University Shipping

==Summary==
University Shipping is a yaoi and yuri-centric fandom focused on shipping anthropomorphized Canadian (and international) universities. It originated on the r/Waterloo subreddit as a by-product of uWaterloo Department Anime Girls, but has since acquired a life of its own.
==History==
Thank you to u/smilehacks for your work on the initial masterpost.
University Shipping began as a meme on June 26, 2020, in the subreddit r/uWaterloo, following the daily upload of uWaterloo Department Anime Girls by the user u/alyssnya. The first post of six, Math, has since gained almost 1000 points on the subreddit at time of writing, indicating a highly positive response.
After these daily posts began to gain traction, u/uoftxwaterloo made a comment on the post 'day 4 of drawing every faculty an anime girl: arts' on June 27, 2020, reading "Day 1 for asking uWaterloo x UofT / Upvote if you agree".
On June 28, they posted this image in r/uwaterloo and in r/UofT, though the post in r/UofT was deleted by moderators. After this, u/uwutulu posted the initial uToronto/uWaterloo yaoi art.
==Ships==
===UofT/uWaterloo===
The University of Toronto: St. George Campus is a post-secondary institution located in the city of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. The University of Waterloo is a post-secondary institution located in the city of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada. The schools, sometimes renamed 'Tor' and 'Walter' by the fandom, were the impetus of University Shipping.
Art of the male versions of UofT and uWaterloo first appeared in the post 'Uwaterloo x UofT tsundere' by u/uwutulu on the r/uWaterloo subreddit, posted on Sunday, June 28, 2020 at 2:52:52 UTC. This post was met with wide praise, gaining upward of 600 points in its first two days on the subreddit. Speculation began immediately about the characters, with user u/cipherdelic commenting, "UoT is the loudmouth, rich, popular kid who has never known intense longings or the dark side of love and seduction. UWloo is the quiet virginal nerd who is actually a sadistic and passionate lover and leaves UoT begging for more". In the piece, UofT and uWaterloo are depicted with what will become their signature looks: for UofT, a blue long-sleeved shirt with the University of Toronto logo on the arm, and for uWaterloo, a black long-sleeved shirt with the University of Waterloo logo on the arm.
Further art was posted of the pair, depicting 'Chad' UofT and 'Virgin' uWaterloo, reversing the dynamic of u/uwutulu's image. A user by the name of u/MyTorontoAccount submitted a post titled 'UWaterloo X UofT Part 2 😳' on r/UofT at 16:42:27 UTC on Monday, June 29, 2020. This art shows 'Chad' UofT in a backwards black snapback and a spirit hoodie with the uToronto logo on the sleeve. 'Virgin' uWaterloo has a pair of circle-rimmed glasses on, and is wearing a blue shirt with the uWaterloo logo on the sleeve. In the art, UofT is wearing a face mask around his chin—likely a reference by the artist to the contemporary COVID-19 quarantine—and has an earring in. All around, he is much more suave-looking that the 'Virgin' UofT from the original post. He is dressed with a sense of style, in comparison to his more nerdy counterpart. This design was used by u/relativelyjilly in their post to the r/uWaterloo subreddit, titled 'I thought they should kiss so I drew it', which was posted on Monday, June 29, 2020 at 21:20:57.
UTSG is occasionally characterized as being the sibling of UTM and UTSC, its real-world sister schools, the University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus and the University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus.
A few female designs for UofT and uWaterloo popped up at the same time, first from u/notredherring. Their post, titled 'ask and you shall receive, u/AltruisticAirport' was posted at 07:00:11 on Sunday, June 28, 2020, and featured UofT with her iconic wavy blue hair and white bangs, and uWaterloo with brown hair and twintails. In addition, instead of a blue long-sleeved shirt, u/notredherring gave f!UofT a navy turtleneck jumper, foregoing the usual branded spirit wear, and gave uWaterloo a black hoodie.
===Fanfic===
* UWaterloo x UofT shipping taken to its logical conclusion: The Fanfiction by peppermayor. The first piece of fan fiction written for the University Shipping fandom.
* Match Made in Heaven (1/? Slowburn UWaterloo x UofT) by u/Strawberuka. Mirror on AO3
* UofT x UWaterloo Fanfic- House Party by u/unishipperthrow
* Of Miscellaneous Coincidences and Shenanigans 1: Coffee (a UWaterloo x UofT slowburn fic, 1/?) by u/xiuxxi
* cali or bust (a nut) - a uw x uoft pwp by u/ShadySausage
* I too would like to contribute to the chaos by u/wrotethisbutnotmySOP
* Chatime AU? Idk what to call this by u/dysequilibrium. Mirror on AO3
===Fanart===
====m!UofT and m!uWaterloo====
* Uwaterloo x UofT tsundere by u/uwutulu. The first image of UofT and uWaterloo.
* UWaterloo X UofT Part 2 😳 by u/MyTorontoAccount. chad!UofT and virgin!uWaterloo.
* ah yes. me. my boyfriend. and his 500 dollar 4 foot tall goose plushie by u/rainaime.
* ah yes. me. my boyfriend. and his 500 dollar 4 foot tall turkey replica by u/rainaime.
