Gay ships
I’m not going to bother with much preamble, because we all know what AO3 is and we all know why we’re here: to rank and categorize all 100 of the most popular ships on the website. Now, a lot of these came as surprises to me – apparently, people actually… write fanfiction about straight couples? But, for the most part, we’re dealing with the antique fandom classics, the standards, your Kirkspocks, your Johnlocks, your Johndaves. I will now proceed to rank them all, one by one, often with no understanding of the first canons whatsoever.
NOTE: Views expressed herein are my retain and may not indicate the opinions of the rest of The Niche’s editorial staff.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: Cause warnings for CSA, rape, and incest. Don’t concern, I’m very critical. Very.
100. Levi/Eren Yeager – Attack on Titan
This one grinds my gears like no other. I mean, first off, Levi is like, thirty, and Eren is fourteen or something. And that would be bad enough, but like. Guys. They both have perfectly fine, entirely age-appropriate boyfriends right there. All the time and power poured into this nonsense that could have gone to Erwin/Levi? Or Eren/
22 Queer Non-Canon Ships Worth Losing All Your Doze Over
"Honestly, the fact that the show has blatantly teased it for nearly TEN DAMN YEARS and STILL say Dean and Cas are 'just friends' has become insulting to me as a fan of the show. The storyline and chemistry are all there, and while it might have been a ratings risk to make them canon in 2008, it sure as hell isnt now.
Dean and Cas could go down as one of the most epic 'star-crossed lovers' storylines to ever be shown on TV, if the CW would just let it happen already!"
—Danielle Canga, Facebook
"I actually can't even begin to explain Dean and Cas' connection because its too painful and beautiful. I've gotten a lot of shit from homophobic members of the spn fandom about how I'm delusional for shipping them, or how I'm gross for seeing their love as affectionate. Their story literally spans a decade so I can't condense it for this, but I've never felt this strongly for two fictional dudes in love. It's so frustrating but I really believe it's leading somewhere soon."
—Amy Branchaud, Facebook
When i look for something new to watch, i actively seek out books, movies and tv shows with gay ships (be it canon or not!) in them as i know i will be more likely to delight in them. Through the years i have referred myself to many other people's lists in order to find new things to delve into and i thought that i might as well put my accumulated list of shows with ships i've enjoyed together, even if it will help just one person, enjoy!
Tv shows (english)
- Supernatural- Dean/Castiel, Gabriel/Sam
- Sherlock- Sherlock/John, Mycroft/Lestrade
- Doctor Who- The Doctor/The Master, The Doctor/Rory
- Torchwood- Ianto/Jack(canon!)
- Hannibal- Will/Hannibal
- Emmerdale- Aaron/Robert(canon!)
- Teen Wolf- Stiles/Derek, Danny/Ethan(canon!)
- Merlin- Merlin/Arthur
- Shadowhunters- Alec/Magnus(canon!)
- Friends- Chandler/Joey
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine- Kevin/Raymond(canon!)
- Voltron- Lance/Keith, Keith/Shiro, Adam/Shiro(canon!)
- Dirk Gently- Dirk/Todd, Panto/Silas(canon!)
- Game Of Thrones- Loras/Renly(canon!)
- 13 Reasons Why- Alex/Justin, Alex/Zach, Justin/Clay
- Catfish- Nev/Max
- Star Trek:TOS- Kirk/Spock, Chechov/Sulu
- Stranger Things- Steve/Billy
- Gotham- Oswald/Ed, Jim/Harvey
- Riverdale-
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- For years, queer fans have coupled up their favorite unreal characters in LGBTQ+ relationships.
- This is mostly due to the historic lack of LGBTQ+ representation in media.
- For Pride Month, Insider insert together a list of LGBTQ+ non-canon ships that should have been real.
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"Supergirl" is one of the most prominent gay ships in recent years.
The LGBTQ+ community has been starved of representation in media for a drawn-out time, which has led a lot of fans to ship — that is, pair romantically — some of their favorite TV show and feature characters.
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