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I'm going to split this into two parts because two people asked me this 😅 I'm not a fan of most of the famous MPHFPC ships 😅 and I have a range of different reasons for that, but I'd like to make it clear that I have no problem with those who like these ships, this is my personal opinion and there's no problem with some people disagreeing.
Enoch x Horace: I can't feel comfortable shipping minors, they're pre-teens of 13 years old, they don't have the maturity for a relationship, I look at 13-year-old boys collecting Pokémon cards, playing Minecraft and studying and I can't imagine these boys in a serious relationship. Another factor that is decisive for me not shipping them is that I can't see any emotional connection between the two, I've read these books several times and I've never even seen them as "best friends," Horace makes it clear that he doesn't even like sharing the same personal space as Enoch. When I first read MPHFPC at age 14 and discovered this ship, I thought, "Okay, they noticed Horace is gay and wanted to ship him with someone, and for lack of anyone better, they shipped him with Enoch, who is the most appropriate age." Most people love the cliché of opposites attract (which defines this ship well), but I never liked that. For me, that saying always romanticized mostly toxic relationships. It's a combination of factors that made me never interested in this ship.
Jacob x Emma: I shipped them until the ship sank. I cried with anger over their breakup, and I hated Jacob and Noor so much, but I grew up and reread the books, realizing that no, they were never going to work out. This relationship wasn't one-sided; both have a share of the blame. Jacob knew exactly what he was getting into, and so did Emma. She fell in love with a ghost from the past, and Jacob fell in love with the narrative of the peculiar world and with that girl who held the answers to all his questions about this new world and about his grandfather. This ship was doomed from the start. What started wrong can't possibly work out.
Jacob x Noor: again, I can use the phrase: what started wrong can't possibly work out. This ship is doomed. Noor is extremely vulnerable, and Jacob was looking for "Emma 2.0." It deeply bothers me how Jacob started this relationship so quickly; he had a hole in his heart and hastily filled it with the first single girl he met. Noor is now in the same position as Jacob at the beginning of the story; she fell in love with the narrative and joined the person she saw who could show her this new world. This relationship is doomed in my opinion.
Myron x Nim: the second trilogy established a very childish version of Nim, with a very silly and childish mind. For me, it's impossible to ship someone with that mentality with anyone else, in addition to the clear age difference between the two; Bentham must be about 20 years older than him. On the one hand, I can perfectly visualize Nim being in love with Bentham, but on the other hand, Bentham doesn't show anything. He's married to his work and his personal projects; there's no room for love in his life. Nim would never be reciprocated.
Caul x Murnau: for me, Caul doesn't love anyone but himself. Everyone is essentially disposable to him; Murnau is just the faithful little dog he has around. Murnau has an adoration for Caul, but I don't think it's exactly love; it seems more like he worships Caul as if he were a God, his God to whom he is faithful and eternally devoted. But this feeling is common among most Wights; if it were love, Caul would have a harem of lovers. And again, Caul lost his positive feelings when he became a Wight; all that remained was hatred, greed, and madness.