In the eyes of those unfamiliar with Daoist immortal etiquette, seeing the names Dong Wanggong and Queen Mother of the West together often leads them to presuppose the pair as a couple.
Particularly in the myths from the Han dynasty, not only were the Queen Mother of the West and Dong Wanggong paired as a couple, but even Fu Xi and Nuwa, those siblings, were forcibly turned into osteopathic cases, as if someone had an obsessive-compulsive disorder for shipping characters.
This undoubtedly led the already misguided legends into an even greater area of misconception. After all, myths are passed down orally and are susceptible to subjective interpretations. When enough people say something, it starts to seem true even if it isn't.
Apart from these, there are the widely known pairings of the Queen Mother and The Jade Emperor, as well as the contrived couples involving less famous characters like Zilu or Fengbo.
