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'''Shipping''' (short for "relationshipping"; '''カップリング''' ''Coupling'' in Japanese) is the belief that two or more characters are in a romantic relationship, or may have romantic feelings that could potentially lead to a relationship. The term "shipping" originated from the {{wp|The X Files|X-Files}} fan community and has since spread into multiple franchises and series, including Pokémon. This is primarily explored through the creation of fanworks, including art, video editing, and fiction. | '''Shipping''' (short for "relationshipping"; '''カップリング''' ''Coupling'' in Japanese) is the belief that two or more characters are in a romantic relationship, or may have romantic feelings that could potentially lead to a relationship. The term "shipping" originated from the {{wp|The X Files|X-Files}} fan community and has since spread into multiple franchises and series, including Pokémon. This is primarily explored through the creation of fanworks, including art, video editing, and fiction. | ||
These relationships can take many forms, including canon, where the relationship is acknowledged within the | These relationships can take many forms, including canon, where the relationship is acknowledged within the media's universe, and non-canon, where the relationship relies on what people consider subtext or hints towards a character's involvement with another. This can also extend to include characters who have never actually appeared together in official media, generally referred to as ''never-met'' ships. A pairing usually develops a name in one of two ways; either a portmanteau of the names of the characters involved or a prefix which is a word that best describes the pairing and ending in ''-shipping''. | ||
==Types of ships== | ==Types of ships== | ||