Shipping is pretty swell, isn’t it?
If you’re unfamiliar with it, shipping is the pairing of characters from our favourite
fictional stories – like the ones taking place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Fandoms ship for many a reason – they see an undeniable chemistry between two characters,
typically ones who otherwise wouldn’t be together – fans ship characters because
of a need for better representation of diverse sexualities up on the big screen or in a universe
– and sometimes, fans ship just cause they wanna see their favourite characters GET IT
ON.
The MCU fandom has no shortage of ships, either - In case you didn’t watch our part 1 and
2, here’s what you missed – Romanogers, Domestic Avengers, Capsicoul, FrostIron, T’Chalken,
Black Pepper, Winter Widow, THE CUTEST SHIP EVER IN THE FORM OF Peter Parker and Shuri,
Thorki – cause it ain’t incest if they aren’t blood relative – Awesome Facial
Hair Bros turned Husbands IronStrange, more husbands with Iron Husbands, Coulki, Hawkson,
Scarlet America, Science Boyfriends, Clintasha, Steggy, STONY, Scarlet Widow, AND STUCKY,
SWEET, SWEET STUCKY.STUUUUUUCKY.
Yeah, that about sums it up.
If you’re scratching your head wondering, really, there’s more ships out there?
WELL YOU BET YOUR BUTT THERE IS.
Like our other two parts, we’ll be primarily touching on ships that aren’t canon– so
no Natasha and Bruce, and definitely no Cap and dollar store Peggy – sorry, I mean her
niece, Sharon – c’mon Cap, you can do SO MUCH BETTER.
Instead, we’ll be discussing ships that have a pretty big fandom but decently low
odds at ever becoming canon.
But never say never friends!
And there is one canon ship that slipped through the cracks on our list.
So with that in mind, let’s jump into our picks for the top 10 Avengers Fan Ships, part
3!
ALSO stick around till the end of the video – I’ll be reading off some more comments.
10 Loki and Natasha Loki and Black Widow initially encountered
one another during the first Avengers film.
They had an amazing scene together where Loki seemingly gets into Natasha’s head, only
for her to reveal afterwards that it was all a sophisticated ploy to get information out
of him about his plan – which she expertly executes, and walks away, leaving Loki stunned.
While ultimately, it didn’t foil Loki’s getaway plans, it made for some interesting
insight on Natasha’s history in the MCU, and gave fans some interesting chemistry between
the villain and the reformed Soviet spy.
Natasha played him good, and he tried to get under her skin, and towards the end of their
scene together, Loki gets straight up volatile with her – and of course, all of this made
for some great shipping fodder – two masters of manipulation coming together and getting
it on?
Yeah, I can see how that’s pretty darn appealing.
9 Nicktasha - Natasha Nick Fury I think Natasha may be THE most shipped character
in the Avengers.
She’s got plenty of hot ships, plenty of femslash, and a fanon coupling with almost
every likable character good AND bad.
And the Romanoff shipping even extends up to Nick Fury, who most see as a father figure
to Black Widow.
I really hope there isn’t fanfic out there where she refers to him as Daddy.
Cringe!
This ship has quite a bit of evidence that has accumulated over time, but the most potent
parts are because of their relationship depicted in Captain America Winter Soldier.
Remember when we all thought Nick bit the dust in Winter Solider after that EPIC action
sequence where Nick took on a crazy amount of enemies only to die on the operating table?
AND REMEMBER NATASHA’S EXPRESSION?
By that time in the MCU, Black Widow was becoming a more thoughtfully formed dynamic character,
and we were starting to get more emotion slipping through the cracks of her stony exterior – something
that the hardened spy didn’t seem capable of only a few films prior.
8 Winter Witch Moving on to something hotter at this number.
Or colder.
Cause, you know, their ship name, and Bucky is the Winter Soldier…sorry, sometimes the
dad in me just comes out and has to make a joke.
ANYWHO there’s really not that much that fans of the Winter Witch ship have to go off
of.
The most they’ve interacted was in Captain America Civil War, with both of them being
on Cap’s side.
Perhaps they connected on the car ride over to the airport?
Despite this, shippers have filled up Tumblr and Pinterest with photoshopped images of
these two as a couple, often comparing similar moments the two have shared side by side – Bucky
locked up in Civil War, Wanda locked up in Civil War, Bucky wearing a baseball cap, Wanda
wearing a baseball cap, that kind of stuff.
There’s even blogs devoted to how hilarious Steve’s reactions would be after him, being
completely oblivious to their relationship, clued in to what was going on.
Perhaps these two are appealing to so many because they’re both so troubled and traumatized.
