User blog:The Puppeteer King/Why Do People Ship?

Hello everyone Psychoking here,

I cannot tell of my excitement of the new episode in 3 days and I genuinly curious about how they are going to top it off from Not What He Seems (should it be considered a 2 part episode since it continues from Not What He Seems?)

But since you read the title of this blog you have realised that I am not going to talk about that but what I am going to ask is "why do we ship?". This is question that I am asking as both an outsider and unreliable writer. I never found the apeal of shipping because I thought of it as needy but a countless amount of users have mentioned their OTP (one true pairing) in a blog or page edit.

Its either been Mermable (Mabel and Mermando) or Dipifica (Dipper and Pacifica) recently and there will also be a person online who wants two characters to be together. I don't plan to roast either of these ships but rather analyse them for pro's and con's so apologies if I get the wrong info or insult them.

Mermabel started in The Deep End and finnished in Society of the Blind Eye. People believe in this ship due to their interaction throughout the episode with that kiss at the end being the crowning moment and so they insist that he is the closest thing Mabel had to a relationship but this officially ended in Society of the Blind Eye due to Mermando marrying a manatee to prevent an undersea war.

Dipifica started in Northwest Mansion Mystery and remains ambiguous so people believe in this ship due Dipper and Pacifica's interactions through the episode with that hug being the crowning moment.

I am only going to mention these ships due to the evidence to them both which makes it easier to analyse so I am going to start with Mermabel.

As shown with the ship details this is OTP is difficult to analyse but the main fault that the users have is that some followers don't accept its death and refuse to move on but its still being toyed with by Alex Hirsch like the moment in The Love God where the Visions of Heartbreak Past take form of Mabel's ex's and its Mermando who convinces Mabel to give back the bottle.

Second ship is Dipifica and there is nothing to say about this ship because it's practically everywhere with random users adding Dipper or Pacifica as a love interest to a point of where I have been removing countless amount of info about the love interest even to a point of an admin adding a rule to the page about changing the relationship the main fault with this ship is that the followers jumped onto the bandwagon too fast. you don't go from enemies to lovers that fast.

In relation to my question of "why do we ship?" in my opinion Mermabel and Dipifica are just part of a marketing plot on Disneys part meaning that if people are focused on the relationship then it means more viewers hence why they were both on the Conspiracy Corner. It was just to keep the fans attached to the series but fans havn't picked up on the hidden hints but rather use hints like "the symbols are nearby on the cipher wheel DIPIFICA CONFIRMED!" instead of just saying "Well after Dipper dealt with the ghost Pacifica hugged him and Pacifica was alot more friendly and kind to him even to a point of wanting him to stay at the party but she is still hostile to Mabel and her friends (calling them dorks) even after Mabel saved her life and the pines driving Pacifica home (which was something Dipper was against) after it started raining so something might be happening in the future".

I have no real interest in romance or love of any kind and I see a stronger friendship between Mabel and Waddles than these love stories (sorry) and like I said this might just be a marketing ploy and to keep fans attached to the series but I am also wrong  by the fact that this what people enjoy doing and I have nothing against it and I am often on both sides and sometimes start believing in Dipifica but in the end I don't really care for it.

So to answer my own question there is no real answer to it, its just something people enjoy doing and as long as it's done peacefully then I see no reason to argue with it.

I do request users to stop changing relationships to romantice because its fine the way it is and the current phrasing of the relationship can interpreted as appeal for their OTP like the part of the Conspiracy Corner and "enjoy each others company" and thus is not needed to be changed but rather looked at in a different light but with Mermabel I would also like to see Mermando's return but ultimately accept what has happened (I know it looks like I am insulting it but if Dipifica fails then I will insult it as well with harsher insults).

Let me know of your opinions towards shipping, is there anything I got wrong? please comment below of what else you want me to analyse in the Gravity Falls universe.