How seriously do you take shipping?
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How seriously do you take shipping?
Do you consider it to be serious business or trivial?
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""Trolling the audience" is the same thing as "challenging the audience" (to an audience that doesn't want to be challenged)." -Reichu
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I don't ever think of it as "serious business". It's people taking characters that they think should be in a relationship and putting them together through fanfiction or fanart-- I couldn't think of it as being anything but trivial, really.
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You'd be surprised after what iv'e seen on the EVA Reddit page
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""Trolling the audience" is the same thing as "challenging the audience" (to an audience that doesn't want to be challenged)." -Reichu
""Trolling the audience" is the same thing as "challenging the audience" (to an audience that doesn't want to be challenged)." -Reichu
Arcadia's legacy wrote:You'd be surprised after what iv'e seen on the EVA Reddit page
It's true, the Ramiel shippers are rabid :V
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Stupid obsession is not the same as serious business.
And I guess most of might be said here has been covered in this thread.
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That thread asks the big question. This thread asks the simple question
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LRS fics should have tracking numbers so I know when my shipping will arrive. 
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To be fair, there does seem to be a small slither of hope for SxA in the final scene
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I think it's cute. As a hobby.
But it's when people start to criticize & speak ill of the original or new official works in the ongoing story BECAUSE it doesn't support a person's favorite ship that I start attacking it viciously.
I also despise it when people start attaching it to their identity because that's just sad.
But it's when people start to criticize & speak ill of the original or new official works in the ongoing story BECAUSE it doesn't support a person's favorite ship that I start attacking it viciously.
I also despise it when people start attaching it to their identity because that's just sad.
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Nah. Everyone died, but they'll get better.
As to the question in the OP, it depends: if I'm writing it I take it very seriously, but otherwise I'm kinda "eh" on the topic.
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I hate myself. But maybe I can learn to love myself. Maybe it's okay for me to be here! That's right! I'm me, nothing more, nothing less! I'm me. I want to be me! I want to be here! And it's okay for me to be here! -- Shinji Ikari, Neon Genesis Evangelion
Yes, I know. You thought it would be something about Asuka. You're such idiots.
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Shipping (SxA) was a lot more serious in the early days of the site, enough that my "but there's no there, there" stance got me labelled as a notorious anti-shipper.
Today, things have mellowed a lot.
Today, things have mellowed a lot.
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It's rare; but there are even sites that forbid shipping! 
Yes, that's the policy at the QC forums.
Yes, that's the policy at the QC forums.
"Being human, having your health; that's what's important." (from: Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi )
"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?" (from: The Eccentric Family )
Avatar: The end of the journey (details); Past avatars.
Before 3.0+1.0 there was Afterwards... my post-Q Evangelion fanfic (discussion)
"As long as we're all living, and as long as we're all having fun, that should do it, right?" (from: The Eccentric Family )
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Before 3.0+1.0 there was Afterwards... my post-Q Evangelion fanfic (discussion)
I really don't take it seriously, I also mainly don't care. Though when the anime is trully about love and stuff (or when it is a good part of it), it's appropriate to concider it!
However, crossover pairing... I just find it pointless.
Shinji x Eren
Yes it's a thing.
However, crossover pairing... I just find it pointless.
Shinji x Eren
Yes it's a thing.
At the very Beginning is playing.
Imagine. You’re driving home, you’re in a forest and the road is straight. You can easily see the skyline. Night is almost upon you yet you feel the sun behind the clouds. The sky gets darker and darker as the cumulonimbus spread shadow across the land. Rain drops lightly it seems as though they’re announcing the venue of something greater. All the way down the horizon you see a storm forming. You keep driving, the clouds doesn’t scare you yet you worry. You should. The tempest is fully formed, now the song is midway and you see light, white light illuminating the vale. The lightings are close even though the thunder remains quiet to your ear.
Imagine. You’re driving home, you’re in a forest and the road is straight. You can easily see the skyline. Night is almost upon you yet you feel the sun behind the clouds. The sky gets darker and darker as the cumulonimbus spread shadow across the land. Rain drops lightly it seems as though they’re announcing the venue of something greater. All the way down the horizon you see a storm forming. You keep driving, the clouds doesn’t scare you yet you worry. You should. The tempest is fully formed, now the song is midway and you see light, white light illuminating the vale. The lightings are close even though the thunder remains quiet to your ear.
Not seriously at all. Fanfics are good for exploring the possibilities, though. But, honestly, Eva itself isn't about romance. If you want romance, watch Kare Kano.
Other than that, it's bullship.
Other than that, it's bullship.
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And so we arrive at demagogy. - Hideaki Anno, 1996
And so we arrive at demagogy. - Hideaki Anno, 1996
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