I . . . have no idea how to reconcile those two pairings.
Twinkle Twirl x Sky Wishes all the way.
But also Sky Wishes x Star Catcher.
I . . . have no idea how to reconcile those two pairings.
Yes, shipping was definitely a thing pre-G4! Not as prominent, but yes.
(Also, Minty x Kimono. MINTY x KIMONOOOOO.)
Twinkle Twirl x Sky Wishes all the way.
But also Sky Wishes x Star Catcher.
I . . . have no idea how to reconcile those two pairings.
Yes, shipping was definitely a thing pre-G4! Not as prominent, but yes.
(Also, Minty x Kimono. MINTY x KIMONOOOOO.)
See...I missed this...it really was not something I was ever aware of before.
(Also, Minty x Kimono. MINTY x KIMONOOOOO.)I was starting to get nervous no one else would say it. These two are perfect!
Was shipping even a thing pre G4? I will admit to never even having heard the phrase or come across the need for it before this current generation.I'm right there with you. Shipping just leaves me scratching my head. Insert romance where there is none and somehow this is a recipe for success. I just don't get it.
Yeah... Never heard of shipping until G4 within the pony fandom. And I was pretty active during all G3 and the end of G2 around the interwebs. ;)Was shipping even a thing pre G4? I will admit to never even having heard the phrase or come across the need for it before this current generation.I'm right there with you. Shipping just leaves me scratching my head. Insert romance where there is none and somehow this is a recipe for success. I just don't get it.
Minty x Kimono? I can see only one possible outcome to this relationship. And it involves Kimono digging a shallow unmarked grave. Alas, poor Minty, I knew ye well... :cry:
That said, Minty seemed to have a thing for kissing other ponies. Rainbow Dash, Sparkleworks, and Thistle Whistle come to mind.
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Shipping can exist within all medias depending one's own perspective, and imagination - shows like this where everyone just seems so close makes it a lot easier, but I am speaking as someone who has always been a "shipper" since I was a kid, so I would have shipped ponies in someway as a kid if I had watched it more back then.Was shipping even a thing pre G4? I will admit to never even having heard the phrase or come across the need for it before this current generation.I'm right there with you. Shipping just leaves me scratching my head. Insert romance where there is none and somehow this is a recipe for success. I just don't get it.
I've always thought of the G3 characters as kids so I've never "shipped" them except maybe in "friendships."No offense, but why would them being kids stop them being shipped? It's your choice, but I just wondering why it would mattter. I take it you mean romantic shipping in this context right? I'm sure it could just be innocent childhood (foalhood?) romances if it was, but still, it's your opinion and I will respect it whatever it is.
I've always thought of the G3 characters as kids so I've never "shipped" them except maybe in "friendships."No offense, but why would them being kids stop them being shipped? It's your choice, but I just wondering why it would mattter. I take it you mean romantic shipping in this context right? I'm sure it could just be innocent childhood (foalhood?) romances if it was, but still, it's your opinion and I will respect it whatever it is.
Understandable, thanks explaining it. :)I've always thought of the G3 characters as kids so I've never "shipped" them except maybe in "friendships."No offense, but why would them being kids stop them being shipped? It's your choice, but I just wondering why it would mattter. I take it you mean romantic shipping in this context right? I'm sure it could just be innocent childhood (foalhood?) romances if it was, but still, it's your opinion and I will respect it whatever it is.
Putting together children in romantic relationships squeeks me out- innocent "foalhood" or otherwise. I see them as kids, as I have said. I'm not interested in putting them together romantically. If someone else sees them as adults or even sees them as kids but wants to put them in "crush" relationships that's fine but it isn't something I'm interested in.
Twinkle Twirl x Sky Wishes all the way.
But also Sky Wishes x Star Catcher.
I . . . have no idea how to reconcile those two pairings.
Yes, shipping was definitely a thing pre-G4! Not as prominent, but yes.
(Also, Minty x Kimono. MINTY x KIMONOOOOO.)
See...I missed this...it really was not something I was ever aware of before.
I know shipping in tv shows in general started wayyyy back with the Original Star Trek..
Maybe its just that I have always thought the need or desire to sexualise everything is a little unnecessary. To each their own however.I hope you don't mind me saying this, but I've never really found anything "sexualized" about shipping, maybe it's because I've been interested in romance since I was about five (yes, I'm talking purely about romantic shipping, here) so I have always been drawn into the idea of shipping in the TV shows I watch, and have done since I was a kid.
