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The term comes from the fact that Starboard is the naval term for the right side of a ship (the left side being the Port, but "Porting" [[Software Porting|already meant something else]]). Thus a Starboard is one side of a ship.

 

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* ''[[Naruto]]'': [[Yaoi Fangirl]]s are very fond of the Sasuke/Naruto pairing more than any other slash pairing because they notice how much tension the relationship has; also it's canon that Naruto misses Sasuke and wants to bring him back to Konoha even though Sasuke attempted to kill him several times.

*** Kishimoto/Naruto/the manga confirmed they are [[True Companions|just friends]]. Won't stop the [[Yaoi Fangirl]]s.

* In ''[[Gankutsuou]]'', there are the fans of the pairing of Franz/Albert. Many of them specifically think the sweetest part about that pairing is how one-sidedly dedicated [[The Woobie|Franz]] is to the clueless Albert.

** {{spoiler|And it's implied in canon with all the subtly of a locomotive. Even if you can never marry the one you love, eh Franz?}}

* ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'''s slash pairing of Gauron/Sousuke. It would be pretty hard to try to explain how that pairing ''wouldn't'' be unrequited, considering how canonically straightforward Sousuke is shown to hate the man. Most of the shipping and ways that fans pair them up [[Rape Is Love|involves rape]].

** Heck, even Shouji Gatou acknowledges that the pairing would be non-con. And [[media:OhLord.jpg|would probably involve bondage]].

** Similarly, Switzerland is often portrayed as having feelings for his [[Forgotten Childhood Friend]] (sorta) Austria, but keeping them to himself because of his [[Tsundere|moody and proud]] personality and the fact that not only [[Official Couple|is Austria married to Hungary]], but they still go into dates after their "divorce".

*** Huh. I always thought that was Prussia's role in Austria/Hungary fanfics, with fans seeming to like the idea of him having quite the crush on Hungary in spite of her constantly beating him up with her [[Frying Pan of Doom]] and only having eyes for Austria. Then again, there ''are'' more fics in which Hungary actually returns Prussia's feelings, if in a [[Slap Slap Kiss]] way, than fics in which Austria returns Switzerland's feelings (or is even aware of them).

* ''[[iCarly]]'' has starboarding based on the canon "non pairing" of Freddie -> Carly. There is also some Sam -> Spencer starboarding, usually when they keep Sam the same age as she is in the show (about 15), Spencer not returning affection due to Sam being under age and/or because she's Carly's best friend.

** In the wake of what appears to be an eventual canon Sam/Freddie pairing, there is some Carly -> Freddie starboarding, which is basically an [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo]].

* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'': There's actually a surprising amount of evidence that Tom Paris had feelings for Captain Janeway, at least in the early seasons, although whether or not she returned them is certainly up for debate.

** And [[Word of God|Word Of Ethan Phillips]] declares that Neelix had a hopeless crush on Janeway, as well.

* ''[[Psychonauts]]'' [[Disco Dan|Milla]] [[Friend to All Children|Vodello]] is hinted to have feelings for [[The Spock|Sasha]] [[The Stoic|Nein]], and a cut scene involves Milla fantasizing a makeout session with him, but within the game there is no evidence that he sees her as more than a friend and colleague.

* It's highly recognized in the ''Mega Man'' fandom that Ciel of ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'' has very blatant feelings for the [[Badass|eponymous hero]], regardless of her being human and his being a <s>Reploid</s> highly-advanced robot. It's also generally accepted that most of it is probably unrequited due to Zero's ''[[Iron Woobie|very]]'' [[Iron Woobie|broken past]] (although there're shades of [[Chaste Hero|chastity]] there, too). However, there's still the fact that Zero's very willing to ''die fighting for her ideals,'' {{spoiler|and ''he does''.}} [[The Woobie|You can't help but feel sorry for the poor girl...]]

* ''[[Fatal Fury]]'''s Mai Shiranui is absolutely smitten by Andy Bogard, but Andy, being a [[Celibate Hero]] who also knows her since they were ''children'', isn't having any of it. So unless we talk about [[The Movie]], poor Mai is doomed to be the [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]].

** This [[Depending on the Writer|depends on which game/series you're playing.]] Andy has been described as simply trying to keep things out of the public eye in the [[King of Fighters]] version of events.

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