History Main / DieForOurShip

->''Shipping leads people to be very mean at totally awesome characters.''\\

-- '''[[http://melengro.livejournal.com/31089.html I Don't Like Your Girlfriend]]'''

When {{Shipping}} comes into play, a character can wind up as viciously hated as any {{Scrappy}} -- sometimes to the point that even people who have never even heard of the work or even the ''genre'' he or she appears in knows how much of the fandom ''hates'' this character -- simply because he or she dared to get in the way of somebody's OneTruePairing. As far as these fans are concerned, this character, and anyone else who gets in the way of their OTP, should Die For Our Ship.

This shipping-based {{Hatedom}} takes a variety of forms. [[{{Hatedom}} Hate shrines]]. {{Death Fic}}s. {{Revenge Fic}}s of varying degrees of cruelty and sadism. Fics where the [[CharacterDerailment formerly sweet and loyal character cheats on the heroine with her two best friends and proceeds to murder her teammates]], just so she can be with the JerkWithAHeartOfGold, or the StalkerWithACrush, the [[DracoInLeatherPants actual villain]], [[KissingCousins her cousin]], or even [[BrotherSisterIncest her brother]], or whomever else the fan prefers. The list goes on, and they're all over the place. The fans (and the {{fanfic}} writers) in question often claim some other justification for treating the character this way, but really, let's not fool ourselves here: shipping and jealousy on behalf of a ship is the cause and the core of all this hatred.

All of the main characters in UnwantedHarem series run the risk of suffering this to varying degrees depending on their popularity in order to rationalize a fanfic author's 'ship, though the most likely haremette to suffer this is the lead female since she's most often [[FirstGirlWins the girl who wins]]. After all why should there be any hatred for the other characters if the author's OTP has been made canon? The UnluckyEverydude male lead rarely takes take the brunt of hatred since he'll usually compose one-half of an author's OTP. It generally only happens if fans have a preference to a GirlsLove pairing with another member of the harem or if there's another more interesting [[EnsembleDarkHorse male character around]]. In series with a prominent BettyAndVeronica LoveTriangle, the introduction of a ThirdOptionLoveInterest will often result in the new love interest getting hit with this ''hard'', as shippers on both sides of the triangle [[EnemyMine put aside their differences]] and unite against the newcomer.

The ClingyJealousGirl is an odd example, as she usually ''loses'' but is given the same amount of hate from the fandom. YamatoNadeshiko aren't free of bashing either, which increases a thousandfold if her love rival is deemed "cooler" or [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses "less girly and therefore stronger"]] by female fans. {{Tsundere}} are vulnerable either way: if she's too tsuntsun she'll be called "{{Jerkass}}, [[DoesNotLikeMen man hater]], wife/husband beater", and if she's too deredere she'll be seen as a victim of {{Chickification}} regardless of it ''truly'' happening or not.

One of the most unusual victim ''magnets'' is the ChasteHero, whose simple non-information makes figuring things out mostly guesswork. Any {{bishonen}}, especially [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys tough guys]] and the EnsembleDarkhorse, will also incite ShipToShipCombat over whom he should be with, whether it be a BettyAndVeronica in-series or a MarySue in a SelfInsertFic.

All of the main characters in UnwantedHarem series run the risk of suffering this to varying degrees depending on their popularity in order to rationalize an author's 'ship, though the most likely haremette to suffer this is the lead female since she's most often [[FirstGirlWins the girl who wins]]. After all why should there be any hatred for the other characters if the fic author's OTP has been made canon? The UnluckyEverydude male lead rarely takes take the brunt of hatred since he'll usually compose one-half of an author's OTP. It generally only happens if fans have a preference to a GirlsLove pairing with another member of the harem or if there's another more interesting [[EnsembleDarkHorse male character around]]. In series with a prominent BettyAndVeronica LoveTriangle, the introduction of a ThirdOptionLoveInterest will often result in the new love interest getting hit with this ''hard'', as shippers on both sides of the triangle [[EnemyMine put aside their differences]] and unite against the newcomer.

