#I'm so sad this is considered a rarepair

[sillymushroom17]

Casually spreading my AppleJuice propaganda (I love them so much guys they make me feral)

[originalcontent]

I can't find art of my ship anywhere so I GUESS that means I have to make it myself, here are some doodles.

[lily-alphonse]

Rarepair Sam/Shane joja dorks

I love Sam and Shane. If they dont have a ship name Im calling them Sunnyside (for nonenglish speakers, “sunnyside up” is a way to cook eggs without flipping, so its both a reference to eggs and the sun)

Toxic or nontoxic, I love it. Give me the daddy issues angst. Give me the power imbalance. But also could be sweet! Shane learns to love life again by seeing it through Sam’s eyes. If I was actually going to write it I think I might lean more toxic, I love leaning into Shane’s worst traits (wonder why there are no Shane fics on my main account hmm?)

BUT with these asks Ive been making them all sweet and shit so let me try to think of something for that. I’ll make the age gap like 7 years (23/30 maybe?).

(Future Lily here: I got carried away with this one, it's now an official ficlet that I'll be posting to AO3 too lol)

They’ve been friendly enough as coworkers for a while. Sometimes Shane will even humor him by engaging him in conversation at work. He actually doesn’t seem like a bad guy. Funny even, if you like a deadpan sort of humor. But he’s closed off anywhere else. On Friday nights Sam watches over the pool table as Shane gets so drunk he stumbles home.

He worries about him. Despite Shane’s reputation around town as someone to steer clear of, Sam cares about everyone. And he knows he’s one of the few people Shane will talk to at all.

Things seem to get worse with his drinking. He’s calling out at work more. Coming in late.

Sam starts to come out at night to watch and make sure he gets home okay. He’s usually up when the saloon closes anyway. On nights where Shane’s stumbling badly, Sam goes out into the cold and follows him just in case. You never know with alcohol poisoning. He’s seen it at a party once and never wants to see it again.

But he will if he has to.

One bad winter night he’s following Shane as he does, when they round the corner and he just disappears on the other side. Sam looks around, it’s exceptionally dark on this path into the forest. He’s considering turning the flashlight app on on his phone when he suddenly gets pinned against the nearest barren tree.

“Why the fuck are you following me?” Shane hisses, the alcohol thick on his breath.

“Shane what the fuck!” His heart is racing. Has Shane ever been this close to him before?

“No, you what the fuck! Answer me!”

“I’m just worried!”

Shane groans angrily and lets him go. “Perfect! Of course you’re fucking worried. Let me just add you to the Yoba-damned list of people to disappoint then. No- just don’t okay? Do me a favor and don’t.”

Sam doesn’t know what to say. Despite being a big guy, he doesn’t like confrontation. Never has. He just wants people to be happy.

But Shane seems to want an answer. He’s still standing there, huffing cloudy breaths into the night and staring.

So Sam meekly says what he is thinking. “I just want everyone to be happy.”

An explosive sound comes out of Shane that has Sam flinching, certainly the beginning of a rant, but then he stops as suddenly as he started. He deflates. When his voice comes out next it is weak and broken.

“Of course you do, Sam.” He sighs, and it sounds so sad Sam almost wishes he was angry again. “But maybe some people aren’t built to be happy.”

Sam steps closer to him, just wanting to see into his eyes again in the near darkness. “I don’t believe that,” Sam whispers, Shane looking up to meet his eyes again. “I don’t think you really believe that either.”

“No, you’re right… I think I was happy once. But that might be even worse. If I had never been happy this might hurt less.”

Shane’s eyes are glassy. He’s close enough to hug and Sam is tempted to, but resists. “What happened, Shane?”

“So much. Too much,” he gives a sharp, sort of rueful chuckle as he looks away. But his body stays close. Maybe its the cold that keeps him close, but his cheeks are flushed with heat. "You know I'm turning thirty soon?"

Sam bites his lip, tempted to make a joke. When Shane meets his eyes again though, he can't help it. "Actin' real sixteen to be thirty," he mumbles with a smirk.

Shane elbows him but laughs. "Shut the fuck up. Idiot."

"I'm right though."

"So am I."

"Yeah, I can be an idiot and also right."

Shane laughs again and shakes his head. "Yeah."

"So that's what's got you like this then? That you're turning thirty?"

Shane bites at the inside of his cheek. "Just puts things into perspective, I guess."

