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Wallace/Winona
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Japanese: ミクリ×ナギ (Mikuri x Nagi) English: Wallace/Winona |
| Alternative name(s): | Japanese: ミクナギ (Mikunagi) English: GracefulShipping |
| Gender category: | NL; F/M; Het |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Canonical?: | Yes, though only in Pokémon Special |
| Prevalence: | Popular for Winona, Common for Wallace Semi-popular overall |
| Archives: | n/a |
| Other: | n/a |
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Wallace/Winona, known mostly as GracefulShipping and/or ミクナギ (Mikunagi), is a popular ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Wallace (Mikuri) and Winona (Nagi), the Water-type Gym Leader and the Flying-type Gym Leader in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald respectively.
Canon Background
The ship primarily comes from the Pokémon Special manga series. In chapter four of the Ruby and Sapphire arc, released in June 2004 in Japan, it's revealed that they were formerly lovers. In chapter six of the Emerald arc, they seemingly got back together.
Popular Tropes & Fanon
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
-Shipping Name Origin
"GracefulShipping" was coined on 20 February 2004 by Alfonso on Bulbagarden. In their words, it's because "they both are into graceful Pokemon."[1]
The pairing used to also have a page on Bulbapedia, which can be seen here (in archived form), Archived version.
Example/Notable Fanac
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fan Communities/Fan Events
Collections
- GracefulShipping Fan Fiction Compendium, Archived version, a collection on FanFiction.Net
Fan Blogs
Fan Fic
GracefulShipping search query on Fanfiction.Net
- sometimes by toskliviydays, Archived version (2015), She’ll close her eyes. She’ll remember the short period of time where they had been nothing but happy.
- Moment of Surrender by orphan_account, Archived version (2012), She cannot return to him. That would be a sign of weakness. That would be surrender.
- You were only waiting for this moment to be free by WelkamoWrites, Archived version (2022), None of this is my fault. It’s okay to cut toxic family out of my life. I will grow stronger. Winona goes through some messy family drama. Wallace is there to help.
- Breeze of Prelude by OkashiraShinomori, Archived version (2006)
Fan Art
General Fanworks
Wikis
- ミクナギ on PixivEncyclopedia
- GracefulShipping General (Winona x Wallace), a thread on Bulbapedia
- Gracefulshipping General Discussion, Archived version, a thread on Serebii.net
Zines and Doujinshi
Similar Pokémon Pairings
Male Gym Leader/Female Gym Leader
Pokémon Champion/Gym Leader
- Giovanni/Red
- Blue Oak/Red
- Flannery/Steven Stone
- Steven Stone/Wallace
- Alder/Brycen
- Alder/Cheren
- Kabu/Leon
- Leon/Piers
- Leon/Raihan
- Lance/Raihan
References
- ^ post by Alfonso, Archived version (20 February 2004)