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** Daryl/Beth is easily more popular than Beth's canon pairing's with Jimmy and Zach. While [[spoiler: her death]] [[ShipSinking took this off the canonical table]], it has not stopped them from becoming the most popular heterosexual Daryl Dixon ship on [[Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn AO3]], with the most fanworks featuring them. The popularity skyrocketed after the events of Season 4 brought them together, with fanworks and fanart flooding the internet before and after [[spoiler: Beth's death]].

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** Daryl/Beth is easily more popular than Beth's canon pairing's with Jimmy and Zach. While [[spoiler: her death]] [[ShipSinking took this off the canonical table]], table, it has not stopped them from becoming the most popular heterosexual Daryl Dixon ship on [[Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn AO3]], with the most fanworks featuring them. The popularity skyrocketed after the events of Season 4 brought them together, with fanworks and fanart flooding the internet before and after [[spoiler: Beth's death]].


* Despite being infamous for its DatingDoSiDo, Jimmy/Ellie was one of the more popular ships that never became official in ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration''. While writers {{ship tease}}d it for a season, they [[ShipSinking ultimately decided to keep Ellie in a love triangle with Craig and Manny]].

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* Despite being infamous for its DatingDoSiDo, Jimmy/Ellie was one of the more popular ships that never became official in ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration''. While writers {{ship tease}}d it for a season, they [[ShipSinking ultimately decided to keep Ellie in a love triangle with Craig and Manny]].Manny.
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* ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'': Although Kimmy has multiple canon love interests, including [[Film/KimmyVsTheReverend Frederick]], most fan content online pairs her with Jacqueline instead.
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* ''Series/Girls5eva'': Despite Dawn being HappilyMarried to Scott, most fans online ship Dawn with Wickie, mainly due to said fans feeling that she has better chemistry and a more interesting dynamic with Wickie. Most fan content for the show is about those two as a couple.
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* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': J.J. is HappilyMarried to Will, but most fans prefer to pair her with Emily instead due to their close friendship and chemistry. It helps that Emily was originally meant to be a lesbian. Even some of the actors expressed their support, including Creator/PagetBrewster (Emily) ([[https://twitter.com/karasluthqr/status/1250571942442270728 who revealed]] that she and Creator/AJCook (J.J.) were aware of "[[PortmanteauCoupleName Jemily]]" and "loved it"), and [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BvR2Xj5gMXd/?hl=en&img_index=1 A.J. Cook]].
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** When the first half of the seventh season was airing, shipping Henry Mills with Drizella/Ivy Belfrey (aka Step Believer) was popular. The consensus was that Drizella/Ivy has far more chemistry with Henry than his canon love interest, her stepsister Cinderella, does. It helps that Drizella seems closer to Henry's age (Cinderella looks a bit older), has a major case of AdaptationalAttractiveness, and has in fact [[VillainessesWantHeroes tried to seduce him]] and speculated on how things might have been different if they'd met each other earlier. However, as the second half aired and Ivy became far less important, the ship quickly fell from popularity. Nowadays, you are far more likely to find a post on Tumblr or Twitter (or come across a fanfiction or fan art) dedicated to Henry and his canon love interest Cinderella/Jacinda (aka Glass Believer) than you are him and Ivy.

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** When the first half of the seventh season was airing, shipping Henry Mills with Drizella/Ivy Belfrey (aka Step Believer) was popular. The consensus was that Drizella/Ivy has far more chemistry with Henry than his canon love interest, her stepsister Cinderella, does. It helps that Drizella seems closer to Henry's age (Cinderella looks a bit older), has a major case of AdaptationalAttractiveness, and has in fact [[VillainessesWantHeroes tried to seduce him]] and speculated on how things might have been different if they'd met each other earlier. However, as the second half aired and Ivy became far less important, the ship quickly fell from popularity. Nowadays, you are far more likely to find a post on Tumblr or Twitter (or come across a fanfiction or fan art) dedicated to Henry and his canon love interest Cinderella/Jacinda Vidrio (aka Glass Believer) than you are him and Ivy.
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** When the first half of the seventh season was airing, shipping Henry Mills with Drizella/Ivy Belfrey (aka Step Believer) was popular. The consensus was that Drizella/Ivy has far more chemistry with Henry than his canon love interest, her stepsister Cinderella, does. It helps that Drizella seems closer to Henry's age (Cinderella looks a bit older), has a major case of AdaptationalAttractiveness, and has in fact tried to seduce him and speculated on how things might have been different if they'd met each other earlier. However, as the second half aired and Ivy became far less important, the ship quickly fell from popularity. Nowadays, you are far more likely to find a post on Tumblr or Twitter (or come across a fanfiction or fan art) dedicated to Henry and his canon love interest Cinderella/Jacinda (aka Glass Believer) than you are him and Ivy.

