pete1061 wrote:
So, essentially the OP is asking what fictional characters on TV we are interested in sexually?
"who would we 'do' on TV?"
Aeryn Sun on farscape... and Chiana
You're actually half-right.
Fanshipping is pretty much fans of a certain tv show, anime or movie imagining a relationship forming between two characters based on perceived romantic interests. In some cases, it's valid, such as the relationship slowly forming between Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in Harry Potter (even if, in my opinion, the movie adaptations handled it very clumsily but then again, I was never a fan of David Yates' directing - he did the last 5 movies), whereas other times it's can be debate-worthy and influenced by personal taste or fan-wants and desire. Anyway, fanshippers tend to refer to their couples by intertwining their names, which can be pretty confusing for people who don't know the characters in question or are familiar with the series fanshippers refer to.
I don't particularly care for it myself since relationships are beyond my understanding but whatever works for people, I guess.