~Shipping Authors' Café~

[Gothitelle K]

It's not so much tastes, it's so much "is the character even shipable?"

[Nightlingbolt]

I'm thinking of experimenting with three-way shippings, and I'm curious to know: has anyone ever tried to write for a ship with three characters? If so, how do you go about establishing it?

[Kutie Pie]

OH MY GOSH SOMEONE REVIVED THE THREAD

Ah, a love triangle, or an actual threesome? I believe I've done neither, maybe. If I ever did (most likely a love triangle), it was a one-sided love for one of the characters. But this was years ago, and I don't believe I ever put the story in question online at all, so...

Well, actually, I do kinda have a story in mind where a love triangle was beginning to happen, but I haven't really gone very far with it before I abandoned the story temporarily (I need to revise it badly). It was to focus on one pairing, but I had a character date another character and she found herself liking it, so she was developing a crush for this one guy. The main pairing had of yet to actually develop outside of "Hey, we're neighbors and we work at the same place, okay then", and she wasn't too fond of the guy's grumpy demeanor, so...

Yeah, I haven't really worked with it in a long time. But that's the closest I've gotten to what you're asking for. I don't plan on doing any three-way shippings in the future.

[pokemonsquared]

I don't really mind having threesomes so long as it isn't supposed to be character bashing by giving one party feelings towards another only to be cruelly snatched away by a third party. It isn't limited to this particular community but I've seen many stories labled as advanced/pearl/negai which essentially serves only to bash the female for daring to be attracted to Ash while he cavorts off with Misty leaving her in the dust.

[Nightlingbolt]

I didn't actually mean a love triangle. Just an actual relationship consisting of three people.

[petrichor]

Wow, okay, so I'm new here and the first thing I check is something related to writing. Figures. :P But omg, I'm so happy that there's actually this sort of thing over here.

Anyway! You're discussing love triangles and threesomes right now. I'm actually okay with love triangles. I've read some well-written ones and once a story is well-written, you can make almost anything work. Almost. I'm a bit skeptical towards those with a character in love with two people, though. I like it better when one is one-sided, because as the famous saying goes, "If you really loved the first, you wouldn't fall in love with the second." But then again, people usually mistake infatuation with love.

As for threesomes, well, I don't know what to make of it. It's just sort of awkward to be in a relationship consisting of three people, and one is bound to feel a little left out. Or maybe that's just me. Still, if I'm going to be in a relationship, I'd like my man to have eyes only for me, thank you very much. xD But since I have a nonexistent love life, I'm meddling with my shippings' love lives instead and oh em gee fangirl!