Ah criminy, the SHIPPING thread...

To be honest, I don't really understand shipping or it's appeal. Of course, I don't really know very much about romance, nor am I terribly interested in it, so I suppose that's a given.

I just like seeing two attractive characters together because it's hot.

If I have no sexual interest in either character, then I'll ship if I think they're simply cute together. Mordecai and Rigby OTP!

I ship slash and yaoi because I like it, and I find that when you ship things that are far out there, you are less likely to engage in shipping wars.

However, back in the day, used to be a HUGE ShikaTema fan.

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Lenna/Krile, possibly because of Pair the Spares resulting from my shipping Bartz and Faris (which a lot of Japanese fan art support, too).

"Wait, it's IV. Of course they are. They'd make IV for Dreamcast." - Enlong, on yet another FFIV remake

LOL LOLICON

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You're more on the ball than I thought, I see.

"Wait, it's IV. Of course they are. They'd make IV for Dreamcast." - Enlong, on yet another FFIV remake

I don't really ship any characters. If the relationship is canon, then I'll accept it (though I might criticize the writer's decision). If it's ambiguous in canon, I'm perfectly comfortable with that ambiguity.

Of course, it can be interesting (or cute) to consider pairings between characters, but I never see it as anything more than examining possibilities.

Oh gosh, is this a serious shipping thread?

Of course not.

Just for kick, I ship my Always Male Player Character with Ymira.

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Female protagonist from Pokemon Black and White/Bianca.

Yo.

Hilda/Bianca? Not bad.

"Wait, it's IV. Of course they are. They'd make IV for Dreamcast." - Enlong, on yet another FFIV remake

Don't say that name! Agh!

Why? I'm gonna torture you with the names Hilbert Black and Hilda White from now on, then.

"Wait, it's IV. Of course they are. They'd make IV for Dreamcast." - Enlong, on yet another FFIV remake

your cruelty knows no bounds

ps gardevoir/me otp

David / Gardevoir?

Ba dum tish.

edited 31st Mar '11 7:36:02 AM by ArgeusthePaladin

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In all seriousness, the only shipping that I really care about – though Protagonesse/Bianca is pretty adorable the way I imagine it – is Mokou/Keine. The way I imagine that, it's pretty much the story of how Mokou's unnaturally eternal life means that she is, in fact, as good as dead and only wandering the earth as a ghost of a human who once lived, and Keine entering her life means that now she finally has something again that connects her to the world of living people. In other words, this is a romance that literally makes a dead person feel alive. Soooo I feel pretty strongly about it, yeah.

Usually. When I actually shipped a pairing (this was my short time in the Naruto fandom) it was crack and I got a lot of people complaining how stupid it was and I was ruining the characters. Though, the fact it including a main character and a popular villain probably did not help.

Though, I normally don't ship because, most of the time, it doesn't interest me. I'd rather discuss plot/setting/character rather than romance because pairings get tedious after awhile. I do "ship" sometimes for amusement.

Oh, I almost forgot: Princess November/Red.

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Thought of another one. Jake/Trudy. Where did this one come from? I have no idea. But I was on board with the Official Couple until she turned out to be The Chief's Daughter. Then I mentally "ughh"ed from the cliche. This sounds like a less cliche alternative.

The pig of Hufflepuff pulsed like a large bullfrog. Dumbledore smiled at it, and placed his hand on its head: "You are Hagrid now."

Of course. That's the primary concern of every Evangelion thread or forum: Rei or Asuka? Or maybe Kaworu?

Personally, I also say Shinji/Rei. Shinji may be attracted to Asuka, but Rei seems to be the only one in whose presence he can really feel calm...

Other options... ah, hm.

Joshua/Ione - Makes so much more sense than the Joshua/Luise pairing, IMO.

Both Ivanova/Talia and Ivanova/Marcus - both canon, but of course both destined for a bad fate.

Admiral Naismath/Elli Quinn - because Miles should never have given up his alternate persona.

Arianne Martell/the Sand Snakes Yes. All of them

edited 13th Apr '11 5:22:02 PM by Octo

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I'm not going to deny being a crazy shipper. xD; After making a list, I've come to the highly disturbing realization that I have over sixty pairings I support, but thankfully not all of them are to crazy degrees. The main ones go something like this...

Ayara/Jasper - OTP for life, man. These two have everything in common (I'm much more of a Birds of a Feather shipper than an Opposites Attract shipper), not to mention chemistry and a half. I could write an essay on why I ship them, but I'll spare you and just say I love these two~

Zelos/Colette - People call this a crack pairing, I think. It's really nothing of the kind. Do they get canon hints? No, not really. Would they be likely to get together? Again, no. Do they relate to each other perfectly and would they make a wonderful couple if they did get together? Oh yes. The two of them have so much hidden beneath the surface, and they're the perfect ones to dig it out of each other. Takes one to know one, after all.

Red/Green - Actually a popular pairing for once! It's a cliche rival ship, and Red hardly has any real canon characterization. From Green's characterization, however, and what one can gather of Red, this can actually be a very deep, interesting relationship with more conflict than you can shake a stick at. Blame RP and amazing fanfic in part for this one.

Phoenix/Miles - Very popular, as probably everyone knows. I'm with the majority of shippers on this one in that I find it to be an obvious pairing (though I'm careful not to be obnoxious about thinking so), and I love their relationship whether romantic or not but think it definitely makes sense for it to be romantic. They're just so sweet together; to this day my response to being squicked or freaked out is, "Excuse me, I need to go read childhood Phoenix/Edgeworth fluff."

Those are my very favorites; many others like Wallace/Winona, Frings/Cecille, Laharl/Flonne, Yukari/Mitsuru, Byakuya/Hisana, and Willow/Tara are also up there, but I think I'll quit while I'm ahead...

edited 13th Apr '11 5:33:53 PM by Keltena

Oh, I agree. Red-Green in 2013!

...ehem, sorry. Political joke.

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Pairings I am very fond of at the moment by series:

Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Kyousuke/Excellen, Latooni/Shine

Madoka Magica: Red/Blue, Teacake, Madohomu

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni: Rika/Satoko

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah

This. I just dont see the point. About the only time I guess I am "Shipping", is when the series simply point it out. Does that count? Like, when its more than obvious than they like each other etc. I don think it counts thougt... I never really understood this whole thing at all...

Shipping Wars, on the other hand, can be pretty damm hilarious.

edited 13th Apr '11 6:14:19 PM by NONAMEGIVEN

"That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death itself may die."

I now ship Homura/Madoka/Mami. It'd be too sad to leave any of them alone.

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