#I'm not ship tagging this- nobody enjoys dislike in their ship tags and I'd like to be polite

[shadowxamyweek]

I know this is a Shadamy blog but what is your opinion on Sonamy? Like, do you think the two ships are capable of coexistence? Maybe a live triangle kind of thing? Do you just tolerate Sonamy or like it just as much as Shadamy? Or do you just not enjoy the ship at all? I guess the same question could be applied to other Amy or Shadow ships that aren’t Shadamy.

Ah ha ha oh boy. (ಡ▽ಡ*)ゞ

So, fun fact (and part of the reason why I took so long to get back to you- I had to find this) @madeofchocolate asked me about SonAmy a while ago. I answered here, but I want to expand upon it for your question since you go beyond just 'what do you think of SonAmy). I will also note that my observations and headcanons are based on games alone. While I like enjoying other aspects of the franchise, I don't consider things like Sonic the Comic, SatAM, or IDW canon to the core lore, if that makes sense (And if it doesn't, that's okay. It's just the way my brain works, so understand that's how I'm coming into this.) 1- From a fandom perspective: Yeah absolutely all ships can and should coexist. The fact that ship battles were even a THING blows my mind. I don't understand why such vitriol could come out of something like, you know, fake hedgehogs, but whatever.

There are very few ships that I actively dislike. SonAmy isn't one of them.

I also don't dislike most other Shadow or Amy ships. Been seeing a lot of SurgeAmy and BlazeAmy which are super cute, and SonAdow has gotten much gentler and sweeter over the years, which is nice to see.

It's not like I don't read other ships either, or look at art for them. When someone is able to take the character and, in what I perceive to be a good application of canon, make a ship concept work? Oh I'm always thrilled. Plus, it's nice to look at something from a new angle, you know? I think the thing that would make me turn away would be, 'Are they still in character.' If they're not what I would perceive to be, 'in character,' then I'm no longer interested. It just loses the fun for me, you know?

Basically, I like watching people take the puzzle pieces of different people and make cohesive sculptures out of them, if that makes sense. If what they come up with isn't cohesive to me, then it's just... not for me 〜〜(／￣▽)／ That includes SonShadAmy. I've seen a lot more art and writing about them in recent years. In fact, past two years I think there's been a ship week for them, which is awesome! Again though, not really my cup of tea. I just don't gravitate towards that.

2- From a canon-compliant point of view. I just- I think Sonic is Aro/Ace, and in such a way that they experience no sexual or romantic attraction.

That's really the core of it. That's why I don't intrinsically ship Sonic with anyone.

Furthermore, I really don't believe that Sonic is the partner that would benefit Amy best (as stated in the linked post above) or, for that matter, Shadow.

Specifically about SonAdow, like, Shadow and Sonic to me have a really cool relationship built off of parallels and perpendicular, working as foils for one another beautifully in that way, but I don't necessarily see the romance of it (unless, again, someone does a fantastic job of showcasing that, and even then, I will like that artist/writer and be indifferent about the ship.) _(:3 」∠)_ You might laugh, but of all the people I would personally ship Sonic with, like if I HAD to pick someone, it would be Knuckles. Like- you go and listen to their Frontiers dialog for a second and you too will be going (O.O) I... (wow I typed a lot) I hope this answered your question XD If not, feel free to send another message, and I'll try to parse down and focus on what you were asking. I hope I didn't overwhelm you with this wall of text XD

[a-stray-wretched-dog]

hey guys, i know nobody asked for this ... but this is the official intro for my blog!!!

enjoy~~ (´｡• ᵕ •｡`)

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hey hey, i'm @a-stray-wretched-dog! i usually prefer to stay anonymous about a lot of things, but of course i'd like to share with you some facts about me ...

i mainly like to post about shin soukoku, but i do like ships other than shin soukoku. it's just that the shin soukoku brainrot is too much for me (╥﹏╥)

first, these are some specific tags (to my blog) that may need a little bit of explaining...

⚝ #wretched japanese (random things i found out about japanese, the language.)

⚝ #wretched dreams (about my dreams, usually bsd related.)

⚝ #wretched wishes (drawing requests, expressing my wants.)

now, for the lists of likes and dislikes !!

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☆ ★ likes ★ ☆

⚝ bsd characters: atsushi, kunikida, tachihara, tecchou.

⚝ ships: shin soukoku, soukoku, kunizai, suegiku, fukufuku, etc.

⚝ hobbies: cleaning, listening to music (instrumentals), taking showers, going on a walk.

⚝ foods and drinks: curry udon and peach sparkling water.

⚝ people: someone who listens to me, someone who treat others kindly (that's all i ask).

☆ ★ dislikes ★ ☆

⚝ forgetfulness.

⚝ guilt, contrition, regret.

⚝ disorder, messiness (i can't stand it.)

⚝ dread, hopelessness, powerlessness.

