Ship Manifesto
| Synonyms: | manifesto, shipping manifesto, ship primer |
| See also: | Character Manifesto |
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A ship manifesto is a meta essay meant to introduce fans to a ship and promote it by explaining its appeal. The name comes from the Livejournal community The Shipper's Manifesto.
Ship manifestos generally include nonfiction character studies of the characters involved, canon information and analysis about their interactions, as well as information about the fannish activity around the ship, including links to active communities and/or other fanworks recs. They sometimes include picspams as well.
More recently, video manifestos have also become common, with Youtube searches for terms like "Reasons to ship..." and "why you should ship..." returning hundreds of results[1][2].
Certain ship manifesto communities place restrictions on which kinds of ships are allowed, such as prohibiting age differences, incest or RPF[3]. Other communities make a point of allowing all ships, when properly labeled[4].
Fanwork Examples
- Julian Bashir/Miles O'Brien Archived version by butterfly (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 2004) - posted in The Shipper's Manifesto
- Gabe/William Manifesto Archived version by airgiodslv (Bandom, 2008) - posted in bandom-ships
- The Case for Patater Archived version by staranise (Check Please!, 2016) - posted on AO3
- Thranto: Why I Ship It Archived version by 13th_blackbird (Star Wars, 2018) - posted on AO3
- Ship Manifesto: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin Archived version by windfallswest (Hockey RPF, 2018?) - posted on pillowfort
- ZombieSheep: A Wiegraf/Zalbag Shipping Manifesto Archived version by CorpseBrigadier, a 10,000 word essay about why Zalbaag Beoulve and Wiegraf Folles from Final Fantasy Tactics "should hook up despite never explicitly meeting one another." Written for Unconventional Fanworks Exchange (2019) - posted on AO3
- Hope Is The Thing With Feathers - An Anakin and Ahsoka Ship Manifesto Archived version by LittleRaven (Star Wars, 2019) - posted on AO3
- The Old Guard Rarepair Guidebook: A quintet of Shipping Manifestos Archived version by Anonymous (The Old Guard, 2020) - posted on AO3
Video manifestos:
- 101 Reasons to ship Oliver and Felicity Archived version by AnneSoshi (Arrow, 2014)
- REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD SHIP SUPERCORP - Kara and Lena - Supergirl by Lexacoon (Supergirl, 2018), a 20-minute video primer with 300k+ views on Youtube.
- 5 Reasons why you should ship Jaekkuno by astronauteaj (K-pop, 2020)
- Ten Reasons Why You Should Ship Chaesoo by JamX J (K-pop, 2020)
Ship Manifesto Communities
- Ship Manifesto on Livejournal
- Ship Manifesto on Dreamwidth
- Ship Manifestos on Tumblr Last post in 2015.
- ship-manifesto on Pillowfort
- Ship_Manifesto on Pillowfort
- ShipManifesto on Pillowfort
- Ship Manifesto AO3 tag
References
- ^ 'Reasons to ship' Youtube search
- ^ 'Why you should ship' Youtube search
- ^ shipmanifesto Tumblr community 'About' page listing prohibited ships, accessed Sept 17, 2021.
- ^ The Unlimited Ship Manifesto Tumblr, emphasizing: 'Unlimited Ship Manifestos allows every and all types of ship, regardless of issues or triggers, so long as they are tagged in your post.' Accessed Sept 17, 2021.