Originalshipping

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Pairing
Pairing: Red x Blue
Alternative name(s): Namelessshipping, MasaraShipping, Reguri, Gurire
Gender category: Boys' Love; Yaoi; M/M; Slash
Fandom: Pokémon
Canonical?: No
Prevalence: Popular
Archives:
Other: See Palletshipping for the pairing of Ash and Gary; and BurningLeafShipping for the protagonists of the First Generation Pokémon games.
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Originalshipping is the ship between Red and Blue in the Pokemon video game series. Blue is sometimes called Green, in reference to the original Red & Green games as they were released in Japan. In some western spaces, the shipname NamelessShipping is more commonly used than OriginalShipping.

Fandom

Red/Blue is the most popular ship on Ao3 in the Pokemon-All Media Types tag.[1] It is still the most popular ship in that tag as of September 2023, though it is closely followed by the second place TrueRivalShipping.

Example/Notable Fanac

Fanfiction

  • Peaks and Valleys by clefairytea, an English longfic where Blue and Red become a couple over many years. It is the most kudos'd work in the Blue/Red tag on AO3 as of September 2023. Rated Teen.
  • Missed Signals, Lost Lines by Cryptographic_Delurk, an English longfic where Blue gives Red a Fame Checker, a device Red uses throughout his journey to communicate in lieu of speaking. Rated Teen.
  • Home by skydom, an English one-shot where Blue and Red live together as a couple after Red leaves the top of Mt. Silver. Rated Gen.
  • Café by PurpleCosmonaut, an English one-shot where where Red gives Blue a handjob in Kalos. Features a cameo from Serena. Rated Explicit and Underage. This work is also on Tumblr.
  • sea waves by Gummysaur, an English one-shot where Red falls for Blue while they are both in Alola to compete in the Battle Tree. Rated Teen. Featured in the collection International Fanworks Day 2022 - Classic Fic Recs

Doujinshi

Fancommunities/Fanevents

  • RedXGreen, a community and hub for fanworks of OriginalShipping as well as their manga counterparts
  • ReguriWeek, a yearly event that takes place during September 26th to October 2nd, beginning in 2021. It has two collections on AO3, one for 2021 and one for 2022.

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