User blog comment:TheRidonculousRace82498/Josee Isn't Evil (Theory)/@comment-24789895-20151014141349/@comment-4389268-20151014151244

One of the first few chapters/episodes of Naruto had the main character accidentally kissed another guy (lip-to-lip, with a very close up image and the US dubbed in CN never even censored it), and this become an epic bomb to the fanbase, rocketing almost all canon shipping except Naruto and his future wife. (which is why i named one of my awards after them)

Metal Gear Solid is a game. Many people pair the main character (Solid Snake) with a friend  because they both raise an orphan girl together after saving her from the bad guys. Other reasons includes most of the female characters in the games sucks, back stabber, not hot etc.

Yaoi/Yuri fanstuff are quite popular in Japan but not in western. Its mostly to suit their "other side" or because the main pairings sucks. TD alone had the annyoing Cody/Noah which i find so annoying especially when people try make it into the main page.

Other popular Yaoi/Yuri non canon pairings are Ed Elric with Mustang (FMA), Goku/Vegeta (Dragon Ball), Zoro/Sanji (One Piece), a few Final Fantasy games,  and the only one i know is canon is Sailor Uranus and Venus.