(Seaspray, etc.)But, (http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/G3_Seaspray)
Heart Throb x human Prince Charming.
It's hard to get more cracktastic than the canon ships.
*puts on Team Prince Charming shirt*
Rainbow Dash wanting to be with Sunny Daze but she wasn't interestedThis is... surprisingly accurate... to this Rainbow Dash's love life too. Obviously not with Sunny Daze (or any other pony) but since that's my screen name I have to make the connection. Nobody loves me.
Shipping can exist within all medias depending one's own perspective, and imagination - shows like this where everyone just seems so close makes it a lot easier, but I am speaking as someone who has always been a "shipper" since I was a kid, so I would have shipped ponies in someway as a kid if I had watched it more back then.Was shipping even a thing pre G4? I will admit to never even having heard the phrase or come across the need for it before this current generation.I'm right there with you. Shipping just leaves me scratching my head. Insert romance where there is none and somehow this is a recipe for success. I just don't get it.
Where did the idea that people include romantic shipping to boost the success? If I was to even at the very least imply romantic shipping it's because I personally see it that way. If we only did what we thought others wanted to see, rather than how percieve things there would be no original fanon anywhere (if that's what Rainbow Dash meant, I appologise if it wasn't).
But, look, its probably its just me. It seems understandable when we are talking about adult humans in tv shows where there is romance or the content is geared at adults against when we are talking about cartoon ponies which are for children. Maybe its just that I have always thought the need or desire to sexualise everything is a little unnecessary. To each their own however.
If you spend any time on deviantART or a certain FIM specific fiction site, you'll find shipping stories, shipping art, shipping, shipping, shipping. If there was any more shipping Fed Ex and UPS would go out of business... I find it funny, however, that many of these artists/authors will switch pairings on a whim. Might be FlutterDash one day but AppleDash another.I do spend a lot of time on DeviantArt, it is my main go-to place for pony art, as I know that I am very unlikely to run into the kind of art I never want to see when it comes to MLP (think of a rule with a two digit number), but I can see what you mean now that you've pointed it out to me. Some artists/writers probably to switch who they're shipping, and maybe it is for the viewers (but it is possible to like more than one paring, I guess). I guess I just never noticed it as I mostly just favorite what I like, and take more notice of if it's something I like, if that makes sense.
If Applejack and Rainbow Dash (or Fluttershy and Big Macintosh, or Star Catcher and Minty, or Tex and Truly) are in a relationship, it stands to reason that at some point, the two of them would start doing it like they do on the Discovery Channel. And I don't need that mental image. So even if a fic or pic is G-rated, the implications go well beyond that.Ah, that is what was meant by "sexualize". Well, I can understand what you mean, but I just choose not to let it conjur up that image, but we are all different, and look at things differently, so I understand if there are some who look at it like this.
As for friendshipping, uh, aren't they all already friends to begin with? Do we really need a specific term to basically say 'this is light shipping without all the making out'?Pretty much what Lockette said, but to extend it's like they're not just best friends, they are beyond that, they don't just like each other as friends, but love each other as friends, but it is different to loving someone the romantic way. It's difficult to put in words, but that's basically it.
the G3 cartoon didn't have enough characterization or substance for me to get invested in it at all q:Dissagree with this, but to each their own.
I agree that, at least in pony communities, "shipping" wasn't prevalent much at all before G4.It's kind of like when it looked like G4 Rainbow Dash kissed G4 Fluttershy in the season 2 finale, practically everyone I saw mention it thought that it had to mean that they were now lovers, when some girls actually do kiss their friends, and it means no more than when, say a parent kisses a child.
I drew this
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and it got labeled "lesbian shipping" on certain imageboards. THEY'RE JUST HUGGING. WHY. I can't draw ponies hugging without certain persons thinking there's connotations.
Sexualising something covers any kind of sexuality - whether it be active or passive. Its a terminology. Asexual is also defined as a sexual orientation. Therefore the very fact we are talking about ponies having an asexual relationship is sexualising them. :/
As you say its not a discussion for this board. But as I have said in other threads people are entitled to their own opinions. For many its not an issue and something fun they can add to their enjoyment of the toy/cartoon. For others, like myself, I just find it odd. Neither opinion is wrong.