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I looked at the pokecommunity OTP thread and thought "lol, people here ship each other." And then I realized that actually, I ship fictional characters all the time. Without making an effort, it just happens whenever I watch something emotionally investing. Just in case anyone is confused, what's "shipping", really? Trusty pal Wikipedia gives a satisfactory answer:
So now I'm wondering - if we step away from PC members, haha, and focus on what this is usually about - What are some characters from shows/movies/books etc that you "ship?" To some degree. Maybe you're a hardcore fan and read fanfiction of your OTP (one true pairing) all the time, or maybe you just find some pair especially cute if you really think about it now.
Remember to say from where your ship is! Let's keep pokémon stuff and other manga/anime out of here since there are other boards that can hold passionate discussions on that. I think it should be okay to bring up ships from video games though! But antemortem can say no if he disagrees 8)
Shipping, initially derived from the word relationship, is the desire by fans of two people, either real-life celebrities or fictional characters, to be in a relationship, romantic or otherwise. It is considered a general term for fans' emotional involvement with the ongoing development of a relationship in a work of fiction. [...] Shipping can involve virtually any kind of relationship: from the well-known and established, to the ambiguous or those undergoing development, and even to the highly improbable or blatantly impossible. Though "shipping" usually refers to romantic relationships, it can also refer to simple friendships; this subset is sometimes known as "friendshipping", or a "BrOTP" (a portmanteau of the terms bromance and one true pairing).
So now I'm wondering - if we step away from PC members, haha, and focus on what this is usually about - What are some characters from shows/movies/books etc that you "ship?" To some degree. Maybe you're a hardcore fan and read fanfiction of your OTP (one true pairing) all the time, or maybe you just find some pair especially cute if you really think about it now.
Remember to say from where your ship is! Let's keep pokémon stuff and other manga/anime out of here since there are other boards that can hold passionate discussions on that. I think it should be okay to bring up ships from video games though! But antemortem can say no if he disagrees 8)