Shipper?
 

Ok, I have been meaning to post this question for a while now. I know shippers are fans who want SN and LB to be together, but how did the term "shipper" come about?

I think I missed the memo on this one. ;)

Isn't it derived from Relationship?

I read it was derived from "relationship"... hence the term, "shipper".

It's not solely applied to Stevie and Lindsey "shippers":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_(fandom)


However, the archives of the newsgroup X-files show that the word "shipper" was already in established use among fans of The X-Files as early as May 1996 [1]— just three months after the first Pokémon games were released in Japan.

The TRUTH is out there. :laugh:

I had not heard this term before!!

I was listening to Buckingham Nicks the other day- and it really got me thinking about how S and L were really a couple there for awhile. Presumable a happy one.

ahhh, makes sense now, duh, why didn't I think of that? (hitting my hand on my forehead):lol:

Gotta admit SN and LB have a relationship that great legends and stories are made of.

Lindsey & Stevie once dated?

:laugh: I thought they were brother & sister.

~:angel:kirk/spock forever:angel:~

We'd say "shipper" and "noromo" (for those who wanted/saw no romance) but I guess the "noromo" never caught on.

Michele

:lol:

Just like Luke and Leia :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Alterntively it could come about from everyone being so over the whole relationship thing that we wanted to ship them off somewhere to sort it out :lol:

Don't feel bad...I knew what the term meant, but didn't know where it came from either! :rolleyes:

thanks for asking this question because I had no clue what a shipper was.

I knew this one and that is unusual for me. :lol:

I only knew because I was one of them x-file shippers. :xoxo:

hehe:o