You'll probably hear me talk a lot about ships and cannons. I just wanted to let you know that fangirls are not, indeed, pirates. A ship is two characters who you want to be in a relationship. (It is used as both a verb and a noun) e.g. I totally ship Destiel. (The names Dean and Castiel, characters from supernatural, combined.) or I have way too many ships for my own good. Cannon just means what actually happens on the show/book/whatever. So if a ship is cannon, then those characters actually do get together. e.g. Destiel is not a cannon ship, because they don't actually have a relationship on the show. What makes ships sink? When other ships have cannon! (ha ha ha) Also I should mention that OTP just stands for One True Pairing- basically just your favorite ship in a fandom. I ship a lot of things, that I won't mention right now.
I never really knew what the term "ship" meant but I always hear the term used on social media and I always wanted to know but I was too lazy to google it so thanks for clearing that up. I've never heard of the term cannon, is it new? Nice post by the way.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's new, just more obscure. It's used mostly when talking about fanfiction to tell what's written by the author and what's written by the fans. And thanks :)
DeleteThis is a really cool post! I've heard the term "ship" as well and I figured it had something to do with a relationship. I've never heard cannon before so thanks for telling me what it means. This was a great post and really interesting to read. I'll definitely be checking your blog more often :)
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I ship everything. Like everything I watch, I ship couples from that show.
ReplyDeleteI have like nine hundred OTPs. Haha. I might as well be a pirate! Who do you ship?
Who is your OTP? :)