All of the main characters in UnwantedHarem series run the risk of suffering this to varying degrees depending on their popularity in order to rationalize an author's 'ship, though the most likely haremette to suffer this is the lead female since she's most often [[FirstGirlWins the girl who wins]]. After all why should there be any hatred for the other characters if the author's OTP has been made canon? The UnluckyEverydude male lead rarely takes take the brunt of hatred since he'll usually compose one-half of the OTP for both the author and the fans. It generally only happens if fans have a preference to a GirlsLove pairing with another member of the harem or if there's another more interesting [[EnsembleDarkHorse male character around]]. In series with a prominent BettyAndVeronica LoveTriangle, the introduction of a ThirdOptionLoveInterest will often result in the new love interest getting hit with this ''hard'', as shippers on both sides of the triangle [[EnemyMine put aside their differences]] and unite against the newcomer.

All of the main characters in UnwantedHarem series run the risk of suffering this to varying degrees depending on their popularity in order to rationalize an author's 'ship, though the most likely haremette to suffer this is the lead female since she's most often [[FirstGirlWins the girl who wins]]. After all why should there be any hatred for the other characters if the author's OTP has been made canon? The UnluckyEverydude male lead rarely takes take the brunt of hatred since he'll usually compose one-half of the author's OTP. It generally only happens if fans have a preference to a GirlsLove pairing with another member of the harem or if there's another more interesting [[EnsembleDarkHorse male character around]]. In series with a prominent BettyAndVeronica LoveTriangle, the introduction of a ThirdOptionLoveInterest will often result in the new love interest getting hit with this ''hard'', as shippers on both sides of the triangle [[EnemyMine put aside their differences]] and unite against the newcomer.

All of the main characters in UnwantedHarem series run the risk of suffering this to varying degrees depending on their popularity in order to rationalize an author's 'ship, though the most likely haremette to suffer this is the lead female since she's most often [[FirstGirlWins the girl who wins]]. After all why should there be any hatred for the other characters if the author's OTP has been made canon? The UnluckyEverydude male lead rarely takes take the brunt of hatred since they'll usually compose one-half of the author's OTP. It generally only happens if fans have a preference to a GirlsLove pairing with another member of the harem or if there's another more interesting [[EnsembleDarkHorse male character around]]. In series with a prominent BettyAndVeronica LoveTriangle, the introduction of a ThirdOptionLoveInterest will often result in the new love interest getting hit with this ''hard'', as shippers on both sides of the triangle [[EnemyMine put aside their differences]] and unite against the newcomer.

All of the main characters in UnwantedHarem series run the risk of suffering this to varying degrees depending on their popularity in order to rationalize an author's 'ship, though the most likely haremette to suffer this effect is the lead female since she's most often [[FirstGirlWins the girl who ultimately wins]]. After all why should there be any hatred for the other characters if the author's OTP has been made canon? The UnluckyEverydude male lead rarely takes take the brunt of hatred since they'll usually compose one-half of the author's OTP. It generally only happens if fans have a preference to a GirlsLove pairing with another member of the harem or if there's another more interesting [[EnsembleDarkHorse male character around]]. In series with a prominent BettyAndVeronica LoveTriangle, the introduction of a ThirdOptionLoveInterest will often result in the new love interest getting hit with this ''hard'', as shippers on both sides of the triangle [[EnemyMine put aside their differences]] and unite against the newcomer.

All of the main characters in UnwantedHarem series run the risk of suffering this to varying degrees depending on their popularity in order to rationalize an author's 'ship though this usually mainly applies the lead female since they're most often [[FirstGirlWins the girl who wins]]. After all why should there be any hatred for the other characters if the author's OTP has been made canon? The UnluckyEverydude male lead rarely takes take the brunt of hatred since they'll usually compose one-half of the author's OTP. It generally only happens if fans have a preference to a GirlsLove pairing with another member of the harem or if there's another more interesting [[EnsembleDarkHorse male character around]]. In series with a prominent BettyAndVeronica LoveTriangle, the introduction of a ThirdOptionLoveInterest will often result in the new love interest getting hit with this ''hard'', as shippers on both sides of the triangle [[EnemyMine put aside their differences]] and unite against the newcomer.

