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Welcome to Shipper Haven

What is a 'Shipper?

A 'shipper is a fan who promotes, projects and just plain revels in a relationship between their favorite characters. Legend has it the term started in X-Files fandom, but the Picard & Crusher fan's also used it. Wherever it began, 'shipper has become universally used with in fandom, unfortunately not always in a complimentary way. And that is why Shipper Haven exists. Shipper Haven was born at Media West Con several years ago. We wanted to provide a place where 'shippers could gather to talk about their favorite 'ships. This website and the Yahoogroups mailing list are extensions of that.

A 'ship can be canon, in other words, written into the series by the writers and creators, as in the case of Sam & Jack in Stargate SG1, or projected, that is in the eyes (and hearts) of the fans, as is the case of Janeway & Chakotay in Star Trek: Voyager. Some shows have multiple 'ships such as Star Trek: The Next Generation, which has 'shippers devoted to Picard & Crusher, Riker & Troi, Troi & Worf and Data & Tasha. Even sitcoms like Fraiser have 'shippers, in this case Niles & Daphne 'shippers.

'Shippers are diverse as fandom itself, we are your mother, sister, neighbor, coworker, and yes, even your brother. In short, a shipper is the romantic in all of us. To each of you, whatever your 'ship, welcome.