Line #25 DieForOurShip/WebComics


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4	DieForOurShip is less common in webcomics, but it still happens.
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7	* A meta-example occurs in the Eurekon arc of ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'', when Xuanwu (author of ''Webcomic/StrangeCandy'' and wrote the original plot of Eurekon) tried to convince [[WordOfGod Erin]] to kill off [[Franchise/SailorMoon Mamoru]] so Usagi could be paired with Seiya instead. Erin didn't go for it.
8	* ''Webcomic/BoyMeetsBoy'': Cy/Skids shippers were definitely furious at Ronnie's existence. The character appeared at the height of the Cy/Skids tension, after it was revealed that Cy did indeed have feelings for Skids. The relationship between them is never resolved and Ronnie, an anime fangirl who wears a Duo Maxwell braid and pulls the interest of both boys seems to be an intentional play on this trope.
9	** Ironically, in spite of the author lampshading how Cy/Skids shippers would '''not''' be happy about the revelation that the one Skids loves is Harley and not Cy by having the revelation being immediately followed by a panel showing Harley getting freaked out by the sensation [[BreakingTheFourthWall that a lot of people are glaring angrily at him from somewhere unseen]], the shippers recognized that Harley was happily together with Mikhael and would never actually hook up with Skids (and that, y'know, Harley/Mikhael is the ''main couple of the series''). They saved their wrath for Ronnie, the character who posed a genuine threat to Cy/Skids.
10	* ''Webcomic/CheckPlease'': Downplayed, but Bitty can get this treatment from Kent/Jack shippers. Often in their fics, Jack will never truly love him, still have feelings for Kent or simply leave and decide Bitty is not for him. Due to Bitty/Jack being an OfficialCouple as of Year 3, Jack cannot be shipped with Kent unless it's a past fic, an Alternate Universe or if they break up. Bitty/Jack shippers, on the other hand, often avert this and decide to give Kent a fitting end with someone new or having Jack forgive him.
11	* In the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fandom, when you've got enough characters to fill a couple of jet planes, [[RonTheDeathEater was it really a shock?]] Well, you've got Nepeta/Karkat fans that paint Terezi as a mutant fetishist that thinks she's entitled to Karkat's bonebulge just because he's [=CH3RRY R3D=], Tavros/Vriska fans that act as if stoned!Gamzee was just an act played up by him so he could abuse Tavros in secret, and Dirk/Kanaya fans who turn Rose's alcoholism up to insane levels so that she's pretty much [[CanonDefilement a drunk sorority girl that doesn't deserve Kanaya's love because she's such a trashy skank.]] The worst, however, comes from Eridan/Sollux/Feferi and Equius/Sollux/Aradia shippers.
12	** Either Eridan is an abusive monster who is [[FantasticRacism racist to Sollux]] and begs Feferi to have sex with him daily, or Sollux bullies Eridan while lusting for Feferi, or Feferi is a homophobic bitch who demands Eridan be her boyfriend and would happily feed every lowblood alive to her mom out of classist spite. [[http://rpanons.dreamwidth.org/1244.html?thread=5959900#cmt5959900 And apparently, a certain Aradia RPer is pretty resented due to her Feferi hate.]]
13	** Either Equius treats Sollux like crap while demanding Aradia's love because he likes her back, or Sollux is neglectful towards Aradia, or Aradia is cold and unloving to Sollux and insults Equius constantly for no good reason.
14	** There's also a lot of hate towards poor Jane simply because she gets in the way of the fandom prefered Dirk/Jake ship. People were actually cheering when she was confronted about her feelings and managed to screw things up. The girl just can't seem to get a break. ''Literature/TheHomestuckEpilogues'' would later go on to [[spoiler:show that Jane and Jake getting together actually would be a horrible thing in Candy, as well as driving a nail through Dirk/Jake itself in Meat]], but Jane's hatedom predated that by years.
15	* In ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'', Peanut/Grape (typically referred to as "Grapenut") shippers do this to their respective current canon squeezes, Tarot and Maxwell. There's also a King/Sasha ship ("King of Hearts") that does this to Sasha's on-and-off boyfriend, Bino.
16	** "King of Hearts" has given way with King's relationship with Bailey. Now there's a growing tide favoring Sasha with Fox.
17	* Within the ''Webcomic/{{Megatokyo}}'' fandom, the Piro/Kimiko shippers tend to do this to Miho. Similarly, the Miho/Ping shippers give this treatment to Piro.
18	** Amusingly enough, Miho/Piro shippers tend to do this to... Piro again, who they consider an insensitive {{Jerkass}} who constantly rags on a completely innocent girl, but should get with her anyway.
19	* Missi from ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' is hated for getting between Ash and Emily. Current sentiment on the ''Misfile'' forums is that Missi should die in a car accident, preferably one involving a steep cliff. It doesn't help that Missi has moved from RomanticFalseLead to the StalkerWithACrush. It also doesn't help that the characters are obsessed with racing cars along steep cliffs.
20	* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent:'' When the extremely popular Marten & Faye ship was sunk by Faye, their shippers reaction to Faye doing so was rather graceful. Their reaction to Dora, especially after she began hooking up with Marten, was not. The comic's forum became a cauldron of anger towards Dora, and the usual fandom trait of psychoanalysing to minute degrees to justify a sympathetic reaction to negative actions was never extended to Dora, with the level of hate not subsiding even after the sinking of that ship with Marten moving on from her.
21	* An in-universe example in ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'': Sister America gets ''pissed'' when Denmark makes multiple entendres about his relationship with (modern) Germany to [[{{Fanservice}} play on Sister Japan's yaoi fantasies]] because Sister America is a diehard Denmark/Norway shipper.
22	* ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'': Nearly all of Davan's girlfriends suffer this at the hands of the die-hard Davan/PeeJee shippers. This may be justified in the case of Eva (who is revealed to have cheated on Davan with no less than four people during their relationship), but is completely uncalled for in the cases of Branwen and Vanessa. Not so much in the case of Lynn, but that's probably because she barely received any characterization at all, and was explicitly only in it for the sex.
23	** WordOfGod says that Vanessa was supposed to be introduced after Branwen left, but this storyline was (very) delayed in order to avoid the probable hate.

Context DieForOurShip / WebComics