Some pairings leave more to interpretation than others.
For fans of pairings that lack much canon evidence, it's the little looks and passing comments that just make your heart skip a beat because "...what if he really means...!"
Archica laid out what evidence there is, but I dont think it goes against her credit to lay out what subtext can be picked up as well. After all, if you're already a fan of "more canon" pairing, if what it takes to sway you is hard cold facts, you're not going to get more for Cloud/Yuffie than Cloud/Aeris or Cloud/Tifa. You're just not. Besides the kiss. Ship manifestos are to proclaim the love of a pairing to the world and why they're loved, and hope that someone else might see it and be interested. Even if a pairing was so far out there that the characters had never met, someone could (and I'm 99% sure has) do a ship manifesto, and maybe someone would go "oooh, they really would work so great together, this is really interesting!" And others will scoff and say "I'm not sold, there's zero concrete evidence." Some pairings sell only on the merit of the characters looking good together, but people still sell it.
So having "illogical" interpretations of canon events as a fan? At that point, it's less about convincing something is OMG!CANON or OMG!100%TRUE and more about "This could mean..." and going starry eyed as a fan.
Might not sway a jury but certainly can a fan. *shrugs*
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For fans of pairings that lack much canon evidence, it's the little looks and passing comments that just make your heart skip a beat because "...what if he really means...!"
Archica laid out what evidence there is, but I dont think it goes against her credit to lay out what subtext can be picked up as well. After all, if you're already a fan of "more canon" pairing, if what it takes to sway you is hard cold facts, you're not going to get more for Cloud/Yuffie than Cloud/Aeris or Cloud/Tifa. You're just not.
Besides the kiss. Ship manifestos are to proclaim the love of a pairing to the world and why they're loved, and hope that someone else might see it and be interested. Even if a pairing was so far out there that the characters had never met, someone could (and I'm 99% sure has) do a ship manifesto, and maybe someone would go "oooh, they really would work so great together, this is really interesting!" And others will scoff and say "I'm not sold, there's zero concrete evidence." Some pairings sell only on the merit of the characters looking good together, but people still sell it.So having "illogical" interpretations of canon events as a fan? At that point, it's less about convincing something is OMG!CANON or OMG!100%TRUE and more about "This could mean..." and going starry eyed as a fan.
Might not sway a jury but certainly can a fan. *shrugs*