Crack pairings are often denote for those that contain no basis or are implausible by a design. Characters will often be shipped with little or no regard to their ages, sexualities, canon relationships (even familial), age gaps, or origins. While the general concept of shipping initially began based on fictional ongoing storylines where romantic or sexual tension was intentionally teased, it is important to note that Canon and authorial intent no longer often dictate people's shipping preference. It is also somewhat more common for even well-meaning or otherwise polite fans to be reflexively defensive of their ships, often taking personal offense when another user discusses it in a negative or even sometimes neutral light.Ĭommon ships in the South Park fandom would include Stan/Kyle (also known as Style) Kyle/Cartman (also known as Kyman), Craig/Tweek (also known as Creek) or Stan/Wendy. a Style shipper) Shippers often express their support for their ships by producing fanworks, writing fanfiction entirely about their chosen pairing, although sometimes ships are merely background to the larger story of the fanfic. While some fans only casually engage in such speculation, those who frequently engage in shipping are often known as shippers, and when a fan often enjoys two specific characters together they often identify as a pairing-based shipping. Stan and Wendy) the exact meaning of the term is loose and open to interpretation, and is sometimes extended to include platonic relationships or those with only a passive interest in relationships, in addition to those fans who fervently create Fanfiction, Fanart around favored couples.

Though most often associated with fans who strongly believe or advocate that two particular characters would be successful in a romantic relationship (e.g.

Shipping is a term in fandom to describe expressing interest in romantic or sexual relationships between characters, often known as pairings, or ' ships, from which the term is derived.

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