Yeah, I thought it was a shipping trope too.
Though that's more the fault of said shipping tropes than this one.
Still, I agree.
Together Forever...
...well, thats certainly obtuse.
That's...not a good name.
37 wicks, 128 inbounds.
Rhymes with "Protracted."
Definitely needs a better name.
Problem is that anything with ship or shipping in the title will make people think of the other definition. Naval Error?
"You want to see how a human dies? At ramming speed." - Emily Wong.
I'm one of those very much in favor of eradicating shipping puns so that kind of conclusion doesn't come up. However, even if that wasn't an issue here, it's still a spectacularly obtuse name, and as mentioned sounds like it has to do with "shipping and handling". Rename this thing.
I see the Awesomeness.
Very bad name. Unfortunately, we can't use something like Just Train Wrong or Just Plane Wrong.
Fight smart, not fair.
This name is a hangover from the days when heavy-handed jeering at differences between fiction and reality was still kosher. As Artistic Licence puts it, oftentimes when details differ "It's about putting the story first."
This trope is on Artistic License – Indexes. Let's take the opportunity to rename it Artistic License - Ships.
edited 19th Aug '11 5:02:20 AM by Camacan
As this is a naval version of Just Plane Wrong A Navel Error seems to have the right flavor.
Dragon Writer
You mean A Naval Error.
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
Lost in Space
Well, it would be amusing if the title got continually confused with belly buttons or oranges. But I agree that Failed To Pay Shipping Charges is an Epic Fail of a trope title that must be changed.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
I vote for You Boat Its Wrong. Much better pun anyways.
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Sorry, is that supposed to be a pun? I don't get it. U-Boat?
edited 19th Aug '11 5:23:56 PM by Xtifr
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I like A Naval Error, myself...
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I'm think it's supposed to be "You Bet", but I parsed it as U-Boat as well. Terrible name either way.
I support A Naval Error, although I don't see why people like it so much. It just seems like the clearest name so far.
Lost in Space
Those titles are all punny, not to mention snowclones. Clarity is nowhere to be found in them; you're just trading an opaque title for a slightly less opaque one.
Artistic License – Ships would be the clearest title I can think of.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
I figured the "you bet" pun was blazingly obvious - but then, the internet has a way of reminding you that strange mind don't always think alike.
Yes, on second thought, Artistic License – Ships is best.
"You want to see how a human dies? At ramming speed." - Emily Wong.
I really don't like the Artistic License X family because of the problems creating them made (things like Artistic License Forever), but that was really the fault of the bad snowclone family they were renamed from. So I guess I could get behind Artistic License – Ships.
Dragon Writer
Artistic Shipping License? I'm really not a fan of the Artistic License X naming pattern (I understand the reasons, just think many of them roll off the tongue better as Artistic X License)
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
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edited 20th Aug '11 11:11:55 AM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Loser
There is now a single proposition rename crowner for this trope here
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I think it deserves a rename given that shipping charges seem to me to be associated with paying for shipping and handling more so than actual boats. I feel like the name thus may be discouraging use.
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edited 20th Aug '11 5:03:37 PM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
World's Toughest Milkman
a standard English idiom that generally has nothing to do with actual boats.
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Failed To Pay Shipping Charges had me thinking of either "shipping and handling" or Shipping, not "Did Not Do The Research With ships!" It really needs a rename IMO.