Which fan-pairings do you hate, and why?

[Scarim Coral]

Pretty much any shippings where the characters has zero interaction with each other like e.g. I once saw a Hinata X Itachi shipping. You pretty much picking out two random characters and rubbing their faces to each other while making smooching sound to go along with it!!

However the shipping I loathe the most is Midna X Zant from LoZ: Twilight Princess! What the hell? Midna absolutely hate Zant with a fiery fury! Where was the "love" when Midna crush Zant in her colossus form by her hair hand thing!

 

[Sarah Kerrigan]

Any yaoi to be honest. A couple years ago I was into it, but now I just get so annoyed. Ship what you want to ship, I get it, but some stuff should be off limits. I just recently Saw Vaas/Jason from Far Cry 3 and i'm like 'whoaaaaaaaa fuck no D: '

 

[game-lover]

Everyone's pretty much touched on my issues. I think I can take all of that stuff and cram it into what defines a crack ship. As in what makes crack shipping what it is. There are examples everywhere. Harry Potter? Draco X Harry. Those who see this happening can die in a fire.

Shipping isn't a bad thing, it gives the fanbase something to talk about and who you hope will end up a couple and present evidence of why.

What I hate is people passing off their ship as canon even when it has gone nowhere yet and will vehemently reject and evidence to the contrary. I also hate them using shipping goggles [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShippingGoggles] to try and point out the most insignificant of things to solidify their ship.

Here is an example, in One Piece, people ship Zoro and Robin, why? They barely talk to each other than idle crew banter, she has had more interaction with Franky and Luffy than anyone else, they say because he found the key to her cuffs when she was captured is a sign from the creator that he is pairing them, not only was Zoro finding the key purely because he fought Kaku, but he would fight for any of his friends in trouble. Many people consider this ship canon despite the fact that the series has a strict "No hugging, no kissing" rule among the crew, as stated by the creator.

Another example would be Fairy Tails main hero and heroine, Natsu and Lucy, not that I hate it, but there is little supporting it, a LOT of people mistake scenes of friendship for romance, the only real reason they are shipped is because they are the main hero and heroine, that's it, yet the fans believe that it will happen sooner or later undoubtedly.

First... AWW. A no kissing or hugging rule? I was sorta hoping someone would be with someone eventually in the series. I don't out and out ship anyone. But sometimes I get that vibe from that Lieutenant lady under Smoker who resembles Zoro's old friend. Oh well...

Second: It's funny you mention that. I mostly ship Natsu and Lucy myself. But I don't have any hopes or predictions it'll happen sooner or later. For me, I find that a lot of Shonen heroes have this way about them that have them extra passionate we'll say about their friends. Like Ichigo from "Bleach." Now in my opinion based on the manga mostly, I think Lucy and Natsu have more friendship moments compared to the rest of the charries. Which is why I get my vibes. It's like I see potential because how much more emotion/affection would you need before feelings get there. But in that same vein, Natsu is like that with the other girls too... So I sorta can see them together but don't want it with any real desire.

 

[KiloFox]

i'm not a big fan of Ike/Soren from Fire Emblem Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn...

i just don't see Ike that way, or really WANT him to be with Soren. granted there's a strong connection between the two, but i see it as immense loyalty and respect between the two. i LOVE Soren and i just don't like the pairing (sexually anyway) between him and Ike the musclehead. another popular pairing with Ike is Lethe, but there's a bunch of Lore on a pairing like that i just won't get into, but pretty much assures that sure, there may be attraction between the two, but they won't get together.

that's actually about the only fan-pairing i know of, i'm a HUGE FE nut and it's one of my fav games...

oh... there's also Etna X Laharl, but i don't see that happening at ALL. Etna's loyal to his father, not Laharl. he's more likely to get with Flonne, the insufferable love-freak. and even THAT i barely see happening

 

[Yellowfish]

I'm a Touhou fan, so I am a little bit overexposed to that kind of thing. It's kinda hard to not notice all that stuff going on even if you're not into romantic fanworks. Seriously, pick any two characters from those games. There's definitely a fanfic, a doujinshi or some fanart depicting them in a romantic relationship. I guess I no longer hate any ships for that reason. You learn to be tolerant when you are part of a huge fandom full of people that like somethng that you feel indifferent to.

