Characters are devoted to/fixated on each other
(Needifer, Vrisrezi, Buffillow, Gelphie, Madohomu, KimRon, Love Square, Percabeth, Dickkory, Tianaveen, Orphydice, Cornbelle, Davnani, Boyfs, Trobed, Spirk, Billford, Nandermo)
Characters balance each other out and function better together than separate
(Needifer, Vrisrezi, Buffillow, Buffdelia, Gelphie, Madohomu, 86x362, Maggilil, Kimron, Gray Ghost, Love Square, Core Four, Percabeth, Sydcarmy, Dickkory, Tianaveen, Cornbelle, Boyfs, Trobed, Spirk)
Characters who complete each other
Characters help each other grow as people/alter each others lives irreparably
(Needifer, Vrisrezi, Buffillow, Gelphie, Madohomu, Love Square, Sydcarmy, Tianaveen, Orphydice, Boyfs, Trobed, Spirk, Billford)
Now that I've known what it's like to be with you, how could I exist without you etc. etc.
Characters are particularly protective of each other
(Needifer, Buffillow, Buffdelia, Kimron, Core Four, Danamarty, Percabeth, Dickkory, Xanya, Orphydice, Cornbelle, Boyfs, Trobed, Spirk, Billford)
Male characters are respect their female partners as like, people
(Kimron, Gray Ghost, Love Square, Core Four, Danamarty, Corabie, Percabeth, Sydcarmy, Jinko, Dickkory, Xanya, Tianaveen, Orphydice, Cornbelle, Davnani, Boyfs)
Character A is shitty to character B, Character B fucking leaves/pulls away, A realizes they liked having B around and now must grovel to get them back
(Vrisrezi, Gelphie, Sydcarmy, Xanya, Boyfs, Billford, Nandermo)
Went Through Some shit together and now need each other to make it through the world
(Needifer, Danamarty, Corabie, Percabeth)
Characters can keep up with each other and Do Stuff Together
(Vrisrezi, Buffillow, Gelphie, Madohomu, Le8ifins, 86x362, Maggilil, Kimron, Gray Ghost, Love Square, Core Four, Percabeth, Sydcarmy, Dickkory, Tianaveen, Cornbelle, Boyfs, Trobed, Spirk, Billford)
It's happening for obligatory het
(Frazel, Dipcifica, Amethyst Ocean, PeteSteph, Caleo, Stagedorks, RobRy)
Canon focuses on more they talk ABOUT each other more than how they act WITH each other
(Lilkatie, Bemily, Amethyst Ocean, PeteSteph, Caleo, Stagedorks, Shenny)
Everyone in-universe vocally ships it before it happens, especially if it makes the pair uncomfortable
(Bemily, Dipcifica, Amethyst Ocean, RobRy, Solangelo)
One (ESPECIALLY MALE) character uses coercive tactics WITH THE AIM of getting the (USUALLY FEMALE) character to date/fuck him and this is framed as cutesy
(special FUCK YOU to Tobecky and Shenny; RobRy kind of falls here too but that's not really their fault)
actually just cutesily framed/downplayed/glossed over MVAWG or very onesided "boys will be boys"/"he's pulling your pigtails because he likes you" type dynamics
(Tobecky, Shenny,Swagger Bishie)
Semi related but slightly different: Characters being Shitty Fucking Partners and that's framed as cute/normal/acceptable/funny
(Lilkatie, Dickbabs, Amethyst Ocean, Caleo, Henliza, Shenny, Solangelo)
Hot girl just needs to lower standards and be nice to and date the nerdy guy
(Bemily, Dipcifica, PeteSteph, Xanbuff, Henliza, Snily, Stagedorks, JeffAnnie kind of)
POPULAR Fanon Slash Ship that has LITERALLY (and I do mean zero. nunca. like cannot emphasize enough how much these two hypothetical males DO NOT INTERACT AT ALL in canon) no canon basis and largely exists to further sideline existing female characters
(Jegulus)
Unacknowledged/unengaged with bigotry/shitty behavior from Character A to Character B preship
(Tobecky, Xanbuff, Henliza, Snily, Shenny, Swagger Bishie)
Guy gets the girl
(Bemily, Dickbabs, Dipcifica, Amethyst Ocean, PeteSteph, Tobecky, Caleo, Xanbuff, Henliza, Snily, Stagedorks, Shenny)
You have to retcon/change/undo EVERYTHING about the characters to make the ship work... just let it go bruh
(Dickbabs, Snily, JeffAnnie, Swagger Bishie, Jegulus)
Undermines a character arc/theme of the story
(Dickbabs, Caleo, Xanbuff, Snily, Stagedorks, Jegulus)
Pair the Spares
(Lilkatie, Bemily, Caleo, RobRy, Jegulus)