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Additionally, the term "NoRomo" was coined by fans who wanted Mulder and Scully to remain platonic. Additionally, the word "Gen" short for general was used to refer to platonic relationships. This would later gain more widespread usage by other fandoms, namely Starsky and HutchBlake's 7and The Professionals.

The pairings of characters are typically given names—usually portmanteau of the characters names. Shipping (derived from the word relationship) is the desire by followers of a fandom for two or more people, either real-life people or fictional characters (in film, literature, television series, etc.), to be in a romantic relationship.

This term was relatively rare until the late s.

A 'ship' refers to the relationship supported, while 'shipping' refers to the phenomenon. According to the Oxford English Dictionarythe use of the noun ship and shipper began aroundshipping a little later inand the verb to ship in In the late s, slash was coined to describe the genre of fanfiction that focuses on same-sex relationships.

Shipping often takes the form of unofficial creative works, including fanfiction and fan art. In the early s, this became more rare, with ship referring to every type of relationship het, slash, femslash etc. Shipping, initially derived from the word relationship, is the desire by fans for two people, either real-life celebrities or fictional characters, to be in a relationship, romantic or otherwise.

These fans would post on the X-Files form alt. In addition, the word Femslash was coined to refer to fanfiction about female same-sex relationships. While other fandoms, such as Once Upon A Time choose ship names that fit the character's roles and personality.

Around the s, het was used to describe fanworks focused on heterosexual relationships. Shipping can involve virtually any kind of relationship: from the well-known and established, to the ambiguous or those undergoing development, and even to the highly improbable or blatantly impossible.

At first, they called themselves "relationshippers," then Gay, 'shipper, and finally just shipper. Shipping often takes the form of creative works on the internet, including fanfiction and fanart. The term originated from the X-Files fandom.

Many fans wanted to see a romantic relationship between characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. For example, ' Outlaw Queen ' is the ship between an evil 'queen' and an outlaw archer. Hello readers, today I thought I would do something different and look at way that gay shipping has affected media that was not written as gay.

The term originated from the Star Trek fandom. Though the term never gained widespread usage, unlike shippers, which is still a shipping word in fandom to this day. This predates the usage of shippers aroundwhile slash was used years earlier.

This spawned into its fandom, known as slash, and centred around gay fanfiction from different media.

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We have previously covered queer coding and how a. Shippingderived from the word relationship, is the desire by fans for two or more people, either real-life celebrities or fictional characters, to be in a relationship, romantic or otherwise.

While 'Slashers' referred to people who enjoyed gay relationships. Shipping can involve virtually any kind of relationship: from the well-known and established, to the ambiguous or those undergoing development, and even to the highly improbable or blatantly impossible.

For some time, shippers usually referred to fans who are interested in heterosexual relationships.