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** When the first half of the seventh season was airing, shipping Henry Mills with Drizella/Ivy Belfrey (aka Step Believer) was popular. The consensus was that Drizella/Ivy has far more chemistry with Henry than his canon love interest, her stepsister Cinderella, does. It helps that Drizella seems closer to Henry's age (Cinderella looks a bit older), has a major case of AdaptationalAttractiveness, and has in fact [[VillainessesWantHeroes tried to seduce him him]] and speculated on how things might have been different if they'd met each other earlier. However, as the second half aired and Ivy became far less important, the ship quickly fell from popularity. Nowadays, you are far more likely to find a post on Tumblr or Twitter (or come across a fanfiction or fan art) dedicated to Henry and his canon love interest Cinderella/Jacinda (aka Glass Believer) than you are him and Ivy.

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** When the first half of the seventh season was airing, shipping Henry Mills with Drizella/Ivy Belfrey (aka Step Believer) was popular. The consensus was that Drizella/Ivy has far more chemistry with Henry than his canon love interest, her stepsister Cinderella, does. It helps that Drizella seems closer to Henry's age (Cinderella looks a bit older) and has a major case of AdaptationalAttractiveness. However, as the second half aired and Ivy became far less important, the ship quickly fell from popularity. Nowadays, you are far more likely to find a post on Tumblr or Twitter (or come across a fanfiction or fan art) dedicated to Henry and his canon love interest Cinderella/Jacinda (aka Glass Believer) than you are him and Ivy.

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** When the first half of the seventh season was airing, shipping Henry Mills with Drizella/Ivy Belfrey (aka Step Believer) was popular. The consensus was that Drizella/Ivy has far more chemistry with Henry than his canon love interest, her stepsister Cinderella, does. It helps that Drizella seems closer to Henry's age (Cinderella looks a bit older) and older), has a major case of AdaptationalAttractiveness.AdaptationalAttractiveness, and has in fact tried to seduce him and speculated on how things might have been different if they'd met each other earlier. However, as the second half aired and Ivy became far less important, the ship quickly fell from popularity. Nowadays, you are far more likely to find a post on Tumblr or Twitter (or come across a fanfiction or fan art) dedicated to Henry and his canon love interest Cinderella/Jacinda (aka Glass Believer) than you are him and Ivy.
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** When the first half of the seventh season was airing, shipping Henry Mills with Drizella/Ivy Belfrey (aka Step Believer) was popular. The consensus was that Drizella/Ivy has far more chemistry with Henry than his canon love interest, her stepsister Cinderella, does. It helps that Drizella seems closer to Henry's age and has a major case of AdaptationalAttractiveness. However, as the second half aired and Ivy became far less important, the ship quickly fell from popularity. Nowadays, you are far more likely to find a post on Tumblr or Twitter (or come across a fanfiction or fan art) dedicated to Henry and his canon love interest Cinderella/Jacinda (aka Glass Believer) than you are him and Ivy.