I do, however, deeply resent fanworks of any kind where the creator tries to humiliate, flanderise or just outright kill some character just because this character "interferes" with the pairing they like. That seems kinda nasty to me. I mean, if you want Character A to be with Character B, including Character C into your work just for the sake of saying "Take that!" to those who prefer the B/C pairing is kinda petty, right?

 

[Ryotknife]

I didnt know "shipping" was a thing, and now my faith in humanity has plummeted....again.

 

[JoJo]

I usually try to stay away from shipping but recently I stumbled across some Les Mis fan-fiction and God... Jean Valjean and Javert make about as much sense as a couple as Osama Bin Laden and Lady Gaga hooking up. Both characters hold pretty much opposite ideals and are practically asexual as far as the plot goes, neither ever show any romantic interest in anyone.

 

[LobsterFeng]

First... AWW. A no kissing or hugging rule? I was sorta hoping someone would be with someone eventually in the series. I don't out and out ship anyone. But sometimes I get that vibe from that Lieutenant lady under Smoker who resembles Zoro's old friend. Oh well...

I believe the creator of One Piece has stated several times that he didn't want any romantic relationships happening between the crew members because that would go against the youthful adventure with friends feeling he's trying to portray here. I kind of disagree with that, because Avatar: The Last Airbender is proof that you can still pull that off with romance involved between the main characters, but whatever, it's his manga.

Yeah it's been said, but fans interpreting friendship as being gay for each other kind of drives me insane. Especially when they've been proven to be heterosexual several times in the show/manga/game/whatever.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

Gokuu X Vegeta from Dragon Ball. Firstly, Vegeta despises Gokuu up until the end of the Boo arc, and even then, it's clear that they're nothing more than friendly rivals. Secondly, Gokuu appears to be the most asexual person in the entire series, seeming to care only for food and fighting. I imagine that Chi-Chi had to practically force him for those times they had to have sex to conceive Gohan and Goten.

 

[Flamezdudes]

I'm a massive Evangelion fan as you can see. I hate the Kaworu and Shinji pairing with a passion, it just makes no sense at all. Shinji is not gay.

And no, it's not me being homophobic, I just don't think Shinji is at all homosexual.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Every "fan-pairing" is stupid and weird.

No thanks.

 

[Lord Garnaat]

Harry/Hermione always irritated me, because it was so incredibly obvious that Ron and Hermione were going to end up together and there was never anything that showed otherwise.

The aforementioned Sherlock/Watson is a bit silly as well, though I have to admit that they make it far more prevalent in the new series than it was in previous iterations. Still, it's made perfectly clear that they are only friends.

 

[Myndnix]

As a few people have already said: All shipping, I find quite annoying.

 

[Jolly Co-operator]

I try to avoid fan-fiction, so I don't see that many, but I have seen a few Final Fantasy 13 fans shipping Hope and Lighting. First off, Hope is only 14, and Lighting is at least 21. Secondly, it's a complete misinterpretation of their relationship. Their relationship is closer to a surrogate parent/mentor and son/apprentice. It's in no way romantic.

 

[Guffe]

I was wondering for a long time if one of my favorite Xbox characters and one of my favorite Nintendo characters ever could be matched together...

Spoiler: I got my answer!!!

I didn't even care until I saw this. Enough Matrix DBZ fighting to have my eyes roll out of my skull.

The most boring pairings are when they just have one thing in common with other. It's as simple as that, both Samus and Chief have special suits on and they fight aliens, must make the perfect match, right? I couldn't think of a more boring cliche' pair up if I tried.

Yeah, but I kindalike those two characters, never thought about pairing them thou until i saw this a few years back.
But it's pretty impressive if you think it's just one dude who's made it.

 

[XMark]

Let's see... any pairing that goes against a confirmed canonical sexual orientation of the original characters.

Anything involving underaged characters, or characters who are related to each other.

Any pairing between a character and a self-insert of the author is just silly. Then again, the self-insertion in itself is already a dumb idea that every fanfic writer should avoid at all costs.

And Rainbow Dash. I swear, everyone ships her with everyone. Come on people, there are six main characters! Branch out a bit!

