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Chiibi
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Am I a shipper?
ROFL. There is no question...I am probably the most passionate shipper here. It's what I'm about. It's why I watch anime and read manga. And I will defend my opinion to the ground and explain why this ship sucks and this ship is awesome. I support all three types: yaoi, yuri, and het. But het seems the most genuine, whereas the other ones come off as pandering to fans...or just NOT good writing. Subtle yaoi/yuri is the best, imho. I am mad about shipping wars. They are invigorating. Yeah, bring it on, biotch! :'D
Too bad for you, I refuse to quiet down. :p I LOVE NegixAsuna! I think they're the best for each other. But I also love KonoSetsu and NegixEva too...though NagixEva is even better! I hate NegixNodoka though. And I also ship NanoYuuno. They're adorable! Hur. You wanna fight? 
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Ferian
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I never argue on account of NanoFate. I simply ignore the heretical babblings of non-believers for my faith is firm. 
On ther other hand, since you love spoiler[intergenerational, interspecies incest], we can still have that fight. Negi/Asuna just doesn't work. Their relationship is far more akin to that of a pair of siblings. Really, even Negi/Ayaka has more potential despite him being a spoiler[sort of replacement goldfish for a dead little brother.] I don't mind Negi/Nodoka, was even a fan early in the manga. Nodoka herself is adorable and a very likeable character overall. But she just isn't the best fit for Negi in my opinion (that is obviously Yue, and no, as tempting as it is, her having a yuri harem will not sway me). As for Nagi/Eva... only if Arika is dead, spoiler[which she appears to be judging from her lack of appearance in the final chapter.] |
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Chiibi
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Incest? I'm seriously behind in the series but...
spoiler[Wiki says they are "somehow related". Okay, that's not convincing enough for incest.] If she's not his sister or his mother, I don't give a crap. I ship them. Why? Because they seem to have the strongest bond.
I don't particularly like her. Girls with this type of personality normally annoys me. :/ |
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Vaisaga
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You, I like you.
She's his spoiler[aunt], strictly speaking. I never shipped Negi/Asuna myself. I was actually against it from the start on principle since at the outset she was kind of the obvious winner. I eventually settled on Negi/Anya and Negi/Chachamaru. |
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Raftina
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Watershipping. spoiler[All of the sages are named after the temple they represent, except Zelda, who isn't associated with a temple.]
It isn't particularly difficult to make Yuichi into a monster. Quite easy, actually, to point out why the foot on two boats scumbag is not suited for Mai. MaixReito is a much more balanced pairing that will eventually come to pass. After all, spoiler[Mai's pairing is hardly settled by the end of My-Hime, what with her catching Yuichi cheating on her and all.]
I am not sure what the problem here. After all, spoiler[ShinjixRei] is obviously the most suitable pairing in Evangelion, even though spoiler[she is his half-sister.] Though I preferred NegixNodoka when I still cared about Negima. Last edited by Raftina on Sat Dec 22, 2012 11:46 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Chiibi
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[quote=Raftina] was actually against it from the start on principle since at the outset she was kind of the obvious winner.[/quote]
Meh, whatevs. I almost always go for the obvious ship. Probably because I favor main characters over side characters. If the two main leads end up with someone else, something is wrong with the world. D:
Honestly, I HATE incest...but as long as it's not intermediate family, I don't really interpret it as such. Though cousin-love gets on my nerves...>_> .........ALL the relationships in EVA are screwed-up. *shot* I don't think I can really ship Shinji with anyone. He needs to solve his own issues first. o__O
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Crisha
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Fellow forestshipper! *HUG* As one can probably guess, I'm a shipper as well. I normally don't participate in shipping wars, but they occasionally can be amusing to watch. As long as everyone stays within bounds and it's just arguing. I've seen some frightening things over the years where people make it personal and harass and bully others or find out some IRL info and post it online. That's way over boundaries. Bashing characters and getting into heated arguments over fictional relationships, while immature, is essentially harmless. But threatening other people? Calm the f*** down. Anyways, I'm mostly easygoing. I don't need my ship to end up together in the end or acknowledged by the show - that's what fanfiction is for. However, a majority of my ships tend to have some sort of basis or foundation. Also, a majority of my ships come from shows where romance isn't the main focus if any at all. I have a preference for shipping together the duos who are partners, who work well together. Who are friends and teammates first. Who trust one another implicitly. For example: Rosette x Chrono (Chrono Crusade) Ahiru x Fakir (Princess Tutu) Hisoka x Tsuzuki (Yami no Matsuei) Maka x Soul (Soul Eater) Oscar x Andre (Rose of Versailles) I do have a bit of a thing for the childhood friend, because it provides history for the couple (i.e. Rukia x Renji, Hinamori x Hitsugaya, Lily x Severus, Fumi x Akira). But chemistry and interaction plays a more important role than history. Otherwise, my tastes are varied. For some series, I'll have an OTP I strongly root for (the examples above); and for other series I may ship one person with a lot of people (i.e. Sakura with Kakashi, Naruto, or Lee). Some of my ships are canon, but I never limit myself to that. Like the aforementioned Sakura x Kakashi - that largely developed due to fandom. I just don't see it in the original material. But I stumbled upon some really good fanfiction of the pairing, and the rest is history. Same with Kagome x Sesshoumaru. I like het and homo (m/m and f/f), though a majority of my pairings do tend to be m/f. I dislike certain tropes from the yaoi/yuri fandoms (seme/uke), and so I tend to avoid a majority of the series. However, I'm not afraid to slash - Nachi x Hijiri (Basara) and Willow x Buffy (BtVS). My most recent one is from a series that has no romance, and my support of the couple resulted from a misunderstanding where I thought that one of the characters was hinting that he was gay during a conversation (despite him having a slight crush on a woman earlier that I completely forgot about because I didn't know the characters well enough at that point). I was excited for those few minutes when I thought there was going to be a genuine gay character in a shounen series that wasn't played for laughs. Reiner x Conny from Attack on Titan. And dodgamnit, that pairing has burrowed its roots deep and won't let go. I am likely the only such shipper for the series. Popular, unpopular, controversial, crack... I have 'em all. Shipping is a part of the enjoyment and experience. |
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DuskyPredator
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I guess I have become a bit of a shipper.
