It could partly be a basic human need - romantic and sexual relationships are a pretty common thread/shared experience among most humans. It's a classic storyline. I mean, in a way all stories are about people and how they interact and their relations and ship fic is just exploring one specific type of relationship.
This is very true and is probably a huge part of it. There is no doubt that it's not classic. About as classic as they get, which tells me that is something maybe not inate but at least fundemental about it.
I just have this thing with analysis and it fascinates me why sometimes fans strip away everything else about a story and a character and focus through their own shippy lens onto a pairing and that pairing alone. It would be like reading Lord of the Rings and concluding that everything built up to Aragorn and Arwen.
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Date: 2007-12-22 01:19 am (UTC)This is very true and is probably a huge part of it. There is no doubt that it's not classic. About as classic as they get, which tells me that is something maybe not inate but at least fundemental about it.
I just have this thing with analysis and it fascinates me why sometimes fans strip away everything else about a story and a character and focus through their own shippy lens onto a pairing and that pairing alone. It would be like reading Lord of the Rings and concluding that everything built up to Aragorn and Arwen.