The first shippers before books and entertainment were parents trying to ship their children with others.

I absolutely adore how you say "This *show* made for *children* " with so much suppressed anger

The part about shipping in “shows made for children” is literally Miraculous Ladybug in a nutshell. I find it incredible how both adults and children often come together on Reddit to defend their ships on 15 year old fictional characters, who have terribly written romantic interactions in the source material.

When I was younger and taking part in shipping wars, I started going "fuck it" at one point and making my own characters to ship together and oh my goodness it was infinitely more fun That's how I got into writing. I'm not proud of it, but that's my story

Shipping is arguably the most profitable, yet dangerous creative decisions a writer can make

The most toxic ships I've ever seen were when degenerates shipped real people (Looking at you Markiplier x Jacksepticeye shippers)

Two characters: Look in each other's general direction for exactly one frame Shippers: Now THAT is some romantic tension!

“A romantic relationship in a SHOW MADE FOR CHILDREN. Th stakes couldn’t be higher!” “Remove it with all the Grace and subtly usually reserved for the Nevada Test Site” “The best way to sink ships is with unrestricted submarine warfare” This video is gold.

Ah yes, the true way to stop unwanted shippings *Unrestricted Submarine Warfare* As someone who is part German I approve

"The entire TWA expanded universe is, in fact, one giant advertisement." Imagine how it would feel to be told your world is an ad.

9:15 "I'm afraid we have to be lovers, that's the only kind of relationship emotionally stunted shippers can imagine." That line. *Chef's kiss*. Heaven forbid two characters be in a relationship not driven by a desire to rub reproductive organs together.

Just remember to do what Danganronpa shippers do-actively ignore how characters feel about each other in canon, ship based on rough caricatures of what you want characters to be versus how they actually are, and react with vitriol when someone disagrees with that ship!

Don't forget that shipping is 100% necessary, all of the time, regardless of genre or having it add even anything to the plot. And it is also forbidden to have two characters of the opposite sex be 'just friends', no matter how much it takes away from the characters development by having them closer to their friends than love interest. If the pairing was originally supposed to be platonic, always remember to suddenly change it to romance at the very last minute with no foreshadowing whatsoever. Because we all know that it's impossible to have a conversation with without it ending in make out session.

The most beautiful form of shipping is when the soulless corporation decides to give in to the demands of deranged teenagers and make the girl magically fall in love with the man who tried to kill her the whole time. (I'm looking at you, Reylo shippers...)

You’ll be happy to know that the My Hero Academia fandom followed all of your advice in this video! Allow me offer you my congratulations... and condolences.

Obsessed with the way this man says "a *show* made for *chhhildren*" Also I enjoy my ships as much as the next person, and god I have to say that it's absurd how much people will get mad over them (note: people with any decent common sense won't get upset). Hell, in the Miraculous Ladybug fandom, people will choose their favorite ship of *four* ships between *two* people. It's ridiculous lmao

"Alright, sell me on this pairing." "Well, he's hot...and she's a nerd who's just an average person...who's also actually hot." "And they share common interests?" "..uh..." "Surely they have SOMETHING in common? Like, if they were talking together, there's a topic they would both like, right? " "Well, they both kinda like Breakfast at Tiffany's, I guess?" "..good grief."

I cannot overstate my relief that The Owl House waited to introduce the morally conflicted, insecure, brooding, bad boy until after Lumity was certain to be inevitable. You know that if Hunter was around in season one that the Lunter vs. Lumity wars would have been devastating.

*Peanut Butter and Jelly:* The pairing that the story constantly builds up and hints at, perhaps even the canon pairing. Kind of basic, but still cute and sweet enough to have a decently popular fan following. (Ex: Aang x Katara) *Peanut Butter and Chocolate:* A pairing that is based on two character's interactions with each other and their dynamic. Has an 85% chance of not being a canon pairing, mostly exists within fan circles and fanfiction. (Ex: Katara x Zuko) *Peanut Butter and Vanilla Wafers:* Can be a fandom-based pairing of characters based on elements such as design appeal, similar powers, ect. that is ultimately shallow and not very interesting. Or a canon pairing that the creators add in when the characters have no apparent chemistry to be found aka "Pair the spares." (Ex: Jack Harkness x Donna Noble) *Peanut Butter and Bleach:* Canon pairing that either does not make sense in canon, or the pairing in question is being written as a toxic pairing (intentional or not) Does not tend to have fans, instead often garners haters who will argue one character or another is an abuser ect ect. The creators will still believe it's a valid ship, even after writing the Bleach openly gaslighting Peanut Butter. (Ex: Bramblestar x Squirrelflight)

Never forget the time a Steven Universe fan-artist was given cookies with needles that pierced their tongue over a goddamn ship

I actually thought this was going to cover logistics, I was not prepared for an indepth look into the art of shipping.

