Kirbon

Kirbon is the non-binary ship between Kirby and Ribbon in the Kirby fandom.

Canon
Ribbon lived peacefully in her homeworld of Ripple Star, until the Dark Matter Cloud invaded and took it over, forcing Ribbon to flee with the special Crystal of her planet that could stop the Dark Matters and gets shot down on her escape shattering her Crystal and crash landing on Popstar. Once she recovers from the attack, Kirby is the first person she runs into, the pink puffball finds a Crystal Shard, and combines it with Ribbon's after Ribbon tells Kirby what is going on and her planet's desperate situation, Kirby offers his help, which Ribbon gladly accepts. The two subsequently go on a quest to save her world, recruiting Waddle Dee, Adeleine and King Dedede along the way

When the party reaches Ripple Star, now dominated by Dark Matter's evil essence, Ribbon is distraught by her homeworld's state but Kirby and the others reassure their support to her.

In the bad ending, Kirby and his friends seemingly save Ripple star, Ribbon's home planet. Before Kirby and his friends leave, Ribbon and Kirby shake hands. And Ribbon waves goodbye to them as they leave all unaware of the Queen still being possessed.

In the good ending, after Kirby and friends defeat 0² Ripple Star and the Universe are finally saved and the heroes go back to Ribbon's homeworld to celebrate. There, the Queen of Ripple Star gives everyone medals in the shape of crystal shards as her show of gratitude for their heroism. After Kirby gets his medal, Ribbon goes up to him and kisses him on the cheek, causing him to blush and twirl around while dancing in joy before tumbling down the staircase to everyone's concern.

In Kirby: Star Allies, Ribbon returns as an optional character alongside Adeleine as a two-in-one character. She aids Kirby in fighting the Jambastion and can have her own route (alongside Adeleine) if you use the ''??? Star Allies Go'' submode. In one of the unlockable pictures Ribbon joins Daroach, Adeleine and Dark Meta Knight in a drawing session where she draws Kirby with utmost happiness.

Fanon
's fanbase started because of the kiss in the true ending of The Crystal Shards. Shipping didn't used to be a big part of the Kirby fandom in the earlier days but even back then this ship was already pretty popular thanks to it having one of the few canonical romantic/semi-romantic interactions in the franchise. While Ribbon's absence affected the popularity of the ship to a degree, the following remains strong.

Kirbon is pretty popular within the Kirby fandom, with it's main rivals being Kirchu and Kirfluff. As such, it's common to depict Ribbon and Chuchu fighting for Kirby's love while the Kirfluff shippers tend to not like the ship itself or much prefer their own ship. That said it's rare to see debates on both sides. Besides that, the ship tends to not have much in the way of conflicts and remains strongly followed in the fandom.

Fandom
FAN FICTION