Old Ships? · 7:50pm May 9th, 2020
Hey everyone!
So, I'm planning on hosting another huge competition very soon, but I need some feedback. It's going to be based around a "blast from the past" idea where the goal is to write ships and such that were popular in the early days of the fandom but have since fallen off. The idea is still being tossed around me and my judge panel, but I do need some help from you guys!
What are some ships that you remember being popular back in the day that aren't as popular anymore? A few I can think of are like SoarinDash, Twixie, and TwiDash. Are there any others you can think of? Also, how does the general premise sound? My goal is to essentially take us all through the fimfic time machine and get things going like they were back in the old days.
Any help is appreciated!
Twixie's a huge one. Soon as Starlight hit the scene, the ship was gone with the wind really. Bit of a shame really, as the two have some very fun interactions in fanfic.
Spike and Moondancer or Spike X Vinyl, I wish it had more fictions about this ships. What is your thoughts?
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Yeah, when I first joined the site, Twixie was my favorite ship. I still have a soft spot for it, honestly.
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I've always loved SpikexVinyl. I've written one myself, but there really aren't that many. It could definitely use some more representation.
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Same.
I remember some DerpyxTwi and DerpyxVinyl ones. DerpyxSpike was also good.
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Agreed. I would love to read SpikexVinyl or Spiketavia again. I love this both ships
I dunno, seems a tad limiting to me. Maybe also add the option of shipping characters who are 'old', too? Like Somnambula X Rockhoof, or Sombra X Chrysalis?
Sounds good to me. SoarinDash is one of my favorites and what got me into the fandom
What about diamondbloom?
One that I liked in the past, that was a little bit... crack shippy, was GildaxSpike.
Twinkie? Twilight x pinkie
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March of canon really kills a lot of things. Recently there was a fic posted that was a StarTrix smut fic written entirely with canon lines of dialogue. People who aren't fucking / dating don't talk and interact like that
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Yes, well, that's what fanfiction is for. We're not confined to the stations of canon.
You might want to define 'old', characters up to Season2? Prior EQG? Before Twi became an Alicorn?
Cheerilee x Big Mac was a thing for quite awhile. Oh! Pinkie x Discord was HUGE before FS rehabilitated him. Moondancer x Twilight after they made up. Gilda and RD considering their childhood together and how jealous of anyone else taking up RD's time Gilda seemed to be.
Trixie x Chrysalis was a small thing after the Canterlot wedding, both being trickster-like characters and down on their luck. Trixie and Fluttershy happened ALOT, quite a few of the first Trixie romance writers got into it because of that ship 'myself included'.
Pinkie x Rarity was a fair one to see, or at least popular.
Been reading shipping since season 1, and writing since about season 2, so I've seen a fair number come and go. I still think of 'Bulk Biceps' as Snowflake since the fandom named him wayyy before the show did.
AJ x Dash; Rarity x Flutters; Pinkie x Rarity; Big Mac x Flutters. those were the big ones when I joined this site. as for the rules and guidelines for the contest, why not make a min-max word count, so the fluff could be fluffed out some and not making it too short or too long. might also go with "natural feeling" of the pairing, that way it won't be a crackship. or flip it and just make them all be crackships.
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Which isn't always a good thing. :/
Most of the older ships fell off because they were awful or fucking stupid. Mac x anybody, Soarin in any ship, all died the deaths they deserved.
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I can see both sides of the coin, tbh. But even though I'm primarily a Spike shipper, I did always like Cheerimac (although I can't deny the greatness of SugarMac nowadays).
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Well, that's a bit rude innit? Like, kinda sweeps any and all old ship into the same boat.
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Yup. In the trash where they belong.
Luna x Mac was a favorite of mine ever since reading progress and Twlight xMac from ships that pass in the night.
My keyboard will be ready.
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I'd really work on defining this. Maybe go for classic and be sure to provide examples again. I'd say classic and popular are two good descriptors that you appear to be leaning towards.
Fluttermac used to be common before the love poison incident got him shipped with Cheerilee, which lasted until Sugar Belle came along. I guess those are two old ships that aren't around anymore.
When will the contest be starting?
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I plan on starting it this Monday and running it until the end of June.
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Nice! I'll be sure to try writing something for it!
AppleDash is a classic for sure. I'll also second FlutterMac/CheeriMac. I love the idea of a throwback contest. I'll be keeping an eye on this one!