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** When the first half of the seventh season was airing, shipping Henry Mills with Drizella/Ivy Belfrey (aka Step Believer) was popular. The consensus was that Drizella/Ivy has far more chemistry with Henry than his canon love interest, her stepsister Cinderella, does. It helps that Drizella seems closer to Henry's age (Cinderella looks a bit older) and has a major case of AdaptationalAttractiveness. However, as the second half aired and Ivy became far less important, the ship quickly fell from popularity. Nowadays, you are far more likely to find a post on Tumblr or Twitter (or come across a fanfiction or fan art) dedicated to Henry and his canon love interest Cinderella/Jacinda (aka Glass Believer) than you are him and Ivy.
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** When the first half of the seventh season was airing, shipping Henry Mills with Drizella/Ivy Belfrey (aka Step Believer) was popular. The consensus was that Drizella/Ivy has far more chemistry with Henry than Cinderella does. It helps that Drizella seems closer to Henry's age and has a major case of AdaptationalAttractiveness. However, as the second half aired and Ivy became far less important, the ship quickly fell from popularity. Nowadays, you are far more likely to find a post on Tumblr or Twitter (or come across a fanfiction or fan art) dedicated to Henry and his canon love interest Cinderella/Jacinda (aka Glass Believer) than you are him and Ivy.

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** When the first half of the seventh season was airing, shipping Henry Mills with Drizella/Ivy Belfrey (aka Step Believer) was popular. The consensus was that Drizella/Ivy has far more chemistry with Henry than Cinderella his canon love interest, her stepsister Cinderella, does. It helps that Drizella seems closer to Henry's age and has a major case of AdaptationalAttractiveness. However, as the second half aired and Ivy became far less important, the ship quickly fell from popularity. Nowadays, you are far more likely to find a post on Tumblr or Twitter (or come across a fanfiction or fan art) dedicated to Henry and his canon love interest Cinderella/Jacinda (aka Glass Believer) than you are him and Ivy.
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** Red Beauty (Ruby Lucas, aka Red Riding Hood, with Belle French) is the most popular Ruby ship and easily more so than the canon pairing of Ruby with Dorothy Gale, due to her and Belle's close friendship. Some of the people who ship it try to direct comparisons to the canon Belle/Rumplestiltskin (which remains the most popular for Belle) and their take on the Beauty and the Beast story, since Ruby is a werewolf.

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** Red Beauty (Ruby Lucas, aka Red Riding Hood, with Belle French) is the most popular Ruby ship and easily more so than the canon pairing of Ruby with Dorothy Gale, Gale (Ruby Slippers), due to her Ruby and Belle's close friendship. Some of the people who ship it try to direct comparisons to the canon Belle/Rumplestiltskin (which remains the most popular for Belle) and their take on the Beauty and the Beast story, since Ruby is a werewolf.
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** Red Beauty (Ruby/Belle) is the most popular Ruby ship and easily more so than the canon pairing of Ruby with Dorothy Gale, due to their close friendship. Some of the people who ship it try to direct comparisons to the canon Belle/Rumplestiltskin (which remains the most popular for Belle) and their take on the Beauty and the Beast story, since Ruby is a werewolf.

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** Red Beauty (Ruby/Belle) (Ruby Lucas, aka Red Riding Hood, with Belle French) is the most popular Ruby ship and easily more so than the canon pairing of Ruby with Dorothy Gale, due to their her and Belle's close friendship. Some of the people who ship it try to direct comparisons to the canon Belle/Rumplestiltskin (which remains the most popular for Belle) and their take on the Beauty and the Beast story, since Ruby is a werewolf.

