[Thread Game] Launch Your Ships!
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Pfft, "Anonymous"....As if there's any doubt, Adam.
Dude, she's clearly meant to be with Superman. Clark? Seriously? The guy's a wuss and a nerd.
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I was SO not into the whole "OH MY GOD WE HAVE TO FIND PHOEBE SOMEBODY TO LOVE" part of season 10 that the writers apparently had a raging boner for.
Yeah, and if anyone, why the heck not the one she's already declared to be the love of her life 3x over and dumped all other guys for?
I mean the scientist in Minsk, of course.
But yeah,,the whole "all girls need a man to have a happy ending, while...what? Joey? Oh, well pack him off to Hollywood, that's a happy ending too right?" thing was annoying to say the least.
No, but most of what's being talked about isn't worded in common English, but in a specific jargon.[DOUBLEPOST=1423105053,1423104716][/DOUBLEPOST]A "ship" or "shipping": a relationship between (usually fictional) characters in a show/series/etc (books, tv, or otherwise) which are either not mentioned or not supported by the canonical texts.
A relationship that IS mentioned - say, Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley - is just a relationship. A relationship that could perfectly work but just isn't talked about or specificially mentioned can be "headcanon" - that's something someone considers canon for themselves. A relationship that isn't supported by actual canon at all - say, "I think Harry Potter should've ended up with Luna Lovegood instead of Ginny Weasley" - is a "weaker' form of ship.
A relationship that is really out there and couldn't possibly work at all in the universe it exists in, but people, for some reason, would want to be real - usually for sexual fetishation or in their fantasies, or in fanfiction - are crack pairings. Say, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy get together and Draco ends up pregnant with Harry's kid through Magic.
I think it was Jay.
And, what I forgot to mention: as with all words of this kind, all these definitions are nebulous. The OP asked for "no crack pairings", yet one of the first mentioned was Elsa/Anna in Frozen. Depending on how much you want to think things through this is just a hot lesbian pairing of two strong female characters, or a really icky pairing of two sisters. Some will feel the need to write fanfiction making one of them adopted, just so they can then write a story where the two can "truly love" one another or whatever. Others will just "Eh, we'll just ignore that bit". And of course, the fact that I say most real crack pairing are mostly sexual can also be attacked - it's just necessary for the plot of their fanfiction or whatever. Fair enough, but if your fanfiction plot demands characters going completely against their established personality, change sexual orientation, suddenly age 10 years, and whatever else may be required, you might be better off writing in a different setting instead of trying to fit these specific characters into these specific roles.
Most notably, 50 Shades of Grey started out as Twilight fanfiction. All references to vampirism and such were removed and some names changed from the published version for licensing reasons.
Most notably, 50 Shades of Grey started out as Twilight fanfiction. All references to vampirism and such were removed and some names changed from the published version for licensing reasons.
Ok one more. I haven't watched Bleach in a while so it slipped my mind. Ulquiorra and Inoue Orihime aka Ulquihime. I disliked Orihime until she was captured. This final scene with him made me teary-eyed.
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Nope. Not canon, only implied.
I can kind of see that. They actually had some real chemistry. Her virtue and compassion were the opposite of most Espadas/Arrancars.Ok one more. I haven't watched Bleach in a while so it slipped my mind. Ulquiorra and Inoue Orihime aka Ulquihime. I disliked Orihime until she was captured. This final scene with him made me teary-eyed.
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I wish they'd gotten more into the Arrancars in general. It seemed like they all had some humanity. In my headcanon, that's why the one personality was able to dominate the Menos, and eventually all the other hollows it consumed. And what's their connection to the living world? They're still Hollows, and hollows were humans who could not let go of the world. Is there some unfinished business that the Arrancars still feel compelled to attend to?Ok one more. I haven't watched Bleach in a while so it slipped my mind. Ulquiorra and Inoue Orihime aka Ulquihime. I disliked Orihime until she was captured. This final scene with him made me teary-eyed.
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Nope. Not canon, only implied.
I totally wanted to see Toph and Aang.
DCAU hell yeah, comics I have no opinion. They never really had a spark with me, at least in the ones I've read.