fff there's so much going on here I don't know who/what to quote. So I'll just respond to some general points/questions that have been brought up.
1. Jovianshipping: I'm not entirely sure how I came about supporting this ship, but it just made sense in my head and has always stuck with me through my ever-changing taste in Galactic ships.
To me, Jupiter and Saturn both seemed like the most mature members of TG, and that's why I paired them off together originally. Conjuctionshipping didn't click in my head, I guess because I saw Mars as too immature for Saturn. He's seems to be very dedicated to his work, and Mars would be a distraction. A fun distraction, but one nonetheless.
I think Saturn needs a mature woman who knows how to get stuff down. aka Jupiter.
idk they just click together for me.
2. Betelgeuseshipping/various Cyrus shippings/whatever: Originally I didn't ship Cyrus with anyone and Mars with everyone. I guess it wasn't until I read some of Yeti's fics that I was converted.
I can see how Cyrusxany of the Commanders can be seen as one-sided from the Commander; for Saturn, he's sort of a suck-up and seemed to always want to follow out Cyrus's orders perfectly. For Jupiter, it was really just in DPA! where she just seemed hella jealous of Cyrus's favoritism for Mitsumi. Or something. And for Mars, well I don't think we need to go into that; it's quite obvious she's obsessed, to the point of insanity, the poor girl.
Anyway, since Mars's feelings for Cyrus seem to be the strongest, I ended up being more partial to the couple (and it helped that Jovianshipping was established in my mind d: )
The only issue, as others have pointed out, is the lack of emotion Cyrus seems to have. Or at least the fact that he represses them like whoa and would be the last person you would expect to be in a romantic relationship. Sexual, maybe, but that's another thing. But this is a point that can be used to refute nearly all other Cyrus ships, not just Betelgeuse.
But the love Mars has for him is the strongest so it wins yay
3. Yaoi/yuri ships: I don't think I can even explain why I ship them. Of course none of them really have a chance of becoming canon, this is Pokemon after all, but I guess it's kind of fun to just ship and not have barriers like gender and natural order and whatnot get in the way. It's just fiction, so it's not that big of a deal. d:
Except for a few ships that I do defend, and prefer not to ship the characters around, I'm pretty chill about the whole thing. So if you want to ship Ash with a girl, boy, Pokemon,
table whatever, I don't really care. It doesn't mean I'll ship it though, ahah.