40 Questions (For Shippers) Meme

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1. Talk about the first ship you ever had. I'm not sure I remember back that far, but I'd have to say that my first ship ever was Beecher/Keller from Oz and Buffy/Spike. The Beecher Keller laundry room make out scene opened up so many things in me when I was a teenager. They were canon and they were unapologetic and it was hot as fuck. The scene where Spike and Buffy destroy that abandoned house with their crazy monkey sex was like everything I ever wanted and more.
2. Talk about three of the most important ships throughout your life. 1) Ste/Jamie (Beautiful Thing) because that is my happy place. 2) Stiles/Derek (Twoof) because they are the longest OTP I've ever had and even when I don't give two shits about the show anymore, I still find the fic and the art and fanworks to be my go-to. 3) Rae/Finn (My Mad Fat Diary) because I AM RAE and Finn is every boy/girl friend I've ever dated and it's important to me that I am represented.
3. What’s your current OTP? Kieren/Simon (In The Flesh), Derek/Stiles (Teen Wolf) and Rumplestiltskin/Belle (OUAT) I'm so obsessed with ITF it's not funny. I love how Kieren and Simon don't feel thrust upon us viewers. Their canon romance just develops and it's just something that organically happens and it's beautiful. I think you'd have to be blind not to see that I ship the fuck out of Sterek. Although I don't find myself reading it very often anymore, it's still my go to happy place. I just started OUAT and I can't get over R/B's chemistry. I want them to be together so bad.
4. What’s your current NOTP? Malia/Stiles (Teen Wolf) I just don't see it and don't care for reading it (even if it's a background/past mention kind of thing). And Bill/Sookie. *shudders* *vomit*
5. Do you have any poly ships? I love love love Derek Hale/Laura Hale/Stiles Stilinski. I love when Stiles fucks loads of people at the same time. So I guess that counts right?? And hallelujah for Eliot/Parker/Hardison (Leverage). <3<3<3
6. How do you feel about love triangles? Eh, I don't care for them much. It's always so much angst when I'd much rather just have the triangle bang the shit out of each other.
7. How do you feel about RPF? Years ago I would have said I thought it was too weird to read. Years ago I was a stupid twat. One of my favorite ships ever is Buster Posey/Tim Lincecum baseball RPF. I have such a ridiculous crush on both of them and the fic is ace. Small fandom, but A++++ fic. 
8. Have you ever shipped yourself with a character? I'm not sure. I have these intense daydream fantasies that I'm an omega and I'm being bred by a pack of alpha wolves. Sometimes there are Hales involved. Sometimes I dream about it because I obsessively fantasize about it before bed. So I guess I ship them with me in that scenario...but I'm not really me in that fantasy soooooooo.
9. Do you have many ships that never got together at all? Yes. I mean I think I do have a track record of shipping people that are canon. A LOT actually. But I have my fair share of ships that will never get together (Sterek! Alice/Luther, Athelstan/Ragnar, Mike/Harvey etc etc)
10. Do you ship any characters that have never met? I can't think any off the top of my head, but I think Kenzi (Lost Girl) and Stiles would be hot. I did an Alice Morgan/India Stoker podfic and those two together just really do it for me. I wouldn't look away if Dyson (Lost Girl) banged the fuck out of Derek Hale in their xeno forms. I guess you could say I do.
11. Talk about your favorite first kiss. I am assuming this means in canon??? If I dig deep I have to say Christian/Oliver's first real kiss on Verbotene Liebe was like really epic. The drunken prom kiss between JP/Craig on Hollyoaks was divine because it led to them fucking and that was so great. BUT the best ever was Agron/Nasir (Spartacus). "This time you stay, and I go *ROMANTIC SNOG*" like fucking go home, they win, no other first kiss will ever be better. Bonus. The kiss in The Velocity of Gary at the phone sex office was pretty fucking epic as well. I can't think of any fic first kisses that I remember...But Im sure there are gazillions.
12. Have you ever been disappointed when your ship finally got together? I was always disappointed when Apollo and Starbuck hooked up. Because I saw how good they could have been to each other...and that New Caprica I love you declaration was so bittersweet in the end. They were never really meant to be, but they teased us with them to the point that when they did end up sleeping together and declaring their true feelings...it was so unsatisfying. 
13. Has a ship ever broken your heart? Jack/Ianto. I still don't want to talk about it. *grumble grumble*
14. How do you feel about will they/won’t they? *rolls eyes* go away. Aint nobody got no time for all that.
15. Have you ever “shipped at first sight”? You know I don't think I have because for me to ship people together they have to have some kind of chemistry or something that makes me take notice. I don't know that that's happened at 'first sight'. But I will admit, I loved Spike and Drusilla from the first frame. 
16. Talk about a ship you initially disliked. Fanon Peter/Stiles is one, but I love that shit now. Patrick/Richie (Looking)...but that only took one episode to squash because now I *adore* them. Max/Iago (El Cor De La Cuitat) I didn't really understand their attraction in the beginning..and the actor portraying Iago hadn't convinced me that he was gay..BUT the actor that played Max sold them for me. And I bought in. HARD.
