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SandyMac
04-22-2009, 09:42 PM
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. ;)
MacMan
04-22-2009, 09:46 PM
Isn't it derived from Relationship?
CADreaming
04-22-2009, 09:47 PM
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. ;)

I read it was derived from "relationship"... hence the term, "shipper".
Tango
04-22-2009, 10:12 PM
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:
Musicman408
04-22-2009, 10:22 PM
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.
SandyMac
04-22-2009, 10:48 PM
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.
LukeA
04-22-2009, 10:55 PM
Lindsey & Stevie once dated?
BTFLCHLD
04-22-2009, 11:01 PM
Lindsey & Stevie once dated? :laugh: I thought they were brother & sister.
SortaSavageLike
04-22-2009, 11:14 PM
~:angel:kirk/spock forever:angel:~
michelej1
04-22-2009, 11:23 PM
The TRUTH is out there. :laugh:

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

Michele
SandyMac
04-22-2009, 11:27 PM
:laugh: I thought they were brother & sister.

:lol:

Just like Luke and Leia :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
chriskisn
04-23-2009, 08:36 AM
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. ;)

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:
Haunted_Song
04-23-2009, 08:57 AM
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.

Don't feel bad...I knew what the term meant, but didn't know where it came from either! :rolleyes:
wheart
04-23-2009, 09:12 AM
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. ;)

thanks for asking this question because I had no clue what a shipper was.
GypsyDreams
04-23-2009, 04:53 PM
I knew this one and that is unusual for me. :lol:

I only knew because I <i>was</i> one of them x-file shippers. :xoxo:

hehe:o
michelej1
04-23-2009, 07:20 PM
I only knew because I <i>was</i> one of them x-file shippers. :xoxo:

hehe:o

Even 15 years down the line, I believe nothing touches that. Michele