Sam nods, though he doesn't really understand. He looks up into the night sky as the silence stretches, eyes hopping from star to star. "D'you think I'll get like that when I'm thirty?"

Shane scoffs, so Sam looks down at him again. "Hard to imagine you ever being anything but nauseatingly positive."

Sam's smile widens. "I'll try and take that as a compliment."

"Course you would," he grumbles. After a moment of silence he speaks again. "Sam?"

"Hm."

"I don't actually want you to stop, by the way."

"I know." Sam leans forward and opens his arms, half-expecting to be pushed away. But Shane hugs him. He leans his head on Shane's and murmurs, "I won't."

Send me any Stardew Valley rarepair and I will tell you how I would make them work! (Even non-marriage npcs) If youre lucky you may get a mini fic out of it. Check the list below to see if Ive already answered yours

Rarepair Masterlist

@doggobrie you weren't alone on this one!

[thecloudstan]

To the previous anon who asked about Rufus/Cloud blogs, I'm going to, sadly, agree with what Heich said. As a longtime fan, Rufus/Cloud has always been a VERY, VERY, VERY niche pairing among the other widely popular ones in the both the Western/Eastern fandom. Thanks to the "Remake" trilogy, there's been more fans, but it's still a rarepair. You'll find fans talking about their sexual chemistry on Tumblr/Twitter, but there's no dedicated blogs for them. Heich's the only one around, I think. 😭😭

Thanks for the response, nonnie. Oof, it's so sad for me to consider my blog the only thing remotely close to a dedicated fan blog for the ship, but...it kind of is most of the reason I created this blog years ago, around the time I started writing NTYC. I've found that lots of people will discuss Cloud and Rufus' potential, throw down some fanarts and fics and whatnot, but not really create and hold a space for them. It's fine, everybody does what they want (and that's the fun of fandom), and FF7 has so many popular ships, I guess it's to be expected. Even if I do multiship them, it's always been more entertaining for me to center whatever ship intrigues me most and just focus on that.

There are so many people that create fabulous works for the more popular ships, like practically every SECOND, it's okay if I distract myself with a rarepair. It's worked for the past decade or so, at least!

[guidingthulite]

big eyes emojis... please tell me about your lovely works!!! ocs, fanfics, whatever you'd like and whatever comes to mind ^^

ok i'm SOOOOOOOO mentioning you on the next chapter of the fic i referenced earlier my readers need to know who they need to thank lmao

the fic i mencioned, by the way, is "this is like one of my sister's shoujo mangas, but worse", a proseka/akikasa fanfic inspired by this one art here. the fact that someone said my tags were funny made me go "afbafhbasjf really ;_;???" and i wrote the first chapter while waiting at the bus station to go back to my hometown.

i didn't really expect it to be as liked as it was??? i posted it at night and woke up to one (1) comment by the person who would go ahead and call herself my number one fan (still blown away by that??? what the hell)

the fic i mencioned, by the way, is "this is like one of my sister's shoujo mangas, but worse", a proseka/akikasa fanfic inspired by this one art here. the fact that someone said my tags were funny made me go "afbafhbasjf really ;_;???" and i wrote the first chapter while waiting at the bus station to go back to my hometown.

i didn't really expect it to be as liked as it was??? i posted it at night and woke up to one (1) comment by the person who would go ahead and call herself my number one fan (still blown away by that??? what the hell)  and i was like “hell yeah i got a comment!” but they kept coming and i was like yo what????????? so i wrote a second chapter to thank everyone who commented. and then a third. and then a fourth. and so on. i find important to say that every chapter was longer than the previous one. the last one was over 10k words. save me

i like talking about it a lot, to the point i have a special tag for when i mention it on a sideblog. it’s relatively empty because i started the tag not long ago, but when i go through my blog and find all the untagged posts, it’ll get much, much longer, i know this.

as for the plot… like the art it’s inspired by, akito has a dream where he’s dating tsukasa and loses his mind, then proceeds to go through all the stages of grief and finally comes to terms with his crush on tsukasa

that’s just the first chapter. from then onwards i didn’t have any art to base the story on so i just went wild. the next chapters go as follows:

shizuku and tsukasa barely interact in canon and that makes me sad, so i wanted a chapter dedicated to them and threw ena in for good measure. ended up super attached to this trio, to the point i was rereading it again to find typos and forgot i wrote it myself on the way, so i thought “man, this author should write more shizuenakasa!” i am the author. this is the last chapter where they interact.

