History ShipToShipCombat / Webcomics

* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' contains a rare example of a ship fighting itself. Ash/Emily shippers all want to see Ash and Emily hook up, but because Ash is a [[GenderBender boy turned into a girl]] they can't agree on how the comic should end. One side desperately wants Ash to decide to stay a girl, the other wants to see Ash back as a guy. The fighting hasn't yet reached dangerous levels, but the arguments crop up with regularity.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': With the raising ShipTease between [[spoiler:Elliot and Susan]], there have been mixed reactions. [[spoiler:Elliot is the perfect candidate as Susan's potential love interest, since he literally "fails at perversion" and Susan's looking for a good man. But Elliot is already in a relationship with Sarah, Susan's best friend, so she's in risk to fall into a YokoOhNo situation]]. In-universe, [[spoiler:Sarah decides to break up with Elliot shortly before Elliot realizes [[LikeBrotherAndSister she's like a sister to him]], and she has no problem just handing him off to Susan (though she doesn't think it's likely)]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' contains a rare example of a ship fighting itself. Ash/Emily shippers all want to see Ash and Emily hook up, but because Ash is a [[GenderBender boy turned into a girl]] they can't agree on how the comic should end. One side desperately wants Ash to decide to stay a girl, the other wants to see Ash back as a guy. The fighting hasn't yet reached [[InternetBackdraft dangerous levels]], but the arguments crop up with regularity.

* ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' has an ''in universe'' [[http://satwcomic.com/suggestive-talk example]].

* There were many reactions to [[spoiler:Paz and Kat]] dating in ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', ranging from "This comic has lesbians in it! RuinedForever!" to "They're so cute together!" But to the fandom's credit, most complaints were about [[spoiler:Kat]] getting with Paz instead of [[spoiler:Annie]] when [[spoiler:Kat]]'s friendship with the latter is a focal point of the comic.

** It's also worth mentioning that the fact that there are 4 ways to ship, 3 requiring two participants and one requiring 3, which doesn't help, only contributing to in-ship fighting [red quadrant vs. black quadrant mainly, but also with red vs. black vs. pale vs. ashen [featuring another character].
*** For those wondering, red is normal romance, black is BelligerentSexualTension (which is seen as an equally acceptable form of romance in troll society), pale is HeterosexualLifePartners or PlatonicLifePartners, and ashen is a third person mediating between two people who hate each other so that is doesn't develop into full black.

* A literal version happens in MoringMark's ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' ongoing fancomic, appropriately titled the Webcomic/ShipWarAU, since the premise revolves around Marco and Star's future daughter and Marco and Jackie's future son [[KidFromTheFuture travelling back in time]] to make sure their respective parents get together[[note]]And in Jam's case, prevent an apocalypse[[/note]], and thus they end up fighting each other.

*** As of the 4/22/15 update, Dave/Karkat is implied to have happened in the new timeline, making this a canon case of a TakeAThirdOption same-gender couple. However, there are still enough shippers of Dave/Jade to keep the wars going.

** And with that particular combat resolved, it's now a bit of an InUniverse race between [[spoiler: Susan and her [[SeparatedAtBirth identical twin]] Diane]].

**** As of the 4/22/15 update, Dave/Karkat is implied to have happened in the new timeline, making this a canon case of a TakeAThirdOption same-gender couple. Possibly inspired by TheLegendOfKorra.

** However, after the 4/12 updates, there was a lot of Jadekat vs. Davejade fighting going around, and though most of the fighting was nullified by the 4/13 update, a lot of battling is still going down between the two ships.

** Not to mention the sub-LoveDodecahedron of Equius-Aradia-Sollux-Feferi-Eridan, though its fighting is relatively tame. Sollux/Aradia, Sollux/Eridan, Eridan/Feferi, and Sollux/Fereri definitely skirmish some [in different fight variations], but seemed to have stopped actively trying to kill each other.

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' has a number of OneTruePairing''''s. Torg is most often paired with Zoë, Gwynn, Sasha, or Aylee (the alien), and Riff with Gwynn, Sasha, or various insane ladies.

** Not to mention the sub-LoveDodecahedron of Equius-Aradia-Sollux-Eridan-Feferi, though its fighting is relatively tame. Sollux/Aradia, Sollux/Eridan, Eridan/Feferi, and Sollux/Fereri definitely skirmish some [in different fight variations], but seemed to have stopped actively trying to kill each other.

* ''ElGoonishShive'': With the raising ShipTease between [[spoiler:Elliot and Susan]], there have been mixed reactions. [[spoiler:Elliot is the perfect candidate as Susan's potential love interest, since he literally "fails at perversion" and Susan's looking for a good man. But Elliot is already in a relationship with Sarah, Susan's best friend, so she's in risk to fall into a YokoOhNo situation]]. In-universe, [[spoiler:Sarah decides to break up with Elliot shortly before Elliot realizes [[LikeBrotherAndSister she's like a sister to him]], and she has no problem just handing him off to Susan (though she doesn't think it's likely)]].

* There were many reactions to [[spoiler:Paz and Kat]] dating in ''GunnerkriggCourt'', ranging from "This comic has lesbians in it! RuinedForever!" to "They're so cute together!" But to the fandom's credit, most complaints were about [[spoiler:Kat]] getting with Paz instead of [[spoiler:Annie]] when [[spoiler:Kat]]'s friendship with the latter is a focal point of the comic.

