And also, happy July 4th!

[mediaville]

So I saw this video on Tumblr:

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And it made me curious about my flist. Specifically the part where he asks about ships. So I figured I'd just ask.

Poll Tell me about your shipper feelings.

PLEASE ELABORATE IN YOUR COMMENTS.

Comments

[smithereen]

I was going to say that my shipping and who I personally want to do sex to are totally separate. Because if I'm shipping something I'm shipping those two people, not me and one of the other people. If I'm writing them I'm interested in the dynamic the two people have, and if I'm fantasizing I'm not really self-inserting at all. But then I thought, it's not QUITE that clear cut. Because I do think most of the times, I'm going to have a favorite out of the two. And sometimes I'm shipping people that I definitely would be into banging if I had the chance. So it's not like I always have zero interest in doing sex to the people I ship. But I do think that what I ship is 1 part who I'm personally attracted to, and 3 parts what relationship dynamics I'm into.

[mediaville]

what I ship is 1 part who I'm personally attracted to, and 3 parts what relationship dynamics I'm into

WELL SAID. I often have favorites, too (*cough* could you tell? *cough*) but then when I honestly think about it, I must admit that my actual sex fantasies about most of the people I ship is limited to them making moony eyes at me and maybe making out a little.

[nerdwegian]

NONE OF THE ABOVE!

I just see it play out in my head (porny or not). If my OTP(s) started going at it in front of me, I'd be like *_* "WHY ARE YOU SUDDENLY FORCING YOUR EXHIBITIONIST TENDENCIES ON ME OMG" and run out of the room. I never ship myself with anyone. I have idly thought about being in a sexy sandwich, but in a "LULZ THAT WOULD BE SO BIZARRE WTF" kind of way, not in a "I'll be in my bunk" kind of way.

[mediaville]

OH. MAH. GAWD.

[mediaville]

Huh, funny, I didn't even THINK about that when I used the word fantasize. But you're right! The furthest I get into ship-related fantasies is this kind of daydreamy state, generally while I'm trying to ignore other things going on around me. I don't fap to any of my fannish pairings. And I don't write about any of the things I fap to. Confuzzling.

[mediaville]

It's cool, Joe Jonas. You just sit their.

Which reminds me, Derek Hale looks like a heterosexual version of Joe Jonas.

[blueandbrady]

Basically I want my OTP to be all that they can be while I ~observe as an invisible fly on the wall.