It’s that time again lovely readers, where we turn from the path of sanity and delve into the depths of all things shipping… and if you think I sound a tad over-dramatic you’re obviously not a shipper. This week more magical lesbians on Once Upon a Time, Battleships to their stations at Hypable and Teen Wolf does NYCC. Also TV Guide tells you which couples should have sex, Elena sticks by her choice (The Vampire Diaries) and the Faberry/Sterek battle continues.
Just because I love me some magical
lesbians let’s begin with Once Upon a Time aka the femslashers
wet dream. Well the lovely Mulan and Aurora were back and they certainly didn’t
disappoint because all their interactions were les yay filled. But it’s not all
smooth sailing because Emma and Aurora shared a moment when, Emma being the
total gentleman that she is, offered her jacket to the princess. And Swan Queen
shippers, even though your ship has be torn apart their love has not been
forgotten as seen when Emma was explaining to Cora about Henry… he’s her son
but she kind of shares him with Regina (eep).
Speaking of Swan Queen – remember
that shipping poll they inspired over at Hypable,
well it’s going strong. Look honestly I love that Hypable is giving shipping a
go but I do have a couple of issue… For starters what’s with the need to define
canon and non-canon couples? If only one couple is getting through, and it has
nothing to do with whether or not they are canon, then why do you need to tell
us which ships you think are canon? Don’t you know that canon is sore subject
for most shippers, it’s like politics and religion, it’s always in the
background but it’s probably best not talk about it.
Anyway the first round is over
and 16 shows have been chosen to compete in Battleships. Here are the 16 fandoms that have made it through to
the next round.
- Castle (1,211 Votes)
- Doctor Who (1,039 Votes)
- Sherlock (976 Votes)
- Once Upon A Time (956 Votes)
- Glee (950 Votes)
- Teen Wolf (741 Votes)
- Big Bang Theory (679 Votes)
- How I Met Your Mother (649 Votes)
- Game of Thrones (610 Votes)
- Merlin (585 Votes)
- Supernatural (584 Votes)
- The Vampire Diaries (581 Votes)
- New Girl (545 Votes)
- Downton Abbey (463 Votes)
- Avatar (420 Votes)
- Bones (379 Votes)
From each of those fandoms one
ship will be chosen (one ship to rule them all)… so if you want your ship to
carry on I suggest you get voting.
So far The Vampire Diaries sent through Delena (Damon & Elena),
Matthew and Mary won out in the DowntonAbbey poll and The New Girl fans
picked Nick and Jess. Right now it’s TeenWolf’s turn and if you can’t guess who’s going to win that one then you
haven’t been reading this blog.
While we’re on the topic of Teen
Wolf we should probably talk
about the panel at NYCC. Jeff Davis and Tyler Posey (Scott McCall) sent
fangirls into a frenzy with all their spoilery taunting. I was watching it
unfold on twitter and I have to admit my nickers might have been twisting. But
when I watched the panel, and the interviews, without my shipping goggles on
things weren’t quite so exciting.
Here’s what we know:
Jackson’s leaving – so things are
looking too good for Lydia/Jackson shippers and apparently Scott and Stiles are
(sort of) over Allison and Lydia at the start of the season. I wouldn’t worry
through because I doubt they will be able to keep Scott and Allison apart for
long, so that’s probably a good sign for Stiles and Lydia as well. Also
apparently Isaac is going to thrust Scott with his greatness – which yes, queer
baiting but they did indicate that there would be a kind of bromance love
triangle happening between Stiles, Scott and Isaac so that should be fun.
As far as Sterek is concerned,
there is no word either way… but a Jeff Davis said in an interview with After Elton, he’s kind of stuck:
“If I say one
way or another I’ll get fan hate on both sides of that question. If I don’t say
anything I get accused of queerbaiting.” (x)
I feel you Jeff I really do, but
I also just really want Sterek to happen… so if you could get on that, I would
appreciate it. He did say that there would be more Stiles and Derek scenes to
come, so that’s something I supposes.
Meanwhile back in heterotopia, TVGuide has created a slide
show of couples they think should do it (yes apparently the people at TV Guide
are in primary school). All except Pam and Tara (True Blood) are heterosexual couple – and I don’t know if that says
more about the state of television at the moment or TV Guide. But that said, there are some pretty cool het ships on the
list that I really do need to get naked with each other already. *cough Delena
*cough
That’s right, The
Vampire Diaries is back and it’s reminding me why it’s one of my
favourite shows but that’s not what’s important here, the important thing here
is that Elena picked Stefan. Well okay so technically she picked him last
season but there was no telling how her new lifestyle might affect her choices.
But it turns out she sticking with her decision – Stefan is the guy for her…
right now anyway.
Finally the epic battle between
Faberry and Sterek rages on… it’s really close – too close. I almost feel bad
about the fact that I voted for Faberry but then I remember that Quinn is
coming back to Glee soon and I don’t
care anymore. Remember to vote because in this battle, every vote counts!
Well that’s all I can think of right
now – don’t forget to send me any shipping news via the comments or on the
Facebook page. Oh and if your looking for some added slash head over to After
Elton and check out Adri’s contribution to “The Shipping News” - it has Destiel.
Goodnight and good luck fellow
shippers.
