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This is more of a case of Ship Sinking, it certainly hasn't been abandoned


** When the book series began, the natural assumption of many was that Harry and Hermione were destined to be a couple (owing to the trope that the lead male and lead female characters in such storylines are often paired up), but within a few books, it became obvious that Rowling was pairing Hermione with Ron instead.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': Terry/Bruce was a big favorite for fans. The way they were presented you'd think they were perfect....until JLU ''Epilogue'' came out and well, turns out [[spoiler:''Bruce is Terry's biological father and...'']]. Well the pairing is now very rare. [[spoiler:''Actual'' incest]] is something that makes even Batslashers uncomfortable sometimes.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': Terry/Bruce was a big favorite for fans. The way they were presented you'd think they were perfect....until JLU ''Epilogue'' came out and well, turns out [[spoiler:''Bruce is Terry's biological father and...'']]. Well the pairing is now very rare. [[spoiler:''Actual'' incest]] [[EveryoneHasStandards is something that makes even Batslashers uncomfortable sometimes.uncomfortable]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': While the pairing of Alastor/Angel Dust was one of the show's major ships in the pilot and fandom's early days, the revelation that Alastor is asexual made a lot of shippers back off from it, but it was still solidly atop the fandom. The series release, however, completely snuffed out the ship in multiple ways. 1) Angel Dust and Alastor themselves sink the ship when the first episode jokes about them recording a porno together to gather attention to the hotel and Alastor says he'd rather die; 2) The two barely actually interact with each other in the story, and Angel starts getting a teased to have a crush on Husk, a character who exploded in popularity in the first season despite being very secondary in the pilot, with their duet "Loser, Baby" being a fan favorite SignatureSong for the series and rocketing the ship popularity to the top; 3) fans who were still interested in shipping Alastor with someone found much more interesting dynamics with shipping Alastor with Lucifer (someone with whom he has a petty, but comical rivalry and who are father figures in Charlie's eyes), Rosie (one of the only characters he considers a true friend and with whom he shares great camaraderie), and Vox (who is implied to have a crush on him but treats him atagonistically).
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* In ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', some fans thought that Booker and Elizabeth had a cute dynamic and would've made a good couple. Naturally, the revelation that [[spoiler:[[LukeYouAreMyFather Booker is Elizabeth's father]]]] ended that pretty quick.

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* In ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', some fans thought that Booker and Elizabeth had a cute dynamic and would've made a good couple. Naturally, the revelation that [[spoiler:[[LukeYouAreMyFather Booker is Elizabeth's father]]]] they're father and daughter]]]] ended that pretty quick.



* Up until episode four of ''VideoGame/SallyFace,'' a lot of people, if not the majority of the fandom, were shipping Sal and Larry, but most stopped once episode four rolled around and they found out that during the timeskip between high school and college, Sal's dad married Larry's mom, so they became stepbrothers.

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* Up until episode four of ''VideoGame/SallyFace,'' a lot of people, if not the majority of the fandom, people were shipping Sal and Larry, but most stopped once episode four rolled around and they found out that during the timeskip between high school and college, Sal's dad married Larry's mom, so they became stepbrothers.
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JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith AbandonShip, [[Administrivia/TropeTransplant which was this trope's previous name]].

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JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith AbandonShip, [[Administrivia/TropeTransplant which was this trope's previous name]].
name]] (which is now used for describing abandoning a boat).
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* ''Manga/OnePiece''; the Egghead Arc sank any ship involving [[PirateGirl Jewelry Bonney]] with the revelation that [[spoiler: she's actually a preteen using Devil Fruit powers to appear older]].

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* ''Manga/OnePiece''; the ''Manga/OnePiece'': The Egghead Arc sank any ship involving [[PirateGirl Jewelry Bonney]] with the revelation that [[spoiler: she's actually a preteen using Devil Fruit powers to appear older]].
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* When the pilot for ''WesternAnimation/{{Hazbin Hotel}}'', was uploaded onto ''Website/YouTube'', there was a popular ship between Angel Dust and Valentino. In the music video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulfeM8JGq7s ADDICT]], Valentino is implied to be sexually abusing Angel, causing the ship to die instantly.

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* When the pilot for ''WesternAnimation/{{Hazbin Hotel}}'', was uploaded onto ''Website/YouTube'', ''Platform/YouTube'', there was a popular ship between Angel Dust and Valentino. In the music video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulfeM8JGq7s ADDICT]], Valentino is implied to be sexually abusing Angel, causing the ship to die instantly.
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* ''Manga/OnePiece''; the Egghead Arc sank any ship involving [[PirateGirl Jewelry Bonney]] with the revelation that [[spoiler: she's actually a minor using Devil Fruit powers to appear older]].

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* ''Manga/OnePiece''; the Egghead Arc sank any ship involving [[PirateGirl Jewelry Bonney]] with the revelation that [[spoiler: she's actually a minor preteen using Devil Fruit powers to appear older]].
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** Early season 2 promos showed Gus blushing in Bria's presence, causing people to ship them. However, as soon as the episode in question ("[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E5ThroughTheLookingGlassRuins Through the Looking Glass Ruins]]") actually aired, revealing her AlphaBitch nature, fans proceeded to cease support of the ship. [[InvertedTrope Though Gus's interactions with Mattholomule towards the end of the episode reignited the Gustholomule ship.]]

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** Early season 2 promos showed Gus blushing in Bria's presence, causing people to ship them. However, as soon as the episode in question ("[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E5ThroughTheLookingGlassRuins Through the Looking Glass Ruins]]") actually aired, revealing her AlphaBitch nature, fans proceeded to cease support of the ship. [[InvertedTrope Though Gus's interactions with Mattholomule towards the end of the episode reignited the Gustholomule ship.]]
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** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'': [[TheLancer Ron]]/Lavender Brown used to be a popular BetaCouple among [[ShipMates supporters of Harry/Hermione]], which changed when it became {{canon}} in the sixth book and turned Lavender into the StalkerWithACrush. They broke up on very bad terms and from then on, Ron was most commonly [[TheSmartGuy Hermione]].

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** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'': [[TheLancer Ron]]/Lavender Brown used to be a popular BetaCouple among [[ShipMates supporters of Harry/Hermione]], which changed when it became {{canon}} in the sixth book and turned due to Lavender into the StalkerWithACrush. They broke being a StalkerWithACrush and them breaking up on very bad terms and from then on, Ron was most commonly [[TheSmartGuy Hermione]].terms.
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* ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'':

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* ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'':''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'':
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** Spike/Apple Bloom was very popular in the early days of the show, possibly because [[ToyShip they were the first major young characters introduced]]. The pairing declined in popularity as the show went on and the two [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight almost never interacted]], and other popular pairings for Spike would emerge with the characters he did have visible friendships with, such as Thorax or Gabby. By the end of the show's run, if Spike was being shipped with any of the Crusaders, it was most likely with [[SettleForSibling Sweetie Belle]].

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** Spike/Apple Bloom was very popular in the early days of the show, possibly because [[ToyShip they were the first major young characters introduced]]. The pairing declined in popularity as the show went on and the two [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight almost never interacted]], and other popular pairings for Spike would emerge with the characters he did have visible friendships with, such as Thorax or Gabby. By the end of the show's run, if Spike was being shipped with any of the Crusaders, it was most likely with [[SettleForSibling Sweetie Belle]].Belle]]; meanwhile, Apple Bloom would usually be paired with her former bully Diamond Tiara.

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