Grant/Viola

Pairing
Pairing:	Japanese: ザクロ×ビオラ (Zakuro x Viola); English: Grant/Viola
Alternative name(s):	Japanese: ザクビオ (Zakubio); English: FleurDeGrenadeShipping
Gender category:	NL; F/M; Het
Fandom:	Pokémon
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Popular for both characters; Popular overall
Archives:	n/a
Other:	n/a
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	Contents 1 Canon Background; 2 Popular Tropes & Fanon; 3 Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta 3.1 -Shipping Name Origin; ; 4 Example/Notable Fanac 4.1 Fan Communities/Fan Events; 4.2 Fan Blogs; 4.3 Fan Fic; 4.4 Fan Art; 4.5 General Fanworks 4.5.1 AMVs; ; 4.6 Wikis and Forum Threads; 4.7 Zines and Doujinshi; ; 5 Similar Pokémon Pairings 5.1 Male Gym Leader/Female Gym Leader; ; 6 Notes;

Grant/Viola, known mostly as FleurDeGrenadeShipping and/or ザクビオ (Zakubio), is a popular ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Grant (Zakuro) and Viola (Viola), the Rock-type gym leader and the Bug-type gym leader from Pokémon X and Y respectively.

The ship primarily came about after their appearance in the Pokémon anime, where they are good friends.

Canon Background

Popular Tropes & Fanon

Height Difference: Grant is taller, Viola is shorter.

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

-Shipping Name Origin

"FleurDeGrenadeShipping" was coined sometime between 09 July^{[Notes 1]} and 07 August 2013^{[Notes 2]} for the Neverending Romance ship name list.

Example/Notable Fanac

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fan Communities/Fan Events

Fan Blogs

Fan Fic

Matching paper hearts by Beezonia, ^{Archived version} (2023), They don’t usually match, but tonight they did. Written for Pokémon Ship Week.
For Lack of Better Words by PurpleCosmonaut, ^{Archived version} (2014), In which Grant is too nice to her and it only makes her feel even worse about the whole situation.

Fan Art

General Fanworks

AMVs

SMILE by juvia lockser lover, ^{Archived version} (2017)
ღ♥♪♫ B@D BL0OD by PokemonRangerBoy12, ^{Archived version} (2015)

Wikis and Forum Threads

ザクビオ on PixivEncyclopedia
FleurDeGrenadeShipping on the Shipping Wiki
Viola X Grant, ^{Archived version}, a thread on Serebii.net

Zines and Doujinshi

Similar Pokémon Pairings

Male Gym Leader/Female Gym Leader

Notes

^ as seen here, ^{Archived version}
^ as seen here, ^{Archived version}

[1] s seen here, ^{Archived version}

[2] s seen here, ^{Archived version}

[Notes 1]

[Notes 2]

Pairing
Pairing:	Japanese: ザクロ×ビオラ (Zakuro x Viola) English: Grant/Viola
Alternative name(s):	Japanese: ザクビオ (Zakubio) English: FleurDeGrenadeShipping
Gender category:	NL; F/M; Het
Fandom:	Pokémon
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Popular for both characters Popular overall
Archives:	n/a
Other:	n/a
Click here for related articles on Fanlore.
Contents 1 Canon Background 2 Popular Tropes & Fanon 3 Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta 3.1 -Shipping Name Origin 4 Example/Notable Fanac 4.1 Fan Communities/Fan Events 4.2 Fan Blogs 4.3 Fan Fic 4.4 Fan Art 4.5 General Fanworks 4.5.1 AMVs 4.6 Wikis and Forum Threads 4.7 Zines and Doujinshi 5 Similar Pokémon Pairings 5.1 Male Gym Leader/Female Gym Leader 6 Notes