Brendan/May
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Japanese: ユウキ×ハルカ (Yuuki x Haruka) English: Brendan/May |
| Alternative name(s): | Japanese: ユウハル (Yuuharu) English: HoennShipping, RuSaShipping |
| Gender category: | NL; F/M; Het |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Popular for Brendan, Common for May Popular overall |
| Archives: | n/a |
| Other: | n/a |
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Brendan/May, known mostly as HoennShipping and/or ユウハル (Yuuharu), is a popular ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Brendan (Yuuki) and May (Haruka), the male and female playable protagonists from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald respectively.
FranticShipping, which pairs Ruby and Sapphire Birch, is its cross-canon counterpart in the Pokémon Special manga. Unlike many other Pokémon pairings, the ship is widely considered to be canon for both characters. It also had its own page on Bulbapedia, seen here, Archived version.
RuSaShipping has shared usage between both pairings, though it's much more common for Ruby/Sapphire Birch fan activity.
Canon Background
Popular Tropes & Fanon
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
-Shipping Name Origin
"HoennShipping" was widely in use by 15 July 2004[Notes 1], though it was not added to the Neverending Romance ship list until later, sometime before 25 February 2005.[Notes 2] It used to also have a small section on Bulbapedia, which can be seen here, Archived version.
Example/Notable Fanac
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Fan Communities/Fan Events
- hoennshippingclub, Archived version, a club on DeviantArt
- hoennshippersunite, Archived version, a club on DeviantArt
Collections
- Hoennshipping fanfictions, Archived version, a collection on FanFiction.Net
Fan Blogs
Fan Fic
HoennShipping search query on Fanfiction.Net
- Storm by RageCandyBar, Archived version (2016), For a moment, May just lay there, shell-shocked, almost not believing the bolts of pain and confusion and oh, Arceus, her leg was broken. The storm was still coming.
- Rangers by Skylark, Archived version (2015), Four times they held hands and one time they didn't. Written for the Rare Ship Swap. 5+1 Things.
- One in a Million by Kana, Archived version (2005),
Fan Art
General Fanworks
Fan Mixes
- Stuck on the B-Team by kiwimoogle, Archived version (2015)
- Flamingo by kkakyoins, Archived version (2015)
- ⓛⓐⓝⓓ ⓐⓝⓓ ⓢⓔⓐ by Miracle♡Warrior, Archived version (2018)
Wikis and Forum Threads
- ユウハル on PixivEncyclopedia
- Hoennshipping General Discussion (2004), Archived version, a thread on Serebii.net
- Hoennshipping General Discussion (2008), Archived version, a thread on Serebii.net
- Hoennshipping General Discussion (2009), Archived version, a thread on Serebii.net
- Hoennshipping (Brendan x May) General Discussion (2014), Archived version, a thread on Serebii.net
Zines and Doujinshi
Similar Pokémon Pairings
Same-generation Protagonist/Protagonist
Notes
- ^ as seen here, Archived version
- ^ as seen here, Archived version