I miss the days when I honestly thought shipping was about actually warships. In my defense a lot of ships name sound like a Japanese Imperial destroy.

Also the sub-side of shipping, The Best Girl Wars. There's usually a big one every year. Do the fans care about the dude they're shipping her with? HELL NO he could be switched out with a houseplant. What matters is their best girl win this wooden board of a man.

The worst kind of shipping you can do is setting up multiple scenes of two characters having implied romantic interest towards each other only to set them up with completely different characters that they've barely had any screen time with at the last minute **glares at Digimon 02**

I don’t mind shipping. It can be fun, cute and just a nice if you want to read two interesting characters get together. Ship wars are dumb. I don’t give a shit if someone else has a different pairing than me, why the fuck should I care? You do you. I don’t mind shipping (in smaller doses), but I avoid the discussions with a wide margin.

7:59 "Hinata and Sakura both tragically died in a 'who is the most useless' contest". That's great. I love it. It's just so...I don't know. Exactly the kind of thing someone in real life would write in a fanfiction. 😂

You forgot to mention the “calling another other ship you don’t like toxic” drama

Jokes aside tho, I've seen atleast 2 times where the reveal of characters being related absolutely destroyed shippers and it was so satisfying because both times I hated the ships

Always remember that in the story, the female deuteragonist should always be shipped with the worst possible love interest. Had the bad boy antagonist been distant and/or emotionally manipulative of her? Probably. Should she care? Absolutely not! Even at the point of victory, she should never ACTUALLY defeat the bad boy antagonist because she loved him so much to leave herself vulnerable. Beating the antagonist is the hero's job! Does it completely contradict her character? Eh, whatever. Shipping points are what we need, not a cohesive story nor an actually strong and relatable female character.

This endless online debate is why I only support the most patrician and intellectual ships, like Crookshanks x Mrs. Norris.

Hmm, someone is a traumatized veteran of the great Avatar Shipping War. That being said, shipping can be a lot of fun, as long as you keep the following ground rules in mind: 1. Don't be a jerk to others if you disagree with their ships. You can have endless nerdy debates about the ships, but attacking someone over their preferred ship is just rude. 2. The best way to disagree with a creator's shipping decision is to make good fanfiction/fan art show casing why your ship is compelling, not attacking the creator and writing long "think" pieces about how the creator is the worst. 3. Don't ship real people. It's creepy. Real people start and end romantic relationships for many reasons, most of which you are not privy to. Their lives are not yours to play make belief with.

I really want to see more friendshipping and enemyshipping. Like these two characters who haven't met yet in the official story would make for really good friends/enemies and I want to read works where they do in fact meet.

God this video speaks so much to me....its been almost 20 years and the fandom is STILL arguing over ships in ATLA and cannot seem to shut the f*ck up about it. If the fandom isn't arguing over ships , its arguing over Azula and a single post can create a massive debate/argument on reddit.

Now I actually want a book called "the platonic crime solving duo... who are blood related"

"If it exists there's porn for it" the same goes for ships.

Speaking of platonic relationships! I will await the day that JP does a video on the nearly omnipresent trope... the Power of Friendship, or fictional friendships in general. I just love it when the protagonist relies on the power of friendship so much, that their friends are reduced to being mere batteries meant to power the protagonist. Bonus points if the protagonist's friends have absolutely no life of their own outside of the protagonist and has to rely on the protagonist to solve all their personal issues. God forbid that a character is independent and tries to solve things on their own, rather than constantly relying on others. If a character DARES to solve a problem(especially a personal problem) on their own instead of being entirely dependent on the aid of others, have them fail miserably at it until the protagonist(or other characters) conveniently show up to help them through it. While doing this, be sure to beat the audience over the head about how good friends are and how you should always rely on them to get through things Edit: Let's not forget characters who lack friends and are thus incapable of abusi- I mean using the power of friendship. It is imperative that you always make them tragic jerk loners... because we all know that people lacking friends are massive jerks who are obviously suffering from some tragic backstory that you must resolve. The protagonist(or characters) must go out of their way to befriend them, no matter how much the loner treats them with scorn and rejects their friendship.