** The main two locked standing in an eternal bloodbath are Dave/Terezi and Karkat/Terezi. It doesn't help they've both convinced their side is solid, set-in-stone canon when neither one actually is. The rest of the fandom suffers many fights, (John/Karkat vs Dave/John or John/Vriska, PBJ vs anything that stands in its way, (but nothing touches the epic bitchfight of Terezi's flushed quadrant.

* The main two locked standing in an eternal bloodbath are Dave/Terezi and Karkat/Terezi. It doesn't help they've both convinced their side is solid, set-in-stone canon when neither one actually is. The rest of the fandom suffers many fights, (John/Karkat vs Dave/John or John/Vriska, PBJ vs anything that stands in its way, (but nothing touches the epic bitchfight of Terezi's flushed quadrant.
** It's enough that it's become an increasingly popular trend to TakeAThirdOption and ship Dave/Karkat- which gets a lot of general hate.
* Not to mention the sub-LoveDodecahedron of Equius-Aradia-Sollux-Eridan-Feferi, though its fighting is relatively tame. Sollux/Aradia, Sollux/Eridan, Eridan/Feferi, and Sollux/Fereri definitely skirmish some [in different fight variations], but seemed to have stopped actively trying to kill each other.
* However, after the 4/12 updates, there was a lot of Jadekat vs. Davejade fighting going around, and though most of the fighting was nullified by the 4/13 update, a lot of battling is still going down between the two ships.
* It's also worth mentioning that the fact that there are 4 ways to ship, 3 requiring two participants and one requiring 3, which doesn't help, only contributing to in-ship fighting [red quadrant vs. black quadrant mainly, but also with red vs. black vs. pale vs. ashen [featuring another character].

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has this, although considering the series' romance is LoveDodecahedron it's not all that much, fandom attitude having finally given in to Ship All The Things, Fill All The Buckets, and Threeway Fixes Everything. The main two locked standing in an eternal bloodbath are Dave/Terezi and Karkat/Terezi. It doesn't help they've both convinced their side is solid, set-in-stone canon when neither one actually is. The rest of the fandom suffers many fights, (John/Karkat vs Dave/John or John/Vriska, PBJ vs anything that stands in its way, (but nothing touches the epic bitchfight of Terezi's flushed quadrant. It's enough that it's become an increasingly popular trend to TakeAThirdOption and ship Dave/Karkat- which gets a lot of general hate. Not to mention the sub-LoveDodecahedron of Equius-Aradia-Sollux-Eridan-Feferi, though its fighting is relatively tame. Sollux/Aradia, Sollux/Eridan, Eridan/Feferi, and Sollux/Fereri definitely skirmish some [in different fight variations], but seemed to have stopped actively trying to kill each other. However, after the 4/12 updates, there was a lot of Jadekat vs. Davejade fighting going around, and though most of the fighting was nullified by the 4/13 update, a lot of battling is still going down between the two ships. It's also worth mentioning that the fact that there are 4 ways to ship, 3 requiring two participants and one requiring 3, which doesn't help, only contributing to in-ship fighting [red quadrant vs. black quadrant mainly, but also with red vs. black vs. pale vs. ashen [featuring another character].

* There were many reactions to [[spoiler:Paz and Kat]] dating in ''GunnerkriggCourt'', ranging from "This comic has lesbians in it! RuinedForever!" to "They're so cute together!" But to the fandom's credit, most complaints were about [[spoiler:Kat]] getting with Paz instead of [[spoiler:Annie]] when [[spoiler:Kat]]'s friendship with the latter is a focal point of the comic. Commenter Julie summed it up:
--> '''Julie:''' I think one day gay/lesbian relationships won't be a big deal because people will realize that it's just as normal as heterosexual relationships. And then instead of a comments page smattered with hate and bigotry, we'd have a comments page that's 95% "go [=PazKat=]!", 4% "why no Katimony?!", and 1% "[[CrackPairing Boxbot x Kat forever]]!" :)

* There were many reactions to [[spoiler:Paz and Kat]] dating in ''GunnerkriggCourt'', ranging from "This comic has lesbians in it! RuinedForever!" to "They're so cute together!" But to the fandom's credit, most complaints were about [[spoiler:Kat]] getting with Paz instead of [[spoiler:Annie]] when [[spoiler:Annie and Kat]]'s friendship is a focal point of the comic. Commenter Julie summed it up:
--> '''Julie:''' I think one day gay/lesbian relationships won't be a big deal because people will realize that it's just as normal as heterosexual relationships. And then instead of a comments page smattered with hate and bigotry, we'd have a comments page that's 95% "go PazKat!", 4% "why no Katimony?!", and 1% "[[CrackPairing Boxbot x Kat forever]]!" :)

