Comments | tanith75: In Defense of Shippers

tanith75

In Defense of Shippers

Jul 13, 2008 13:23

So I’ve always been fascinated by the mind set of those of us who lovingly refer to ourselves as "shippers". We are quite the bunch, aren’t we? And we love our ships. Now when I say love, I mean that in the strongest possible sense of the word. We watch them. We read fanfic about them. We make artwork and videos with their beautiful pictures. We ( Read more... )

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queenballroom July 13 2008, 18:46:06 UTC

AMEN to that! So much awesomeness in that post that I don't really have anything to say, just a big YAY to you! :)

tanith75 July 13 2008, 18:49:40 UTC

Haha :) Thanks so much. Feel free to spread the love :)

drakenphoenix July 14 2008, 00:53:28 UTC

I certainly second that AMEN!! :D

Thanks for taking the time to type this up and to share it with us.

tanith75 July 14 2008, 01:02:34 UTC

You are very welcome. And I love your icon :)

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tanith75 July 13 2008, 22:58:50 UTC

Thanks, Florencia :) As Sparrabethers we had to deal with people who HATED the very idea of Jack and Elizabeth together.

But it only makes us stronger as shippers. :)

mack_the_spoon July 14 2008, 01:10:16 UTC

This is an excellent essay, with probably the best closing line ever.

I've been planning to write an essay about why the Mulder/Scully relationship is as awesome as it is for a while now - I should get on that.

tanith75 July 14 2008, 01:15:51 UTC

Thank you very much. And I hope you write that essay. I love reading M/S essays. Using brain is good :)

namarie24 July 14 2008, 01:11:31 UTC

Very, very good post!

tanith75 July 14 2008, 01:16:18 UTC

Thanks for reading :)

chapter_stork July 14 2008, 01:16:05 UTC

Hi, here from xfiles

I was nodding furiously in agreement at so many points you made here. My other fandom is going through a bit of this kind of kerfuffle as well, and with your permission, I'd like to put a link to this in my journal? Thanks for your thoughtful words.

tanith75 July 14 2008, 01:19:24 UTC

Yeah, I went through it before with other fandoms as well. Which is one of the reasons I wanted to write this. As shippers, we run into a lot of negativity. For some reason, some people think it's not okay to see a little love and happiness on screen.

Feel free to share and thanks for your comment :)