*Two characters say hello to one another* Fan: "I ship it!"

As an avid shipper I get why it has the reputation it does, for every comunity of emotionally mature teens and adults sharing a love of the media, its characters, and the world building there's a smaller but so much louder group of children (or worse emotionally stunted adults) causing problems. I don't think shipping really the problem, but a symtom of the larger issue of fandom toxicity. I might love my ships, but I think that I speak for a lot of emotionally mature fans when I say I don't care about them being cannon or not. My enjoyment of a ship is a repersentation of my love for the media, and I have fanfics to cater to my ships, I just want a good story from the sorce material.

I will say though, that it is okay to write fanfiction that's bad or entirely fan-service. It's fanfiction, it doesn't always have to be an exercise is furthering your creative sights. Sometimes something fluffy and nonsensical is just what you need after a bad a day...

Regular show did Everything wrong with shipping wars. It forced a romance between Mordecai and CJ, caused a brutal love triangle that pushed CJ out, shouted out that Mordecai and Maragret are just gonna be friends, and introduced Mordecais wife in the final five minutes

The Studio Staff having a shipping war happened in Digimon 02, it got so bad that they randomly picked 2 ships to become canon out of a hat. One I was meh about and the other I hated because Sora and Matt only talk to each other like 4 times alone without Tai and had no chemistry. 6 year old me was hoping Sora and Tai would get together because they played off each other well

Shipping at this point has become where if two characters interact just once they are in love. Even if both of hate each other to death, even if both sides are abusive or manipulative or even if they are never seen again THEY ARE IN LOVE NO EXCEPTIONS!

A good choice for making sure to infuriate absolutely everyone is to bait your most dedicated fandom relentlessly, and then mock them for their investment by sending one of the characters to Turbo-Hell, which is like Hell but way, way worse.

Just remember that reylos actually got mad when Finn and Rey's actors sat together at the Oscars because enemies to lovers fans are an actual cancer on this earth

You should do actual shipping wars or stories involving naval warfare or anything nautical

The barely contained ire behind “show made for children” tells me that JP has been yelled at by Legend of Korra shippers.

also remember that every character must end up in a romantic relationship, no exceptions! if a character is aromantic and completely uninterested in romance, either completely ignore that or say that the character you ship them with is "the one" who "fixed" them by "teaching them how to love!"

JP at 4:03 using all of his willpower to write "idiot" instead of "baka"

I've only had one piece of fiction where I was like: "I want these two together!" and normally don't care what couples get together. But now I see how weird the crazier side of shipping can get and feel like I've dodge a bullet. Or rather prevent myself from making myself the bullet. Also the sponsorship wars narrative is now getting really entertaining.

Early on when writing my book, I originally intended the two main characters to end up in a romantic relationship with each other because I thought it would work. However, years later, when I revisited it, I decided to keep them simply as friends and to not really focus on romance that much.

My favourite trope is when two characters are already in a relationship at the very beginning of the story. Mostly because it does away with all that 'will they, wont they' crap that's a blight on media.

TWA : "since it is a show made for children, the show's creator are probably not going to take any romance very seriously Star vs Force of Evil fans : You are not the clown, you are the entire circus

