Why We Ship Characters - From X-Files to Reylo

[theemii]

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The history of "shipping," the act of rooting for a romantic relationship between two fictional characters, has been around for ages, yet the phenomenon got its name from The X-Files. Fans of the science-fiction series who pined for Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) didn't always see their relationship

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[flogg]

Yo fuck them for running with Reylo.

[greenfairy_87]

Are you saying you DIDN'T have a teenage phase you pined for a whiny fascist with an awful temper obsessed with being like his grandpa?

[elvasle]

those tantrums were a turn off and it triggered me.

the way he talked to rey during this force mind scenes reminded me of the way my abusive ex used to talk to me

it was gross and i don't understand why people have this fascination with abusive and toxic relationships.

[backwardsjoker]

I'm sorry bb. I fully agree, that ship in its canon is abusive bullshit and fuck the writers/Rian for making them a sort of end game (and paying a potential healthy relationship with Finn dust)

[t_snake]

I don't mind ships, sometimes they make a tv more entertaining but fandoms..some of them were a mistake.

[greenfairy_87]

All my ships can be seen as either basic boring canon or "I reached the conclusion these two side characters belong together entirely on accident"

[meganlynn09]

For a long time mine was "we're gonna flirt with this coupling who have great chem but ultimately goes nowhere" lol

[lord_cellytron]

Ah man, same. The whole "I'm going to watch every single episode and write down every time X and Y interact and then obsess over every single detail" thing with the side characters.

The whole "Their hands touched, my life is now complete" thing. I even shipped side characters who were only in one episode together, I was totally out of control.

I miss it.

[babbss]

this was me! doing those things gave me such a high during my middle/teen years, it was so much fun lol

[ahkna]

Does the video really ignore Star Trek like that?????

[veal]

My first ship was Picard and Beverly. Tween me liiiiived for the episodes that focused on their relationship.

[phoenix_singing]

Wait, so there’s no mention of Garak and Bashir?? Pffft.

[numara]

i thought kirk/spock was the "first" ship?

[gendrys]

They were the first, but I think Mulder and Scully fans coined the term "shipping".

[numara]

oic, thank you!

[just444]

i did not know that, interesting