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** Despite the creators [[WordOfGod constantly stating that it's not the direction they're taking the show and never was]], the enemies-turned-friends pairing of Swan Queen (Regina/Emma), is a popular fan couple (largely because the two of them are both Henry's mothers and they eventually become best friends in canon), so much so that Swan Queen made it into the Final Four in every Zimbio poll since 2014, beating out canon pairings Captain Swan (Emma/Captain Hook), Snowing (Snow White/Prince Charming), and Rumbelle (Belle/Rumplestiltskin) each time, and still dominates fanfiction for the show years after the show ended. On Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Platform/FanfictionDotNet, it tops both of their canon pairings (Emma/Hook and Regina/Robin Hood), as well as all other ships from the show on either site, with it even being the second most popular femslash ship on [=AO3=] as a whole.
** Mulan and Aurora, especially with their TomboyAndGirlyGirl dynamic, is more popular than the canon Philip/Aurora. More than a few viewers would love to see their LesYay get a full upgrade, and FanFiction.net has more Romance genre fics featuring the two of them than fics shipping Aurora/Phillip and in every single couple poll they have absolutely clobbered Aurora/Phillip. Mulan actually did have feelings for Aurora in canon, but she waited too long to say something and they went unrequited.
** Red Beauty (Ruby/Belle) is the most popular Ruby ship and easily more so than the canon Ruby/Dorothy, due to their close friendship. Some of the people who ship it try to direct comparisons to the canon Belle/Rumplestiltskin (which remains the most popular for Belle) and their take on the Beauty and the Beast story.
** When the first half of the seventh season was airing, Henry and Drizella/Ivy (aka Step Believer) were popular. The consensus was that Drizella/Ivy has far more chemistry with Henry than Cinderella does. It helps that Drizella seems closer to Henry's age and has a major case of AdaptationalAttractiveness. However, as the second half aired and Ivy became far less important, the ship quickly fell from popularity. Nowadays, you are far more likely to find a post on Tumblr or Twitter (or come across a fanfiction or fan art) dedicated to Henry and his canon love interest Cinderella/Jacinda (aka Glass Believer) than you are him and Ivy.

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** Despite the creators [[WordOfGod constantly stating that it's not the direction they're taking the show and never was]], the enemies-turned-friends pairing of Swan Queen (Regina/Emma), (Regina Mills with Emma Swan), is a popular fan couple (largely because the two of them are both Henry's mothers and they eventually become best friends in canon), so much so that Swan Queen made it into the Final Four in every Zimbio poll since 2014, beating out canon pairings Captain Swan (Emma/Captain (Emma Swan with Captain Hook), Snowing (Snow White/Prince White with Prince Charming), and Rumbelle (Belle/Rumplestiltskin) (Belle French with Rumplestiltskin) each time, and still dominates fanfiction for the show years after the show ended. On Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Platform/FanfictionDotNet, it tops both of their canon pairings (Emma/Hook and Regina/Robin Hood), as well as all other ships from the show on either site, with it even being the second most popular femslash ship on [=AO3=] as a whole.
** Mulan and Aurora, especially with their TomboyAndGirlyGirl dynamic, is more popular than the canon Philip/Aurora. More than a few viewers would love to see their LesYay get a full upgrade, and FanFiction.net has more Romance genre fics featuring the two of them than fics shipping Aurora/Phillip and in every single couple poll they have absolutely clobbered Aurora/Phillip. It was revealed Mulan actually did have feelings for Aurora in canon, but she waited too long to say something and they went unrequited.
** Red Beauty (Ruby/Belle) is the most popular Ruby ship and easily more so than the canon Ruby/Dorothy, pairing of Ruby with Dorothy Gale, due to their close friendship. Some of the people who ship it try to direct comparisons to the canon Belle/Rumplestiltskin (which remains the most popular for Belle) and their take on the Beauty and the Beast story.
story, since Ruby is a werewolf.
** When the first half of the seventh season was airing, shipping Henry and Mills with Drizella/Ivy Belfrey (aka Step Believer) were was popular. The consensus was that Drizella/Ivy has far more chemistry with Henry than Cinderella does. It helps that Drizella seems closer to Henry's age and has a major case of AdaptationalAttractiveness. However, as the second half aired and Ivy became far less important, the ship quickly fell from popularity. Nowadays, you are far more likely to find a post on Tumblr or Twitter (or come across a fanfiction or fan art) dedicated to Henry and his canon love interest Cinderella/Jacinda (aka Glass Believer) than you are him and Ivy.
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* Within ''Series/DoctorWho'', one of the most popular pairings is the Doctor/the Master, with Three, Four, and Five with their respective Masters are most common, and the age of both characters goes a long way to explaining their popularity. During the time of Ten's tenure, there was also a dedicated fanbase for shipping him with his respective Master. The introduction of the female version of the Master, known as Missy, who openly referred to the Doctor as her boyfriend in one episode and snogs Twelve in another (something not even Clara ever did) has created another fan-preferred pairing. Since Series 12 there has been a rise in shipping the female Thirteenth Doctor with yet another incarnation of The Master, once more a man. Other popular 'ships for Thirteen include her companion Yasmin 'Yaz' Khan and Captain Jack Harkness.