As a casual shipper and someone who wants to write romantic subplots, my tips as a fan/aspiring writer is simple. 1) Be the better person. I prefer to ship what the author wants or implies, and some don't. As long as I'm not being a dick to them and they're not being an a-hole to me, we good. (i.e., My Hero Academia: I like Izuku/Ochako & KiriMina, my friend like Kiri/Baku, and all we do is just wonder what the author will do with them next, not fight each other). 2) Let the protagonist and love interest interact. Even if they're boring, just letting them interact gives them something to do, anything to talk about, or gets the writer with little experience (like this idiot truly) flesh them out a bit more 3) Romance between underaged characters. Don't go beyond first base, something most kids shows do right better than content made for "teenagers." Literally let them do anything else. 4) Pivoting to another romance can work. Just allow the relationship to have it's chance, and if the characters do break up, have it make sense while also just leaving them open for future arcs and plot points. 5) LGBT pairings shouldn't be hard. Don't kill them off, let them be characters, and just set up their romance. I haven't seen the 100 (though I heard part of what happened was because Lexa was her name's actor was juggling a lot) though I know that hurt people badly. Granted if you're not comfortable with doing it, don't, but I tried it once despite being straight and it's one of the best thing I've enjoyed writing. 6) Don't send death threats: authors are people and even shows I know people dislike have "toxic shippers" and "passionate critics" that just want to be dicks because the writer/author did something that pissed them off. There's a good way to handle criticism, go for it. 7) Don't lump all shippers together either: Some 16 year old watching an episode of a show and thinking two characters they like would be a cute couple shouldn't be lumped up with some douchebag on the internet that has less emotional maturity than them. 8) Yeah, not every story needs a romance. I want to write platonic and romantic and I enjoy stories with both or just one. 9) Certain tropes like enemies to lovers needs to be handled with care since done...divisively, it could lead to toxic relationships on par . The only example I've seen done well is Lyrical Nanoha and the only ones I've heard that were done well outside of books are She-Ra's reboot but even that has detractors. I'd argue doing something like the Avatar writers considering Zuko x Katara (even if you can argue someone dating someone ex-colonizer would be bad but there's the counter argument Zuko isn't like that anymore and was redeemed, so there's that) 10) Treat love interests well. Try to remember at the end of the day, it's fiction, and never use that love for fiction to bring harm to others.

"Ah crap, I set him up for a smooth segway" Absolutely brilliant line

9:07 "Besides, fanfic writers are excused from creatively pushing their boundaries and should be free to wallow in their indulgence." This advice is supposed to be terrible, but I kind of agree. I mean, if nobody's paying you to write the story, you've got to make it worth your while somehow. Be as indulgent as you want! If you want it to be "good", well, that's different.

The multi writer cross purpose thing was parts of steven universe, one of the writers very clearly liked the idea of peridot and lapis being together, but everyone else basically ignored it so it was really weird how some episodes have them acting like they were already married while others they are just roommates.

Stuff like this is why I’m always internally debating with myself whether or not I should have romance in my stories or just *cut* that shit out like a _fucking cancer._ Like, what is wrong with Platonic relationships?

Woah, dude!! You mean these two mortal enemies, who hated each other since the first time they met, whose only interactions have been insults and punches, who despise everything that the other represents, and who have actively tried to fucking murder each other mutiple times, are not allowed to BANG???

"Basically the best way to deal with shippers is unrestricted submarine warfare." Me, a history nerd: *Wheeze*

The shipping in Supernatural really got out of control with the fangirls seeing every woman character in the show as a threat to their fantasy of Dean, Sam and Castiel having a threesome even though Dean and Sam were brothers and straight.

Shipping war is fun, it's very entertaining to watch a fandom implode. Also it's very necessary to map out the characters relationship(especially main characters) for both character development, dynamic & avoid drag the plot out due to unnecessary drama, shipping war maybe fun to watch(for an outsider) but is very much damage your writing credibility. For example: Voltron team were marketing & selling merchandise for ships they didn't knew were going to be canon or not with piss off people when some ships turn out to be not

Fictional characters might not be real, but they all began as ideas. Those ideas very much are real. I believe that when shippers argue about who should have ended up with who, what they are really doing is arguing over different versions of what romantic love should be. The characters are just pieces you can move around for demonstration purposes. The ATLA shipping wars, for example, remind me of the 3 different love styles. Eros is passionate love of the sort that gets written about in songs and plays, full of emotional ups and downs and lots of change. Ludus is playful - love is fun! It doesn't have to be so serious where you must meet your soulmate and be with them forever and ever. Romance can just feel nice. And Storge is stability: your partner should be your refuge when times are hard, the one who always has your back, who you can trust with anything. When I hear shippers argue that Katara should have ended up with Aang, it sounds like this: "He's always had her back! He's been on her side since the first episode! They support each other no matter what!" And what I hear about Zuko is, "She has CHEMISTRY with him! He took a lightning bolt to the heart for her! They went on a whole quest where she hated him at first but then they reconciled!" I don't think those shippers, at least not the ones who have these exact arguments, are really arguing about fictional characters. They're arguing about different love styles. It's Eros vs. Storge, not Zutara vs. Kataang. I'm sure there are shippers who are way too invested in the emotional lives of fictional characters (see: that article I saw one time listing which anime characters they thought Zuko would go well with based on 'what he wants in a woman'), but if hordes and hordes of shippers support the same two ships and get so passionate about it that you can call the result a "shipping war," then I think there's something deeper going on. It's not always frivolous.

