Oh god, I have A LOT of game shippings XD
But here are my top faves, 'cause all of them would probably take forever XD XD XD
- OriginShipping (Steven/Wallace): probably my game ship OTP, and I adore reading fic for them, 'cause they can be such super dorks together, it's precious. (Also, it's really, really easy to make the pair of them super duper queer, and I always appreciate that in characters/pairings. And what I mean by this, is that, beyond just calling them "gay", I can headcanon Steven as, for example, either asexual or demisexual, and headcanon Wallace as having some degree of gender fluidity to him, or vice versa, and so on and so forth. I love having queer headcanons, and so I appreciate these two characters' particular versatility in the regard. Idk if I'm explaining this right, though *headdesk*)
- DragonQueensShipping (May/Lisia/Zinnia): I love all three subsets of ships so much (ContestQueen--May/Lisia; AlphaIdeals--May/Zinnia; Speciality--Lisia/Zinnia), so of course I love all three of them being together as well! Lisia and Zinnia had such cute and sweet relationships with May in ORAS (with Lisia crushing so hard on the player character, and just check out Zinnia's dialogue with you!!!), and I think Lisia and Zinnia themselves have the potential to be great together as well (what with Lisia's desire to bring people new perspectives on life with her Contests, and with Zinnia trying to find new purpose in her own life). So this way, I can have my cake and eat it too!
- LoverivalShipping (Brendan/Wally): Because Wally is all things precious and adorable in the world, so how could anyone resist that cuteness? XD But more seriously, between May and Brendan, I think Brendan could benefit and grow and learn more from a relationship with Wally than May could. And part of what I love about shipping characters is seeing the new perspectives, growth, and broadening of horizons that they could bring each other. And, for me personally, I think May gets that best from other places (see above), whereas, given Brendan's struggles with his masculinity (as illustrated nicely with his dilemma of wanting to buy cute dolls in ORAS), he stands to learn more from Wally, who fails in certain aspects at being an ideal masculine figure by not being able-bodied and athletic, and yet who is still so strong and full of determination and willpower. I just....love positive relationships between characters like this, and I feel that shipping is a great way to bring it all out. XD
- PerfectWorldShipping (Lysandre/Sycamore): Because suddenly, the XY games make a whole lot more sense to me. Why they're constantly talking about and praising each other, why Sycamore is so determined to have faith in Lysandre and see the best in him, why Sycamore later feels that he in particular should have seen Lysandre's betrayal coming.....it just clicks it all suddenly into place for me. Plus, I like this ship because it serves to humanize Lysandre in a way that I feel the game (sadly) fails to do otherwise, and actually makes me feel for his character. Like, most of the time, I have to be given reasons to like a character, and some kind of contrast has to be set up to make a character's fall all the more tragic and poignant. So, why should I care about Lysandre? If you show me that he has friends, people who genuinely care about him that he's betraying....then yeah, his descent is suddenly a lot more sad and has more meaning. It's especially necessary for Lysandre, because I feel that he was supposed to be a tragic figure like this, and even if his 'solution' was obviously the wrong way to go about it, he still genuinely cared about the injustices in the world, and was trying to combat things like poverty, unemployment, the great strain on resources, and selfish over-indulgence. I think the games ultimately fail at conveying that tragedy of Lysandre's character, of the fall of a man who genuinely cared so much into madness, but this ship gives me at least some stakes, and something to care about in this character.
....Eh, I've talked myself out for the time being, but here's a few other favorite game ships of mine, that I may elaborate upon later: BoutiqueShipping (Shauna/Serena), WhiteSquaredShipping (Hilda/Rosa), ShiroShipping (Hilda/Bianca), HardenShipping (Archie/Maxie), and HoennShipping (May/Brendan)!