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has this, although considering the series' romance is LoveDodecahedron it's not all that much, fandom attitude having finally given in to Ship All The Things, Fill All The Buckets, and Threeway Fixes Everything. The main two locked standing in an eternal bloodbath are Dave/Terezi and Karkat/Terezi. It doesn't help they've both convinced their side is solid, set-in-stone canon when neither one actually is. The rest of the fandom suffers many fights, (John/Karkat vs Dave/John or John/Vriska, PBJ vs anything that stands in its way,( but nothing touches the epic bitchfight of Terezi's flushed quadrant. It's enough that it's become an increasingly popular trend to TakeAThirdOption and ship Dave/Karkat- which gets a lot of general hate. Not to mention the sub-LoveDodecahedron of Equius-Aradia-Sollux-Eridan-Feferi, though it's fighting is relatively tame. Sollux/Aradia, Sollux/Eridan, Eridan/Feferi, and Sollux/Fereri definitely skirmish some [in different fight variations], but seemed to have stopped actively trying to kill each other. However, after the 4/12 updates, there was a lot of Jadekat vs. Davejade fighting going around, and though most of the fighting was nullified by the 4/13 update, a lot of battling is still going down between the two ships. It's also worth mentioning that the fact that there are 4 ways to ship, 3 requiring two participants and one requiring 3, which doesn't help, only contributing to in-ship fighting [red quadrant vs. black quadrant mainly, but also with red vs. black vs. pale vs. ashen [featuring another character].
* ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' has an ''in universe'' [[http://satwcomic.com/suggestive-talk example]].

* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' can get pretty bad in this regard, although it's mostly civil.
* In what is probably the most wide-spread example of this trope, the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fanbase is, ostensibly, nothing but a GIGANTIC NAVAL WAR. Marisa Kirisame is probably the most disputed, having no less than 4 even divisions.
** Most fans often have preferred ships but realize that in the world of Touhou, [[Literature/BraveNewWorld everyone belongs with everyone else]]. Fanworks often portray in-character ship wars as comedy. (IE Alice versus Patchouli for Marisa, Keine glaring at Mokou hanging out with Kaguya, and so on). Oh, and the whole mess with Marisa is parodied [[http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/320962/hakurei_reimu-kirisame_marisa-patchouli_knowledge- here (site NSFW).]]
* Sheena/Lloyd vs. Colette/Lloyd in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' fandom, with Sheloyd shippers arguing that Colette is too [[LoveFreak annoying]], and Colloyd shippers arguing that Sheena is favored because of her MsFanservice role.
** Oddly enough, the {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s don't do this as often. Key words: ''as often''. You don't get between a Genis/Lloyd fan and Zelos/Lloyd fan if you value your brain cells.
** Kratos/[[spoiler:Anna]] and Kratos/Raine shippers were also pretty nasty to each other a few years back. And let's not get started on what Kratos/Yuan is to either of them...
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' fandom is split between Asbel/Cheria, Asbel/Sophie and Asbel/Richard fans, especially since Asbel's official love interest Cheria [[TheScrappy isn't very well liked]].
** The ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' fandom is not large, but it sheds some blood over which couple is the OTP - [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Senel/Stella, Senel/Shirley]] or [[BattleCouple Senel/Chloe]], especially the latter two, considering [[spoiler: Stella dies.]]
* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' fandom is ''stuffed'' with this, especially the 4th and 7th installments. Word of advice to forum newbies? ''Do not'', under any circumstances, bring up the subject of Roy and Lilina's mothers. Or Wolt's father. Heck, don't question or mention the parentage of any kid whose name isn't Klein, Clarine, Hugh, Igrene, Rei/Ray/Lleu, Lugh, or Fir. You'll be sucked into a neverending stream of arguments and namecalling.
** The [=FE6=] discussion is insane. Rebecca was Wolt's canon mother, but the father had to be either Wil (Guy Next Door, NiceGuy), Lowen (fellow cook, NiceGuy too, saved Rebecca from bandits so she adores him ever since then) or Sain (ChivalrousPervert) -- and the kid ''resembled the three of them'' [[note]](He has Wil's Archer class and hairstyle, Lowen's personality and hair color, and Sain's eyes/features)[[/note]] Lyn is the prime core of the battles, due to her 4 romantic options (or 5, if you're a Les Yay fan for Lyn/Florina): Kent (BodyguardCrush), Eliwood (The protagonist), Hector (the bickering they have every other chapter in Hector Mode, along with their conversation in 29x/31x if they have an A support), and Rath (due to the existence of Sue in [=FE6=], who looks like both of them). Hector is also madness, with 3 wives: Florina (BiTheWay ShrinkingViolet, really wants to thank him for saving her and might have a crush on him), Lyn (explained earlier), and Farina (Florina's middle sister, exclusive to Hector Mode, recruitable in chapter 25). Eliwood has 3 wives as well: Ninian (according to the Marcus/Lilina supports in [=FE6=], a few slight hints in [=FE7=]'s main story, and him [[RescueRomance saving her]] at one point in Lyn's story), Lyn (STILL explained earlier), and Fiora (several lords of Fire Emblem can be paired with Pegasus Knights or have ShipTease with them, possible canon from the Marcus/Lilina supports in [=FE6=] since they involve her homeland Ilia).
*** It gets especially heated (or [[{{Troll}} hilarious, for some]]) if you ship Eliwood/Fiora ''and'' Hector with either Florina or Farina, specifically because it makes trying to ship Roy/Lilina a case of KissingCousins. Not that [[ValuesDissonance the Japanese fandom are as upset as the Western one]], but it certainly makes things interesting for those who want Roy and/or Lilina with a different prospective LoveInterest.
** Plus, even Rei and Lugh could be argued, since their mother Nino has two potential husbands. There's enough in-game evidence to support Jaffar as Nino's canon love interest, but she ''can'' marry Erk if you get them to A support. And their supports are just as meaningful and sweet as the Nino/Jaffar ones, even without outside interaction. Oddly enough, though, this doesn't create as big of an argument as discussing the Lords' pairings does.
*** That might be because the wank fuel goes to the [[BodyguardCrush Erk/Priscilla]] vs. [[BelligerentSexualTension Erk/Serra]] ship wars instead. Priscilla? Stupid, bland, idiotic PuritySue! Serra? Bitchy, mean, shallow JerkAss! You could go on for YEARS in regards to that one.
*** Actually, Jaffar and Nino is often bashed and falsely accused of being {{lolicon}} and creepy. Thing is: Jaffar's age has NEVER been brought up in-game, yet he looks to not be past early 20's... and Nino is 14, not 11 or 12. Pedophilia it ain't, people. Not to mention that anyone who bothers to do the math should know that Nino was 20 when she gave birth to the twins. Unsurprisingly, the major part of the Jaffar/Nino bashing comes from Erk/Nino rabidshippers who think 15-year-old Erk is ''inherently'' better than the older Jaffar due to his and Nino's similar ages, ignoring that Erk has his own issues as well.
** Given that ''Genealogy of Holy War'' made shipping a ''[[RelationshipValues game mechanic]]'', we probably shouldn't be all that surprised. Never ''ever'' mention names like "Lewyn", "Raqesis", "Ira", "Sylvia" or "Tailto" unless you want to be thrown into a burning fire about who should go with who, the advantages of pairing one and another, etc.
