First Shipping
News of 2013 and there is A LOT to cover because I have been super slack
over the holiday period (I had a chest infection and my best friend got
married… it’s not my fault). Anyway I’m back now and I have shipping fun for
everyone. This week there’s magical lesbians, more Teen Wolf drama, Catching
Fire pics, Merthur’s tragic ending, another Supernatural baby and some spoilery tweets from Ryan Murphy.
TV has returned to me, okay so it never really went away (the BBC
felt the need to break me over the holidays so that was fun)… but all my fav US
shows are starting to trickle back, which means all kinds of shippy fun.
First up the devil I mean the BBC spent the holiday period making
me cry…
Christmas eve saw the end of one of my all time favourite ships –
Merthur (Merlin and Arthur). It was also the end of the show Merlin
but honestly it’s Merthur I care about. I think it would be impossible to watch
that series final without realising that Merlin and Arthur are in love with
each other (they are two sides of the same coin). While it was utterly
heartbreaking to watch it was a beautiful end to this epic
romance. If you want to relive the pain there is a lovely tribute to the
five-year journey that is Merthur over at Hypable.
It’s not over though, not really, not as long as Merlin waits for his Prince to
return… also the
fandom has a new lease on life – here
is a little something to keep you going.
Merlin wasn’t the only BBC tearjerker over Christmas; there was also Downton
Abbey and Doctor Who. Both shows did some serious ship sinking in the
worst possible way… death. My beloved Mary and Matthew are no more (which means
no more Matthew/Tom as well) dammit Downton! Nothing kills an OTP like death. On
a lighter note, the Doctor Who
Christmas special saw the return of the Fierce,
Samurai Sword-Swinging, Victorian, Interspecies, Crime-fighting Lesbians.
Yes that is their ship name (I will also accept Lizard-Woman from the dawn of time and her Wife), I stand by it and
I need to see more of them… especially considering they’re married now.
Once Upon a Time is back and
although there was a serious lack of Murora;
I just miss them okay… they did give us a bunch of Swan Queen to make up for
it. Seriously though Emma was fighting in Regina’s corner and it was beautiful,
at least it all turned to crap and then I felt like someone had ripped my heart
out of my chest (I think I need a magical lesbian to put it back in). Those
ladies really need to get it on so that they can raise Henry together. There
was also some Snow/Charming sexy times and the beginnings of a Rumbelle picnic.
While we’re on the topic of femslash – you know I loves me some lady
loving – I finally saw Pitch Perfect and I came out of it
shipping Beca/Chloe like nothing else. I know I’m not the only one because I
went in search of fan fiction the minute I got home and there’s a bunch of it. Seriously
there are over 50 fics on AO3… at least I
had something to keep my busy while I was ill over the break.
Also in the land of movies – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
was released and apparently everyone came out shipping Bilbo with Thorin… well
they are constantly saving each others lives despite the fact that they insist
they don’t like each other. Yup it’s totally shippable (it’s not just the fact
that Martin Freeman is adorable and Richard Armitage is sexy as all hell… but that
helps). As far as I can tell this ship seems to be called BagginShield but I’m
not 100% certain, whatever if you’re interested you can find some fics here.
Back to reality now because the Supernatural fandom received some
good news this week, real life OTP Jensen and Danneel Ackles are expecting… a
baby that is. Congratulations Supernatural
fans we’re having another baby, a baby that has pretty much won the genetic
lottery. Seriously that kid is going to have the facial structure of a god. My
congratulations to the happy couple who showed off a burgeoning bump at the
People’s Choice awards this week.
(Also in People’s Choice Awards news – J2 (Jensen Ackles and Jared
Padalecki) clearly coordinated their wardrobes, Jared’s tie matched Jensen’s
suit… it was adorable).
Well I think it’s about time we talk about Teen Wolf because it just
wouldn’t be shipping news without it. Right so the holidays started out well
with MTV releasing a lovely behind the scenes vid from the first couple of
weeks of shooting (watch it here).
The best part of the video is at the end when Posey said he would be reading
fan letters to Dylan… naked. Are we shipping that? Is that a thing? Come on RPS
fans tell me there is some fic about this already.
In less happy news – the Teen
Wolf wiki announced that Gage Golightly (aka the lovely miss Erica Reyes)
would not be returning to Teen Wolf
for season 3. This news has yet to be confirmed by MTV but it has certainly
upset quite a few shippers (not quite as bad as Colton’s exit but still pretty
sucky). Boyd/Erica fans are particularly hurt because it looked as though
things might be happening between the two at the end of last season. While I’m
sad to see a kick ass female disappear, I still have faith that Teen Wolf season 3 is going to be
awesome (maybe I’m just not bitter because I didn’t really ship Erica with
anyone – except Allison because that would have been hot and you know it).
Final note on Teen Wolf – The
Sterek Campaign raised $7,878.59 USD for Wolf
Haven International. Well done Sterek fans you can give yourselves a pat on
the back… or maybe Derek should give Stiles a pat on the backside as a
reward for your efforts – MTV can we make this happen please?
Right let’s have some more spoilers shall we – everyone loves a good
spoiler.
EW
realized a bunch of promotional images from Catching Fire this week
but there was one that really caught my eye… looks like Finnick and Katniss are
getting a little close there, watch out Peeta and Gale there’s a handsome
fisherman getting sweet with your lady (sugar cube anyone?).
In other news Ryan Murphy gave Glee shippers some hope (or pain
depending on what you ship) via twitter…
I hope that makes you happy Glee
fans, but try to remember – never trust Ryan Murphy he’ll probably forget he
said those things by this time next week anyway.
Finally – Chris Colfer gave a shout out to fan fiction in his
People’s Choice acceptance speech… apparently it’s flattering to be exploited
in fan fiction. (I have to agree and I will not stop until someone has written
fic about me). I’m note sure if I should be offended or flattered but whatever
it’s always nice to get some acknowledgement. The real question is what fan
fiction has he been reading and what does he ship? It sounds like it was kinky
whatever it was.
Well that’s all from the Shipping
News this week. I promise it will back to my usual weekly schedule after
this because I no longer have illness as an excuse to be a lazy ass. (Honestly
though I all want to do is read fan fiction and watch Teen Wolf.)
Anyway seeing as this is the first post of the year I will leave you
with one final question – what do you think is going to be the biggest ship of
2013?
Let me know in the comments below or on the Facebook page.
P.S. on a personal note Tyler Hoechlin was in Sydney over new years
but sadly we did not meet and fall in love. Don’t worry though I still ship us
and as soon as he knows that I exist I’m sure he’ll agree.
