Quotes / Ship Sinking

"Those of you who think Zuko and Katara should be together will forever have doomed relationships."

— Sokka, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book 4 (the Ultimate Ship Sinking)

HE MARRIES HER
Not Katara.
Not You.
Deal With It.

— Avatar: The Last Airbender Fauxtivational Poster, here.

EB: oh god, if rose became my sister too, that would wreak HAVOC on karkat's shipping diagram!
EB: as leader of this team i submit that we cannot afford to let this happen!!!!!!!!!!
EB: everyone man your battle stations!!!
GG: RED ALERT!!!!!!
EB: we have a ship to sink! arm torpedoes!!!!!!
GG: AWOOOOOOOOOOOGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EB: KA-PCHOOOOOOOOOOOOO. target destroyed. B)

— Homestuck

"No! You're sinking my ship!"

— Marine, Sonic Universe #58 Off-Panel^note Blaze was roasting a page of a fanfic Marine wrote involving her and Silver.

"Ok, Mom? I know how hard it is to end a crush, but he's a total JERK-FACE! When I come home, the Chris McLean Museum/guest room better be destroyed!"

— Sierra, Total Drama World Tour, "Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles"

And if you look to the right you can see Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross roasting Arkos shippers' hearts and devouring them whole.

— Blogger ofdustandpotions's reaction to the episode "Extracurricular" ^note in which Pyrrha was confirmed to have unrequited feelings for Jaune.

Skulduggery: I need you, China.
China: How I longed to hear those words...
Skulduggery: I need you to help me get Valkyrie back.
China: ...followed by those ones.

—Skulduggery Pleasant

I won't marry Jo to Laurie to please anybody.

—Louisa May Alcott, who is clearly having none of her readers' shit.

I do not launch ships. I do not sink ships. I am not even on the coast.

— Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics) writer Ian Flynn when asked about certain pairings in the comic.

Briggs: Let me get a look at you, Matthew.
Tyrell: How do you know who he is?
Briggs: I was only sure once I saw you use Psynergy over there. But I already suspected on account o' you havin' your mother's eyes, Matthew. Jenna'd be proud, boy.
Amiti: I cannot help but notice that your ship is in an advanced state of disrepair.

—Golden Sun: Dark Dawn

If the ship will never come you've gotta move along.

— MGMT, "Of Moons, Birds and Monsters"

Eggman: Cassidy asks "Hey, Shadow, what do you think of 'Sonadow'?"
Shadow: One word, Cassidy. NO.

—Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter Takeover

Uncle Grandpa: Don't worry, none of this is canon! (pulls a literal cannon out of his head) But this is! (he fires at a literal ship with Lars and Sadie aboard)
Lars: Oh no!
Sadie: Our ship!

—Steven Universe "Say Uncle" crossover with Uncle Grandpa

Frasier: Okay, okay, just to be clear: You haven't been pining over me since we slept together?
Roz: God, no! Weren't you there?

—Frasier, "No Sex Please, We're Skittish"

Timon: Shenzi Marie Predatora Veldetta Jacquelina Hyena... . would you do me the honor of becoming... . my bride?

Shenzi: I don't think so!

Timon: Shenzi Marie, please. I know what you're thinking: "We're too different." "It'll never work." "What will the children look like?"

Shenzi: Ooh, that violates so many laws of nature.

Timon: Listen to me! The problems of a couple of wacky kids like us don't amount to hill of termites in this nutty circle-of-life thing. And so I ask you: If not now, when? If not me, who? I'm lonely.

—The Lion King 1 ½

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