What Is Unconventional Pairing?
3.6BRAINROT SCOREUnconventional Pairing Fandom term for a ship that falls outside what a fandom treats as the usual or expected couple. What counts as unconventional differs from fandom to fandom, and it overlaps with rarepair and crack ship.
Origin:Fan-wiki sources say the term has different meanings in different fandoms and list rarepair, doomed ship and pairing as related terms. Wikipedia's shipping article covers neighbouring categories such as love-hate pairings and notes that some unusual ships, for example human and animal characters, can be controversial. No dated first use found yet.
First Seen:Unknown (no dated first use found yet)
Peak Era:2010s-present
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (Using It Correctly In Context)
EXAMPLE USAGE
""The comment section called the pair an unconventional pairing, but the fic made it work.""
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