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* Within ''Series/DoctorWho'', one of the most popular pairings is the Doctor/the Master, with Three, Four, and Five with their respective Masters are most common, and the age of both characters goes a long way to explaining their popularity. During the time of Ten's tenure, there was also a dedicated fanbase for shipping him with his respective Master. The introduction of the female version of the Master, known as Missy, who openly referred to the Doctor as her boyfriend in one episode and snogs snogged Twelve in another (something not even Clara ever did) has created another fan-preferred pairing. Since Series 12 there has been a rise in shipping the female Thirteenth Doctor with yet another incarnation of The Master, once more a man. Other popular 'ships for Thirteen include her companion Yasmin 'Yaz' Khan and Captain Jack Harkness.



* ''Series/Dracula2013'': Despite the show being built around a ReincarnationRomance between Dracula and Mina, far more fans of this version ship Mina with her best friend, Lucy. This is mainly because this version of Lucy is a fan favorite as well as [[AdaptationalSexuality an actual lesbian]] in the show, who has a one sided crush on Mina. The fact that Lucy is played by fangirl favorite actress Creator/KatieMcGrath is also a major factor in these fan's shipping them.

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* ''Series/Dracula2013'': Despite the show being built around a ReincarnationRomance between Dracula and Mina, Mina Murray, far more fans of this version ship Mina with her best friend, Lucy. Lucy Westenra. This is mainly because this version of Lucy is a fan favorite as well as [[AdaptationalSexuality an actual lesbian]] in the show, who has a one sided one-sided crush on Mina. The fact that Lucy is played by fangirl favorite fangirl-favorite actress Creator/KatieMcGrath is also a major factor in these fan's fans' shipping of them.
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** Jeff and Annie from evoked this reaction despite Jeff/Britta originally being meant to endgame. The various Season 1 DVD commentaries indicate that the pairing was a natural evolution of the characters and actors chemistry and also a reaction to the growing popularity of the pairing among the shippers. In the [[http://www.eonline.com/news/229149/tv-s-top-couples-2011-and-the-winner-is 2011 E!Online poll]] they were named the 2011 TV's Top Couple narrowly beating out the more well known TV pair of House and Cuddy from the Fox series "House".

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* Jeff and Annie from ''Series/{{Community}}'' evoked this reaction despite Jeff/Britta originally being meant to endgame. The various Season 1 DVD commentaries indicate that the pairing was a natural evolution of the characters and actors chemistry and also a reaction to the growing popularity of the pairing among the shippers. In the [[http://www.eonline.com/news/229149/tv-s-top-couples-2011-and-the-winner-is 2011 E!Online poll]] they were named the 2011 TV's Top Couple narrowly beating out the more well known TV pair of House and Cuddy from the Fox series "House".

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** Despite Troy and Abed having canon love interests in the form of Britta and Rachel, respectively, most fans ship the two together instead, due to the massive amounts of HoYay between them and their great chemistry, with Troy/Abed having the most fics for the show on [=AO3=] and still being popular years after the show ended.
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Jeff and Annie from ''Series/{{Community}}'' evoked this reaction despite Jeff/Britta originally being meant to endgame. The various Season 1 DVD commentaries indicate that the pairing was a natural evolution of the characters and actors chemistry and also a reaction to the growing popularity of the pairing among the shippers. In the [[http://www.eonline.com/news/229149/tv-s-top-couples-2011-and-the-winner-is 2011 E!Online poll]] they were named the 2011 TV's Top Couple narrowly beating out the more well known TV pair of House and Cuddy from the Fox series "House".
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** Despite the creators [[WordOfGod constantly stating that it's not the direction they're taking the show and never was]], the enemies-turned-friends pairing of Swan Queen (Regina/Emma), is a popular fan couple (largely because the two of them are both Henry's mothers and they eventually become best friends in canon), so much so that Swan Queen made it into the Final Four in every Zimbio poll since 2014, beating out canon pairings Captain Swan (Emma/Captain Hook), Snowing (Snow White/Prince Charming), and Rumbelle (Belle/Rumplestiltskin) each time, and still dominates fanfiction for the show years after the show ended. On Platform/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Platform/FanfictionDotNet, it tops both of their canon pairings (Emma/Hook and Regina/Robin Hood), as well as all other ships from the show on either site, with it even being the second most popular femslash ship on [=AO3=] as a whole.

