https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/pueel5/shipping_is_creepy/
created by Josepher71 on 24/09/2021 at 06:59 UTC*
81 upvotes, 21 top-level comments (showing 21)
It's weird to obsess over other people's sexuality even if it's fictional. Mind your own goddamn business and stop worrying about whether or not characters will get in each other's pants. This applies especially to people who do this in real life.
Edit: The term comes from the word "relation*ship*' It's the idea of saying "I sure do hope that X hooks up with Y."
Comment by Kellhus3 at 24/09/2021 at 08:16 UTC
42 upvotes, 3 direct replies
What? Isn't shipping the delivery of an item to your house?
Comment by Shinra33459 at 24/09/2021 at 09:23 UTC
39 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I don't mind shipping fictional characters. But when people start shipping real people is where it gets weird to me
Comment by Otaku4Eva at 24/09/2021 at 07:23 UTC
21 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I thought shipping just meant you want those 2 charecters to end up together. Like how NaruHina was a popular ship that came true.
Comment by Michi_Exiled at 24/09/2021 at 09:32 UTC*
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I agree, I always knew something was off about Fedex
Comment by Otherwise-Fly-331 at 24/09/2021 at 08:40 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
As a mariner I’m offended by this
Comment by Worth-Humor-487 at 24/09/2021 at 07:00 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Your right. Especially when there is nothing to do with sexuality about that character in the book.
Comment by [deleted] at 24/09/2021 at 08:59 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Its a blight on fandom
Comment by [deleted] at 24/09/2021 at 10:59 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I think it's generally alright when it's fictional, but I agree it's often weird when it's done with real life people, especially when it gets really nasty. Just look at what happened with the Eddsworld fandom and how that affected the creators of it.
Comment by Floridacracker720 at 24/09/2021 at 13:37 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
What? I literally have never heard of this and still am not sure what it means.
Comment by ALLCAPVULGARUSERNAME at 24/09/2021 at 14:47 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah usually when "shippers" become the largest group in a fandom that fandom goes to shit. Some people just can't help but involve their genitals in everything even the most obviously not meant to sexualized content.
Comment by Unweptbuzzard16 at 24/09/2021 at 16:52 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
R/masseffect is full of people shipping, most of the shipping is people changing straight characters and making them gay
Comment by cactuspizza at 24/09/2021 at 08:31 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Eli5 “shipping”
Comment by kenzawar at 24/09/2021 at 12:03 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You probably wouldn't want to know about the my hero academy fandom
Comment by [deleted] at 24/09/2021 at 07:04 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
My man spitting straight facts
Comment by Shot-Currency-4025 at 24/09/2021 at 08:03 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This straight up shouldn’t be a unpopular opinion.
Comment by MoOnEr6769 at 24/09/2021 at 07:03 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Not unpopular lmao
Comment by TheGodfather9900 at 24/09/2021 at 08:43 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Yeah and wanting good guys to do something good is creepy as well. Who are we to tell anyone what they should be doing. btw we shouldn't hate certain characters either, it was their choice.
Comment by [deleted] at 24/09/2021 at 12:46 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It really depends on the characters you ship
Comment by AR3162 at 24/09/2021 at 16:34 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I mean, it's all fake, as long no one is hurting each other, go nuts
Comment by Longcutmintergreen at 24/09/2021 at 18:59 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I don’t get it?
Comment by Small-Interview-2800 at 24/09/2021 at 20:25 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Shipping is fine, as long as people aren’t overdoing it, like threatening the author, boycotting the media because their ship didn’t come true, that stuff is not ok. I mean, tons of people shipped Naruto and Sasuke, which is weird as a ship(and considering author literally made them brothers by the end of the show), but it’s fine, they enjoyed the ship, as long as they didn’t overdo it, like trashing the show and stuff like that, it’s completely fine.