"The best way to deal with shippers is with unrestricted submarine warfare" Germany: "It's showti-" USA: "Howdy feller, you goin' to heller"

shipping kid characters doesn't have to be gross. just keep it cute n wholesome. he gives her a flower, they go to the movies. maybe they kiss,but let's keep it cute, people. Try to act like you've been in a relationship with a woman b4 it's not that hard fam

*JP reveals his MTG knowledge by accident* Me: Oh, well played, clever one.

The only way the TWA Expanded universe could get even funnier is if he did a raid shadow legends sponsorship to power up Greed, though I suspect even the in-character bad author wouldn't stoop that low..

Is _nobody_ gonna talk about the "JP/Inner Critic" fanfic the girl's holding at 0:48 and 1:38?

The most frustrating thing about shippers is their inability to comprehend any story where the main focus isn't "2 or more people have sex." They delude themselves that romantic subplots in a non romance film, book, show, game and so on are what it's really about when it isn't. According to them not caring who's dating, sleeping with or married to who makes you a heartless monster who only wants to see blood, fighting and death.

The end of the Naruto manga was basically the author snapping his fingers and every character marrying each other and having kids just to set up a new series. Well done.

And here I was thinking this episode was going to be about logistics, trade, and the grueling realities of pre-modern sea travel in stories. What a fool I was.

JP really telling on himself (and his age) by calling shipping "serious business." I too was on the internet in the mid-2000s.

Normal people: "huh those two would be kinda cute together maybe I'll check out a fanfiction or two." Shippers: "THOSE TWO (OR MORE) MUST GET TOGETHER!!! AND IF YOU DON'T AGREE THEN I HATE YOU AND YOUR PROBABLY AN IST OR A PHOBE!!! IMMA WRITE A DOZEN FANFICS ABOUT THEM AND DEDICATE MY LIFE TO THESE CHARACTERS!!!"

Well, THIS is one hell of a disaster-zone you picked!

I've always loved shipping. It's one of my favourite things about being in fandoms. I vaguely remember fighting other kids back in the day (oh, the anti-ship groups, listing all the reasons a ship was bad and toxic and wouldn't work out) and can only look back shaking my head. I'm honestly glad that Twitter and certain other sites weren't a thing back when I was active and stupid about it. That said, I never went out of my way to stalk whoever shipped (or didn't ship) what I did and I also never creeped on real people because I was convinced they were secretly lovers. These days I don't give a damn about what shippers write about fictional people who were and aren't and will never be real but I am more hesitant about RPF. Like, sure, what you're writing is fiction but if there's a person out there you're trying to depict and they go "please don't" it gets weird. Yes, weirder than killing off Hinata and Sakura for entirely fictional people smashing.

Everything awful and bad with shipping perfectly sums up Miraculous Ladybug

Set everyone's expectations sky-high, then set them on fire. Got it.

8:11 Her name is Mai, not Mia, but otherwise yeah that is lowkey the fanfic How I Became Yours. And it was done via a FRUIT, of all things!

Before shipping*, ask yourself: 1. Is openly shipping this going to harm real people? If yes, don't ship or ship quietly and responsibly. If not, who cares? Have fun and tag properly so that people can filter out the things they don't want to see. *Related to shipping as a fan, not as a creator (Edit to add clarification)

2:40 It's okay, you can say "Reylo Shippers"

Imagine for a moment a fantasy story, good old sword and sorcery, humans vs demon a conflict as old as time. Except the demons are led by a Demon Queen who wages war on humanity just so that she can instigate the rise of heroes so that she can play matchmaker for those heroes. Who utilizes her minions to create elaborate plot lines to guide particular heroes and love interests together, even if the Demon Queen must occasionally cut out the love triangles by capturing the "extra" and turning them into demons or sealing them away somewhere for use later with some other hero. In the end the heroes think they win, but their True Love ending was Just As Planned by the Demon Queen who will menace the world again probably within a few decades so she can craft another ship.

