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Ethan/Lyra/Silver
| Moresome · Ship · Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Relationship: | Japanese: ヒビキ×シルバー×コトネ (Hibiki x Silver x Kotone) English: Ethan/Silver/Lyra |
| Alternative name(s): | JPN Pairing Name/s: n/a ENG Pairing Name/s: SamisenShipping |
| Gender category: | Male/Female/Male |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Rare for all characters Rare overall |
| Archives: | n/a |
| Other: | Ethan/Lyra, Lyra/Silver, Ethan/Silver |
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Ethan/Lyra/Silver, known mostly as SamisenShipping, is a rare polyamorous ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Ethan (Hibiki), Lyra (Kotone) and Silver (Silver), both playable characters and the rival to the player characters in Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver respectively.
JohtoShipping, which pairs Gold, Silver and Crystal, is its cross-canon counterpart in the Pokémon Special manga.[Notes 1]
Canon Background
Popular Tropes & Fanon
- Height Difference: Silver is often portrayed as taller, though they are all around the same height canonically.
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
-Shipping Name Origin
"JohtoShipping" was coined first, by invisible-chan on 09 August 2008 on Serebii.net.[1] "SamisenShipping" was coined years later, sometime between 07 February[Notes 2] and 30 December 2010.[2] It likely refers to the samisen, a three string instrument, so each character represents a string.
Example/Notable Fanac
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fan Communities/Fan Events
Fan Blogs
Fan Fic
Fan Art
- Samisenshipping 4 the win by dummymango, Archived version (2023)
- Fan Art by pichupurin, Archived version (2019)
General Fanworks
Wikis and Forum Threads
Zines and Doujinshi
Similar Pokémon Pairings
If you ship Ethan/Lyra/Silver, you may also be interested in...
- HistoryShipping - which pairs Blue Oak, Leaf and Red
- GemShipping, (also since been deprecated,) which pairs Brendan, Wally and May
- ScarfShipping, which pairs Barry, Lucas and Dawn
- MonochromeShipping, which pairs Hilbert, N and Hilda
- Vuvuzelashipping, which pairs Cheren, Hilbert, N, Bianca and Hilda
Notes
- ^ it also doubles as the ship name for Ethan/Kris/Silver.
- ^ as seen here, Archived version