
In some extreme cases, fans may freely admit to actively rooting for sympathetic characters to suffer or die just to clear the way for a ship, or believe the show's creators intentionally hide evidence as subtle hints towards non-canon ships. That much is clear by the prevalence of Shipping Wars in many, many fandoms. Shippers have a reputation of insane devotion to their One True Pairing and of interpreting the tiniest, most ambiguous details as evidence. Some have suggested this is because anticipation invites a feeling of reader involvement, while also having a voyeuristic distance, both rooted in the reader's participation as a third party, in contrast to real life romance, which happens directly to the people involved. Some passionate fans will argue endlessly about the romantic nature or future of nearly any given ensemble, but if that point should actually be resolved, the discussions will basically go through a round of ranting and gloating before running unceremoniously run out of steam. Paragraphs and essays and counter-essays weighing megabytes at dozens of pages will be written about who will get together, who should get together, and what the disciplines of political science and feminism and probability theory have to say about the issue (the above is not hyperbole). Shipping is often about the anticipation. Shipping culture has also imported the Portmanteau Couple Name from various Japanese anime fandom apart from its infamous usage in the gossip industry (for example, "Brangelina", "Bennifer", "TomKat") you can find people online declaring themselves fans of " Style", " Kyman", " Creek", " Stendy", " Heiman", " Candy" and " Dip". (As opposed to Stan&Kyle, which would indicate a platonic relationship, though this usage is rare in the South Park fandom.) The most basic tool of communication here is the slash - if you want to indicate Stan and Kyle romantically, you might say Stan/Kyle. There's an entire nomenclature dedicated to quick, easy and unique ship naming.
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Crack pairings are often denote for those that contain no basis or are implausible by a design. Characters will often be shipped with little or no regard to their ages, sexualities, canon relationships (even familial), age gaps, or origins. While the general concept of shipping initially began based on fictional ongoing storylines where romantic or sexual tension was intentionally teased, it is important to note that Canon and authorial intent no longer often dictate people's shipping preference. It is also somewhat more common for even well-meaning or otherwise polite fans to be reflexively defensive of their ships, often taking personal offense when another user discusses it in a negative or even sometimes neutral light.Ĭommon ships in the South Park fandom would include Stan/Kyle (also known as Style) Kyle/Cartman (also known as Kyman), Craig/Tweek (also known as Creek) or Stan/Wendy. a Style shipper) Shippers often express their support for their ships by producing fanworks, writing fanfiction entirely about their chosen pairing, although sometimes ships are merely background to the larger story of the fanfic. While some fans only casually engage in such speculation, those who frequently engage in shipping are often known as shippers, and when a fan often enjoys two specific characters together they often identify as a pairing-based shipping. Stan and Wendy) the exact meaning of the term is loose and open to interpretation, and is sometimes extended to include platonic relationships or those with only a passive interest in relationships, in addition to those fans who fervently create Fanfiction, Fanart around favored couples. Though most often associated with fans who strongly believe or advocate that two particular characters would be successful in a romantic relationship (e.g. Shipping is a term in fandom to describe expressing interest in romantic or sexual relationships between characters, often known as pairings, or ' ships, from which the term is derived.
