Friday, July 6, 2012

Lets all ship?

Shipping for those of you who don't know is the anime fan practice of discussing who in a show should be in a relationship with who.

Now there are a few different types of shipping.
And the steps and tactics to shipping can be divided into many different groups.
The anime it'self could be any one of the following.

'No Shipping required'
This is when the story pretty much tells you who is with who, Dragon Ball/Z/GT is pretty good for this, its REALLY clear at some point who is with who, and there is more often then not no real explanation given. This is simply because the relationship is to move the story along, not the story in and of its self.

'Shipping Optional.'
This is when the show had room to ship, but its not really built into the show, that is to say there are plenty of relationships that Could be shipped, but none that really flower enought to say. 'This is clearly meant to be'

'Ready to ship.'
Most ReverseHarem/Harem Anime Falls into this area.
The basically is running on the ideal that the watcher is gonna do this, one guy/girl + a collection of people who like them, the watcher is going to have a personal preference as to who they should end up with. Now some Harem anime make it clear at love point who is the Lucky one is gonna be. (Love Hinna) But others do not. And some just ignore the problem. (Tenchi) By not having the main character show that much actual interest in the ideal of a relationship.

'Please no shipping?'
There are clearly show that have clearly been made to not be shipped, wile I can't really think of any its just safe to say that if the Wrighting never put ANY thought in relationships in the show then it fall into this group.


And likewise most shippers fall into a few groups as well, And its important to note that this is not a equal percentage in each group. The vast majortiy of shippers are going to ether be just fans with opinions, and Fangirls/Fanboys. And as we all know. Fangirls/boys Ruin everything... Ever.... Because they have a opinion and might have something to back it up, but more often then not operate on retard-logic.

Natural Shipping.
Natural shipping could actually just be called cannon shipping, Fans who support the cannon relationships in a show. More often then not because the story would not work otherwise. Or because the athore knows best. (BS)

Backup Shipping.
This is where you ship background characters, because all to often they get ignored. I mean sure batman has catwomen but what about robin?

Better then Natural Shipping.
Some times the designated couple just isn't as good as some other combination to be honest, and you would really rather see another couple then the one you get in the story.

They would be cute together Shipping.
This is a rather shallow version of the above, insisting that two characters would be good together because they would be 'cute' together, that what actually means is the fanboy/girl just want there two favorite characters together.

Cracked Shipping.
This is where a unstable fanboy/girl insists that two characters that have nothing in common and for the most part would hate each other would make a good couple. Because... Well Just Because.... It makes no sense and you should most likely put them down before the cause to much trouble.

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