⚝ wasted potential (especially for sskk fanfiction.)

anyways, that's all i want to say ... i hope this made you more interested in me as a person.

my asks are always open (submissions are also open)!! feel free to say whatever there (as long as it's not too personal or intimate) !!

and last but not least,

virtual hugs for everyone !!! (づ๑•ᴗ•๑)づ♡

and thank you for reading this.

—--------byakko ≽^•⩊•^≼ rashomonƪ(`▿▿▿▿´ƪ )--------—

[justanotherghostwriter]

Wait so who are your ATLA ships or half ships then? I thought you were Taang?

Hi, anon! It's always so weird when somebody from the ether reminds me people actually follow this blog and see things xD

The first thing I need to clarify is a little about how I ship. I have ships, which are pairings I'm all in for. I'll seek out content for them and create content, if just in my head, because I'm personally invested in their relationship. Then I have pairings I don't like at all: these I avoid to certain degrees for whatever reasons I have. But in the middle of those two points is this vast pool of pairings that I neither like nor dislike. These are the ones I'll create content for if there's a request for it, or if it fits a scenario, or if I'm just curious about stretching my writing muscles. These are also the pairings that fit as close to "multishipping" as possible: because I'm not invested in any particular direction, I find I can appreciate and enjoy one character shipped with multiple others a lot easier than if it was a ship I really cared about and felt strongly for.

That being said, the only die-hard ship I have for ATLA is Zutara. All the other ships I enjoy fall into the middle pool of murkiness, where I definitely enjoy them, but I'll find enjoyment with any well-written/well-presented relationship.

Taang is, therefore, in this middle soup. I really, really enjoy Taang, and there is some fantastic art and fic and meta out there that really makes me enjoy them as a couple a lot. But, because I really struggle romantically pairing twelve-year-olds, the Taang I really enjoy is aged up (and/or in an AU of some kind). This means that the interpretation of how they grow and mature (together) is an important part of the relationship, for me personally. And that means that they could just be absolutely best friends. My platonic-soulmate-loving side adores this just as much. And I've also really enjoyed interpretations of growth and maturity that then leads Toph to be paired with Sokka or Kanto (shoutout to those people on Tumblr who opened my eyes to Kantoph. Y'all know who you are) or nobody at all.

And that's the same for Aang. I've seen lovely fic of him with multiple people. Depending on the interpretation of Aang maturing, I've even found some Kataang fic I've enjoyed. The shock and horror. ;P

So, in summary: yes, I do ship Taang. But I also... don't? And there's just something about Ty Laang that has always intrigued me a lot. That's an essay for another post, though. I also ship Sukka, but love Yukka and Tokka (both of those slightly less than Sukka, I'll be honest, because Sukka are just a great pairing to explore in many ways.)

At the moment, my no-ships for ATLA are Azulaang, Zukka and Maiko. I say 'at the moment', because I try to keep my mind open about differing opinions. So I read meta about things I don't necessarily agree with just to get the "other side of the argument". So we'll see how my opinions change as I engage, I guess!

And, because this is already long and I'm already oversharing and potentially inviting hate for my opinions, let me come clean: my second rarepair almost-not-quite ship that I alluded to in those tags on the Ty Laang art is Zuki. Yeah, I'd betray both Sukka and Zutara in that way. Dishonour on my cow. Blame the comics: I actually made it through quite a few of them before they became Too Much for me to continue with. (In terms of bad characterisation, not in terms of the number of comics.)

There is a very, very long answer to your ask, Anon. xD

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just for the record I have never not wanted to hear you talk about the things you enjoy. also I've been thinking lately about tumblr as a platform and how, while i love the loyalty to the chronological feed, it does mean that things can get lost in the shuffle - if I post something when other people happen to not be online, it won't get attention even if people totally would have liked it/interacted with it if they saw it. so that's just to say that you shouldn't feel weird about reblogging your own things - that's something that I've been thinking I should do more often, and that creators in general should feel free to do! even if I've already seen a post of yours, I will probably be more than happy to see it again.

Thanks! This is a really sweet message, and I appreciate it very much 🥰

Like logically I know that some people want to hear the things I have to say and see the things I need to show, and I've never posted anything that hasn't been shown at least a little bit of love, so I even have evidence to back it up.

But also the fact of the matter is that there are people who don't want to hear me – or anyone else, for that matter – talk about certain things. And that's not actually a problem! That's totally fine! There are things that I don't really care to hear other people talking about, either. That's why we can filter tags, and use that as a way to keep following people and ignore the things they post about that we either dislike or are otherwise just indifferent about.

And like obviously I'm not suggesting that's a bad thing, I enthusiastically encourage people to filter whatever they want and curate their online space, and I do that as well. It's just that I also know for a fact that there are people who follow me and I follow them who don't want to see me talk about that certain ship, or that particular character, who don't want to see my art or gifsets or read my fanfic or whatever.