17. Talk about a pairing you’ve stopped shipping romantically. You know what? I may move on from fandoms, stop reading fic of pairings...but I never stop shipping them romantically. I can't think of any ship that I've loved that I don't still feel that way about even if I've left that fandom behind. 
18. Talk about a moment which made you question an entire ship. When I realized that Toby was A (or one of them) on Pretty Little Liars. I just hated that for Spencer and didn't want them to be together anymore. But that was squashed with time and plot development. 
19. Have you ever shipped something despite yourself? No.
20. Talk about a ship you feel alone in shipping. I can't say I'm alone in it at all, but there are very few of us....My name is Jinxy and I ship Sheriff/Stiles. And yes, I know my ship is problematic but I can separate fic from reality. 
21. Is there a ship you just don’t get, but have nothing against? Scott/Stiles. I mean. I read it and enjoy it sometimes. I just don't see it. But I'm super duper openminded about them. Also, I've got nothing against them, but I never really got Angel/Buffy. 
22. Which of your ships have the best chemistry? Siren (ITF), Sterek (When they have fucking screen time), India/Charlie Stoker (you can eat that shit with a spoon), Ian/Mickey (Shameless), Darcy/Lizzie (hate!sex what?).
23. Which of your ships deserve better writing? Is this question fic-centric?? It's not that they deserve better writing (because it's actually pretty top notch), but the In The Flesh fandom needs more explicit fic. I get people are unsure of how to write zombie sex...but seriously! Siren /need/ some sexytimes. It's called suspension of belief. And the undead need some love too. But if this is canon writing. WELL. Sterek deserves to actually have scenes together. *SHAKES FISTS AND BITES THUMB AT JEFF DAVIS*
24. Do you mostly ship canon pairings? Yes. If you look at my list here, you'd see that like 90% of the ships I'm engrossed in have had the pleasure (mine) of being canon. holla!
25. Have you ever shipped a pairing before you even started watching the show/movie simply because of gifs and graphics or similar? Well. Not really. I've definitely gone into something new looking for it because of gifs and people talking about fandoms. That is how I found Teen Wolf. Because of tumblr. But I need to come to the conclusion myself before the shipping begins. Although recently I saw Bucky/Steve stuff and never saw it during the first film...and after seeing gifs and fanart and fics...I saw it during the 2nd film.
26. Have you noticed a pattern in your shipping? Is there a romantic dynamic you’re more drawn to? I honestly don't know. I guess I could say I'm more drawn and invested in slash pairings. There are so many tropes I love. It's a hard thing to answer. I'm drawn into the genitals touching genitals dynamic. hehe.
27. Is there a ship you’ve shipped for most of your life? Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy. I read that shit when I was like 9 and was like, yup, I'm into it. 
28. Does shipping come easily to you? like breathing air. Shit. I ship the mailwoman and the mailbox. Okay!
29. Do you need to ship something to really enjoy a movie/book/tv show/comic? Nope. But it's a bonus. 
30. Name a fandom in which you have no ships. The Vampire Diaries. Stefan *vomit* Elena *vomit* but goddamn I love that show. I just hate the ships.
31. Talk about one of your favorite headcanons for a ship you love. GOAT FARM (Nagron-Spartacus). It's a fandom wide headcanon that is excepted to be fact by the showrunner and the entire fandom. Agron and Nasir survive and go off and start a goat farm and live happily ever fucking after. Bless. Also. I don't give a shit what anyone says. Stiles Stilinski is bisexual!!!
32. Share five must-read fics. 1) Wont Do Me No Good Washing In The River by Devil Doll, 2) Tiny Houses by ohmyjetsabel, 3) Needs Must by thatotherperv, 4) By and By Series by 1001cranes, 5) In The Stretch Series by sophiahelix.
33. Name your favorite fanartist(s). Renqa and Creature XIII. I love the gore, blood and darkside to their art. I love how I always know it's them when I see something new. Also I love vulcains because I realized I've bought so much of her stuff on society6.
34. Share your favorite fanmix for your OTP. I love the fanmix that RemainNameless made for her Starts With F, Ends With U series. I listen to it all the time. 
35. Recommend 1-5 shipper blogs. I guess i'll recommend my homies. reliand, attoliancrown, devildoll, galaxied, ladyofthelog.
36. Do you create fanmixes/gif sets/fanart/fic/fanvids and so on for you ships? I create podfics and coverart for the MP3s. I have made fanmixes on my 8tracks account, but I deleted all of them a while back. I have written a handful of fics. I'm not very good at that side of contributing to fandom. I contribute my voice and there lies my skillz.
37. Do you have a favorite trope and/or AU for your OTP? Yisssss. Neckz 'N Throats 4 lyfe, yo.
38. Do you like and use ship names? I don't mind smush names, I use them constantly, but I write out the pairing just as much. 
39. Is there a fictional relationship you’d really want for yourself? All of them! AND I get to have them all for myself. Every night when I read the fics and everyday when I listen to the podfics and everyday when I reblog art and gifsets. I get to have all of them. I'd rather have them for myself and have my RL relationships be what they are. 
40. If you could change one thing about your OTP, what would that be? Not a damn thing. That's why they have that distinction.