Honestly? Up until Once Upon a Time I NEVER used ship names. I would refer to a ship by their names e.g. Rumple/Belle. I think it’s because the very first time I saw ship names was over a decade ago, and they were so laughable that I shuddered and vowed never to use them. That fandom had a ship war going on between ‘Jam’ and ‘Smarty’. I think you could probably see why I hated the very idea of ship names heh.
Once Upon a Time is extremely good at coming up with ship names that roll off the tongue, and aren’t cringeworthy. They make sense and it’s all good. Some ship names are not so inventive. So with some ships I will still use that name referral, rather than ship name. It depends on what the ship name is I guess.
Thanks for the ask! 🙂