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>Some side shipping in a grand adventure o drama fic is usually alright. Have Apple Jack fall in love with somebody, established character or oc as a side plot?
Agreed, for the most part, sometimes I find side shipping to be irksome but I can't recall many times stuff like that has been a absolute turn off. I'll even admit that sometimes it works well and adds to a story.

>Suddenly ship Twilight and Luna after explicitly establishing their relationship as not romantic and having it not exist for most of the story? That is where it is jarring and annoying.
Talking about the Celestia Code? Though you may not, a lot of stories can pull that. It has been years since I read it but I think the Celestial Code pulled that with it and its sequel, The Luna Cipher. How badly done, IDK, as I liked the Celestial Code enough but saw the shipping and sex tags on the Lunar Cipher and just knew that it probably wasn't for me.

Speaking of the Celestia Code, interesting thing to note here, the Celestia Code was the only story the author didn't pull that failed attempt to leave to Offprint but it's sequels still have their old posts available on the page. Kind of haunting considering the actual content of it is inaccessible.