SweetBoots

SweetBoots is the het ship between Puss In Boots and Dulcinea from the Shrek fandom.

Canon
The Adventures of Puss in Boots

From the moment Puss met her, he developed an attraction to her. He saw her as a beautiful woman out of her element while she was shopping at the Thieves' Market. He immediately helped her when she was being harassed by bandits. He even followed her to ensure she was safe. He often compliments her, calling her beautiful and doing kind gestures for her. While he is a self proclaimed 'ladies man' and a flirt, he seems to have strong feelings for Dulcinea, often trying to protect her and often valuing her opinion over most others. He even had dreams of marrying her.

As for Dulcinea, she was thankful to Puss for saving her and immediately befriended him. Like with Puss, it seemed she quickly developed feelings for him as she was shy when she put her hands over his arm. While she was able to tell he was narcissistic, self centered, and a bit of a rogue, she knew he had a good heart and managed to convince him to take responsibility for his part in accidentally destroying the barrier surrounding San Lorenzo. Throughout the series, she tries to teach him patience and to use brain over brawn, which he takes to heart. She enjoys spending time with him and has shown throughout the series that she fears that day he may leave San Lorenzo to continue his adventures. She also wishes to know more about him and his past. It is evident she is in love with him, but has yet to act on those feelings. In season 5, they became each others Crispintine (San Lorenzo's Valentine). Dulcinea chooses to leave San Lorenzo and everything and everyone she knows to be with Puss.

Fanon
SweetBoots is the second popular ship for Puss and it is one of the rival ships of SoftBoots, and is mostly supported by fans on the Netflix series. That had Dulcinea serve as Puss's love interest outside the Puss in Boots films.

Since the show takes place before the first Puss in Boots film, Dulcinea is one of Puss' first girlfriends who care about him and help become a better person because of that. It also works due to the chemistry between the actors, Eric Bauza, who perfectly emulates Antonio Banderas' performance without being a complete copy, and Jayma Mays, who gives Dulcinea a sweet and kind demeanor that makes her character likeable.

Unfortunately, there are some fan that still perfer Puss with Kitty due to either Dulcinea's design, her appearing in a TV series then the movies, or some moments in the show that makes her out of character like in the Episode, Written By.

Fandom
Dulcinea/Puss in Boots tag on AO3

Trivia

 * The term SweetBoots is actually coined by the user named @twisting-echo in Tumblr