Wallace/Winona

Pairing
Pairing:	Japanese: ミクリ×ナギ (Mikuri x Nagi); English: Wallace/Winona
Alternative name(s):	Japanese: ミクナギ (Mikunagi); English: GracefulShipping
Gender category:	NL; F/M; Het
Fandom:	Pokémon
Canonical?:	Yes, though only in Pokémon Special
Prevalence:	Popular for Winona, Common for Wallace; Semi-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 4.1.1 Collections; ; 4.2 Fan Blogs; 4.3 Fan Fic; 4.4 Fan Art; 4.5 General Fanworks; 4.6 Wikis; 4.7 Zines and Doujinshi; ; 5 Similar Pokémon Pairings 5.1 Male Gym Leader/Female Gym Leader; 5.2 Pokémon Champion/Gym Leader; ; 6 References;

Wallace/Winona, known mostly as GracefulShipping and/or ミクナギ (Mikunagi), is a popular ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Wallace (Mikuri) and Winona (Nagi), the Water-type Gym Leader and the Flying-type Gym Leader in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald respectively.

Canon Background

The ship primarily comes from the Pokémon Special manga series. In chapter four of the Ruby and Sapphire arc, released in June 2004 in Japan, it's revealed that they were formerly lovers. In chapter six of the Emerald arc, they seemingly got back together.

Popular Tropes & Fanon

Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta

-Shipping Name Origin

"GracefulShipping" was coined on 20 February 2004 by Alfonso on Bulbagarden. In their words, it's because "they both are into graceful Pokemon."^[1]

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

Example/Notable Fanac

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

Fan Communities/Fan Events

Collections

GracefulShipping Fan Fiction Compendium, ^{Archived version}, a collection on FanFiction.Net

Fan Blogs

Fan Fic

GracefulShipping search query on Fanfiction.Net

sometimes by toskliviydays, ^{Archived version} (2015), She’ll close her eyes. She’ll remember the short period of time where they had been nothing but happy.
Moment of Surrender by orphan_account, ^{Archived version} (2012), She cannot return to him. That would be a sign of weakness. That would be surrender.
You were only waiting for this moment to be free by WelkamoWrites, ^{Archived version} (2022), None of this is my fault. It’s okay to cut toxic family out of my life. I will grow stronger. Winona goes through some messy family drama. Wallace is there to help.
Breeze of Prelude by OkashiraShinomori, ^{Archived version} (2006)

Fan Art

General Fanworks

Wikis

ミクナギ on PixivEncyclopedia
GracefulShipping General (Winona x Wallace), a thread on Bulbapedia
Gracefulshipping General Discussion, ^{Archived version}, a thread on Serebii.net

Zines and Doujinshi

Similar Pokémon Pairings

Male Gym Leader/Female Gym Leader

Pokémon Champion/Gym Leader

References

^ post by Alfonso, ^{Archived version} (20 February 2004)

[1] st by Alfonso, ^{Archived version} (20 February 2004)

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Pairing
Pairing:	Japanese: ミクリ×ナギ (Mikuri x Nagi) English: Wallace/Winona
Alternative name(s):	Japanese: ミクナギ (Mikunagi) English: GracefulShipping
Gender category:	NL; F/M; Het
Fandom:	Pokémon
Canonical?:	Yes, though only in Pokémon Special
Prevalence:	Popular for Winona, Common for Wallace Semi-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 4.1.1 Collections 4.2 Fan Blogs 4.3 Fan Fic 4.4 Fan Art 4.5 General Fanworks 4.6 Wikis 4.7 Zines and Doujinshi 5 Similar Pokémon Pairings 5.1 Male Gym Leader/Female Gym Leader 5.2 Pokémon Champion/Gym Leader 6 References