Subject: My thoughts
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Posted on: 2017-10-13 13:36:00 UTC

I have always seen shipping, as it relates to writing, as a construct of fandom. Outside of the realm of fandom, I see it as not really existing. In an original work, it is more or less just romance or plot development, or what have you.

So to answer your question, I do not think that qualifies as shipping, because as far as I can tell it is an original work. As far as PWP, if it is tied to an existing work, i.e., fanfiction or a response to someone else's work, I think under the most generous (and common) definition it would be shipping. If it is not tied to an exiting fandom, then I do not think it counts as shipping.

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Alternatively, shipping refers to the transportation of goods, usually via sea-faring vessel.

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