The Marvel Cinematic Universe very famously has given us almost nothing when it comes to LGBTQ+ representation — but that hasn't stopped the fans from finding their own ships to obsess over.
Some of these ships make a lot of sense, but others are a bit more of a stretch. Still, Marvel stans love each of them like their own children. Some of these pairings are also a little more obscure, but some of them are actually the most popular MCU ships overall (sometime even more popular than any straight canon ships).
So let's take a look at 13 of the fans' most favorite same-sex Marvel movie ships, with a few from MCU television shows and non-MCU-but-still-Marvel movies thrown in.
Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes became an ultra popular ship recently when the two starred together in Disney+'s The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Even though Anthony Mackie says the two are "just friends," fans see things a little differently.
This is the most popular MCU ship overall. The ship has over 50,000 fanfics on AO3, giving it more than 20,000 more than the next biggest ship! The stans will always love Stucky, no matter where in the timeline Steve and Bucky may be.
What can we say? Queers love their daddy issues. The ship between Spider-Man and his mentor Iron Man might be seen as problematic by some, but that doesn't stop it from being the MCU's third most popular pairing when it comes to number of fanfics.
Every lesbian who saw Captain Marvel instantly saw the chemistry between Carol and her "best friend" Maria who she was raising a child with. They're lesbians, Harold.
Venom was actually one of the best superhero movies ever, and a large part is due to chaotic boyfriends Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and the alien symbiote Venom. They're the perfect odd couple, and we can't wait to see them in Venom: There Will Be Carnage when it comes out!
Yeah, they're brothers, but also, they're hot. Loki and Thor come in at the fifth most popular MCU ship, according to AO3. Fans love the dynamic of a handsome jock older brother and his emo subby little brother, and they're not gonna stop shipping them any time soon.
Okay, so Captain Marvel and Valkyrie technically haven't been on screen together yet, but that can't stop fans from hoping. The real-life friendship between actors Brie Larson and Tessa Thompson certainly helped push this ship forward.
Okay, yeah, again, we've got siblings. But these two have chemistry! All Nebula wants is for her older sister to love her, but she only knows how to show it through violence. And Gamora is equally dysfunctional, trying to be a hero all while avoiding the one person who needs her the most. It's honestly a pretty great dynamic (but, you know, they're sisters).
"On your left!" These two bros are adorable together ever since The Falcon was introduced. And honestly, what's better than two Captain Americas?
Black Widow wasn't a great movie, but it gave us this great performance by Florence Pugh as Black Widow's little sister, who again, just wants some love from her family, even if they were really just technically spies all along. It was real to her, and fans want Natasha to show her just how real it can get.
Tony Stark and Steve Rogers lead the Avengers as Iron Man and Captain America, so it's no surprise the fans love to pair them up. The couple has over 30,000 fanfics on AO3, making them the site's second most popular MCU ship.
This ship started in the comics, but fans love to imagine Tom Holland and Ryan Reynolds interacting with each other. The straight-laced Peter and completely wild Deadpool make for quite the clash of personalities, and fans always love that.
When we all saw Jeff Goldblum's suave Grandmaster in Thor Ragnarok we knew he was into some pretty kinky sh*t. And with Loki by his side, we knew that some wild fanfics would be born. These two are truly perfect for each other.
Even before Loki came out as bisexual in his Disney+ show, fans were shipping him hard with Agent Mobius, the man tasked with keeping the god of mischief under control for the Time Variance Authority.
