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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[mors_amor]

I am not sure of why, but my ships are all from TV shows. I don’t get invested in movie ships, even if I like them.

[kansascshuffle]

I don't think it's hard to explain. Movies are "fleeting". Shows last us longer and give us more time to ship.
I definitely shipped movie pairs, but I only read and write fic for tv shows.

[bellwetherr]

i don't ship movies either, unless they're a franchise maybe?? like i shipped han/gisele way back when from ff

[yami_no_hoshi]

yeah I prefer book/tv ships too, unless it's a franchise like Star Wars

[prettykitty90]

This fucking Kirk/Spock erasure

[arellaj]

who's we???

[kerosene_pill]

Me. I ship you/all the good things you deserve.

[awakejupiter]

I'm a total sucker for the 'enemies/rivals to lovers' trope. That said, the trope should be about two characters developing respect for each other / accepting their differences - not putting one character in an abusive relationship and saying it's romantic.

[cherhorowitz]

I wish ao3 would let you favorite more ships. I hate when I get into a new one and having to pick an old one to unfavorite.

[kansascshuffle]

Hah I didn't even know there was a limit. I only use bookmarks to get to my specific tags. Anyway, I currently only have 4 ships favourited on AO3.

[cherhorowitz]

I'm at 20 faves which is the maximum 😶

[therearewords]

Whut, why would they.