The supposed fluff chapter where they just hang out. it was getting too mushy and i decided to interrupt them (sorry, akito, tsukasa!), but i couldn’t figure out how. so i thought and thought and thought and came across the perfect interruption: mizuki and saki are now dating. akito has mentioned several times throughout the fic that he considers mizuki his number one enemy. and if they dated saki he’d be forced to interact more, further intensifying the stereotype that every akito fan wishes to see him suffer

something really cute happened with this ship actually! because i saw it around in some cute fanart where mizuki and saki had a double date with honami and kanade, but i didn’t think too much about it, just used it as a tool to move the plot forward, yet, i am a writer, god damn it, so if i’m going to write them, i’ll write them well! god damn it! (again)

so yeah, wrote this rarepair in a fic of a sort-of rarepair, and i got comments saying i got them to ship mizusaki, and some others, when the diner event rolled around, told me excitedly how mizusaki’s finally canon

HELP WHILE I WAS WRITING THIS A KIZUNA OF THEM WAS ANNOUNCED? HELL YEAH MAN

and because people kept associating this ship with me, nowadays it’s one of my favorite ships! though i don’t have them in my proseka profile ship wall. it’s more important to add more minori ships. i ship minori with everyone. help me.

also i don’t have good matching cards for them, i didn’t pull on the diner gacha. (it hated me in jpseka so i didn’t bother with enseka. also i was saving for pandemonium so i was kinda broke lol)

also fun fact that i had been waiting to share with someone because it’s a very specific thing! i don’t remember why exactly i had heisei pistol show on the mind (as if i don’t have parun constantly on the mind) and i was thinking about mizusaki and i was like HOOOOOOLD OOOOOOOOON- ISN’T MIZUSAKI HEART’S SURNAME??????????? and so the last chapter’s title is a heisei pistol show reference just because i can

the next chapter is because (i assume) in the first chapter an and akito beefed for a bit, and kohane was super in favour of akikasa (even though akito wanted her to absolutely NOT be), so people asked me a lot about an and/or kohane reacting to akikasa actually being together (they started dating officially on chapter 3) so it’s a double date between an, kohane, akito and tsukasa which is really funny because my opinion on an/hane has gone downhill as time passed but i’m happy with how i portrayed them here. mostly because the interactions focus more on an<->akito and kohane<->tsukasa lmao 😭

if the third chapter was the fluff chapter, the fifth chapter is the funny chapter. It’s mostly shizuku, airi, mizuki, saki, tsukasa and akito playing truth or dare. Not much more to that, though a lot of people liked the end with mizuki writing a letter to tsukasa. That makes me happy

the sixth chapter is the longest chapter to date and I actually don’t like spoiling what it is about but…

CHAPTER SPOILERS AHEAD

the reason why it was a dream, when it was originally written as the finale of the fic was because… i couldn’t be bothered to do wedding research. i asked my cousin, who got married (relatively) recently and she told me “i honestly don’t remember how wedding prep went”, so i asked her husband and he replied “nope, don’t remember either” they are couple goals and i adore them, so i took this as a sign. mid-writing process i went to a wedding myself but then i got ideas for another unrelated fic i’m writing.

also because i got an idea mid-writing, because that’s what ALWAYS HAPPENS. i go “this is the last chapter I SWEAR” and then i get an idea and this isn’t the last chapter at all

then I decided to add foreshadowing that it was a dream, like it lacking mizuki making an akikasa mv to bad boy by cascada (nightcore) because akito doesn’t know mizuki’s planning it >:)

CHAPTER SPOILERS END

as for chapter seven… I’m writing it! I said I’d have it by next week so I guess I’m gonna have to write it HARDER haha

have a preview that makes it really hard to guess what the chapter is actually about <3

it’s currently sitting at around 6k words, so if i want it to be longer than chapter 6, i’m only halfway! i gotta work harder!!! 💪

i will now proceed to say my thanks to everyone who contributed to me making the fic!

obviously @meltylandartchive for making the fanart which inspired this fic! their art is wonderful, so pretty and gorgeous! i love their use of colors, it feels so soft! they even commented on my fic, which i didn’t expect honestly fjerhbgrebg they were so nice too augh augh augh

