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 == ""Relationshippers"" page merged here == 

 Somebody started a page by the name of ""Relationshippers"" which is basically the same as this page here. Here are its contents (consider for merging).   

 :Relationshippers (often contracted to ’shippers) are fans of media who speculate on romantic or sexual relationships among the characters in the series, film, or book they are fans. The practice is closely tied to the creation of fanfiction and doujinshi. 

 :Relationshippers frequently distinguish between canon and non-canon relationships. A canon relationship is one that is openly stated, or at least strongly implied, in the source material. A non-canon relationship is between two characters who are not offically ""together"" in the source. In the case of an ongoing series that is still running, non-canon couples can become canon. For example, many Star Trek: Voyager fans speculated about a possible relationship between the characters Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres long before they ended up actually forming a relationship, getting married and having a child in the series. However, another popularly speculated on relationship on that series, between Kathryn Janeway and Chakotay, did not materialize in the actual series. 

 :There are subgroups of relationshippers that assert that certain characters are homosexual or lesbian even if there is no specific evidence in the source material to back up that claim. An example of this is the frequently postulated Kirk/Spock relationship. 

 (plus these two external links:) 

 *Fanlistings for Book/Movie Relationships 
 *Fanlistings for TV Relationships"