I am for NanoYuuno too, I enjoyed that she is badass in their relationship, that she will [strike]beat up[/strike] befriend people while he is support. I was happy getting a figure of him, but sadly I did not get a Nanoha figure, instead got Fate which I do not approve, despite I am a big fan of Fate. Actually my being a big fan of Fate approach some level of approving NanoFate. Oh and Setsuna x Konoka. For OoT I ship Link with Ruto, totally not becaus she was like naked, wait she might be the first tsundere that I aproved of, before I even became an anime fan. I do place a Malon a close second, but dissaprove of Saria becaus either she is a major cradle snatcher, or the fact she is an eternal loli due to not aging. And as for Zelda, well I like the theory that Zelda in OoT is Links sister too much to like a relationship with her (look it up). I ship Negi with Yue, although that may be my own preferences for the geeky girl who takes little interest in studying. Lets see, I am a strong supporter for Sayaka x Kyouko in Madoka Magica, the first time that I felt so strongly for a not quite canon yuri couple. I think that was proof that I was actually a shipper, I felt shame at the time. Perhaps I should mention Fairy Tail. I refuse to accept Natsu x Lucy, I prefer Natsu x Lisanna, but the anime has not thrown any bones lately to support this, damn that OVA for making like Lucy has a thing. My mind wonders into yuri for some other characters (must hold back from turning off safe search filter), I am a bad boy. And Mahiro x Hastur was far too tempting. |
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Panzer Vor
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I'm a commerce raider. Suffice to say that a single well-aimed torpedo accomplishes far much more than invective and platitudes ever can. Also, it's not a real shipping war unless you're evading destroyer escorts and patrol planes. 
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Da Games Elite
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Yup! I'm a huge shipper. I ship in every show I watch--though some ships sail far longer and farther than others. I started with Pokemon (Ash and Misty ftw!), and moved onto every series imaginable. Sometimes, I even go into crazy, crack ships just for lulz (Hogwarts Castle and the Giant Squid is my OTP).
As for ship wars, I'm a total troll. I love getting entangled in them, usually because I like rival ships get riled up over their OTPs. Still, I admit my motives aren't too nefarious. If someone gets that passionate over their OTP, it just shows me how passionate they are about their fandom, and that passion--it's one of the most beautiful things in the world to me. BTW, the whole thing about Eva ships awhile back...I ship Shinji and Asuka way too much for comfort. >___< |
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rosebrook11
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My favorite ships in general are those that exist on multiple levels. A combination of friendship and romance.
Mainly Ahiru/DuckxFakir (Princess Tutu) and SanaxAkito (Kodocha) |
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tuxedocat
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From the ship-wars I have seen in the past, I am convinced that most, if not all of the participants were truly psychotic to some degree.
They can really turn people off to the show/book/manga that is under discussion, so they are best avoided if you don't want to get spoiled. Since they have no self restraint, they never realize how much spoilery information they reveal. It sucks when they show up in discussions that have nothing to do with shipping, but their arguments often spill into other threads, where they continue with their little vendettas. From my previous experiences as a moderator on a book site, the most common reason for a shipper getting banned was repeated use of unmarked spoilers. Though sometimes I would just ban them all, since all the sane people using the site would report them practically all the time. I've even received threatening e-mails from banned shippers, back when I was a moderator. I'm only posting this here because, thankfully, shipper wars don't happen all that much on this site. |
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Chiibi
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OMG. YES!! 
I don't think you're alone in that. I saw it too and don't be ashamed! (MadokaxHomura). :] |
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naninanino
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Very much yes. You don't even need any yuri glasses to see it. The Rainbow (hehehee) Fragment event is basically a confession. Totori's reaction came as a bit of a surprise really. Still not as good as the pendant event between Rorona and Cordelia, though. Too bad that the last game destroyed many Rorona ships (or possibly created more for some), but I guess Sterk could adopt her or something... poor Coo-chan. Now that I think about it, the trilogy lent itself for a great number of shipping possibilities, but everything was mostly shoujo ai with the exception of Sterk and Gio ships with Astrid, Esty, Rorona and Cordelia. Oh, and Filly was an ingame shipper character herself. I liked her idea about Meruru, Lias and Keina. |
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Veers
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I'm actually replaying Meruru as I type this, and *just* got past that part where Meruru introduces Keina to Filly, haha... The Cordelia and Rorona event was really good, and I don't just mean for shipping; that reconciliation was really satisfying, and the endings involving Cordelia are great, too. Cordelia's probably my favorite character in the Arland series; for such a light-hearted series, her character events and development over the two games are really have certain weight to them that I didn't expect, and she's one of the more consistently written characters. Despite being an NPC in Totori, it's cool to see her character growth from how she starts out in Rorona. I was really bummed she didn't make a third appearance in Meruru, but Esty showing back up helps soften the blow. I don't really ship Rorona and Cordelia, though, because I don't think either of them see each other like that (and the games strongly imply Cordelia is straight). I guess I really don't ship anything else in the Arland series that strongly besides RoronaxSterk. :3 Totori and Mimi, though, I'm not even really a yuri fan, but it's so canon I can't not ship that. ..............ok, maybe that makes me a yuri fan after all. If so, so be it. |
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