Shipping definition poll
Asking because I’ve noticed people use it in different ways, and I suspect a lot of confusion and disagreement happens in fandom because we need more words to discuss what we mean, instead of lumping it all under the single word “Ship”.
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When someone says “I ship it”, they mean that they…
want to see that ship go canon
think the ship should be together romantically, without caring if it goes canon
like the idea of them together (think they could be healthy or good together)
want to explore an aspect of the ship’s dynamic* (see below)
secret other thing (in the tags/comments)
*For “want to explore an aspect of the ship’s dynamic”, this means exploring the characters together romantically or sexually, without any implication of seeing it as healthy or wanting the characters to get together / be in love long term, and without any implication either way of wanting it to be canon. Wide umbrella that includes wanting them to be together and in love through to thinking they are toxic or wanting to see one hurt the other for id-fic and darkfic type purposes.
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