Shrequaad

Shrequaad is the slash ship between Shrek and Lord Farquaad from the Shrek fandom.

Shrek (2001)
Shrek first hears of Lord Farquaad when fairy tale creatures evacuate to his swamp in hopes of finding a place to live after Farquaad had them forcefully removed from "his" land. Upon hearing his name, Shrek immediately asks if anyone knows where Farquaad lives so they could take Shrek to him, Donkey immediately volunteers. After much hesitation, Shrek eventually lets Donkey accompany him.

As they reach Castle Duloc, Farquaad's home, Shrek asks if the huge tower in the center is his house, which Donkey confirms. Shrek makes a joke about Farquaad "compensating for something", but Donkey doesn't get it. They enter Duloc to find it a complete ghost town, but end up stumbling into an open tournament held by Lord Farquaad to determine who is the "lucky fellow" who could bring the fair Princess Fiona to him from Dragon's Keep. Upon bearing eye on Shrek, Farquaad is immediately repulsed by his appearance and orders his men to kill him, telling them that getting to go on this quest will be the killer's "reward". Shrek barely puts in an effort and he and Donkey work together to knock all of the guards out, Farquaad sees this and decides to change his plan. He tells Shrek that he is the winner of the tournament and now gets to go on the quest. Shrek tells him that he's already on a quest, he wants Farquaad to get rid of the fairy tale creatures plaguing his swamp. Farquaad decides it would be more pragmatic to comply, saying that he will do as Shrek wishes once he brings Princess Fiona to him.

Shrek and Donkey waste no time and make it to Dragon's Keep after a one-day hike. After rescuing Princess Fiona without slaying the dragon, as expected, Fiona declares Shrek her knight in shining armor. Shrek however evades her advances the entire rescue and then bluntly tells her that he only rescued her to deliver her to Lord Farquaad. Fiona asks him why Lord Farquaad did not come to her himself, which Shrek himself admits is a good question. Fiona tells him that he can tell Farquaad to come get her, she'll wait, but Shrek tells her that he does not work for Farquaad and ends up taking her by force. After realizing that resistance is futile, Fiona asks Shrek and Donkey about Lord Farquaad, to which they reply with jokes without explicitly telling her that Farquaad is short.

As they spend more time together, Shrek and Fiona realize that they have fallen for one another. However, just as Shrek tries to make advances to Fiona that night, he overhears her talking to Donkey about how anyone could love such a "hideous beast" and immediately assumes that she's talking about him. That is what convinces him that love is a sham and he rushes to Castle Duloc in the middle of the night to tell Farquaad what Fiona told Shrek earlier: She's waiting for Farquaad and he should come get her. The next day, Farquaad arrives on horse with his entire entourage. Though he is still repulsed by Shrek, he does tell him that he's a man of his word and he gave out the order to clean his swamp of all fairy tale creatures.

Shrek returns to his now empty swamp after believing that both Fiona and Donkey betrayed him, but despite everything being how it's used to be, he can't enjoy it anymore after having spend so much time with others. Donkey then shows up and tells him a half-truth, Fiona wasn't talking about Shrek, but he doesn't tell him who he was talking about. Shrek is excited and plans to crash Fiona's wedding with Farquaad before sunset, with Donkey allowing him to use his dragon girlfriend to fly to Duloc and save time. Upon finding out that Fiona is just about to give her "I do" to Farquaad, Shrek storms into the church and objects to their union. Farquaad is appalled that such a hideous creature would ruin his happiest day, but Shrek interrupts him, telling Fiona that Farquaad can't be her Prince Charming; he's only marrying her for the crown. Farquaad denies it, but the sun goes down and Fiona is ready to show what happens to her two suitors. Upon seeing Fiona turn into an ogre, Farquaad is completely disgusted, but Shrek is unbothered. Farquaad ends up trying to have Shrek arrested and Fiona locked up for the rest of her life while he still gets to be king, but Donkey's timely arrival to have Dragon eat Farquaad alive puts a swift end to his reign of terror. Shrek and Fiona end up getting married instead, with Fiona content with staying an ogress as long as Shrek loves her.

Fanon
Shrequaad is the third most popular ship for Shrek, the character. It is a crackship, with people finding the idea of shipping Farquaad with a fairy tale creature to be hilarious.

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