[[caption-width-right:330:[-[[LogicalFallacies Not that logic means anything to these people...]]-] ]]

When {{Shipping}} comes into play, those who dare to get in the way of somebody's OneTruePairing can wind up as viciously hated as any {{Scrappy}} -- sometimes to the point that even people who have never even heard of the work or even the ''genre'' he or she appears in knows how much of the fandom ''hates'' this character. As far as these fans are concerned, this character, and anyone else who gets in the way of their OTP, should Die For Our Ship.

When {{Shipping}} comes into play, those who dare to get in the way of a fan's OneTruePairing can wind up as viciously hated as any {{Scrappy}} -- sometimes to the point that even people who have never even heard of the work or even the ''genre'' he or she appears in knows how much of the fandom ''hates'' this character. As far as these fans are concerned, this character, and anyone else who gets in the way of their OTP, should Die For Our Ship.

This is especially virulent when the 'ship the fans want is on the wrong side of CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds. Paradoxically, this character is as likely to actually ''be'' part of an OfficialCouple as not. Beware if you're a girl and people ship your [[TwoGuysAndAGirl male best friends]] as YaoiGuys, or conversely, if you're a boy and you [[UnwantedHarem hang around]] girls while {{yuri fan}}s are watching. Not ''all'' yaoi/yuri fans do this, but it's quite common; fans of heterosexual pairings, for whatever reason, only seem to strike when characters actually fall in love. It does not have to be mutual however.

This shipping-based {{Hatedom}} takes a variety of forms. [[{{Hatedom}} Hate shrines]]. {{Death Fic}}s. {{Revenge Fic}}s of varying degrees of cruelty and sadism. Fics where the [[CharacterDerailment formerly sweet and loyal character cheats on the heroine with her two best friends and proceeds to murder her teammates]], just so she can be with the JerkWithAHeartOfGold, or the StalkerWithACrush, the [[DracoInLeatherPants actual villain]], [[KissingCousins her cousin]], or even [[BrotherSisterIncest her brother]], or whomever else the fan prefers. The list goes on and they're all over the place. The fans (and the {{fanfic}} writers) in question often claim some other justification for treating the character this way, but really, let's not fool ourselves here: shipping and jealousy on behalf of a ship is the cause and the core of all this hatred.

This shipping-based {{Hatedom}} takes a variety of forms. [[{{Hatedom}} Hate shrines]]. {{Death Fic}}s. {{Revenge Fic}}s of varying degrees of cruelty and sadism. Fics where the [[CharacterDerailment formerly sweet and loyal character cheats on the heroine with her two best friends and proceeds to murder her teammates]], just so she can be with the JerkWithAHeartOfGold, or the StalkerWithACrush, the [[DracoInLeatherPants actual villain]], [[KissingCousins her cousin]], or even [[BrotherSisterIncest her brother]], or whomever else the fan prefers. They're all over the place. The fans (and the {{fanfic}} writers) in question often claim some other justification for treating the character this way, but really, let's not fool ourselves here: shipping and jealousy on behalf of a ship is the cause and the core of all this hatred.

This shipping-based {{Hatedom}} takes a variety of forms. [[{{Hatedom}} Hate shrines]]. {{Death Fic}}s. {{Revenge Fic}}s of varying degrees of cruelty and sadism. Fics where the [[CharacterDerailment formerly sweet and loyal character cheats on the heroine with her two best friends and proceeds to murder her teammates]], just so she can be with the JerkWithAHeartOfGold, or the StalkerWithACrush, the [[DracoInLeatherPants actual villain]], [[KissingCousins her cousin]], or even [[BrotherSisterIncest her brother]], or whomever else the fan prefers. They're all over the place.

The fans (and the {{fanfic}} writers) in question often claim some other justification for treating the character this way, but really, let's not fool ourselves here: the core of all this hatred is that the character in question is seen as a threat to a pairing that the fan has gotten rather emotionally invested in. And among the more fanatical shippers, this can get ugly (and in its extremes, quite creepy) ''very'' quickly.

When {{Shipping}} comes into play, those who dare to get in the way of a fan's OneTruePairing can wind up as viciously hated as any {{Scrappy}} -- sometimes to the point that even people who have never even heard of the work or even the ''genre'' he or she appears in knows how much of the fandom ''hates'' this character. To these fans, the idea of this character being in a relationship with the main character (or whoever else comprises one half of the OTP -- shipping most often occurs among the main cast of the work) instead of whoever the fan wants the other character to be with is nothing less than unforgivable, and that the "rival" in question should Die For Our Ship.