@abbus-r-us is not only the reason the fic exists but also the reason why i kept writing!!! when they send me an audio of them reading the new chapter (at the moment) I SWEAR i almost started crying. i think i started writing again just for that moment. maybe i was also born for that moment, idk. (they’re also the biggest sweetie ever like??? illegal)

liku who is the #1 fan i mentioned earlier!!! i love their silly comments and they have outstanding taste tbh (not. not because they’re my #1 fan i also mean ships and also they're machi’s wife and being a machi fan is the most logical path you can take) (they have a tumblr but i kinda. forgot its name ;v;)

@lucephica was also there from day 1! i feel like that one pic of the greek philosopher every time i talk with them they’re so correct about everything all the time. she also was my beta reader for chapter 6 and i genuinely think she’s the reason why it turned as good as it did. also she likes tiering a lot and sometimes i click random profiles and i find a slide thanking/mentioning her and i’m like?????????????????????????? also i think she’s really cool and i admire her a lot and it’s like. i’m the fic writer it’s supposed to be the other way around, but here we are

@ceelisiowo and i met the way true warriors meet: i commented on a fic of his and noticed he had a pfp of this character from a relatively obscure fnaf au where they’re all teenagers and sing. it marked a generation but only if you speak spanish. so we instantly hit it off and honestly????????? i’m so glad i took so many weird paths throughout my life that allowed me to meet him. i consider him one of my best friends and i don’t want to get mushy on a post about a fanfic i wrote two years ago but i don’t think words can express how much he means to me anyway. also ooooooo you want to click on his profile and reblog his art with nice tags and follow him and read all of his fics ooooooooo

@prefixsstars shares so many rarepairs with me it’s almost scary. initially, they posted a comment on anon because they didn’t have an ao3 account, but when they did it felt like when a scooby doo villain is unmasked except they’re not a villain they were out there doing good!!!! i think i lost my metaphor. i’m sorry. that mizuki/minori fic i mentioned is still in the works i prommy.

shoutout also to everyone who commented and added nice comments to their bookmarks!!!!

somehow people keep choking while reading my fic... i mean, it has only happened twice, but who knows how many more times it has happened without me knowing!!!

this comment made me actually cry hbhsuaugghaguaghuaghuaa

... and this comment ruined me. how could i have never noticed. why. why am i like this. jkat subliminal writing. again, why.

some people even sent me frqs on proseka itself saying they liked my fic! (kinda)

these two people just screamed my name which. confused me a lot??? but also flustered me IMMENSELY bc i wasn't expecting it at all!!!

i got to talk with iactuallysuck (they helped me tier on wedding3) and they were so nice and patient with me!

the second person is a mystery to me but i still think about their fq a lot fbrgjreg

i remember the context of this one actually! i tiered minori3 and since i was STRAIGHT UP number 100, i got a lot of frqs, but this was my favorite aughuaghua (sobbing)

When it comes to ocs I have a lot and this post is longer than I expected, but I do have a fic in the works that might interest you!

It’s. how do I describe it. it’s this sort of fix-it-fic-headcanon-post-canon-but-also-pre-canon disaster and it’s me trying to connect heisei pistol show, gote to handa and re:kinder together. i've been writing it for a year now, on and off, but i'll finish it someday. probably. i hope

[eusuntgratie]

I found your Raf/Alex fic and it is so good. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who was interested in their dynamic. So sad yours is like the only one of its kind enough! Would you ever be interested in exploring more Alex/Raf narratives in your writing?

hello fellow alex/raf enjoyer!

thank you so much! already over is absolutely one of my favorite fics i've written and these two compel me, both because i love both characters SO MUCH and because i think something like already over so easily fits into canon and i love exploring things like that (things that could have happened in canon but didn't for whatever reason).

the alex/raf tag is growing however! we're up to 5 fics!

(the first one posted appears to involve raf grooming and abusing alex so i have not and will not be reading that one)

someone actually JUST wrote already over from alex's pov. i think this is the first fanfic of my fanfic like that i'm so excited. you can read it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/59393311

the same author just posted another fic this morning, i think, although i haven't gotten to look at it yet.

there is one other alex/raf posted before mine that has been on my list but i still haven't read (https://archiveofourown.org/works/55222675) that looks promising if you're into kink and dom/sub dynamics.

