A mechanism or tactic · 1990 · Fandom
Shipping
Fans insisting two characters should be together, and treating the show as withholding rather than as finished.
The clearest example of a parasocial bond that runs in the opposite direction to the intended one. The audience is not consuming the story, it is running a parallel production about two people who do not exist and are not allowed to.
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