Shipping (fandom)

Fan art of Dean Winchester and Castiel from the television series Supernatural, paired together under the portmanteau "Destiel". Members of fandoms often create pieces of fan art depicting fictional characters that they ship in romantic situations.

Shipping (derived from relationship) is the act of imagining, desiring, or expressing interest in a romantic involvement between two or more real or fictional people, usually by a fandom. It often takes the form of unofficial creative works, including fan fiction and fan art.

Shipping may depict pairings that are opposite-sex, same-sex, polyamorous, or love-hate relationships. Interspecies pairings and pairings with large age differences between characters can give rise to shipping discourse related to the ethics of such ships. Shipping can also create conflict within fandoms and between a work's creator(s) and its fans. Notable cases of shipping exist within the fandoms of Harry Potter, Xena: Warrior Princess, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and Star Wars.

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