Who knows, perhaps Vision will be gone for good, and Bucky will slip into a more active
role in the Avengers, and the two of them will develop the hots for one another.
7 Fitzsimmons – Leo Fitz Jemma Simmons Jumping away from the movies of the MCU over
to one of its series, Fitzsimmons is the pairing of Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons from Agents
of SHIELD.
You know, the show that Coulson popped up in and was like hey, I’m actually still
alive!
Anywho, these two are agents of SHIELD, the most popular ship on the show, and the only
ship on this list that’s actually canon – they got married!
Fitz is one of the youngest agents on the team, is a genius engineer, and is practically
inseparable from Jemma right from the get-go – his best friend, and research partner,
hence why the two are often referred to as Science Babies or Science Twins.
Jemma is a genius biochemist, and over the course of the five seasons of the show, their
romantic relationship has had it’s will-they-wont-they moments, along with other love interests floating
around as distractions, but as any fan of the show will tell you, these two are a prime
example of what an OTP should be.
6 Stark Spangled Banner This is perhaps the most dangerous threesome
ever – star spangled banner is a ménage a Trois between Tony Stark, Steve Rogers,
and Bruce Banner.
I mean, come one, they’re the three best pals that there ever was!
Sorry Thor.
You only get Thorki.
It’s pretty easy to see how this pairing comes together – all three bonded during
the first two Avengers films quite heavily – Tony and Bruce together as colleagues,
Steve and Tony as heads who butted often but have a profound amount of adoration for each
other, and Steve and Bruce…well, they’re pals, and they work together real good, right?
5 Hawkwitch – Clint and Wanda The Clint and Wanda fan ship sparked up after
her brother Pietro sacrificed himself to save Clint and a young Sokovian boy.
Clint would go on to name his son after Pietro (the boys middle name, that is – his first
name is Nathanial, after Natasha).
Later, in Civil War, Clint comes to her rescue at the Avengers tower, risking a losing battle
with Vision in order to do so, while under the commands of Captain America.
Ever since, fans of this unusual pairing have started popping up, and it’s easy to see
how they’d have some solid chemistry – even if Clint is significantly older than the young
and extremely powerful Sokovian.
But to some, that just makes it sexier.
4 Freebird – Steve and Sam OF COURSE THIS IS A SHIP.
Also known as Captain Falcon, Steve and Sam have quite the bromance, which originated
after they met in Captain America Winter Soldier.
Cap turned to Sam in a time of need – after SHIELD was officially compromised and fell,
he and Natasha didn’t really have anywhere to turn to, except for Sam.
Sam offered up everything he could to help them and their cause, and became Falcon, willing
to sacrifice his life under Cap’s command.
At times, Sam even seems jealous of Steve’s relationship with Bucky – classic jealous
boyfriend type – which has made for some great moments between him and the Winter Solider.
3 SHIELD Wives – Natasha Maria Hill For all of y’all asking about that thumbnail
from our last video that had some pretty hot and heavy fan art between Natasha and Maria,
well, here we go, pals.
SHIELD Wives is the coupling of Romanoff and Hill, the two most badass ladies of SHIELD
(still left alive, cause, you know, Peggy is a baus AND SHE BELONGS WITH STEVE GOD DAMNIT.
Sorry, all this shipping is getting to me) Anywho, these two are both serious tough cookies
– brilliant on the battlefield, brilliant strategists, and brilliant agents.
So naturally, a femslash formed amongst fans, especially those craving to see more Maria
Hill in the films.
It’s clear that Natasha – and even Clint Barton – all have quite the history with
the head honcho agents of SHIELD like Maria, Coulson and Fury, so to believe that these
two may have spent quite a lot of bonding time together in the past isn’t totally
out of the question.
And the rest, well, that’s all up to the fan fiction.
2 Iron Widow – Tony and Natasha Upon Black Widow’s entry into the MCU during
her first appearance in Iron Man 2, fans speculated that perhaps Tony’s undeniable attraction
to the spy moonlighting as Pepper’s assistant would pan out to be something more.
I mean, hey, who can blame them after watching this?
The flirtation may have been shorted lived, but potent enough for some shippers to latch
on to, with Natasha being a much fiery, more interesting alternative to Pepper when it
came to Stark’s romantic interests.
And you gotta admit, it’s be a pretty hot pairing, wouldn’t it?
Since, the two haven’t really shown to have much chemistry together, minus that great
bit of banter between them during the Avengers discussion scene in Captain America Civil
War.
1 IronDad Ships are more than just romantic!
Iron Dad is THE PERFECT example of that – one of the sweetest, and newest family ships to
emerge from the MCU.
And is BY FAR the most likely to actually happen.