 

[Lugbzurg]

Well, there's some of these things in the Sonic series.

Probably the biggest of these is "Knuckles and Rouge". They're enemies. They hate each other. They've hated each other since Rouge debuted in Sonic Adventure 2 and it hasn't lead up. Knuckles lives to guard the Master Emerald. Rouge wants to steal it for herself, even though it's what keeps Angel Island afloat in the sky. It makes no sense. It's like pairing an animal-lover with a poacher. It makes zero in the sense department.

There's also "Silver and Blaze". A Sonic Team executive already stated that Blaze's backstory was explained in Sonic Rush. Ignore Sonic '06. She had no reason to be in that game. Silver and Blaze have never met. Silver is from the future of Sonic's world and Blaze is from another dimension. They. Never. Met.

There's another one that came from that game, too. "Sonic and Elise". Yeah, that's in the actual game, so it's not a fan-pairing and it's treated much more as a joke. Except... the principle is still being used to this day. There are plenty of people (mostly girls... I hope) who like to pair Sonic up with THEMSELVES. Or Shadow. He's the second-most-likely to get sucked into this.

There's another fandom that gets some of the worst in this regard: The bronies.

There is an uncanny amount of fanfictions in which major characters (who are virtually always two females) just start having sex (sometimes in public) for no reason whatsoever! Seriously! Someone had once sent me a friend request somewhere whom I hadn't met, and I tend to verify what a person is like before I accept such things. So, I checked her profile, and she was praising the work she did on this fanfiction in which Applejack and Rarity start breaking into people's houses while they're still there and having sex for no reason.

Another that at least has members of opposing genders is "Doctor Whooves and Derpy Hooves". This falls under the "One of them is already married" category. In an episode of Doctor Who, we see that The Doctor is pretty much married to the TARDIS, who is shown to be an actual living being and even takes on a humanoid form for most of the episode. The Doctor is in love with her and clearly shows it. It's not even subtle. He doesn't go through an official human-style marriage ceremony, but the principles still apply. The episode is even called "The Doctor's Wife"! Pairing him with Derpy makes no sense!

I hear there's a problem with this in the Naruto fanbase. I barely know anything about the series, but I have seen that pairing Naruto up with... some black-haired guy. (Was his name "Saske" or was that the name of his white-haired mentor with the hypno eye? I told you I'm not a fan, so I don't have all this stuff memorized.) Apparently, that is "the most popular fan-pairing ever", and one of those that's gotten so big that people mention and reference it like it's fact.

There are some out there for satire that exist to make you laugh at this absurd concept, such as Blaze the Cat paired up with Doctor Eggman or Link paired up with a nameless redead. That I can appreciate. I love me some good satire.

 

[Erttheking]

Yeah, it doesn't really bother me. I refuse to be one of those people that goes on about how my faith in the human race dies a little because I don't approve of what some people do in their spare time.

 

[waj9876]

So many people saying they don't like fan-pairings because it doesn't respect the source material...So it has to be canon for people to like it?

Okay, here's an example. Ranma1/2. Which is also my favorite anime/manga, so whether or not I want to, I have some preferences when it comes to shipping. In Ranma1/2, the official, canon couple, is between two characters named Ranma and Akane. Now Akane...is a love it or hate it character. The (vocal) majority either love Akane, or despise her. I happen to be within the latter group. Though I will admit she is not nearly as bad as we like to think she is, I still do not like her.

In Ranma1/2, everyone pretty much loves everyone else. With Ranma, the main character, having two, maybe three other people in love with him. I immensely like one of the others more than Akane. So I prefer this couple.

So just because it's not canon, it's wrong for me to have a preferred couple, even though I despise one of the characters in the "canon couple?"

 

[hazabaza1]

Nanako+P4 Protagonist
They're cousins for fuck's sake! Keep that creepy shit out of my weird... japanese...
alright, fair enough, but I'll still complain.

Cousin marriage is seen as normal and acceptable in many cultures worldwide and there is little increase in risk for genetic issues among first cousins. There is no reason to complain and there is nothing creepy about it.

Yes there is.
My reason is because I find it fucking creepy.

As I see it, cousins shouldn't fuck, end of. That's enough reason for me to complain.