Tobin Heath/Christen Press
| RPF Fandom | |
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| Name(s): | Tobin/Christen, Preath |
| Scope/Focus: | Sports RPF |
| Date(s): | ~2015 to present |
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Tobin Heath/Christen Press (aka Preath) is the popular RPF fandom that revolves around shipping the Women's soccer players Tobin Heath and Christen Press, who both played for the US Women's international football team and multiple US and European football Club teams.
Speculation about the pair being in a relationship have been active since at least 2015; the couple were very private about their personal lives and only seem to have spoken about their relationship in interviews in 2023.
Popularity
Some fans of women's football have been following Tobin and Christen both individually as players and the speculation about them as a couple for many years. Their relationship has been discussed frequently on social media[1], discussion boards[2], and individual fan spaces[3] for many years.
Over the years, varying intensity of fans and their interest in relationships within women's football, including between Tobin and Christen, have led to discussions about boundaries being crossed, people being too invested in relationships, and how people should respect the privacy and boundaries of the players[4].
Preath have appeared in the top 100 ships on Tumblr Fandometrics Year in Review multiple times, including 2020 and 2021. On AO3, the pairing joined the top 100 femslash pairings list compiled by centreoftheselights in 2017, and remain in the top 100 in 2023, in 80th place. As of the 2023 list, they are the only RPF pairing on the femslash list.
History and Structure of the Fandom
Example Fanworks
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Fan Fiction
Fic Rec Lists
Vids
Art
Communities & Archives
- Preath tag at Tumblr
- Preath tag at TikTok
Archives
- Tobin Heath/Christen Press fanworks at Archive Of Our Own
- Preath stories at Wattpad
References
- ^ Preath Things on Tumblr, the Preath tag on Tumblr, and #Preath at TikTok, accessed January 8, 2024
- ^ L Anon thread from 2016 -2019 and L Chat thread from 2019 - Current, accessed January 8, 2024
- ^ Preath Timeline, accessed January 8, 2024.
- ^ whataboutit post at Tumblr from May 2017 and moeebrian14 post at Tumblr from July 2019], accessed January 8, 2024