Shipping. And Not the Postal Service...

Well, my comrades, Valentine's Day was yesterday, so I assumed that a post on shipping was necessary. "Shipping", a word widely utilized by Tumblr and fan communities. As Wikipedia, a reliable and trustworthy source claims, "shipping" is:

Shipping, derived from the word relationship, is the belief that two characters, fictional or non-fictional, are (or will be, or should be) in a romantic relationship. It is considered a general term for fans' emotional involvement with the ongoing development of romance in a work of fiction. Though technically applicable to any such involvement, it refers chiefly to various related social dynamics observable on the Internet, and is seldom used outside of that context.

Shipping can involve virtually any kind of relationship – from the well-known and established, to the ambiguous or those undergoing development, and even to the highly improbable and the blatantly impossible. People involved in shipping (called shippers) variously assert that the relationship does exist, will exist, or simply that they would like it to exist.

With this presented to you, you probably anticipate some discussion of shipping to ensue.

There are going to be ships in Type 13- In-Universe, in reality, acknowledged ones...

One of the greatest will be Artist/Nigel. (Nigel is her coat.)

Some that will surface, likely:

Chris/Tanya
Artsy/Tanya
Artsy/Echo
Tanya/Damian
Nigel/Everything

Two will be teased, one will spawn arguments....

Enjoy!

--F. Wolff