Iron Dad is the pairing of Tony Stark and Peter Parker as a father/son family ship.
WHICH MAKES ABSOLUTE PERFECT SENSE, DOESN’T IT?
The two have a long history together in the MCU – longer than most initially suspected,
with Peter Parker joining the MCU in 2016 when Tom Holland debuted as the character
in Captain America: Civil War.
But prior to that hilarious first encounter when Tony pays Parker a visit at his home
in Queens , Tom Holland actually confirmed that Spider-Man was in Iron Man 2 – as a
young boy, pre-powers . Remember that scene at the Stark Expo when a kid in an Iron Man
mask stands up to one of the Hammer drones, lifting his hand up in the air?
Theories had circulated for a long time that this kid was Peter – the expo took place
in Queens, Peter clearly has had a long time interest in technology, and is a big fan of
Stark and Iron Man.
Holland confirmed that Marvel Studios had told him that that kid was Peter.
Really puts the timeline in perspective, eh?
Anyway, the father spider-son ship between these two continues throughout Spider-Man
Homecoming, which makes that moment in Infinity War when Peter clutches onto Tony as he’s
being dusted all the more painful to endure.
There we have it friends!
Now, onto some comments that you guys left on our Avengers Fan Ships part 2 video!
First up, from Gaming Expert-Fortnite and More, “Spidey and Shuri are the best because
Shuri can show Peter around Wakanda and Peter can show her around New York.
Shuri will ask for a pair of web shooters.T'Challa and Tony will try to break them up because
they spend so much time together but the other Avengers thinks they are cute.
So, when Tony breaks them up Peter quits being an Avenger and spiderman because Shuri gives
him hope when he is Spider-Man?”
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THIS PAIRING WORKS SO WELL TOGETHER.
So much story potential!
From Righteous Raichu, Inhales AHHHHHHHH Well, you’re not wrong there, friend.
Next up, we’ve got some very accurate words of wisdom from A Johnson, “It’s astounding
how people who hate fandoms click these videos just to complain.
It’s fiction.
Not real life.
Chill.”
From Dean Wayfield, “I am a huge Thorki shipper AND I’M NOT SORRY GUYS”
NEVER APOLOGIZE DEAN.
THORKI IS FANTASTIC AND ALL Y’ALL HATERS NEED TO CHILL OUT.
From Mauricio Figueroa, “Why on earth should ever couple be gay now?
It became so annoying”.
Well, this is because there’s not much representation in the MCU outside of the heterosexual canon
ships.
So naturally, fans of the MCU – who is a very large, diverse bunch – would be inclined
to create these fanships.
It’s the case with a lot of popular franchises out there.
Just cause you’re into a certain kind of ship doesn’t mean everyone else is, ya know?
Next up, we’ve got a comment from Vivid_led Edits, who said, “Do a part 3 and please
include Winterwitch.
It could work so well.
First off they could relate with each other sharing stories about the testing and experiments
done on them in hydra, and even though Wanda had volunteered it was said that the experiments
were painful and it had to be emotionally damaging because Wanda and Pietro were the
only ones to survive the experiments so that means they had to witness others dying before
them.
Also, Wanda can use her mind manipulation to help Bucky since his brain was scattered.
They both lost a lot of people in their life and all in all the fact that majority of the
world think they are bad people/villains they can share and relate with each other with
that problem as well with the public accusing them as terrorist.?”
Maybe I should’ve just added that to my number 8 point, eh?
Well thought out!
And lastly, we’ve got this beast of a comment from ST Kevin Mohapi, who listed off their
favorite ship picks, along with some solid reactions of the ships on part 2.
Let’s read off some of them – “Romanogers HELL NO!
Domestic Avengers – Don’t really get it but okay (like, me too, but I’d totally
be down to just watch a bunch of scenes of them all chilling and doing normal people
stuff, you know?)
WinterWidow – 1 I prefer Bucky Nat, 2 OMG YASS!
I really wanna see that!
I don’t get enough fan fiction about them.
FAN FICTION WRITERS, THAT IS A CALL TO ACTION RIGHT THERE.
And what about those other picks for ships from Kevin?
Thor and Sif – DEF AGREE.
Pietro and Darcy Lewis – they need to come back – WHY IS THIS NOT MORE POPULAR?
DARCY IS THE GREATEST EVER.
And last but not least Thanos and Hela!
I mean, hey, I’d ship ANYTHING with Cate Blanchett in it.
Hela is great and all, but she would’ve made one hell of a lady death.
Alright, that’s it for this video!
Out of all these ships, what are your favorites?
What other ships have we not talked about?
Give us a shout with all of your thoughts and feels in those comments below!
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