It’s a gay human right to be able to absorb any piece of media and come away with the conclusion that the two worst characters from that property should be dating. We’ve created entire schools of thought, works of art, and social media platforms (Tumblr) to justify our thirst for shipping.
That said, we can all agree that some ships were certainly not made in heaven. Even if we love the toxic energy certain fictional couples give off, there’s a reason why they broke up or never dated in the original story, and that reason is probably a damn good one. But us gays, we never learn. We keep right on shipping.
Which is why there’s no shortage of Tumblr art and AO3 fanfic dedicated to some of the most cursed pairings in media history. There’s so much of it around that when a poster asks “what’s the worst ship in history,” we …