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Ingo/Melli
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Japanese: ツバキ×ノボリ (Tsubaki x Nobori) English: Melli/Ingo |
| Alternative name(s): | Japanese: ツバノボ (Tsubanobo) English: HighlandsShipping, CustomerServiceShipping |
| Gender category: | Boys' Love; Yaoi; M/M; Slash |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Popular for Melli, Common for Ingo Common overall |
| Archives: | n/a |
| Other: | See also Ingo & Melli |
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Ingo/Melli, known mostly as HighlandsShipping, CustomerServiceShipping, Mellingo and/or ツバノボ (Tsubanobo), is a common ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Ingo (Nobori) and Melli (Tsubaki), one of the twin brothers who run the Battle Subway, as well as the warden of the noble Sneasler, originally from Pokémon Black and White and later in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and the warden of the noble Electrode in Legends: Arceus respectively.
Canon Background
Popular Tropes & Fanon
- Opposites Attract: Ingo is often downtrodden and unsure while Melli thinks very highly of himself.
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
-Shipping Name Origin
The first widely circulated ship name for them in the English-speaking side of the fandom was the portmanteau Mellingo. Later on 13 March 2022, "CustomerServiceShipping" would be coined by ur-favoriterecord. It's a play on Melli treating everyone around him as if they were in customer service.[1] Around 05 April, possibly by donuts4evry1, "HighlandsShipping" would be coined.[2] This eventually became the more popular name.
On the Neverending Romance ship name list, considered the masterlist of all "official" ship names in the fandom, however, the name 'HighlandShipping' had been coined for Clay/Grant on 21 June 2014.[3] This is a very rare pairing with little to no fan activity, thus it was thought to be unused by most fans.
Although the two names are different, a rule regarding the list is that no two names should be the same with only an 's' differentiating them, thus it was initially rejected from being added on 18 November 2022.[4] Instead, it was added as HighlandWardensShipping, a name not used by shippers, before being shorted to Highlands, with the name being official for both pairings.
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
- Tanacetum parthenium by ApatheticRobots, Archived version (2022), They ran across each other at the same time every day. Melli would attempt to insult him, he would take it in stride, and so on and so forth. Eventually it became such a natural part of Ingo’s day that he came to expect it. And Melli was always punctual. Which was why it was so strange that he seemed to be absent today.
- Touch Me After Midnight by BinaBina, Archived version (2022), (...)Ingo and Melli share a tent for the night.
- a garden of words left unsaid by Random_ag, Archived version (2022)
Fan Art
General Fanworks
Wikis
Zines and Doujinshi
Similar Pokémon Pairings
Other Ingo and Emmet Ships
References
- ^ Petition to start calling Melli x Ingo customerserviceshipping by ur-favoriterecord, Archived version (13 March 2022)
- ^ I would like you to know that you're the one who got me on board the highlandsshipping train and(...) by donuts4evry1, Archived version (05 April 2022)
- ^ HighlandShipping - Clay & Grant, Archived version (21 June 2014)
- ^ post by Manqoba, Archived version (18 November 2022)