Shipping and Pairing

[hebbycakes]

I've explained my perspectives on this a lot, but here's me doing it again for memory sake.

I know people tend to go "I SHIP IT" a lot. For me, I do the same, but I have... different expectations.

When I ship something, it means I love it but I don't really expect it to happen or work for it to happen. For example: I ship Gin x Kaien, I ship Gin x Findor, I ship Ichigo x Rukia, I ship Yuuto and Deneb, I ship Ashido and Renji, etc etc.
BUT
I don't expect any of them to actually either happen or be played out. If they do, it's not really me being serious, or it could be cracky. If I'm really serious about it, then it becomes a pairing.

When I pair people or characters, I would really like to see it happen. For example, I pair Gin and Hakkai, I pair Ichigo and Orihime, I pair Gin and Kira, I pair Aizen and Gin, I pair Urataros and Momotaros, I pair Kintaros and Urataros, etc etc.

:3 Hope that helps me and others.

Comments

[regasssa.livejournal.com]

See, I can't define between the two because of this:

OTP means 'One True Pairing', so that would go along with what you say about pairing being more serious. But at the same time, I am 'pairing' two people together, I'm just putting a slash between their names. So if I have a favourite 'pairing' it's not the same as just smooshing two people together. Which comes to 'rarepairs', which is a play on pairing

But then the fan word 'Shippers' refers to people who are dedicated to a single pairing and sometimes mean to people who aren't, so 'sinking you ship' refers to ruining your most beloved relationship between your characters. But then you get 'crackship' which is again not taking it seriously.

So for me the two end up kind of interchangeable, depending on the circumstances. Just my thoughts...

[kaiba-katt.livejournal.com]

I never really dig into the meanings. xD But it's good there are differences for people. I don't expect everyone shares how I see it, I just want people to know that when I say "I SHIP IT" I don't mean anything super long lasting or serious.

It doesn't mean I expect everyone else to define it like how I do. *noddles*

[angelcynic.livejournal.com]

I get that, actually. For me there's a lot of characters I ship, but don't often pair. S0litary_beauty and his Rangiku, for example, is something I ship, but not something that's actually going to happen.

The weird thing is that some of the things I ship, I would never let happen. I ship s0litary with a few of the Gins he's interacted with a lot, but the weird thing is, even if he were single and it was possible, I'd never let it happen. I'm not sure how to explain why, but I guess the idea of him actually being with certain people doesn't work for me, no matter how much I ship it...

Fff, and I suspect nothing I just wrote made any sense. *needs more sleep*

[kaiba-katt.livejournal.com]

Nope, it makes lots of sense. I actually wish I could have written like how you did. xDD

[fayeiii.livejournal.com]

awwwwwwwww.
sip wars are always SO COOL. XDD
hohohoho. ichigo x rukia FTW!

[mako-pretty.livejournal.com]

That makes sense. ♥