I see the Awesomeness.
I'm not sure what to do with it. I hate the term shipping, because of this very reason.
Fight smart, not fair.
Dragon Writer
Jump Ship (as in Jumping Ship)? Shipping Disaster?
edited 27th Jan '11 9:36:08 AM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
Zzzzzzzzzz
How about something that isn't a commonly used term for something else, which both Shipping Disaster and Jump Ship or Jumping Ship are.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Jupiterian Local
We could just turn it around and call it Ship Abandonment. Same general idea, but far less likely to be potholed inappropriately.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Dragon Writer
Well, Madrugada, that's what half of the shipping tropes are. If the original term isn't in common usage for its preexistant meaning, the damage caused by the pun is minimal.
edited 27th Jan '11 10:44:35 AM by Stratadrake
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
I see the Awesomeness.
I could get behind Ship Abandonment.
Fight smart, not fair.
Zzzzzzzzzz
I just had to take out an incorrect wick that was in the "Not to be confused with..." section on Ejector Seat.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
We had the same problem with Going Down with the Ship if I remember correctly. I get why the shipping tropes tried to make bad puns, but a lot of times people seem to think that witty is calling something by what sounds like the name of a completely different trope.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
I see the Awesomeness.
I suppose Abandon Shipping might work.
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Very good point, Deboss.
I see the Awesomeness.
One of the many reasons I dislike the term "shipping". I think I mentioned that before.
Fight smart, not fair.
Gumi-chan
I also like Abandon Shipping.
Dragon Writer
Nice.
An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
Abandon Shipping seems good.
Shall we start a crowner? I think we have enough proposed titles by now.
This space for rent. Cost: your soul.
Zzzzzzzzzz
Crowner hooked, add the options.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.Done.
This space for rent. Cost: your soul.
Raven Wilder
Abandon Ship is a Stock Phrase, isn't it? In that case, it pretty much has to go the new trope.
"It takes an idiot to do cool things, that's why it's cool" - Haruhara Haruko
The Other Troper
"One of the many reasons I dislike the term "shipping". I think I mentioned that before."
Unfortunately it seems to be an established term, or else I would support renaming it.
I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.We have a clear winner (Abandon Shipping), so I've done the move and I'm going through and wick-cleaning.
edited 31st Jan '11 3:25:41 PM by sgrunt
This space for rent. Cost: your soul.Wicks cleaned; Ship Abandonment created as a redirect.
Anything else or can we go home now?
This space for rent. Cost: your soul.
Crown Description:
Guess That Trope!
Abandon Ship is currently being used as the title for a shipping page. Discovered when this
YKTTW had to title their proposed trope about actually abandoning ship "Get to the Lifeboats". There's some misuse — Ejection Seat, Escape Pod — and most of the ones where it is used properly are either deliberately warning against taking it literally (Drop Ship, Saharan Shipwreck) or are off the beaten path, so to speak (stuff like I Thought It Meant, entries in Most Triumphant Example and Die for Our Ship namespaces, crossreferenced in other shipping pages, listed in Troper pages, etc).
I'll also admit that I think that a "real" trope should get priority over a shipping page for a clear and intuitive title, but it probably qualifies for a rename on its own anyway.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.