Cyrus/Saturn

Pairing
Pairing:	Japanese: サターン ×アカギ (Saturn x Akagi) English: Saturn/Cyrus
Alternative name(s):	Japanese: サタアカ (Sataaka) or アカサタ (Akasata) English: GingaShipping
Gender category:	Boys' Love; Yaoi; M/M; Slash
Fandom:	Pokémon
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Popular for Saturn, Common for Cyrus Common overall
Archives:	n/a
Other:	n/a
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Cyrus/Saturn, known mostly as GingaShipping and/or サタアカ (Sataaka), is a common ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Cyrus (Akagi) and Saturn (Saturn), both highly ranked members of the villainous Team Galactic, with Cyrus as the leader. Both come from Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum.

Popular Tropes & Fanon

• Height Difference: Cyrus is taller, Saturn is shorter.
• Loyalty Kink: Saturn is canonically loyal to Team Galactic and Cyrus.

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

-Shipping Name Origin

"GingaShipping" was coined sometime before 15 March 2007.

Example/Notable Fanac

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

Fan Blogs

• gingashipper-blog, ^{Archived version}, a general fan blog on Tumblr
• gingashippinghell, ^{Archived version}

Fan Fic

GingaShipping search query on Fanfiction.Net

• Cold Night by astralcurrent, ^{Archived version} (2018), On a cold night in the Team Galactic base, Saturn decides to find a way to warm up - and gets more out of it than he imagined.
• Punishment by SilentVentriloquist (2022), Cyrus experiences a feeling new to him. It is lust for one of his commanders. But when he decides to turn his fantasies into reality, how wrong can things go? Rated Explicit.

Fan Art

• Saturn going full meow meow snuggle mode and Cyrus is forced to tolerate it by saturn-is-lazy, ^{Archived version} (2024)

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