It's funny, but I don't actually hear anyone make a fuss about canon ships actually being you-assume-they'll-be-canon ships anymore? Ship wars seem to have mainly become protests about ship validity - your ship ignores [character], so it's -ist; how can you think X would want Y when X hates Y/Y loves Z? If you were to call Hook/Emma a canon ship some time ago when it was just being heavily telegraphed, nobody would have cared, because what really matters is whether or not you think Swan Queen is an okay ship. And, of course, whether you excuse Regina while hating Rumplestiltskin (blinded shipper!) and vice versa (sexist!).
I have only ever specifically wanted to read very shippy fic if it's for a ship that has something I reallyreally need in my life. Remus/Tonks, Rumbelle; hurt/comfort and pining and people not feeling they're good enough. When I try to think pre-R/T, I honestly can't remember being into shippy fic, as much of a warrior as I was. Just the Shoebox Project (but who the hell wasn't? that was addictive). Definitely reasonably realistic futurefic was what I read, also Marauder Era fic. Now it's ... stuff about Sirius, honestly, nearly every time I go looking for fic it's for Sirius!fic.
So, I'd say that I'm a very easy shipper, I once started to ship two news show hosts from a segment on the Daily Show making fun of shippers, I generally feel open to all ships and so it's not surprising to me when any two characters get together and I always ship it to some degree, even if I don't want to read fic for it. I don't tend to care strongly about a ship* unless it hits certain narrative kinks - everything with R/T when looked at in a positive light; on the reverse, everything to do with Howl/Sophie - and I'm usually invested in characters that go with these kinks. If there's a character who appears to be Troubled by their Sad Past, I'm instinctively going to want to see them with the Fresh-Faced Newcomer. And showrunners know that that kind of ship is very attractive to the audience because of the Emotions, so they usually end up going with it (even if they do it opposite to the way I wanted. Damn it, Shonda Rhimes) at some point and I'm validated and also still shipping canon even though I started before I even thought it would be, which happens all the time. I just like Iddy stuff, and writers' rooms like Iddy stuff because it gets ratings and investment. Fandom would brand me as sticking to canon, but it's more than canon sticks to me.
* the ship wars were a huge anomaly for me; I am easily baited into arguing and have a hard time letting go of things when I know I'm right
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I have only ever specifically wanted to read very shippy fic if it's for a ship that has something I reallyreally need in my life. Remus/Tonks, Rumbelle; hurt/comfort and pining and people not feeling they're good enough. When I try to think pre-R/T, I honestly can't remember being into shippy fic, as much of a warrior as I was. Just the Shoebox Project (but who the hell wasn't? that was addictive). Definitely reasonably realistic futurefic was what I read, also Marauder Era fic. Now it's ... stuff about Sirius, honestly, nearly every time I go looking for fic it's for Sirius!fic.
So, I'd say that I'm a very easy shipper, I once started to ship two news show hosts from a segment on the Daily Show making fun of shippers, I generally feel open to all ships and so it's not surprising to me when any two characters get together and I always ship it to some degree, even if I don't want to read fic for it. I don't tend to care strongly about a ship* unless it hits certain narrative kinks - everything with R/T when looked at in a positive light; on the reverse, everything to do with Howl/Sophie - and I'm usually invested in characters that go with these kinks. If there's a character who appears to be Troubled by their Sad Past, I'm instinctively going to want to see them with the Fresh-Faced Newcomer. And showrunners know that that kind of ship is very attractive to the audience because of the Emotions, so they usually end up going with it (even if they do it opposite to the way I wanted. Damn it, Shonda Rhimes) at some point and I'm validated and also still shipping canon even though I started before I even thought it would be, which happens all the time. I just like Iddy stuff, and writers' rooms like Iddy stuff because it gets ratings and investment. Fandom would brand me as sticking to canon, but it's more than canon sticks to me.
* the ship wars were a huge anomaly for me; I am easily baited into arguing and have a hard time letting go of things when I know I'm right