a person who discusses, portrays, or advocates a romantic pairing of two characters who appear in a work of (serial) fiction, esp. when such a pairing is not depicted in the original work
David Duchovny was guest-voice ‘Tom’ on Last night’s Frasier. (Courtesy of the ’shippers list.)
I have also flamed ‘shippers’ (‘relationshippers’, those who want Mulder and Scully to get it on in the film) with now embarrassing vituperations.
In the long tradition of ‘shipper’ fan-fiction…this tale concerns itself with the complicated and often painful romantic tension between Hermione and Harry.
For Snape and Harry shippers, the odds are high indeed!
The film awkwardly addresses lingering feelings between Veronica and Logan, a plot line the so-called ‘shippers’ were always hung up on.
antedating 1996
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