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** ...Except for a die-hard portion of the original shippers.

* '''Parodied''': [[Third Option Love Interest|A third faction joins in]], shipping [[Cargo Ship|Alice/Cake]].

** The author hits a writer's block due to the [[Unpleasable Fanbase]]. Eventually, the series will end and ''none'' of the ships will set sail due to the fear of backlash by the [[Fan Dumb]].

** In response to all the bickering and [[Fan Dumb]], the author [[Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things|sinks ALL the ships.]]

** The author, or someone close them, prowls the fandom and its internet presence like a U-Boat, seeking out the most popular 'ships to give them their day in the canonical sun, and then a merciless torpedoing. The fans react to this [[Speak of the Devil]]/[[Be Careful What You Wish For]] treatment either abandon shipping altogether (or even the series), or doing it in secret.

* '''Discussed''': "So Bob is the [[Dogged Nice Guy]] and Chris is the [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|bad boy]]. And both of them like the same girl. Yep, there's absolutely no way that the fans ''won't'' become divided over these two radically different choices. And you just ''know'' that there's a [[Slash Fic|Bob/Chris faction]] out there somewhere."

** [[Oh Crap There Are Fanfics of Us]]. (Usually parody as well.)

* '''Played For Laughs''': While the battle goes on, an audience builds up. Bets start taking place and people start going for popcorn.

* '''Played For Drama''': An Alice/Chris shipper is hospitalized after being beaten up by a gang of militant Alice/Bob shippers.