The only way to communicate with a fandom as a creator is utter contempt. Do whatever you want and meme them to death on twitter. Then in the next chapter kill the happy faction's favorite character and end it there. Then meme again

It says something about the human brain that shipping discussions can be as vitriolic as religious discussions on the nature of the universe and morality.

"Obviously, they must die." That quote and image made me laugh harder than any other part.

This reminds me of the episode in Amphibia called Civil Wart. It was basically about how the main character introduced a small frog town to a movie with a love triangle in it, and the whole town went to war. It was pretty funny and got me into Amphibia. I strongly recommend watching the episode.

I like how you repeatedly emphasized the words "Show made for children" in that one part. And finally, the truth has come out about the TWAXU! You have to put all these bits together in a single video!

"This entire TWA universe is a mere construct to help sell his books." Speaking of which, when's Aeon Legion book 2 coming out?

The worst kinds of shippers like to push their fantasy into real life too. People can be friends without wanting to get in each other’s pants.

2:27 A good example of shipping ruining a show is How I Met Your Mother. The ending of that show basically taught me what NOT to do as a writer. The short spoiler-free story is that the writers filmed a planned endgame pairing early in the series, and tried to shoehorn that planned ending even if it meant derailing what later seasons of the show were building up to. They showed episodes and character arcs on why their endgame pairing would be unhealthy and weren't right for each other, and at the last minute they broke up a couple they spent a long time building up to just to shoehorn the canon endgame couple. A majority of fans retcon the series finale, it got such a huge backlash that the producers made a cut version of the ending to appease the fans.

My friend is vehemently anti-shipping, I once accidentally started a free-for-all shipping war. Needless to say, this is topic we rarely talk about.

Shipping, a truly powerful weapon wielded by the most diehard twitter fangirls, who had escaped from their fallen homeland of tumblr as it died, so they can keep on shipping 2 characters who have onlt talked to each other like once or are just straight up enemies like Harry and Draco.

I knew _Avatar: The Last Airbender_ would get mentioned when the narrator mentioned shipping wars in a "show made for children". And then an explicit _How I Became Yours_ reference... oh my...

Don't forget the gigabrain move of "Pair the Spares", where two characters only end up together because all of the other potential pairings are already taken. Do the two spares have any sort of compatibility and chemistry that would naturally lead to them being a couple? Well, no, but that won't stop the fans from making essay-long diatribes filled with their headcanons on the pairing that the writer TOTALLY thought about when making the canon story. Have the two spares ever had any meaningful interactions, or even said more than 5 lines to each other? Of course not, but that won't stop the fans from gushing over them and making 20 minute long videos going over their so-called "romantic life", when all of their interactions can be summarized as "they breathed the same air". (Looking at you Inosuke x Aoi shippers)

Remember folks : SHIPPING DESTROYS LIVES!

The entire TWA Universe is one big ad. I think, in my heart, I knew the truth. I just didn’t want to accept it.🥺😢

This is literally " Why Star vs the Force of Evil Failed at the End"

"Demonize the character!!!!" Me: What about they just BREAK UP? That happens all time in RL.

You answered the question yourself: The more romance the less shipping. Therefore the solution of this problem, like most, can be solved with a love triangle.

Remember! If someone is getting all mad at you over a ship with their own ship, best thing to do is to say "I respect your ship, but it isn't for me". Foam will start forming on their mouth and they start to spew ancient monkey language. If it's a proship, block and report the user! Thank you for listening to my ted talk

JP: "Shipping is serious business, so I'm going to Ship all writers with this handy video on how to steer their Ship properly!" Me: "...You joke, but honestly, JP? Shipping wars have started over far *far* *FAAAAARRRRRR* less than that. This is practically a Canon Pairing by comparison" XD

i love how JP actually builds up a fun story for the ads, thus subverting the trope of just throwing the sponsors as a chore, tbh i could easily watch only the ads for how hilarious the story Is, you aré great JP, never change for bad, we all trust you