comship

English

Etymology

Blend of complicated +‎ ship, or complex + ship.

Noun

comship (plural comships)

1. (fandom slang) A ship featuring elements deemed morally complex or problematic, such as abuse, incest, or a power gap.
   • 2023 September 11, Julián (@Justigodesgod), Twitter‎:

     I know, but he's not a human and that makes it a comship. And there are many canonical comships, it's not necessarily a bad thing

   • 2023 September 12, Lumi (@oneiricstar), Twitter‎:

     I've always hated comships (besides the usual ones like immortal x mortal), but I just.. block people. It's as simple as that.

   • 2024 January 16, Lana (Ame-Chan) (@Ena_Irl_), Twitter‎:

     as long as you're nice and don't only talk about your comships as some make me uncomfy

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:comship.

Related terms

• comshipper
• comshipping