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Gorky
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I went with the second option. I'm a rather diehard shipper, but it's not as if I watch the show solely to see what happens with Fry and Leela--and it's not like I'd be so bothered, in a superficial way, if they didn't wind up together. I just feel like the show has made a point that they belong together, and has followed through with it in compelling ways, so by this point it would be a cop-out for them not to get together. It would bother me more from a story- and character-standpoint than it would from an emotional, D'Awww They Look so Cute Together one. And, in a more general way, I'm a shipper because the characters and their relationships--be they romantic or platonic or familial--are the main reason I watch the show. I care about them all so damn much.
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sparkybarky
Liquid Emperor
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I'm a shipper only when I like the two characters involved, and only then when I feel like there's something tangible between them. I love the notion of Fry and Leela together, but because alone each character is so sympathetic, and then together, they seem to bring out the best qualities in each other.
On the other hand, the "relationship" between Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley--<buzzer!>. Nope. Nothing there, and I hated it, because it felt so false and forced.
To answer your question, I'm female, and sometimes I think I am the oldest commenter in all of PEEL-land.
(Somewhat on topic, I competely ship for Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, and Jake and Neytiri in Avatar.)
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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I am, but I don't dwell on it because I'm male and it would be unseemly.
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hobbitboy
Sir Rank-a-Lot
Urban Legend
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Cancer and my name is Larry, And I like a woman that loves everything and everybody Because…Oops, sorry, wrong introduction (though the star sign is, oddly enough, correct). I'm male but I don't class myself as a shipper because while I'd like to see Fry and Leela end up together its about as important to me as my liking to have something delicious for dessert tomorrow, i.e. it'd be nice but wouldn't be the end of the world if it doesn't happen. To answer your question, I'm female, and sometimes I think I am the oldest commenter in all of PEEL-land.
That's funny because I've got a decade on you (more or less) and I definately don't feel like the oldest commenter around here. (Or maybe I'm just confusing age with maturity.) (Somewhat on topic, I competely ship for Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, and Jake and Neytiri in Avatar.)
Is a ship really a ship when the outcome isn't in any doubt? Given that they were going to end up with somebody who else could either Lizzy or Jake have ended up with in their respective stories?
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sparkybarky
Liquid Emperor
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That's funny because I've got a decade on you (more or less) and I definately don't feel like the oldest commenter around here. (Or maybe I'm just confusing age with maturity.)
It's good to know there are people over 30 on this message board! Is a ship really a ship when the outcome isn't in any doubt? Given that they were going to end up with somebody who else could either Lizzy or Jake have ended up with in their respective stories?
I guess you're right. Shipping is only applicable when the fictional work is ongoing--at least according to Wikipedia. All the same, I love those characters together. But, again, I am not a fan of romance for the sake of romance. I cringe when there are two characters together and they have no chemistry, no spark, no believability, and the romance is inserted there because there has to be a love affair. Float, float, float on....
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Svip
Administrator
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How did you feel about Hermione/Ron?
So uninspired. Also, when are you going to stop padding your posts?
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trytoguess
Poppler
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I'm of those that don't really care one way or the other what relationship Fry and Leela end up in. I just dislike the fact that they keep having Leela half ass her way through it. Or, to put it another way; what, are the writers scared/too incompetent to write a passable complicated relationship w/o driving off the folks who only like fairy tale romances (aka. Amy/Kif)?
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DannyJC13
DOOP Secretary
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I think he meant 'Fryella'. Although that would make no sense... It'd be 'Fryla' or 'Freela' or 'Ly' or something...
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sparkybarky
Liquid Emperor
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How did you feel about Hermione/Ron?
I don't buy it. Hermione is too brilliant, and while I really like Ron, he seems too mediocre for her badass witchy self. Definitely in the movies, they have zero chemistry. Last night, while hubby was away doing Fantasy Football-y stuff, I indulged in a Futurama spree, and I realize that I always fall back on the really shippy ones: TKOS, Sting, Parasites Lost, etc. That was all very unconscious, until this topic made me think about it. So, I think I will change my answer from option 3 to 2 and stop lying to myself.
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Frida Waterfall
Professor
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NEXT THREAD!!!
Woah, woah. Slow down there, buddy. Let this thread live and just be buried in pages and pages of locked, forgotten threads where eventually it will be shortly resurrected when some n00b (wow, I'm a n00b for even still using such an archaic term) posts on it again.
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SpaceGoldfish fromWazn
Urban Legend
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On the other hand, the "relationship" between Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley--<buzzer!>. Nope. Nothing there, and I hated it, because it felt so false and forced.
n Avatar.)
To be honest just about EVERY romantic pairing in Harry Potter felt random and forced. Ron and Hermione had about as much chemistry as Harry and Hermione, Harry and Ginny, Harry and Cho, and Harry and Ron. Hell, if JK hadnt randomly outed Dumbledore long after the books were finished, I would have never thought of him as gay at all. There is about as much evidence in the books for him being gay as there is that Harry and Ron spent their entire adolescence making sweet, sweet gay love. Now if you excuse me, I have to go enjoy the mental image of Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint doing just that.
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Nibblonian Leader
Urban Legend
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Unlike some of my shippers, I only saw the first 5 or so minutes of A Clockwork Origin...
One of my first posts. Ah, naive me... Whatever, the short answers is no. The long answer is noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo . First person to get the reference gets my appraise!*
*No real world value
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Svip
Administrator
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Colbert?
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spira
Liquid Emperor
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To be honest just about EVERY romantic pairing in Harry Potter felt random and forced. Every teenage romantic pairing, yes, I agree, and I am glad someone thinks that. I don't think Harry and Ginny ever had chemistry at all, especially in the movies. It was just awkward half the time. As to Dumbledore, yeah, he was never exactly flamboyant. At all. I am not a shipper for every fandom, no sir.
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