** FireEmblemTheSacredStones isn't without its share of pairing-based wank, specially in regards to [[BadassPrincess Eirika]]. The [[BodyguardCrush Seth/Eirika]] and [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Innes/Eirika]] factions love to accuse each other's boys of [[EntitledToHaveYou being sexist and possessive of Eirika]] and wanting her only to StayInTheKitchen, conveniently "overlooking" how [[DeclarationOfProtection protecting people]] [[KnightInShiningArmor is a very important part of Seth's WHOLE character]] and/or that Innes [[NotGoodWithPeople has his heart in the right place but his brains-to-mouth filter needs work]]. In the meantime: [[BadassBookworm Saleh]]/Eirika supporters tend to be nice but some are passive-aggressive about how their ship is ~the superior one~ due to Eirika showing [[HiddenDepths an interest in the spiritual]] in their supports, [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Lyon]]/Eirika fans are quite defensive since lotsa people use their interactions to ''bash'' Eirika [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass and call her "weak", "stupid" and "anti-feminist"]], and [[ChivalrousPervert Forde]]/Eirika fans... barely exist.
** There have been more than a few terse words over who [[FireEmblemTellius Ike]] might possibly end up with, though it tends to be divided between people who ship [[HoYay Ike/Soren]], and those who deny that Ike could be anything other than 100% heterosexual. It's usually not TOO bad, unless someone happens to mention that Ike shows [[ChasteHero zero romantic/sexual interest in women]] and that Ike/Soren is very strongly hinted canon. Then things can get ugly. Oddly enough Ike/Ranulf gets a pass, probably because it's not nearly as popular and neither side has as much "evidence" for their case.
*** As of now, the biggest fight leaves Ike/Soren aside and get behind Ike/Elincia and Elincia/Geoffrey shippers. Some Ike/Elincia shippers are simply ''brutal'' to Geoffrey, and one of them brought up a massive wank when she wrote a fic in which Geoffrey burned museums and killed innocent people because Ike and Elincia were together. Not helped by her ''using mental illness'' as an "explanation" of Geoffrey's "issues".
** [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Awakening]] marks the return of the Lover/Inheritance System from [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Genealogy]]... the cannons are already firing. Tip: Don't mention "Nowi", "Tharja" or "Sumia" in regards to pairings- unless you want to have your brain melted... violently. (Furthermore, don't mention [[spoiler: Nowi]]'s daughter Nah or [[spoiler: Sumia]]'s daughter Cynthia in any given situation, or you'll cause an InternetBackdraft). The rabidness of some Chrom/[[AudienceSurrogate Female Avatar]] and/or Chrom/[[{{Tomboy}} Sully]] fans does NOT help.
*** And even worse, do NOT try to decipher what [[spoiler: Priam]] said about being [[spoiler: "a descendant of Ike"]]. The wording is vague already, but MANY fangirls started '''screaming''' in horror since they assumed it HAD to mean that [[spoiler: Ike/Soren was automatically {{jossed}}]], while smug anti-shippers clapped their hands in glee for the same reasons.
* Not the worst problem of the immensely BrokenBase of ''SonicTheHedgehog'', but it pops up from time to time. See [[PuppyLove Tails/Cream versus Tails/Cosmo]] for the tip of the iceberg, along with the mixed consensus on Sonic/Amy.
** There's quite a bit of animosity between fans of Sonic/Amy and Sonic/Sally. Somewhat odd because Sally and Amy mostly don't exist within the same series -- Sally does not appear in the games or ''Sonic X'', while Amy does not appear in WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM. The only version of the franchise where both Amy and Sally exist is the [[Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehog Archie comic]], in which Amy has a large hurdle to getting Sonic's attention -- having a 10-year-old mind in a 15-year-old-body.
** And then there are the fans who question Sonic's sexuality. Sonic/Amy vs. Sonic/Sally is nothing compared to the [[FoeYay Sonadow]] (Sonic and Shadow) vs. other female character shipping.
** And don't get them started on the question of who Rouge is into. Just...don't. It isn't helped at all by the ShipTease she's gotten in canon with [[FoeYay Knuckles]], [[{{Shotacon}} Tails]], [[IneffectualLoner Shadow]], and that's not even getting into ''SonicChronicles''... [[PerverseSexualLust or the fans...]]
** It is not well known and the groups are not very big, but after the ''VideoGame/SonicRush'' series came out, there has been quite a few intense flame wars between Sonaze (Sonic/Blaze), Silvaze(Silver/Blaze), and Shadaze(Shadow/Blaze). Arguably,Sonaze is the most popular of the three due to the occasional [[ShipTease teasing of the ship in various media]], but that won't stop the 3 from going at each other.
* The ''VideoGame/BaldursGate'' community, while small and generally quiet and civil on the subject, features an interesting and unusual take on Ship-To-Ship Combat, in that there's virtually no discussion, and a great deal of fan art and fan fic, many of which espouse one (or more) ships and ignore, or on a rare few occasions, publicly torpedo other ships. This is mainly because everyone except for the main character is an OptionalPartyMember.
* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect'', Commander Shepard has a variety of love interests to choose from of both sexes (not that it stops people from shipping Shepard with non-canon options too). Each pairing has its supporters, and while most of them are "live and let live," there are certain sects that are vehemently against certain characters being paired with anyone else besides Shepard (namely, Garrus, Thane, Tali, and Liara). The fact that Garrus and Tali hook up in the third game--provided they were not romanced at all--only threw gasoline on some fires. And then there's the Joker/EDI and Joker/Shepard ship combat as well...
