Kellifer

Kellifer is the femslash ship between Kelly Collins and Jennifer Stone from the Cadet Kelly fandom.

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Kelly and Jennifer meet each other at the barracks of the George Washington Academy, where Jennifer is a captain. Kelly hears about Jennifer, before meeting her, through other cadets. The other cadets keep mentioning how ruthless Jennifer is. And Kelly witnesses this firsthand when she meets Jennifer. When Jennifer enters the room, she yanks Kelly’s rainbow blanket from her bed. She stomps “the ratty, old thing” and kicks it away. Then she tells Kelly that she's on "her list", as she gets incredibly close to her face. And Kelly replies back: “you’d be on mine if I had a list.” The next morning, as Jennifer inspects each cadet, when she gets to Kelly, she gets extremely close. She whispers in Kelly’s ear, shouts in her face, and even brags about wrestling crocodiles. She inspects Kelly’s uniform and ends up finding some jewelry under her hat.

Later, a dance is held at the academy, but Kelly is late because she's ordered to complete an obstacle course. So when she arrives at the dance, Kelly stumbles in, late and covered in mud. She collapses into Jennifer, ruining her white party dress. Days later, Kelly paints Jennifer's hair rainbow in her sleep, for which she receives a court martial. Kelly is sure the cadet court will find her innocent, as it was, in her words, “a crime of passion.” The court finds Kelly guilty, however.

At the end of the movie, the two of them share a dance number at the regionals. Which is the only moment in the entire film where Jennifer truly smiles. The two of them keep staring intensely at each other during the performance. And then, when the winners are announced and they find out that they got second place, Kelly feels guilty for it, and apologizes to Jennifer, saying that if it wasn't for her, they would've gotten first place. However, Jennifer is quick to remark that if it wasn't for Kelly, they would've never gotten this far. This sweet moment between them shocks Kelly who gives Jennifer a big hug. As Kelly excitedly starts planning what to do next summer with Jennifer, she sadly tells Kelly that she will move because her dad was transferred to Europe. Although this makes Kelly sad too, Jennifer tells her that her wish is for Kelly to be Captain now, like she was.

Fanon
is the most popular ship in the Cadet Kelly fandom. Despite the fact that Kelly and Jennifer's relationship is not the main romantic one of the movie, it got way more attention than the main couple did. Fans of this ship realized that the two girls had more chemistry than the main couple, so the ship's queer subtext became very popular among fans of the Cadet Kelly movie. On AO3, Kellifer is the most written ship for both Kelly and Jennifer. It is also the most written ship in the Cadet Kelly tag.

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