Alright, another shipping topic for y’all! But let’s do something grimmer! LMAO, nah, but it isn’t positive like my other posts are! So I’m gonna talk about abandoned ships. You know those couples or ships that we rooted for so hard but kind of felt meh as the story continued, or you found yourself switching to another love interest that made you abandon the said ships? Have you? Have I? I think I had!

While writing this blog post, I racked my brains to see if I found myself abandoning my original ship and switching sides. but it’s very, very rare! I usually (key word: usually) stick to my choices ‘til it ends! Like I said, these things are plenty: “I ship hard! I will go down with this ship,” etc.; besides, I’m not really into grand gestures; subtlety is the name of the game for me. So for me to abandon ship, something BIG needs to happen—like an eureka moment that made me go, “Ah, this makes more sense!” those moments!

OK, let me give an example! One of my favorite young adult books ever is Cynthia Hand’s Unearthly. I originally shipped Clara and Tucker from the start! I found Christian, well, meh. In my defense, he wasn’t really in book one apart from being part of Clara’s purpose. He was there, but he wasn’t actively part of the story—yet. Then entered the second book, Hallowed! I did what I never imagined I would! I abandoned ship! I went from Tucker, my golden rancher boy, to my angelic speckled boy, Christian. This time he was active; he was there, and all those moments with Clara tugged away from my then Clara-Tucker shipper. It was like my heart was beating for the dude! I shipped ‘em! Up until the end (which shattered my heart into tiny pieces!! Why, Ms. Hand? Why?! ) I shipped these two! I fought for these two to be together! But sadly, that rare occasion where I switched sides and abandoned my original ship wasn’t fruitful! Oh well!

So true to my shipping philosophy, story really defines my ship! It’s the story that will convince me to ship, or in this case, let it go and ship another one! While I will say that this rarely happens, it just goes to show that everything is possible! Sometimes you will find yourself reevaluating your shipping decisions, and based on what’s currently happening, you may or may not want to give it up. Because it doesn’t make sense to you anymore, and you see something better! Yeah, that’s usually what happens when I abandon my original ship!