Matt/Tabitha
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Japanese: ウシオ×ホムラ (Ushio x Homura) English: Matt/Tabitha |
| Alternative name(s): | Japanese: ウシホム (Ushihomu) or ホムウシ (Homuushi) English: SeamountShipping, GaslightShipping |
| Gender category: | Boys' Love; Yaoi; M/M; Slash |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | Popular for both characters Rare overall |
| Archives: | n/a |
| Other: | n/a |
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Matt/Tabitha, known mostly as SeamountShipping, ウシホム (Ushihomu) and/or ホムウシ (Homuushi) is a rare ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Matt (Ushio) and Tabitha (Homura), one of the admins of Team Magma and one of the admins of Team Aqua respectively, both from Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.
Canon Background
Popular Tropes & Fanon
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
-Shipping Name Origin
Matt/Tabitha's ship name has somewhat of an odd history. GaslightShipping was coined first, sometime between 27 January 2014[Notes 1] and 01 April 2014[Notes 2]. The name most used by shippers, "SeamountShipping," was coined around the same time and was widely in use by 01 December 2014[Notes 3], it was just never submitted to be considered "official" on the Neverending Romance ship list.
On 19 February 2017, SeamountShipping was submitted to the Tumblr for Neverending Romance as the ship name for Blue Eyes/Lavana[1]. However, by this time, Seamout had already been in use by fans[2]. Because Blue Eyes/Lavana was submitted first, and because Gaslight was still considered official, the name was added to the list for them later in the year with Seamount being considered an 'untouchable" ship; ship names that weren't official but had a long history of being used.
In 2020, Blue Eyes/Lavana's ship name was removed from the list because it had no fan activity, though Seamount is still not considered official.[3]
Example/Notable Fanac
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Fan Communities/Fan Events
- SeamountShippingClub, Archived version, a club on DeviantArt
Fan Blogs
Fan Fic
- For Moral Support (For You) by Curlifox3, Archived version (2016), As requested by tumblr anon: "Maybe a story about Matt auditioning for that underwater show in Cerulean Gym? Tabitha could be there to give him emotional support ;)"
- Allies by thelinksthatconnectus (orphan_account), Archived version (2014), Maxie had taught him to always look for allies. Instead, Tabitha finds something else.
Fan Art
General Fanworks
Wikis
Zines and Doujinshi
Notes
- ^ as seen here, Archived version
- ^ as seen here, Archived version
- ^ as seen here, Archived version
References
- ^ post by pkmnshippinglist, Archived version (19 February 2017)
- ^ post by pkmnshippinglist, Archived version (24 February 2017)
- ^ post by Manqoba, Archived version (19 July 2020)