Fangirl Life Tip #8

#8 - OTPs

OTP - One True Pairing

Let's start off with some pointers from Urbandictionary.com, this unfailing site for wonderful definitions.

• One True Pairing, used to describe a relationship in fiction texts (or sometimes real life) that you want to happen/ think works well together. 
  However I think that Only Tears and Pain is a better definition.
• When you have two characters in a show you like to pair together, and you want them to be your children but also be your parents but also you want to see them go at it but then you’re usually attracted to one or both of the people involved so ultimately what kind of complex is that.

To sum them up: characters that are together either canonically or not that you love so dearly it takes your life and ruins it.

For example: Kirk and Spock have made  my life explode in a flurry of feels, angst, books, fanfiction, and tears.

Like i said earlier, an OTP can be canonical or not, it really doesn't matter, but don't let someone bash you just because you ship something they don't.

Ah yes, Fangirl Life Tip #8.5 - Shipping.

• A term used to describe fan fictions that take previously created characters and put them as a pair. It usually refers to romantic relationships, but it can refer platonic ones as well. (Just think of "shipping" as short for "relationSHIP".)
• The act of pairing any two characters together. Lonely people do this to try to suppress their own loneliness. It usually leads to making terrible (I think you mean amazing) fan art.

If you are a part of a fandom, shipping something cannot be avoided. Usually ships are left out of canon and we're left to make up for our angsty desires through reading fanfiction till all hours of the night and into the morning and crying into a pillow.

I'm feeling in a gif mood today. Let's see some examples of ships that the major fandoms have taken ahold of and want more than anything if they arent already canon:

and why not make it painful because apparently the tv writers love to do that kind of thing

And that is why we have trust issues.

Now that we've explored the world of OTPs, shipping, and how much pain having such things can cause. Because afterwards you're left sitting there dumbfounded if your OTP is broken up clutching a pillow, sobbing, and crying  

Yes. the life of a fangirl is hard, but it is worth it.

Foreverandalways

Ave

Ave's suggestions of the day

• Anime
• Kuroko no basket
• Castle in the sky (movie)
• Show
• The Walking Dead
• Almost Human (Airing Nov. 4th on Fox)
• Book
• The Roar
• Fragments (partials #2)
• Movie
• The Cat Returns (Anime)
• *whispers* Star Trek