Shipping Meme
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A shipping meme, or ship meme is a template that fans use to convey information about their ships. These templates can take on a variety of formats and can range from what ships a given fan likes or dislikes in a specific fandom to information about a ships canon or headcanoned dynamic.
Common Variations with Examples
"Shipping Chart" - A chart with character faces and a colour code for fans to draw lines indicating ship opinions
"Understand My Ship" - Template with various scales and fields for fans to fill out for a ship
"I Ship It" - Various boxes with descriptors for fans to match to a ship
History
Shipping memes can be traced back to 2010 with an Avatar: The Last Airbender shipping chart posted by FluffleNeCharka.[1]