I might need help with this shipping thing
Well, it's occurred to me since I've really been more of a lurker for most of my internet career I actually lack a lot of the stereotypical shipper experiences. Which makes my whole Shipper Handbook project a lot more difficult. This isn't really a project I'd be working on that much until December, but I thought it'd be really helpful if I could hear what other people's fangirl/shipper experiences and observations of others have been like with their times in fandom.
Some things I've been wondering off the top of my head perhaps, hrm...
Some things I've been wondering off the top of my head perhaps, hrm...
- What are shipping wars actually like? I've never actually seen one at all, especially ones that have broken into "civil wars" and require "treaties" though TVTropes tell me these have happened.
- Personally, I think it'd be more fun to focus that energy on finding fellow shippers of similar ships! What's that like anyway? Having lots of shippers with the same ship in one place and fitting in and getting all excited? ... I wish I knew what this was like xD; Or, used to anyway.
- Are most people OTP types, where they only have one pairing, or is it more common for people to have multiple ships?
- Have you ever thought about finding a friend and cosplaying together as the ship? (Honestly, unless the two were dating in real life, I don't see how this couldn't be at least remotely awkward).
- What do you think the ultimate goal for a shipper is? Or what is your ultimate goal, or is there any ultimate goal to be had at all? Would it be for the ship to become canon? To prove the rival ship false with canon? For the fangirl to become a BNF? A promoted fan? To simply convert others to the ship? Or simply to have fun?