01:40 PM.
That video was what they call "baller as smurf." Bailey also enjoyed it.
I pretty much stick to canon relationships... Once in a while I'll go off-canon, but nothing unrealistic. I recently stumbled upon the subreddit for people who ship the sisters from Frozen and there was a thread where they were seriously saying it's totally canon and the writers really honestly meant to subtly hint at incest. WTF.
I ship Quistis and Seifer, if only because their name is Quifer.
I don't really ship non-canon. Canon couples are put together for a reason.
Shipping...
And then comes the fun part
..Handling.
*runs away laughing maniacally, clicking heels together*
I've been "shipping" since I was a kid (though obviously I didn't know it had a term). It's such a cute and innocent thing when it's done propperly, as long as we accept that it's our own opinion, and everyone (including the writers of the show) are allowed to "ship" who they want.
Your opinion, but you kind of backed yourself into a corner with "non-canon", that's exactly the point - non-canon or fanon isn't canon, it's the fan's view. It's the same as not liking a fanfiction because it no longer matches canon. It was never meant to completely match canon.don't really ship non-canon. Canon couples are put together for a reason
Oh, and there's another thing I need to add, that several people miss; "shipping" isn't just for romantic couples, it can be for friends or for being so close that you "feel like family" as well. Romantic Shipping just stands out because it's the most well known.
I've always utterly loathed this term (and, also, the entire concept; but that's another matter).
And yeah, Shluppy, the Elsanna subreddit is something else, I regrettably discovered it the other day also.
I understand that not everyone like's fanfiction, but you're right to say it's not a legit reason to not like it because it's "not canon". Ironically, the reverse also happens - I have seen people moan about what canon has done because it "ruins" a fanfiction for them (canon and fanon are seperate worlds, they may crossover, but they do not have to obey eachother).
Why, if you don't mind me asking?
Largely because "shipping" is already an actual word with an actual unrelated meaning, and also because you're taking the least linguistically relevant part of the word the presumed longform (relationshipping) and using that as the new word rather than the actual important part.