* 'I thought they should kiss so I drew it' by u/relativelyjilly
* U of T x U Waterloo - more yaoi content because apparently thats what this sub is for now :) by u/uoftfujoshi
* God, forgive me by u/oalep_iaaw
* my vote for uwaterloo chad by u/uw-rio
* UofT x UWaterloo Flower Shop/Tattoo Parlour AU: I woke up this morning thinking about this by u/relativelyjilly
* I’m sorry but UW on top. by u/JessieYu2001
* Mr. Goose and his favorite beaver (UW x UofT) by u/curry-free
* UofTxUW ft. Mr Goose by u/TsukemonoAce
* o-oh? you're approaching me? (uwaterloo x uoft) by u/mg3si2o5oh4
* only way to get uwuoft to stop bickering by u/SHINRATENSEI
* UWxUofT I’m into it by u/oceanofstorms
* Hopping on the bandwagon XD by u/gqtpi
* Novice artist attempt at UofTxUWaterloo by u/albertanclown1
* Enters Ryerson... What's a love story without a rival? ;;;;;;;;::;;;;;:;; by u/iwannadrawtoo
* SFW UofT Anime boi u/astromochi
====f!UofT and f!uWaterloo====
* uWaterloo x UofT - Yuri OTP by u/notredherring. The first image of f!UofT and f!uWaterloo.
* uWaterloo x UofTsundere wallpaper >.< by u/joast_ .
* Hey Waterloo ;) by u/bittermelona6 .
* UofT x UWaterloo but it's yuri by u/FlowNetwork.
* U of T Stacy x U Waterloo Becky by u/donttalktomeimfamous .
* Decided to make a comic by u/Expression_Fluffy. An f!UofT/f!uWaterloo comic.
* Clubbing memories from 2019 <3 by u/notredherring
* uWaterloo x UofT - Yuri Inspired by u/notredherring by u/driftingxsnow
* the girls (uoft x uwaterloo) by u/uw-art-loo
* Hot Waterloo. Punk rock hermione vibes =) by u/bittermelona6
* 80s style Waterloo-chan based on u/notaredherring's design from the UofTxUW yuri by u/alyssnya
* anime schoolgirl uwaterloo x uoft by u/alyssnya
* Happy Canada Day! (UWxUofT) by u/rokcr
* just anime gals being pals...nothing to see here (UWaterloo x UofT) by u/lunacchii
===Carleton/uOttawa===
This ship was established in a comment on a post in r/geegees. u/imgonnagonowbye posted the comment "Neither ;) here’s one for you guys tho uottawa x carleton u", linking to the art. It was quickly reposted into the other subreddits as a screenshot.
===Fanart===
* Ask and you shall receive uottawa x carleton by u/imgonnagonowbye. The first piece of art for this ship.
* I hope I’m not late to the party (pose reference by @sitjji_1327) by u/xiuxxi
* Thought you guys might like this! Yuri version of uottawa x carleton. Read it like a webtoon by u/mememele
File:Hey Waterloo ;).png|Hey Waterloo ;) by bittermelona6
File:U of T x U Waterloo - more yaoi content because apparently thats what this sub is for now.png|U of T x U Waterloo by uoftfujoshi
File:God, forgive me.png|God, forgive me by oalep_iaaw
File:My vote for uwaterloo chad.png|my vote for uwaterloo chad by uw-rio
File:WaterlooWorks x Quest.png|Note: Marked as sexually explicit; minimized. - WaterlooWorks x Quest by uwutulu
===Western/Queens===
Queens University is a post-secondary institution located in the city of Kingston, in Ontario, Canada. The University of Western Ontario—commonly shortened to Western University or simply 'Western'--is a post-secondary institution located in the city of London, in Ontario, Canada. The schools are also called 'Wesley' and 'Quentin' by the fandom. Western is often depicted as Caucasian, with brown hair and light brown eyes. In art, he is depicted as a frat boy despite Western's lack of a Greek society. He has a buzzed undercut, with a styled fringe, and wears a purple letterman jacket with Western's 'W' on the sleeve. Queens is often depicted as Caucasian, with blond hair and blue eyes. He wears a blue, red, and gold Queens Rugby sweater with a white collared shirt underneath. In fanworks he is characterized as a sporty 'Chad' archetype.
Art of Queens and Western was first posted to the subreddit r/uwo on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 20:18:40 UTC by u/sagtag2020. The post depicts a scene from or adjacent to a fic uploaded to the subreddit by the same user in the post, 'UWO X QUEENS'. In the fic, Western and Queens share a drunken kiss at a party. This fic also depicts a side character named Laurie who could be a nod to Laurier University.
===Fanfic===
* 'UWO X QUEENS' by u/sagtag2020 
===Fanart===
* UWO chad boi x queens frat boi by u/sagtag2020 
===Ryerson/YorkU===
Ryerson/YorkU was established on June 30 on the r/ryerson subreddit in a post by u/honeyume ambiguously depicting York and Ryerson in an intimate moment.
Queens/Western established on the r/uwo subreddit in the fan fiction post 'UWO x QUEENS' by u/sagtag2020 . This account also posted art of the pair shortly after.
Guelph/McMaster joked about briefly on the r/uoguelph in a post by u/somethingabnormal .
Category:University Shipping