Actually it goes back several weeks to a discussion on Tumblr on whether shipping a couple that had absolutely no chance of ever becoming canon (because it's slash or because one of them is dead or one of the characters is no longer on the show or anything else that would prevent a canon relationship) was harder or easier than shipping a couple that had a possibility of becoming canon.
The general consensus was that it was much easier to ship a couple that had no chance of becoming canon and I have to agree with that, but then the lovely![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
karaokegal threw a little monkey wrench into my thought processes and I can't seem to shake it. I am paraphrasing here (and correct if me I wrong M) but she said that's actually the only kind of ship to have - one that has no possibility of ever becoming canon. I tried to go back and find her actual words, but Tumblr stinks at archiving.
But, those words keep coming back to me at the oddest fangirl moments...
I really want my Tony/Ziva ship to become canon and I think there is a good possibility it will eventually happen, but when a ship does become canon - when the ship docks so to speak - does it stop being a ship and become a relationship?
Because some folks think there is a clear difference between the two... and further more...never the twain shall meet.
So, here are my two questions dear friends:
1. is shipping only for non-canon couples? Can you really ship a canon relationship?
2. and for those who say yes! and actually ship a canon relationship - is it as much fun after the ship has docked?
I definitely come down on the yes! side, but it is food for thought.
The general consensus was that it was much easier to ship a couple that had no chance of becoming canon and I have to agree with that, but then the lovely
karaokegal threw a little monkey wrench into my thought processes and I can't seem to shake it. I am paraphrasing here (and correct if me I wrong M) but she said that's actually the only kind of ship to have - one that has no possibility of ever becoming canon. I tried to go back and find her actual words, but Tumblr stinks at archiving.But, those words keep coming back to me at the oddest fangirl moments...
I really want my Tony/Ziva ship to become canon and I think there is a good possibility it will eventually happen, but when a ship does become canon - when the ship docks so to speak - does it stop being a ship and become a relationship?
Because some folks think there is a clear difference between the two... and further more...never the twain shall meet.
So, here are my two questions dear friends:
1. is shipping only for non-canon couples? Can you really ship a canon relationship?
2. and for those who say yes! and actually ship a canon relationship - is it as much fun after the ship has docked?
I definitely come down on the yes! side, but it is food for thought.
