Seeing all this makes me realize that I’ve been self shipping all my life. I just only since joining tumblr had heard it called self shipping.

by on March 10, 2023 at 9:24 pm
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Right? Back in our high school years (early 2000s) we just talked about having “character crushes” or said “so and so is my husband” etc.

When we came back to fandom a few years ago after sitting out the late 2010s, we were really surprised to see all this specific terminology around it.

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I’m trying to look up stuff on fictional others to help out and I came across this and I’m just https://ift.tt/fgCSEU1 This is such an old problem with people being whiney weird shits over perfectly normal stuff but seeing it like this makes me laugh As the first comment on the post said “Honestly, this is the first I’ve ever heard that childhood friends getting married is somehow strange. Most people I know think it’s sweet.” Old arguments the pathetic banter stays the same

by on March 10, 2023 at 9:24 pm
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Yep! The arguments never change, just the language.

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I don’t remember the origins, but iirc I was maybe 17 or so when I first saw “fictional other” cropping up, and it was only on Tumblr. I was also still self shipping on DA at the time, and it wasn’t a thing there. It felt so weird to use, beacuse I’d been self shipping since I was a little kid without the word haha. It still feels weird. I’d say 2018 or so was when I saw it more widespread on here, so 2017 makes sense as when it was coined to me!

by on March 10, 2023 at 9:24 pm
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This is what we’ve heard from a few people.

We’ve been self shipping forever, but the term F/O definitely only appeared or at least gained prominence in the last ten years!

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