I'm not a shipper at all. If a pairing is actually part of a show - means: canon - I might "ship" it, yes (in "" because I just don't like the word "ship" and because I never would be fanatic about it). In a tv show or also in good romantic movies, for example (which I absolutely adore because I'm female and emotional and a sucker for happy endings with happy smiling people and couples). And I also enjoy if a tv show includes little hints or tension between characters (I'm talking about "real" hints, not these "hints" some fans see even though there aren't any). However as for tv shows and their fandoms most people ship pairings that never were, never are and never will be part of the show. And I can't understand it. Each to their own, of course, but I do watch a show because I like the characters - as they are portrayed in the show -, or the plot, or the issues the show deals with. It doesn't make any sense to love a show and then to turn their characters, the relationships and plots upside down, does it? It's like people are not able to appreciate things in (fandom?) life or on TV apart from sexual relationships.
Sex and love ARE a part of life and therefore also a part of many tv shows and movies - but some people in fandoms turn EVERYTHING into a shipping thing and I can't relate to it.
character and plot first, romance second (...) that everything will fall into place if you're true to the characters and the plot Very well said.
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If a pairing is actually part of a show - means: canon - I might "ship" it, yes (in "" because I just don't like the word "ship" and because I never would be fanatic about it). In a tv show or also in good romantic movies, for example (which I absolutely adore because I'm female and emotional and a sucker for happy endings with happy smiling people and couples). And I also enjoy if a tv show includes little hints or tension between characters (I'm talking about "real" hints, not these "hints" some fans see even though there aren't any).
However as for tv shows and their fandoms most people ship pairings that never were, never are and never will be part of the show. And I can't understand it. Each to their own, of course, but I do watch a show because I like the characters - as they are portrayed in the show -, or the plot, or the issues the show deals with. It doesn't make any sense to love a show and then to turn their characters, the relationships and plots upside down, does it? It's like people are not able to appreciate things in (fandom?) life or on TV apart from sexual relationships.
Sex and love ARE a part of life and therefore also a part of many tv shows and movies - but some people in fandoms turn EVERYTHING into a shipping thing and I can't relate to it.
character and plot first, romance second (...) that everything will fall into place if you're true to the characters and the plot
Very well said.