- Where does the word ship come from?
- When did the word ship come up?
- Use of the word shippear
- Shippear and the television series
- References
Shippear is a term from the English language that refers to matching television characters or fictional works, such as series, a movie or series of films, a book or a comic strip.
Fan groups often ship characters from a play when they think they should be together. Often the intention of the screenwriter or the director of the film or series is precisely that the viewer thinks that sooner or later they will have a relationship.
Although the word shippear emerged to refer to pairs of fictional characters that do not exist in the real world, in recent years the use of the term has expanded beyond this context, applying to pairs (hypothetical or not) formed by real people.
Where does the word ship come from?
The origin of the word shippear (s hipping in English) is related to the word relationship, which means "relationship" in English.
Basically when a fan shippers a couple, they are simply establishing an emotional interest in them and their union (whether this is a fact or not), citing reasons why they should be together.
Shippear ranges from stating that at some point during the plot of the series, book or movie they will get together, to waiting for the relationship between the characters to emerge. Even just wishing for the two to get on with each other is defined as ship.
When did the word ship come up?
Although it is clear that the word shippear (shipping) is a derivative of relationship, the exact date on which he began to use this term to express interest in the relationship of two fictional characters has not yet been established.
However, the most recognized theory states that it was in the mid-90s with The X-Files series.
The followers of the series believed and wished that a romantic relationship would begin between two of the main members of the program, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, given the "Chemistry" that its characters were developing through the episodes.
By 1996 in internet slang, shipping a couple in a television series meant wishing or hoping that at some point they would start a relationship.
Use of the word shippear
In the Anglo-Saxon language, shipping is one of the many variants and conjugations of the language on the verb to ship.
Generally shipping / shippear announces fanaticism for the hypothetical union of two characters, and a ship is the relationship itself. These ships can be called in various ways, either using the names of the characters or forming a combination between the names.
An example occurs with the television series Arrow, where the characters Oliver Queen and Felicity Smoak form a ship known to fans as Olicity.
However, this relationship is also simply called "Oliver / Felicity ship" and "Oliver x Felicity ship."
Shippear and the television series
The rise of shipping coincided with the rise of the internet, and it is no coincidence that both phenomena have exploded practically at the same time.
The internet and social media have transformed the interaction of fans with the directors and writers of television series.
The latter often suggest that there is a ship between 2 characters to gain more viewers.
References
- Brandi Delhagen (May 7, 2013). Let's talk about shipping. Retrieved on September 15, 2017, from Hypable.
- Madison Malone Kircher (August 3, 2015). I ship them '. Retrieved on September 15, 2017, from Business Insider.
- Marta Ramirez (September 3, 2015). The art of "shipeo". Retrieved on September 15, 2017, from Series On Day.
- Marina Such (October 22, 2015). What are shippers and why are they the best fans for a series. Retrieved on September 15, 2017, from Espinof.
- Shipping (fandom) (September 2017). Retrieved on September 15, 2017, from Wikipedia.