Actually the term originated from Star Trek. When Star Trek was first cancelled was when fanfiction first really boomed online, and most of the terminology we use (including "Mary-Sue," "Slash," and "Ship" which is short for Relationship) came from.
Uh huh. Except for the part where there was no such thing as online fandom when Trek was cancelled because the internet was almost 20 years away, and that the term 'ship' didn't get used in fandom till the 1990's, you're perfectly correct! :P
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Date: 2005-05-18 08:28 am (UTC)Uh huh. Except for the part where there was no such thing as online fandom when Trek was cancelled because the internet was almost 20 years away, and that the term 'ship' didn't get used in fandom till the 1990's, you're perfectly correct! :P