A 'shipper' is a person who wants a relationship between two characters, in this case, Harm and Mac. The following quiz was written by a JAG fan to determine whether you're a shipper or not. Enjoy!
How to tell if you, or that weirdo hiding in the closet, are an extreme, moderate, or too scared er...to smart to be labeled a shipper.
1. A very special Christmas episode of JAG is all set to appear! You check your reliable watch (Or pull a Mac) and realize that you only have five more minutes until pure satisfying joy. With shock, you frantically search for your tape (which also has a very special episode of MacGyver on it!)-only to realize that your ever-faithful dog, has chewed it up! The only tape you have with you is your 'shipper' tape filled with such classics as "The Stalker", "To Russia with Love", "Gypsy Eyes", "Lifeline", etc. You:
a. Shrug it off, pop the 'shipper' tape in there and are happy that at
least you HAVE a tape.
b. Frantically call up your family, your friends, that nice guy at the
subway, your estranged step-grandmother's second cousin twice removed.
Surely they will tape this for you.
c. Unhappily settle for having this very special Christmas JAG episode not
be taped. While during commercials you look over your shipper tape and
think 'red rum'...
2. In that very special Christmas episode, Harm and Mac share a kiss. However, in a strange twist of fate, Harm, with an unhappy grin says "I know, you were kissing HIM." You automatically think:
a. 'Oh, not this soap opera crap again! Everyone knows that a man and a
woman in a working relationship on television would NEVER resort to that.
This sucks. Bah! Humbug! Why can't television be more realistic?'
b. 'This shoe right here would look pretty good against my television set.
Why are TPTB doing this to us!? Why can' t Harm and Mac be together...even
just for Christmas???? She was not thinking of him, she was thinking of
you! Harm you are such a blockhead!'
c. 'Awww, that was romantic...'
3. Someone on the JAGlist states that "Harm and Mac together will kill the show." You:
a. Heartily agree, listing the reason why and how Harm and Mac being
together will kill the show, kill the UST, blah, blah, blah.
b. Become incensed. What blasphemy!! You list reasons why Harm and Mac
being together would improve the show...ratings would sky-rocket, you
could have it be a 'b' plot and just show them on dates, it shows that
normal (wait...a second...) people have normal relationships (...Harm and Mac
normal??).
c. Can see both sides, and you come to the realization that Harm and Mac
belong in the loony bin for a couple of weeks (years) until they can stop
their tangled dance (maybe Webb can give them lessons? I'm sure Mac
wouldn't mind), and THEN perhaps at the end of the series they would be
ready for marriage.
4. On tonight's episode of JAG, Harm smiled at Mac. With a flickering candle in the background. You automatically think:
a. 'Oh my god, shippers will be all over this. So what if he smiled at
her? It's just a smile. In fact, smiling was seen as a 'barring one's
teeth' back in the olden days, so in all actuality, Harm could be MAD at Mac.'
b. 'A CANDLE! A SMILE!' You subconsciously thank TPTB for this nice
imagery and enjoy the rest of the episode.
c. 'Awww, how sweet.'
5. Harm is having lunch with Alicia Montes. He is currently interviewing her for a case. When you see this you immediately:
a. Hope that they will develop some sort of relationship. It's about time
that someone opened Harm's eyes to a relationship NOT involving Mac.
b. Want to hurt her for eying Harm the way she did. Who does she think she
is...Mac??
c. Think nothing about it...it's just a professional lunch.
6. When ever Harm or Mac are in a relationship with Navy Psychiatrists, Civilian Lawyers, Video Princesses, Australian Sailors, or Spooks, you:
a. Think...FINALLY! They've moved on with their lives.
b. You secretely hope one of their significant others gets ran over by a
tomcat. Nobody gets in the way of Harm and Mac!
c. Want to smack Harm and Mac upside the head for being so blind.
7. You are watching one of the most important episodes in the history of JAG. After all these years Harm grabs Mac and kisses her senseless before asking him to marry him. At the end of the episode you yell out loud:
a. NO WAY!!! What were TPTB and DPB thinking? This has ruined 10 great
years of courtroom drama and action packed episodes! I am so sick and
tired of this show and it's military-soap-opera plots! I'm done!
b. OMG! Finally!!!!!!!! OMG! I'm going to cry (which of course you later
realize you did). This is how it was meant to be! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
c. After all these years! Good for them.
RESULTS-
If you scored mostly A's then you are classified as a 'non-shipper'.
If you scored mostly B's then you are classified as an 'extreme shipper'.
If you scored mostly C's then you are classified as a 'moderate shipper'.
Thanks to the Mac on JAG website for this quiz! I added the last three questions just to update it a little.