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Ships that you don't understand
- Thread starter TheGamingNewsGuy
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I disagree,
The pace of change the language is going through is too fast for the non-millenial
I've been on the internet since the early 90's, and I've never heard that once.
Ok, I thought shipping was for relationships that did not happen(not clearly at least) in the series, movie, etc.
But now people use it for all the relationships? Is the term updated or used in the wrong way technically?
But now people use it for all the relationships? Is the term updated or used in the wrong way technically?
I can kind of get it? Like DIO has sexual tension with literally everyone. Now this shit, this is disgusting:
Yeah I don't get it either. But let people ship if they want, doesn't affect me in any way.
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Surprised there's so many people here that don't know what ships are, I could've sworn it's been around since the late 90s(?), but maybe you guys just don't really go into those internet circles/make those kinda friends. Thanks for keeping me feeling young though haha.
I don't really have any ships I don't like, I think the only annoying ones are when a character is LGBT+ and they get paired with someone that doesn't correspond with their sexuality (unless it's shown they could be bi/have some close connection with that character, etc). Otherwise it's the usual stuff, like characters who clearly hate each other getting paired. Even if the characters aren't even from the same franchise I tend not to care. Life's too short.
I don't really have any ships I don't like, I think the only annoying ones are when a character is LGBT+ and they get paired with someone that doesn't correspond with their sexuality (unless it's shown they could be bi/have some close connection with that character, etc). Otherwise it's the usual stuff, like characters who clearly hate each other getting paired. Even if the characters aren't even from the same franchise I tend not to care. Life's too short.
The term actually originates from the internet in the early-mid 90's. The concept of 'Shipping' has a very interesting history. Despite popular belief that it's an anime thing, it actually started with fans of the X-Files who were frustrated by the endless 'will they or won't they' between Mulder and Scully (they were the first to call it 'shipping'). It was also pretty popular amongst female and queer fans of tv shows as a protest movement against the straight male-dominated relationships in media. I had to read a bunch research papers on it in college and that's how I learned about the term and practice.
I first heard about it when Avatar: The Last Airbender started. It was the same time I was free to explore the internet on my own, and I was actively searching for related news on the show, anywhere I could find it. And it was then, on some obscure fan forum, where I laid eyes on the term "Zutara". I had to go looking for more to figure out all the terminology at play. Any relationship, canon or otherwise, was defined by a combination of the couple's names.
I kind of take my knowledge of it for granted. I notice the word immediately when I see it, but I can't really imagine how easy or difficult it is to learn about it.
A friend of mine used to ship Elizabeth and Booker from Bioshock Infinite.
She deleted her Tumblr account which she had be reblogging/posting Booker/Elizabeth stuff on when she got to the twist of the game and realised what she had done was accidentally the worst thing ever.
She deleted her Tumblr account which she had be reblogging/posting Booker/Elizabeth stuff on when she got to the twist of the game and realised what she had done was accidentally the worst thing ever.
The term shipping has existed since the '90s. It's been a thing for pretty much the entire existence of online fandom. You HAVE to be internet sheltered to have not heard it by now.
Honestly, I don't get Rey/Finn. TFA didn't really hint at any romantic feelings and they don't really have much chemistry. Feels like people only pair them because their the main girl and main guy and almost all media has taught us that they're suppose to get together just because of that.
Now Finn/Poe, on the other hand...
Neither did its architect ;PNever understood how they could ship Vasa. It's too goddamn heavy.
I think he was just trying to get the waiting times down for an appointment.
Nope shipping is very much a western series thing, Arrow and Supernatural etc.
'Shipping' is not an anime thing though. The first people to do it were X-Files fans.
I hate that ship. Acting all high and mighty just because she has two keels.Me too, I thought it will be full of posts like:
"Yeah, this ship here, wtf is this actually??
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Thats exactly why I entered this thread.
You're not all that, bitch!
Shipping is basically fan fiction of hoping two characters you like are a couple when they in fact are not in the show.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_(fandom)
Weirdly enough Wikipedia does label it as 'Part of a series on anime and manga', despite all the examples of shipping in the article being focused on Western stuff like X-Files, Harry Potter and Star Trek.
Kind of the point, actually. A ship can't hide in open water, so the goal was to make it unclear which direction the ship was headed. Old-school cannon fights required dueling ships to anticipate the next move well ahead of time, so any successful deception would get the enemy ship badly set up for the next shot. These days everyone just uses radar and guided missiles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage
Fun fact, the people who built the Titanic never actually claimed it to be unsinkable.
Heard of the term before but just now realized it was short for relationship.
I'm not into fanfiction so I don't care for it though.
I don't see the fun in 'shipping'.
I know EVERY character gets coupled with EVERY other character on the internet though. So I guess some ships are worse than others.
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Thinking about it, I never understood the Cylons' BaseStars. I mean, where's the fron and back? And right and left?
