Farminger

Farminger is the slash ship between Lord Farquaad and Preminger from the Shrek and Barbie fandoms.

Canon
Preminger and Farquaad are fairly similar characters. For one, they both plan to marry into royalty, but while Farquaad wants to marry for lust and to be king, Preminger only cares for the crown. They both live in vaguely medieval European countries, though Preminger’s world doesn’t seem to have any magic (besides animals talking to each other). They both have fairly similar designs, wearing pompous costumes and have similar, era-typical haircuts (Preminger’s might be a wig). Both rely on others to do the dirty work for them, but while Preminger is fairly competent and also uses manipulation to get what he wants, Farquaad seems to be helpless without his men and uses mainly persuasion.

Finally, their defeats are fairly similar; as both get exposed on their wedding, though Farquaad gets exposed as being prejudiced against fairy tale creatures, while Preminger gets exposed for being a liar and manipulator, trying to swindle the Queen into marrying for riches that rightfully belong to the people of the Queen’s kingdom in the first place.

Fanon
The basis for the ship are mostly FanVids. Many have noted that the characters are fairly similar, and thus the Barbie fandom going on a Preminger craze took it to the next logical step.

FanVid "Canon"
The first one was made in early April 2021 by bluexedits on YouTube, set to the song “Alejandro” by Lady Gaga. There doesn’t seem to be much of a story besides Farquaad seeing Preminger in his magic mirror, meeting him and then marrying him. The marriage is depicted as a still, being pasted together from their own crashed weddings in their respective movies.

Another was made in the same month. This one actually has a story: Farquaad and Preminger used to be best friends, but then Farquaad decided to introduce his new girlfriend Rowena (played by Duchess Rowena) to Preminger. Farquaad immediately notices that Preminger is jealous of her. That night, Preminger hears strange noises outside of his room and catches Farquaad trying to climb into his room from the window. They confess their love to each other, but Farquaad is still torn between him and Rowena. Farquaad cant’s stop thinking about Preminger, watching pictures of him through his magic mirror and becoming more and more obsessed with him as time goes on. When Preminger catches Rowena dancing with another man (played by Desmond), he tells Farquaad about it and he expels both of them, with Preminger watching with a smug grin on his face. Farquaad then leans in to kiss Preminger, who is at first reluctant, but then decides to kiss him.

A number of other, non-story edits have been made. Farquaad appears at the end of “Preminger’s party”, which is a cavalcade of all the characters Preminger has been shipped with. Farquaad is the only one to get a speaking part (in captions): After managing to break into his own house, Preminger catches Farquaad in the same bed as Prince Hans. Farquaad greets Preminger, calling him “Prem”, but Preminger is furious, telling him to get out of the bed. He tugs on the blanket, causing Farquaad to hold onto it, embarrassed.

Reception
People initially found the FanVids funny, but then realized that, if they made more than three and people genuinely enjoy seeing them together, it stops being ironic. Indeed, looking at fan reactions to the first one has them commenting how they can't stop thinking about it, and that it makes so much sense.

In terms of crossover couples involving Preminger, Farquaad seems to be the fan-favorite, considering how many edits there are between them compared to the many other villains Preminger is shipped with. The Shrek fandom hasn't really commented on the ship, but considering how people shipped Shrek himself with Shadow the Hedgehog, this is probably not the weirdest thing they were involved with.

There are currently no fanfictions of the ship.

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