** ''MassEffect3'' ignited a firestorm of Shepard-centric ship warring, largely due to reduced screen time for the ''MassEffect2'' love interests and the controversial way several of their storylines were wrapped up[[labelnote:spoilers]]Jacob will leave you for another woman, Thane will succumb to his illness, and the only way to keep Kelly from getting killed is to [[GuideDangIt convince her to change her name]] when that [[ChekhovsGun dialogue option is available]].[[/labelnote]]. Among Fem Shep die-hards, Shepard/Kaidan vs. Shepard/Garrus is probably the ugliest ship wars get in the fandom. In general, most Shepard-centric ship wars in the fandom seem to fall along the lines of humans vs. aliens, with accusations of favoritism by the writers across the board. Shipping is such SeriousBusiness in Mass Effect fandom that a fan survey was created on it and sent to Bioware.
* It may be a Creator/BioWare thing in general. ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' has one official ship for a male Revan, two (a het and GayOption) for female. Fans will either take them as a given, or spin off into other territories like F!Revan/Canderous. ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'' has a smaller fanfic base, but the Spirit Monk's romantic choices are mostly a non-issue, even with the BiTheWay status of Sky and Silk Fox. In the case of both ''Franchise/MassEffect'' and ''Franchise/DragonAge'', Creator/BioWare, to varying degrees of success, attempts to not officially designate a character the 'proper' love interest--every player is free to choose who their love interest is, making any conflict inherently pointless.
* The ''Franchise/DragonAge'' fandom, in fact, was relatively quiet on this front, with some minor exceptions (do not mention the Darkspawn Chronicles DLC if you value your life, and there's some backlash against [[PlayerCharacter Female!Cousland]] / [[TheLancer Alistair]] simply because it's the most frequently shipped pairing). The [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII second game]], OTOH, has an ugly ship war going on between Hawke/Anders vs. Hawke/Fenris, which is fueled by the fact that the two characters represent the game's diametrically opposing views on mages, itself an endless hotbed of wank in the fandom. Hawke/Merrill is fairly safe, and Hawke/Isabella is also smooth sailing.
* The ''KingdomHearts'' fandom, especially as of the second installment, seems to be comprised of two groups: those who regard shipping as SeriousBusiness, and those that ship for fun or to point at and laugh at the first group. The introduction of Organization XIII basically just gave the former group license to spark flame wars over the relative merits of the #### ship of the day (12 males that hang out in a castle all day? Why, it's like shooting fish in a barrel!). Oh, and never mention [=AkuRoku=] if you value your head.
** [[HoYay Riku/Sora]], [[OfficialCouple Kairi/Sora]], and [[FanPreferredCouple Riku/Kairi]], anyone? Why not [[OT3 Kairi/Sora/Riku]]?
** [[OfficialCouple Roxas/Namine]] and [[ScrewYourself Roxas/Xion]] fans have gone haywire. Beware of [[FanDumb deviantART]].
* Pick a ''FinalFantasy'' pairing, ANY FinalFantasy pairing, but in particular, '''BEWARE''' of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', and ''especially'' any pairing with the words [[RedHerring 'Aerith']] or [[ChildhoodFriendRomance 'Tifa']] involved anywhere at all.
** EVERY ''Final Fantasy'' game gets this, to some degree. There is a reason why OT3 shippers are coming out of the wordwork for this series. In many cases, they're the fans who have grown sick of the shipping wars and who have decided to TakeAThirdOption.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'': Back when the fandom was more active, there was something of a friendly rivaly between the Gippal/Rikku and [[SlashFic Gippal/Baralai]] ships. That neither had any real canon support probably helped a lot.
* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'': The wars between the four combinations coming from Isaac, Garet, Jenna, and Mia (just to clarify, I'm talking ''hetero'' pairings here) are kinda like a MexicanStandoff, except everyone is, well, shooting at each other. Heck, the four pairings from that one group could easily fuel debate for several years without touching the dozens of other pairings in the GS 'verse. However, a lot of the pairings are just for fun (Magmashipping, anyone?).
** The third game is set to star the descendants of the heroes from the first two games. Things are already getting ugly.
*** One pairing has been [[OfficialCouple confirmed canon]], but its partner...seems to have been [[ShipSinking sunk]]. [[spoiler:The first four playable characters each have a member of the first game's party for a parent, and none of them are siblings, which means that neither Isaac nor Garet ended up with Mia. However, Isaac x Jenna is canon.]]
* ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'': There's plenty of Phoenix/Edgeworth shipping and lots of Phoenix/Maya shipping, both of which are hostile to other ships (Phoenix/Iris for starters) and each other. Yaoi is one of the main common ships, the figurehead being P x E. If you don't ship that or instead ship a hetro that isn't P x M, you are totally in for a nightmare of harassment and ridicule. Also beware of Mia/Diego shippers, though most are friendly enough if you don't question the canonicity of their ship.
** Combat is also going on between Edgeworth X Franziska and Edgeworth X Kay shippers in the Japanese fandom.
* Go to any forum about ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and you'll find ample discussion about which woman ([[HoYay or man]]) Link should end up with. Given that Link has no real personality but the player's, you have to wonder if shipping debates are more about which person the [[PerverseSexualLust player wants to end up with.]]
** One game where it's particularly noticeable is ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', with Link alternatively paired with the traditional ([[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess Zelda]]), the newcomer ([[HeroesWantRedheads Midna]]), and the childhood friend ([[FriendToAllLivingThings Ilia]]). Of course, some people just ignore all that and jump straight for [[LesYay Midna/Zelda]]...
** Between Zelda, Malon, Saria, and Ruto, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' was an open invitation for Ship-To-Ship Combat.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' is vicious for this. To begin with, there's already a canonical division for the first three games in Trish, Lady, and Lucia (in order of general popularity). Some people are [[{{Squick}} squicked out]] by the fact that Trish looks like Dante's mom, even if she does appear in the most supplementary material, so they go with Lady. Pairing Dante with Lucia is not as common due to Devil May Cry 2 not being all that popular. However, a vocal minority points to the [[CargoShip Devil Arm Nevan]], a succubus, as a possible [[TakeAThirdOption choice for Dante]]. Another vocal minority points to [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Dante's obvious Action Hero origins and that he HAS no canonical love interest]]. Then some {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s point out that [[{{Twincest}} Dante and Vergil together is hot times two]]. The only relationship which has remained untouched is Kyrie/Nero...
** And now, we have Dante[=/=]VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}.
** Kyrie/Nero is hardly untouched. Perhaps a minority, but the Dante/Nero shippers can be quite vocal, especially if you so much as mention Kyrie.
* ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' has Sasha/Milla and Lilli/Raz versus Sasha/Raz and, occasionally, Lilli/Milla. Although this tends to consist of the former getting {{Squick}}ed out at the latter and the latter making arguments as to why It's Not Gross.