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** Despite the creators [[WordOfGod constantly stating that it's not the direction they're taking the show and never was]], the enemies-turned-friends pairing of Swan Queen (Regina/Emma), is a popular fan couple (largely because the two of them are both Henry's mothers and they eventually become best friends in canon), so much so that Swan Queen made it into the Final Four in every Zimbio poll since 2014, beating out canon pairings Captain Swan (Emma/Captain Hook), Snowing (Snow White/Prince Charming), and Rumbelle (Belle/Rumplestiltskin) each time, and still dominates fanfiction for the show years after the show ended. On Platform/ArchiveOfOurOwn Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Platform/FanfictionDotNet, it tops both of their canon pairings (Emma/Hook and Regina/Robin Hood), as well as all other ships from the show on either site, with it even being the second most popular femslash ship on [=AO3=] as a whole.
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** Despite the creators [[WordOfGod constantly stating that it's not the direction they're taking the show and never was]], the enemies-turned-friends pairing of Swan Queen (Regina/Emma), is a popular fan couple (largely because the two of them are both Henry's mothers and they eventually become best friends in canon), so much so that Swan Queen made it into the Final Four in every Zimbio poll since 2014, beating out canon pairings Captain Swan (Emma/Captain Hook), Snowing (Snow White/Prince Charming), and Rumbelle (Belle/Rumplestiltskin) each time, and still dominates fanfiction for the show years after the show ended. On Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Website/FanfictionDotNet, it tops both of their canon pairings (Emma/Hook and Regina/Robin Hood), as well as all other ships from the show on either site, with it even being the second most popular femslash ship on [=AO3=] as a whole.

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** Despite the creators [[WordOfGod constantly stating that it's not the direction they're taking the show and never was]], the enemies-turned-friends pairing of Swan Queen (Regina/Emma), is a popular fan couple (largely because the two of them are both Henry's mothers and they eventually become best friends in canon), so much so that Swan Queen made it into the Final Four in every Zimbio poll since 2014, beating out canon pairings Captain Swan (Emma/Captain Hook), Snowing (Snow White/Prince Charming), and Rumbelle (Belle/Rumplestiltskin) each time, and still dominates fanfiction for the show years after the show ended. On Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn Platform/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Website/FanfictionDotNet, Platform/FanfictionDotNet, it tops both of their canon pairings (Emma/Hook and Regina/Robin Hood), as well as all other ships from the show on either site, with it even being the second most popular femslash ship on [=AO3=] as a whole.
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* ''Series/BlackSails'': Most fans prefer to ship Flint with John Silver over his canon romances with Miranda and Thomas, due to many feeling that they have better chemistry and the show being centered around their dynamic. Almost all the show's fan works and discussion online is centered around the two in a relationship.
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** Many fans (and even the actors themselves!) would have liked to see Joey and Phoebe get together in the end. Sadly the writers thought it would be [[{{PairTheSpares}} too cliche]] (not to mention the fact that they had to free Joey up for the spin-off that Matt [=LeBlanc=] signed on for that Lisa Kudrow didn't.)

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** Many Despite Phoebe being married to Mike by the end of the show, many fans (and even the actors themselves!) would have liked to see for Joey and Phoebe get together in the end. to have become a couple. Sadly the writers thought it would be [[{{PairTheSpares}} [[PairTheSpares too cliche]] (not to mention the fact that they had to free Joey up for the spin-off that Matt [=LeBlanc=] signed on for that Lisa Kudrow didn't.) didn't).
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