When {{Shipping}} comes into play, those who dare to get in the way of a fan's OneTruePairing can wind up as viciously hated as any {{Scrappy}} -- sometimes to the point that even people who have never even heard of the work or even the ''genre'' he or she appears in knows how much of the fandom ''hates'' this character. To these fans, the idea of this character being in a relationship with the main character (or whoever else comprises one half of the OTP -- shipping most often occurs among the main cast of the work) instead of whoever the fan wants the other character to be with is nothing less than unforgivable, and that the "rival" in question should DieForOurShip.

Sometimes, a character is hated simply for their own characteristics -- because he's [[TheScrappy annoying]], because he [[CousinOliver came in]] after the show JumpedTheShark, because she's a raging MarySue and gets [[CreatorsPet too much attention]], or because [[ReplacementScrappy he's the replacement of a fan favorite]]. The list goes on. More often, when {{Shipping}} comes into play, though, a character -- even one who was tolerated or loved before -- can become hated for a plot-related reason outside of their character: interfering with a fan's {{OTP}}.

[[{{Hatedom}} Hate shrines]]. {{Death Fic}}s, frequently with a side order of RevengeFic. Fics where the [[CharacterDerailment formerly sweet and loyal character cheats on the heroine with her two best friends and proceeds to murder her teammates]], just so she can be with the JerkWithAHeartOfGold, or the StalkerWithACrush, the [[DracoInLeatherPants actual villain]], [[KissingCousins her cousin]], or even [[BrotherSisterIncest her brother]], or whomever else the fan prefers. They're all over the place. Sometimes it gets so bad that even people who know ''nothing'' about the show or even the genre have heard about just how much of the fandom ''hates'' the rival love interest.

This is especially virulent when the 'ship the fans want is on the wrong side of CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds. Paradoxically, this character is as likely to actually ''be'' part of an OfficialCouple as not. Beware if you're a girl and people ship your [[TwoGuysAndAGirl male best friends]] as YaoiGuys, or conversely, if you're a boy and you [[UnwantedHarem hang around]] girls while {{yuri fanboy}}s are watching. Not ''all'' yaoi/yuri fans do this, but it's quite common; fans of heterosexual pairings, for whatever reason, only seem to strike when characters actually fall in love. It does not have to be mutual however.

** DieForOurShip/AxisPowersHetalia
** DieForOurShip/{{Bleach}}
** DieForOurShip/CardcaptorSakura
** DieForOurShip/{{Gundam}}
** DieForOurShip/{{Inuyasha}}
** DieForOurShip/{{Naruto}}
** DieForOurShip/{{Pokemon}}
** DieForOurShip/ThePrinceOfTennis
** [[DieForOurShip/RanmaOneHalf Ranma ½]]
** DieForourShip/SailorMoon

[[caption-width-right:330:[[LogicalFallacies Not that logic means anything to these people...]]]]

->''[[CaptainObvious Shipping leads people to be very mean at totally awesome characters.]]''\\

This is especially virulent when what the 'ship the fans want is on the wrong side of CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds. Paradoxically, this character is as likely to actually ''be'' part of an OfficialCouple as not. Beware if you're a girl and people ship your [[TwoGuysAndAGirl male best friends]] as YaoiGuys, or conversely, if you're a boy and you [[UnwantedHarem hang around]] girls while {{yuri fanboy}}s are watching. Not ''all'' yaoi/yuri fans do this, but it's quite common; fans of heterosexual pairings, for whatever reason, only seem to strike when characters actually fall in love. It does not have to be mutual however.

** DieForOurShip/FinalFantasy
** DieForOurShip/FireEmblem

** DieForOurShip/AxisPowersHetalia
** DieForOurShip/{{Bleach}}
** DieForOurShip/CardCaptorSakura
** DieForOurShip/{{Gundam}}
** DieForOurShip/{{Inuyasha}}
** DieForOurShip/{{Naruto}}
** DieForOurShip/{{Pokemon}}
** DieForOurShip/ThePrinceOfTennis
** [[DieForOurShip/RanmaOneHalf Ranma ½]]
** DieForourShip/SailorMoon