* While this is mostly avoided in the ''{{Spyro}}'' series due to the existence of [[ContinuityReboot three continuities]], there are still [[StalkerWithACrush Spyro/Ember]] vs. [[OfficialCouple Spyro/Cynder]] wars that go on. The BrokenBase doesn't help matters. Sometimes [[InterspeciesRomance Spyro/Elora]] even finds its way into the war.
* ''VideoGame/StarFox'''s combat revolves ''all'' around [[TheHero Fox]]: Fox/[[CanonImmigrant Krystal]] vs. [[ContinuityReboot Fox]] / [[GodCreatedCanonForeigner Fara]] [[DieForOurShip (oftentimes ending badly for Krystal)]] vs. [[VitriolicBestBuds Fox/Falco]] vs. Fox/[[AntiHero Wolf]], a notable exception being [[FoeYay Wolf/Krystal]], and, later (and for no apparent reason), Fox/Miyu. Fox/Falco also gets pitted against [[ShipTease Falco/Katt]] every now and then, and the Fox/Krystal OfficialCouple occasionally goes against [[RomanticFalseLead Panther]]/Krystal, which is usually the target of DieForOurShip anyway.
* Should [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Leon S. Kennedy]] be with [[ActionGirl Claire Redfield]]? [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Manuela Hidalgo]]? [[BodyguardCrush Ashley]]? [[DatingCatwoman Ada Wong]]? [[FoeYay Or Krauser]]? Fans will never fully agree.
** Speaking of Claire, fans are torn on whether to pair her with Leon, [[TheScrappy Steve Burnside]] or [[{{Squick}} Sherry]].
** It's best not to ask the William Birkin/Annette Birkin shippers what they think of [[HoYay Wesker/Birkin]] and vice versa.
** Chris Redfield/Sheva VS Chris/Jill Valentine...and mentioning [[FoeYay Chris/Wesker]] is pretty much [[InternetBackdraft a nuclear explosion waiting to happen]].
* [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Thrall's]] new bride (or at least fiancée) [[HeroesWantRedheads Aggra]] is apparently the [[DieForOurShip target]] of many a RevengeFic from Thrall/Jaina shippers. Now, she ''did'' kind of [[DesignatedLoveInterest come out of nowhere]], apparently for the express ''purpose'' of ShipSinking...but even with ''that'' in mind, it gets pretty vicious.
** Even before Aggra existed, there was already a bit of a ship war between Arthas/Jaina and Thrall/Jaina.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}}'' fandom fights over whether Laharl should end up with Etna or Flonne, or if the latter two end up with each other.
** In the [[{{Disgaea3}} third game]], Mao/Beryl VS Mao/Almaz fights are common.
* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'' has the Claude/Rena shippers at odds with the Dias/Rena shippers, with the Claude/Dias, Claude/Ashton and Dias/Ashton fans occasionally joining in. (Oddly enough, the various Yuri pairings, the het pairings that don't involve Rena, and pretty much any pairing involving Noel are ignored in shipping wars.)
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' fandom, you've got Chelldos (Chell/ GLaDOS ) vs. Chelly (Chell/Wheatley) vs. Wheatdos (Glados/Wheatley). And that's just the main trio.
** However, the "shipping war" aspect is generally absent, especially on the ''Portal'' KinkMeme, where they even discussed what fun it might be to get into raging arguments about whether Chell should be with GLaDOS or Wheatley or neither while other posters tried to appeal for calm, but eventually decided it wouldn't as good as shipping their favourite couples, writing about them and tolerating others to ship and let ship.
* As mentioned above, ShinMegamiTensei has its share of this:
** {{Persona 2}} has mostly the rabid [[HoYay Tatsuya/Jun]] shippers, who don't seem to take the existence of Tatsuya/Maya shippers kindly.
** {{Persona 3}} gives us all of Makoto/[[FanNickname Minato]]/the MC's possible pairings, with Yukari Takeba getting the bigger pot shots (Double if it's from MC/Aigis or MC/Mitsuru shippers). If we go to the [=FemMC=] route, it's ''not'' wise to mention how [[FanNickname Minako/Minami/Hamuko]] can get together with either [[spoiler: Ken Amada]] or [[spoiler: [[{{Delinquents}} Shinjiro Aragaki]] ]]; both pairings are known for rising HUGE hackles in the fandom.
** {{Persona 4}} has a particularly bloody war between those who ship the MC with either [[KickChick Chie]], [[LadyOfBlackMagic Yukiko]], [[MissionControl Rise]] or [[spoiler: [[TheGunslinger Naoto]].]] The latter is specially... complicated, ''[[InternetBackdraft and this is all we'll say about it]]''. As mentioned above, it has sorta died down (at least on /a/) after Anime/{{Persona 4}} had people pegging the MC as a MemeticSexGod [[MemeticMutation who will get everyone laid.]]
* Pretty much comes with territory, in regards to KatawaShoujo. While [[YamatoNadeshiko Lilly]] and [[ShrinkingViolet Hanako]] have the largest camps, every girl has a strong following. [[StudentCouncilPresident Shizune]] fans in particular can be downright militant in their support, largely as a result of having to constantly battle the {{Hatedom}} the character has developed since release due to the BaseBreaker nature of her route, and [[TheRival her rivalry]] with [[DieForOurShip the much adored Lilly.]]
** On the forums, it's fairly common for posters to rank the routes/girls in their signatures with ">" or "=" signs. For example, Favorite>Second favorite>Tied for third=Tied for third>Least favorite
* There is quite a significant number of people in the Franchise/{{Halo}} fandom who point out that no relationships between Spartans can happen, but somehow there still seem to be fan pairings. [[ChildhoodFriends John/Kelly]], [[CargoShip John/Cortana]], John/Miranda, and [[InterspeciesRomance John/Thel]] being the most dominant in the fandom. The first three are easily the most popular, but the last one seems to be growing at a snail's pace. John/Miranda supporters were not held back by the fact that Miranda died in Halo3, they just change the outcome of the battle to say that she survived. Really, ''none'' of these pairings could happen, because Spartans are engineered to have no sex drive. But the fans don't care.
