Flint/Volkner

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Pairing
Pairing: Japanese: オーバ×デンジ(Ōba x Denji)
English: Flint/Volkner
Alternative name(s): Japanese: オデン (Oden) or デンオ (DenO)
English: IgnitionShipping
Gender category: Boys' Love; Yaoi; M/M; Slash
Fandom: Pokémon
Canonical?: No
Prevalence: Popular for both characters
Popular overall
Archives: n/a
Other: n/a
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Flint/Volkner, known mostly as IgnitionShipping, オデン (Oden) and/or デンオ (DenO), is a popular ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Flint (Ōba) and Volkner (Denji), the Fire-type Elite Four member and Electric-type Gym Leader in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum respectively.

Canon Background

The two are good friends in canon.

Popular Tropes & Fanon

  • Opposites Attract: Flint is very expressive, outgoing and excitable while Volkner is much more monotone and easily bored.

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

-Shipping Name Origin

"IgnitionShipping" was coined in around 2006 or early 2007.[Notes 1]

The pairing used to also have a page on Bulbapedia, which can be seen here (in archived form), Archived version.

Example/Notable Fanac

Fan Communities/Fan Events

Collections

Fan Blogs

Fan Fic

IgnitionShipping search query on Fanfiction.Net

Fan Art

Fan Comics

General Fanworks

Fan Mixes

Wikis

Zines and Doujinshi

Similar Pokémon Pairings

Elite Four Member/Gym Leader

Notes

  1. ^ as seen here, Archived version (note that this update doubled the length of the page, thus the large time-frame for when the pairing was coined)