AfterEllen.com: Shipping Wars

How important are romantic lesbian storylines to you on TV?

• I don't care about them. I just like good TV.
• I like them, but they're not the primary reason I watch the TV shows I watch.
• They are the most important factor in determining which TV shows I watch.

Do you consider yourself a shipper?

• Yes
• No

Would you stop watching a show if you found out your lesbian couple of choice wasn't going to get together/stay together romantically?

• Yes
• No

You care about lesbian TV couples:

• More than you care about heterosexual couples.
• Less than you care about heterosexual couples.
• The same as you care about heterosexual couples.

What is the extent of your online fandom activities?

Please select all that apply.

• I don't participate in any online fandom activities.
• I comment on recaps and articles about my favorite shows on AfterEllen.com.
• I comment on recaps and articles on other web sites.
• Twitter
• Tumblr
• LiveJournal
• Facebook
• Fan forums

When you communicate about your favorite lesbian couples with other people online what is your primary objective?

• I enjoy the sense of community and camaraderie.
• I enjoy reading other people's opinions.
• I enjoy sharing my opinion.
• I think that sharing my opinion will help sway the direction of the storyline.
• I want to convince other people that my way of thinking about a couple is the best way of thinking about a couple.

Have you ever engaged in a debate about a lesbian couple in which you tried to convince someone else that your way of thinking was correct (and their way of thinking was incorrect)?

• Yes
• No

To your knowledge, have you ever brought anyone around to your way of thinking?

• Yes
• No

Has anyone ever brought you around to their way of thinking?

• Yes
• No, but I'm open to having my mind changed about my favorite couples.
• No, and there's no way anyone could ever change my mind about my favorite couples.

Have you ever responded aggressively to another person online when talking about your favorite lesbian couple?

• Yes
• No

If yes, do you think you would have responded the same way in-person?

• Yes
• No

Compared to mainstream shippers, do you think lesbian and bisexual shippers are:

• Easier to please.
• Harder to please.
• Equally difficult to please.

If you sense a "shipping war" breaking out on a forum or in a comments section, are you:

• More likely to get involved in the conversation.
• Less likely to get involved in the conversation.
• Likely to join the conversation either way.