![]() ![]() ![]() There is something called a slash in the notation that is mainly used among rogue girls in English-speaking countries such as the West. I occasionally tag both A/B and B/A like such, especially in works that muddle the domtop/subbottom dynamic.įrom the Pixiv dictionary for リバ, (Riba or reverse), they acknowledge the differences in western naming: Some people tag both A/B and B/A for SFW works in which the artist has no bias, depicts them as reversible, or wants the viewer to interpret it in their own way. it's not a very clean solution and I have no idea what to make of it honestly! And there's still that one character sandwiched in the middle. I believe there's some use of CharacterACharacterBCharacterA (NaruSasuNaru) to try to "balance" things in the ship wars so there's no top/bottom connotation, but the names are very clunky to me. I think that was a little more known in western fandom around the 2000's, as the ship wars over NaruSasu vs SasuNaru raged, but it's largely been thrown out in modern western shipping. The most basic explanation (lacks a lot of nuance!) is that the first name is the the top or dom, and the second name is the bottom or sub. The modern form of eschewing the "-shipping" suffix and going straight to phrases seems to have become popular around the 2010's Tumblr era.įor 1, 2 & 3, I think a lot of western shippers don't remember or know about name orders! In Asian fandom, it's quite common for the ship to be interpreted differently depending on which character is first and second. Thematic nickname is cutesy and my friend group first noticed it in the Yugioh and Pokemon fandom (like Puzzleshipping). CharacterACharacterB is what became more popular in the tumblr days, probably because it's shorter and you can't have "/" in hashtags. CharacterACharacterBCharacterA for reversible pairings (ScoutSpyScout?!!?)ĬharacterA x Character B & CharacterA/CharacterB is a bit more old school, and is how I remember people describing fics back in the Fanfiction dot net days.CharacterA/CharacterB also known as SLASH (Scout/Spy). ![]() Re-uploaded to on May 30th, 2023.ĭisclaimer: I don't care how you name your ship names, do whatever you want to do! Feel free to add any of your own observations or corrections, as I'm actually quite new to fandom and its history. Edited and re-uploaded to AO3 In January 2021, due to Pillowfort's down status during January and February. Originally posted to Pillowfort in September 2020. Mature for frank sexual discussion, but no actual sex. Summary: A small meta essay on the nature and stylization of ship names (in Asian and western fandoms), name order, and how I personally choose to name my pairings. Rating: Mature Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Fandom: No Fandom Additional Tags: Meta, Shipping, Nonfiction, Slash Fandom, Fandom, Analysis Language: English Stats: ![]()
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