A Shipfest question - PPC Posting Board

Subject: A Shipfest question
Author: twistedwindowpane
Posted on: 2019-03-06 19:06:00 UTC

Hi. Okay, so it says on the Wiki that the Shipfest fics all take place in the Shipverse, where Luxury is from. The Shipverse is described in its own wiki page as basically everyone acting all hypersexual like Luxury is.

But in the Shipfest, we are strictly reminded to keep things PG, otherwise it'd get weird. This is obviously contradictory to what's above, or at least I'd like to think it's contradictory, because even though one could argue that we're not describing everything that happens in the Shipverse, there remains the lack of comfort in the idea of banging everyone I get shipped with for Shipfest.

We really need to rethink this...

-Twistey

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A Shipfest question by twistedwindowpane on 2019-03-06 19:06:00 UTC

If you think about it... by Huinesoron on 2019-03-07 16:17:00 UTC Reply

... the PPC is an exaggerated version of World One. PPC agents work for a soulless corporation whose bosses literally don't care if they go insane and/or die; they never get paid, never get holidays, and - oh yeah - their job is literal murder. Which isn't an entirely accurate depiction of our world.

So why would the Shipverse PPC be any different? To my mind, Shipverse World One is probably pretty similar to our own, except that where our sexual orientation spectrum has a hard skew to 'straight', theirs is balanced about 'bi/pan' - and where our history and institutions have ingrained monogamy into our society, theirs are much looser.

If you're only shipped with people in a friendly/cuddly way, then that's all Shipverse Twistey gets up to. If she was Agent Shipverse Twistey, we'd assume she was indeed 'banging everyone', but she's not, so we don't. Similar to how we assume all agents are psychotic obsessive fans, but Boarders are probably just the obsessive part. ;)

(yes I have thought about what the Worlds One would be like across the multiverse I'm not weird you're weird)

hS

ThatÂ’s actually a pretty good explanation. by twistedwindowpane on 2019-03-08 16:00:00 UTC Reply

Now if you’d put it on the Wiki... (sorry I just like things to be consistent and make sense.)

-Twistey
Why does that last part not surprise me in the slightest? (nm) by GoodModAddict on 2019-03-08 01:47:00 UTC Reply

MST3K mantra by Thoth on 2019-03-06 20:48:00 UTC Reply

Which is to say, we have nonsensical flimsy justifications that don't matter, the shipfest is noncanon and makes no sense anyways, so if you're wondering how we ship and sleep, and other science facts, just repeat to yourself "it's just a ship, I should really just relax."

FOR PPC SHIPFEST THEATRE 3000 (guitar twang)

I subscribe to this approach. by Neshomeh on 2019-03-07 21:13:00 UTC Reply

TBH, the Shipfest weirded me out the first couple times, too, but then I realized an important thing: it has next to nothing to do with my real self. It's just a spoof with a gossamer-thin connection to my username and not much else; the more unsubstantiated and goofy, the better. Done correctly, no one would ever look at a Shipfest fic and go "Yeah, that is totally something that is based on heart-truth about X." It doesn't mean anything. It's just for lulz. {= )

That's why I think it's silly to put any effort into getting the details right. I think trying to make Shipfest align with your reality to that degree makes it more weird, not less.

(Also I want a full PPC Shipfest Theatre 3000 theme song filk plz. {= D )

~Neshomeh

IÂ’m not uncomfortable, IÂ’m just bothered by the incongruity. by twistedwindowpane on 2019-03-08 16:23:00 UTC Reply

Luckily, hS provided a handy in-universe explanation. But thanks anyway, this advice of yours is going to go to Willis next year.

-Twistey

Pretty much this. by GoodModAddict on 2019-03-07 03:14:00 UTC Reply

I mean, just look at the main PPC "canon." If two people bump into each other in Headquarters and each pulls out a compass, chances are that they won't agree on which way North is. If the Shipverse is an AU of the PPC, then it makes sense that we would care even less about the specifics; in the end, what matters is how funny it is, and there's tons of room for humor without having anyone so much as hold hands.