What Does This Mean?
[ SLANG ][ FANDOM ]
Imagining or constructing a romantic relationship between oneself and a fictional character, distinct from shipping two fictional characters together.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Her whole sketchbook is selfship art, she's been doing it for that one character for years."
LORE & ORIGIN
Short for 'self-shipping,' standard fandom terminology once self-insert romantic fan content became common enough to need its own label.
FIRST SEEN
2018
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
2018-2026 (Fandom Vocabulary)
CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
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DOCUMENTED SINCE
2018
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