Jackily

Jackily is the ship between Jack Skellington and Emily from the Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride fandoms.

Canon
Being from different movies, Jack and Emily never met. However, their movies were created by the same person. Both Jack and Emily are undead, and while Jack is fully an skelleton, Emily has parts of her skelleton shown. They also dress elegantly.

Both Emily and Jack feel emptyness inside, with Emily waiting years to someone to marry her and Jack being tired of doing the same in Halloween every year. They both lament over their feelings in song. They're both very popular in Halloween Town and the Underworld respectively, but seem to hide their feelings from everyone but their closest friends.

During their movies, they found what they wanted, with Emily being enganged with Victor and Jack discovering Christmas. However, their actions to reach what they want have harsh consequences, with Emily having to kill Victor and Jack giving horrible toys to children. Eventually, both have to give it up at the end, but Emily could rest in peace after her assassin was killed and Jack was proud of trying something new.

Emily is also friends with several skeletons in the Underworld. Her primary love interest Victor also wears a similar black suit with pinstripes.

Fanon
The ship started due to they being two of the most iconic Burton characters. Along with that, some fans believe that they match up great together. A common believe is that Emily ended up in Halloween Town after disappearing and she could meet Jack then. Another common argument of the ship is the famous theory telling that Jack and Victor are the same person. Eventually, fans like the idea of Emily meeting her beloved again after death.

Some speculate that Emily is the Beating-Heart Bride from Haunted Mansion, which had multiple crossovers with The Nightmare Before Christmas, explaining how Jack could've met Emily if he isn't headcanoned to be Victor's dead self.

However, fans who don't like the idea of the pairing due to Jack being married prefer them as friends. Some fans have also drawn the two along with many other iconic Burton characters and portray them as a group of friends.

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