I don't know about other fandoms, but the thing about that is, it has to do with the canon's creator, too. Morgan/Reid and Travis/Wes are equals in their respective canons. In most other canons, there isn't that sense of equality. POC characters are usually minor in their roles, so the two main, usually white and male characters get shipped. If we had more characters of equal standing, while there would still be be racism - sadly, yet undoubtedly - I think we'd see more variety in shipping.
For example, had Boyd actually been developed as a character, had we seen his (probably tragic) motivation for becoming a wolf ('cause let's face it, having no friends =/= a debilitating illness or all manners of abuse from your father), had we simply had more representation of him as a character in general, I bet we'd see more fic/art/etc with him. The beta wolves were secondary characters to begin with, but he was the least developed, so while I've read fic/seen art with him, I can't say I'd have much material to write about him with beyond one or two fics.
I'm not sure if this makes sense... TL;DR: If creators of shows would give their POC characters larger roles to begin with, I think that would expand their roles in the eyes of fandom, too. Not in all cases, but surely a lot, as evidenced by popular pairings like Morgan/Reid, Travis/Wes, etc.
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I don't know about other fandoms, but the thing about that is, it has to do with the canon's creator, too. Morgan/Reid and Travis/Wes are equals in their respective canons. In most other canons, there isn't that sense of equality. POC characters are usually minor in their roles, so the two main, usually white and male characters get shipped. If we had more characters of equal standing, while there would still be be racism - sadly, yet undoubtedly - I think we'd see more variety in shipping.
For example, had Boyd actually been developed as a character, had we seen his (probably tragic) motivation for becoming a wolf ('cause let's face it, having no friends =/= a debilitating illness or all manners of abuse from your father), had we simply had more representation of him as a character in general, I bet we'd see more fic/art/etc with him. The beta wolves were secondary characters to begin with, but he was the least developed, so while I've read fic/seen art with him, I can't say I'd have much material to write about him with beyond one or two fics.
I'm not sure if this makes sense... TL;DR: If creators of shows would give their POC characters larger roles to begin with, I think that would expand their roles in the eyes of fandom, too. Not in all cases, but surely a lot, as evidenced by popular pairings like Morgan/Reid, Travis/Wes, etc.