* A rather interesting case: Normally, [[NavalOps Warship Gunner 2]] is about warships blowing each other up. But the unlockable Special missions seem to intend to instill this idea - one of them is in fact an Escort Mission where you travel around sightseeing, and the three "love interests" (two men - one of whom is an old man - and a German doctor who is a looker in her own right) actually dig out naval fleets with the intention of blowing each other up over the Player. [[OnlySaneMan Fortunately you put a stop to this.]]
* Surprisingly enough (especially for a game with one male and two female leads) ''SkiesOfArcadia'' has almost none of this in its fandom. This is because the game neither sinks nor confirms the Vyse/Aika or Vyse/Fina pairings - and unmissable dialogue with each girl indicates that she is in love with Vyse, but completely accepting of the fact that he loves the other girl (and they both get along very well). The fandom has as such largely accepted the interpretation that the game is hinting at a Vyse/Aika/Fina OneTrueThreesome.
* Where do we begin with ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''?
** Fans of [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Bang/Litchi]] and [[StakingTheLovedOne Litchi/Arakune]] fans are often seen battling around the Internet. Consequently, Bang/Litchi fans tend to also be Arakune haters.
** [[OfficialCouple Jin/Tsubaki]] fans often attack poor [[DieForOurShip Noel]], even though Jin/Noel was sunk in the port. Since ''Continuum Shift'', [[MoralityPet Jin/Makoto]] is gaining popularity as a pairing, but conflicts between fans of the two pairings are rare. ''Chronophantasma'' may simply end up igniting a cold war, however. Oh, and there's a portion of the community who prefer to TakeAThirdOption and leave Jin as a CelibateHero, instead supporting [[MoralityPet Hakumen/Tsubaki]], causing more friction. Finally, we have fans of Jin and [[ShyBlueHairedGirl Mai Natsume]], the protagonist of ''Blazblue: Heart Remix'': a likely reasoning behind this is similarities between them and [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Ky/Dizzy]].
** Ragna [[LauncherOfAThousandShips is paired with practically everyone]], but the most common pairings are [[BelligerentSexualTension Ragna/Rachel]] and [[ShipTease Ragna/Noel]]. These two are the most aggressive of the fandoms, and battles wage constantly between the two. Not helped by the questionable nature of both pairings: on one hand, the age gap between Ragna and Rachel is ridiculous, and Rachel is a lolicon. On the other hand, the fact that Noel is a clone of Ragna's sister [[{{Squick}} leaves a bitter taste in some people]]. What's worse, the game seems to hint at ''both''.
** Finally, we have fans of [[HoYay Ragna/Jin]] and [[FoeYay Ragna/Hazama]], who hammer on ''everyone else''.
* The ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' fandom is divided between people who ship either [[MagicContractRomance Shirou/Saber]], [[BelligerentSexualTension Shirou/Rin]], or [[SempaiKohai Shirou/Sakura]]. The former two pairings have the biggest fan followings, with the latter being the least popular of the three; perhaps not too surprisingly, the biggest ship wars seem to consist of Shirou/Sakura shippers arguing with Shirou/Rin and/or Shirou/Saber shippers.
* Do not mention either [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Sumika]] or [[ActionGirl Meiya]], or which would be better with Takeru on any forum or thread dedicated to ''MuvLuv''. And especially don't say the words "Noble Confidant". That is, provided you value your Brain Cells: It gets more violent than a BETA attack.
* TheKingOfFighters fandom used to have '''very''' fierce ship wars in the second part of TheNineties, and sometimes these still pop out once in a while. [[TheProtagonist Kyo Kusanagi]] x [[AntiHero Iori Yagami]] is one of the most famous/infamous cases of slashy FoeYay '''ever''' in any videogame fandom, and whoever mentions Kyo's canon girlfriend [[GirlNextDoor Yuki]] or even ''hints'' that they ship Kyo with her... will likely be called "homophobe", "heterosexist" and/or "boring", with bonus "Yuki is a bland, antifeminist, MarySue-ish DamselInDistress and a TakeThat to fangirls from the creators so SHE MUST DIEDIEDIE [[InsaneTrollLogic for the sake of both feminism and yaoi]]" cat-calls in between. The few Kyo/Yuki fans that are still around may react via passive-aggressively accusing ALL Kyo/Iori fans of being "canon breakers", "shallow", "bitchy", "self-loathing misogynists who fetishize men but bash women for 'not being strong enough'", and/or of supporting a pair where the two men ''hate'' each other without any traces of mutual respect without any other basis than 'they look hot'.
** It's not much better whenever [[IdolSinger Athena]] [[ActionFashionista Asamiya]], who's hinted to have a crush on Kyo in some continuities, is mentioned. Kyo/Athena fans will whip out the "Yuki is WEAK and ANTI-FEMINIST and DOES NOT UNDERSTAND KYO ENOUGH, so Athena DESERVES Kyo's affections better since she's more interesting, stronger and prettier" argument, while Kyo/Yuki fans will either repeat the aforementioned "hey don't be canon breakers, Kyo and Yuki haven't broken up for all we know" argument or ask "if you think Athena such a Strong Woman, [[UnfortunateImplications why are you making her worth depend less on HER and more on whether Kyo finds her pretty or not]]?" This will get more complicated if Athena's DoggedNiceGuy Kensou is brought up: some Kensou/Athena fans will just support the idea of a possible "double date", while others will accuse Athena of being an "ungrateful bitch who doesn't appreciate Kensou" and/or "a shallow slut who [[YourCheatingHeart throws herself at the feet of an already taken man]] while passing up the feelings of the guy who loves her and said taken man's girlfriend". (Nevermind that Athena is an IdolSinger as well as a fighter [[ContractualPurity so she cannot go into dates]] ''and'' that she's totally dedicated to her career.)

** And now, we have [=Dante=]/{{Bayonetta}}.