Maxie/May

Pairing
Pairing:	Japanese: マツブサ×ハルカ (Matsubusa x Haruka); English: Maxie/May
Alternative name(s):	Japanese: マツハル (Matsuharu); English: RedOrbShipping
Gender category:	NL; F/M; Het
Fandom:	Pokémon
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Common for Maxie, Rare for May; Common 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 Fan Mixes; ; 4.6 Wikis; 4.7 Zines and Doujinshi; ; 5 Similar Pokémon Pairings 5.1 Villainous Team Member/Female Protagonist; ; 6 Notes; 7 References;

May/Maxie, known mostly as RedOrbShipping and/or マツハル (Matsuharu), is a common ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs pairs May (Haruka) and Maxie (Matsubusa), the female playable character and the leader of the villainous Team Magma respectively, both introduced in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.

Canon Background

Popular Tropes & Fanon

Height Difference: Maxie is taller, May is shorter.
Age Difference: Maxie is a generation older than May. By how much (canonically) is unclear.

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

-Shipping Name Origin

"RedOrbShipping" was coined sometime before 26 September 2009^{[Notes 1]} by Izarith^[1], appearing on the Neverending Romance ship name list by 07 February 2010.^{[Notes 2]}

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

RedOrbShipping search query on Fanfiction.Net

Knowing and Understanding by Ragamuffins, ^{Archived version} (2014), Maxie had always known that May Maple had calmed Groudon down. But knowing and understanding were two different things, as he soon enough realized later on.
Tectonic by orangemetaphor, ^{Archived version} (2014), He tasted like the aggravatingly posh red wine he was sipping before their confrontation. That fire was back, nipping at his lips, getting toothy, pulling his bottom lip between her teeth, leaving ash in her wake. Rated Explicit.

Fan Art

General Fanworks

Fan Mixes

Ghost of a Chance by Inkedaway, ^{Archived version} (2015)
Embers by cairowednesday, ^{Archived version} (2015)

Wikis

マツハル on PixivEncyclopedia

Zines and Doujinshi

Similar Pokémon Pairings

Villainous Team Member/Female Protagonist

Notes

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

References

^ post by Izarith, ^{Archived version} (30 August 2012)

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

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

[2] st by Izarith, ^{Archived version} (30 August 2012)

[Notes 1]

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[Notes 2]

Pairing
Pairing:	Japanese: マツブサ×ハルカ (Matsubusa x Haruka) English: Maxie/May
Alternative name(s):	Japanese: マツハル (Matsuharu) English: RedOrbShipping
Gender category:	NL; F/M; Het
Fandom:	Pokémon
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Common for Maxie, Rare for May Common 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 Fan Mixes 4.6 Wikis 4.7 Zines and Doujinshi 5 Similar Pokémon Pairings 5.1 Villainous Team Member/Female Protagonist 6 Notes 7 References