wrangletangle:

morstan:

i dont know when it happened but somewhere along the way “shipping” got a new meaning for younger folk that seems to translate to “i want these people together for real asap”. i think the media had something to do with it. but guys.

guys.

shipping absolutely Does Not mean demanding anything from people/creators. shipping isn’t about expecting and waiting for the day it will certainly happen. it is not a direct translation to Happen Or Die.

shipping means you like the idea of two (or more) people together. you like the concept. you find it fun to imagine the dynamics. you even create fanon content of it (fic, art, edits). it’s all in your head and it’s Fine that way.

is it nice to have a ship become canon? oh my god, yes. but that’s not what shipping is about and yall need to take a step back and breathe because being a jerk to people aint gonna change their mind about ships.

have a good night.

Some shippers support relationships that are portrayed or acknowledged as established in canon, some shippers like relationships that exist only as subtext
(whether intentional or accidental – itself a topic of debate), and
some prefer relationships where the characters have no subtext
discernible to non-shippers. Some fans ship characters who never even
appear in canon together! It is important to note that some percentage
of fans actively do not want their ship to become canon, especially
wrongshippers and fans who don’t trust the show’s writers and producers to “do it right”. Shippers have been known to regret it when their wish came true.

–Shipping article on Fanlore