This week’s Shipping
News comes to you a little bit late because I have been pimping my services
to After
Elton for the week… you can read about the news of all things slash here.
Never fear though because I’m back and we have so much to talk about, including
magical lesbians, Winchester jealousy, Delena sex (FINALLY) and a certain
grainy pic has the Sterek fandom going crazy.
I have to start with Once Upon a Time because these
magical lesbians have taken over my life. Seriously this show – I know
sometimes you guys think that the ships I talk about are crazy but was everyone
present for the whole putting the heart back in scene because if that’s not a
metaphor for sex then I don’t know what is. I’ve said it before and I will say
it again, Murora are the femslash ship of dreams! What I don’t understand is
why their obvious subtext has not been upgraded to text already? And I’m not
the only one asking these questions.
This
recap over at io9
by Meredith Woerner asks pretty much the same question. Sure narratively I
understand why they have to go looking for Phillip (had anyone else forgotten
about him?) but if this storyline reverts back into a love triangle with Philip
in the middle I will vomit. There is no logical reason for Mulan and Aurora not
to be a couple, so they should really get on that.
On the subject of couples that are less likely to become canon but
no less subtextually sexy, Swan Queen shared a couple of moments in the last
episode before Regina broke my heart with her face. The whole – your mother is
something moment, and the fact that Regina saved Emma’s life. Urgh they should
just have some metaphorical heart sex already.
Also Snow woke Charming with true loves kiss, a nice twist on the
classic story.
Let’s talk about Glee, baby because there is all
kinds of shipping drama happening in that pile of mess. First we have the
coupling of my beloved Brit Brit and Captain Sam, which I probably wouldn’t
hate if it wasn’t for the horrible offensive ‘lesbian blogger community’
comments. While I’m still not really over the Brittana break-up (and I don’t
think I ever will be), if my beloved Brit Brit did have to get together with
someone I’m glad it’s Captain Sam… but really it’s a little bit soon for me to
move on just yet.
The other big queer couple of the show – Klaine – had both good and
bad news. They shared a beautiful moment in the thanksgiving episode where they
exchanged I love you’s and promised to talk at Christmas… then images and videos
were released of the two cuties having a lovely time ice-skating. It’s not all
smooth sailing for the lovers though because Oliver
Kieran-Jones has been announced as a possible love
interest for Kurt. Oh no – Klaine fans are not happy.
Now I know I usually refer to the dreaded ‘love interest’ as a girl
(because she usually is) but the same applies for boys… Don’t hate the actor
because their character might get in the way of your ship. It’s a lesson that
all shippers should probably take to heart.
Speaking of the ‘love interest’ and the whole kerfuffle surrounding
them, the LA
Times published an article with this image:
Yes that is the lovely Dylan O’Brien and he is getting all up close
and personal with actress Caitlin
Custer – except in actual fact it’s our beloved Stiles and some girl
(possibly Heather)
that is not in any way shape or form, Derek. Personally, when I saw this image
I squealed with excitement because as much as I ship Sterek (and I
really do) I also just really love Stiles and the sight of something good
actually happening to him is almost too much to contain.
Not all Teen Wolf fans are as happy as me about this revelation (I’m
not saying this is the reason Tumblr went down but it is a rather large
coincidence). There isn’t really much I can say that I haven’t already said but
I will just state this again because it’s important – this new ‘love interest’
makes Sterek no more or less likely to happen… okay?
(Personally kudos to the Teen
Wolf publicity department because this is probably the best way to get this
kind of news out there with almost no accountability).
Anyway on the subject of Teen
Wolf and Sterek – the set was gifted with a bunch of Cookies last week…
which was a nice culmination of the Cookies for Sterek Campaign, even if everyone in
the fandom was not exactly happy about it. The campaign has moved on this month
is all about saving actual Wolves – they are holding a charity auction of all
kinds of goodies (fic, fanart, crafts) made by the fandoms most talented people…
and it’s all for a good cause. I suggest you check it out.
Right so in the land of Supernatural (which is made of
heartbreak and tears), Dean and Sam are having some problems because they are
both extremely jealous of their holiday romances but unable to admit it. So
instead they keep doing awful things like having Benny tailed or sending fake
texts from Amelia. Guys you need to talk about this. In another note it looks
like Amelia is indeed real and Dean pretty much admitted that he was in a relationship
with Benny.
FINALLY DELENA (The Vampire Diaries) sex happened…
and it was awesome. Until it turned out that Elena actually sired to Damon and
we were remember the lesson we learnt a long time ago, Damon is not allowed to
have nice things.
All right I know that was a bit of a rush but I wanted to get it out
and I have all kinds of things to fangirl about… oh and I am writing a list of
the Top 10 shippy moments for 2012 and I would love your input, so let me know of
you have any suggestions in the comments or on the Facebook Page.
