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==General Use in Fandom==

==General Use in Fandom==

The term is used by both the shippers and their detractors, for example, about those who think that Viggo Mortensen and [[Orlando Bloom]] are secretly in love. A [[Billy Boyd]]/Dominic Monaghan community on [[LiveJournal]], [http://community.livejournal.com/tinkilts/profile?mode=full tinkilts], parodies the idea of fans so devoted to their [[ship]] that they read romantic connotations into every interaction between their favorite celebrities.

[[Shippers]] in any fandom may be called ''tinhats'', but it's mainly used for fans of celebrities, such as those who believe in romance between actors Dan Radcliffe and Emma Watson, of [[Harry Potter]] movie series.  

Fear that New Line executives will find out about their love affair and separate them for the sake of PR is a frequent theme in [[The Lord of the Rings/RPF|LotR RPS]] stories, especially Dom/Elijah ones.

The term ''tinhats'' is used by both the shippers and their detractors, for example, about those who think that [[Adam Lambert]] and [[Kris Allen]] of [[American Idol]] are secretly in love. A [[Billy Boyd]]/[[Dominic Monaghan]] community on [[LiveJournal]], [http://community.livejournal.com/tinkilts/profile tinkilts], parodies the idea of fans so devoted to their [[ship]] that they read romantic connotations into every interaction between their favorite celebrities.

[[Shippers]] in any fandom may be called tinhats, though it's mainly used for partisans of celebrities, such as those who believe in romance between actors Dan Radcliffe and Emma Watson, of [[Harry Potter]] movie series (rather than for character pairings).  

Fear that film industry executives will find out about their love affair and separate them for the sake of PR is a frequent theme in [[The Lord of the Rings/RPF|LotR RPS]] stories, especially [[Dominic Monaghan|Dom]]/[[Elijah Wood|Lijah]] fans.

RPF shippers sometimes use the tinhat terminology ironically or self-deprecatingly; when they are [[squee|squeeing]] especially loudly over some piece of celebrity gossip, they may [[emote]] ''*dons tinhat*'' or ''*polishes tinhat*''. They seldom mean that they really believe that their preferred OTP is a couple in real life.

RPF shippers sometimes use the tinhat terminology ironically or self-deprecatingly; when they are [[squee|squeeing]] especially loudly over some piece of celebrity gossip, they may type ''*dons tinhat*'' or ''*polishes tinhat*''. They seldom mean that they really believe that their preferred OTP is a couple in real life.

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