I literally cannot stress enough that this isn't a bad thing. The point of fandom is to be able to engage with the things that interest you, and ignore the things that don't. But I've personally felt, since a young age, that the things I liked weren't interesting to other people, and so I should keep them to myself. Tumblr has helped with that mindset, but my initial reaction to knowing someone wants to specifically avoid something I like, especially if they're a friend, is to feel like I should keep it to myself in general, even though I know other people do enjoy it. I think it's partly a result of how conflict-averse I am. It's not even a conflict, but I just don't want to ruffle any feathers or annoy anyone and have to come anywhere close to a conflict, so it's easier to just shut up about it.

I don't know. There are places that I've wanted to share certain things, but I don't because I talk myself out of it thinking that nobody will care. And part of that is true, they won't; there's no point in me sharing a fic I wrote for ship X when everybody in the group likes ship Y and is either indifferent to or straight up dislikes ship X. But sometimes I wonder if those decisions are because it's just not the best place for it, or if I'm doing it from a place of fear and insecurity.

Ultimately, it's not a huge deal. I'm psycho-analyzing myself right now I guess, but I'm not that upset about this, and ultimately I do end up sharing my work and my thoughts and people do engage positively with the things I put out into the world and I've rarely gotten negative interactions, so I'd call that a win.

But I'll also probably continue to feel a little weird everytime I promote myself in some way. And I'll continue to warn people that they might not want to read my writing for xyz reason because I think there will always be at least a little part of me that has that thought in the back of my head that something that is self-indulgent to me must not be interesting to anyone else.

I still appreciate knowing you feel this way, though. And I'm sure you're not the only person who does, and Tumblr as a whole really is a huge help in trying to combat that mindset, so I appreciate everyone here who engages with me in this fandom space in any way. I appreciate you all, and this has just been me talking what may or may be a lot of nonsense but I'm just feeling weirdly... pensive? philosophical? melancholy? tonight.

[thepoetrytheorist]

I posted 13,536 times in 2021

46 posts created (0%)

13490 posts reblogged (100%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 293.3 posts.

I added 73 tags in 2021

#toxic - 10 posts

#unpopular opinions - 10 posts

#unpopular ships - 10 posts

#unpopular thoughts - 10 posts

#draigin's unpopular opinions - 10 posts

#that's my opinion! - 10 posts

#anthropology - 4 posts

#race - 3 posts

#positivity - 3 posts

#eco - 3 posts

Longest Tag: 125 characters

#angels and demons again... probably exist in some form (if you're religious) but again... why would they be interested in us?

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Unpopular Opinions 4

by me

Plastic single use straws are valid

It is ok to enjoy content even if the author or producer sucks (i.e. Twilight, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones)

We need to get out of this Grim Dark trend in TV Shows and movies. I'm sick of this narrative full of angst and gore. Further, just because you have a show where the content is dark, doesn't mean the set should be dark. I want to see what's happening without burning my eyes with a high screen brightness.

We need to reblog from artists as well as like and comment, otherwise people won't be able to enjoy their work. You'll happily reblog 20 memes, or professional photography of celebrities. Why aren't you reblogging you local artists/poets/musicians

It is not ok to demand content of content creators. You shouldn't go on a day old video and say "where's part two?" You also shouldn't backseat game them or try to control their relationships

19 notes • Posted 2021-03-05 18:01:32 GMT

#4

Unpopular Opinions 1

(by me)

I love the earth and want her to get better, but the Eco Friendly movement is extremely toxic in many ways. (And doesn't do much to help)

People who partake in media in any form need to understand that its ok to say "I'd viscerally hate this character if they were real, however as a character they are a good character." This is especially true with the recent villain hate I've been seeing.

It's ok to dislike the main character.

It's ok to have unpopular ships, but its also ok to have popular ships. We shouldn't fight.

If you're saying "Oh I wish we still wore capes/ballgowns/pirate clothes/ et.c." WEAR. THEM. wear them! Nobody's going to judge you and it's not going to be a "trend" unless someone starts wearing them.

30 notes • Posted 2021-02-27 20:54:30 GMT

#3

I'm going to say this once and once only, and only merely to piss people off...

Onceler (the Lorax) X Preminger (Barbie Princess and the Pauper

40 notes • Posted 2021-04-10 23:29:23 GMT

#2

I just want to know who Lin slept with in hollywood, since he's had like... 8 movies produced in the past 3 months, and probably 10 more signed. That doesn't just happen, no matter how talented you are. (and yeah, he is super talented)

42 notes • Posted 2021-12-03 23:57:46 GMT

#1

Next season on The Great British Baking Show

We're expecting a 9 tiered cake with 3 different flavors and theming. You have 10 minutes. Do not underbake.

45 notes • Posted 2021-11-27 22:01:56 GMT

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