i am very much interesting in exploring alex/raf more. i do have more ideas for the already over 'verse. i want to explore raf wrestling with his guilt about what he's done with alex considering his past with richards. i want to think about what it would do to alex when raf joins richards campaign in this verse. i love pain 😈. i also think that alex still ends up with henry in this 'verse, and i want to explore what that looks like. their early conversations about him. them interacting after everything. if you're read any of my other writing it won't shock you to know that i'd love to write a threesome with all three of them. i'll tag untitled alex/raf below which was my wip tag for this one so i think any of my ideas i've posted about should be in there.

i'd also love to write some short snippets and things for them although i don't have anything in the works. i always welcome rarepairs when i take prompts (which isn't very often anymore). i am still working on kiss prompts so if you wanted to send one of those you could.

lastly, i gotta adjust your expectations, because if you look at my tumblr or ao3 profile you will notice that i am multifandom multishipper. i'm also always juggling multiple wips, and its worse right now because i've recently joined a new fandom. so if you're hoping for any specific project, it will probably be a while. i do always welcome asks about my writing as long as you're nice; i don't mind giving updates or sharing snippets when i have them.

thank you for the ask and for loving already over!

ps - you might be new to tumblr or have been lurking (welcome!) i'd recommend selecting a profile pic and maybe reblogging some posts. you kinda look like a bot with an empty blog and no pic :)

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

Endlessly funny to me how Ignatz is such a loser who is shipped with nobody to the point that besides like Igraph and maybe Marignatz, every Ignatz ship is basically considered a rarepair.

AO3 ANALYSIS TIME!!! ☝️🤓

Lornatz for instance (my personal favorite) is the 3rd most popular Ignatz ship and it has half as many fics as the most popular Ignatz ship (Igraph), whereas for Lorenz it's the 7th most popular ship and it has like less than a tenth of the fics the most popular Lorenz ship (that being Claurenz) has. (I'm not mad tbh I fw Claurenz, not heavy necessarily but idm it. It's a bit sad for Ignatz though lol)

Then it's even worse if you look at the 4th most popular Ignatz ship (that being Sylnatz) because I don't feel like filtering through a gazillion tags in ao3 but I'm 99% sure those two aren't even top ten and Sylvain/Felix is THE most popular ship on ao3 at over FOUR THOUSAND FICS. Sylnatz has less than one percent of that. (Frankly I don't mind that, I cannot bring myself to care about Sylvain in any capacity even when he's being shipped with my favorite ever.)

Also even with Marignatz, which I wouldn't necessarily consider a rarepair (though I wouldn't consider it popular either), it may be the 3rd most popular Marianne ship (behind Marihilda and whatever tf Marianne x Dimitri is called), but it has less than a tenth of the fics that Marihilda has. Though it should be noted the gap between Marihilda and Marianne x Dimitri is also quite wide because everyone loves the cotton candy colored yuri.

At least for Raphael and Ignatz they're each other's most popular ships. That's cute and fun I guess. I honestly am not the biggest fan of romantic Igraph but it's cute and I support it.

(Also these numbers and fractions and shit are approximate because idk a good way to just rank ships by fics on ao3 without having to filter stuff out in order to get more stuff to show up on the tag list and that tends to mess things up. But I think they're like fine enough)

What I have noticed is that most of the few big Ignatz fans seem to be multishippers? Like I've met a lot of people who ship some combination of Marignatz/Igraph/Lornatz and that's fun I guess.

Anyway TL;DR Ignatz is a loser and so unpopular that he doesn't even crack top 3 in the ship fic counts for the top 3 people HE'S shipped with besides Raphael. But I love him.

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[penncilkid]

Hey PK! I'd love to hear about Midnight Cravings for your rarepair ask game ଘ(✿˵•́ ᴗ •̀˵)

Oh Aether, you better strap yourself in, 'cause this features your man (/lh).

I cannot for the life of me remember where the vision for this ship came from, but all I know is that one night, me and Lexi Moon sat in a call for hours talking about how this all starts in a Lowe's parking Lot.

The short version: Midnight Cravings refers to the pairing between Sam, Asher, and David.

No, I'm not kidding when I say this all starts in a Lowe's parking lot (/lh). In the version of canon for this pairing, "Angel" and "Baaabe" aren't present, meaning Asher and David are still roommates/living together. They're best friends who are both pining but far too scared to actually make a move one way or the other. Now, on one fateful night, Sam and Asher meet formally for the first time. Ash is leaving the store, having been there to pick something up for the apartment. As he's leaving, he spots Sam and is like "Hey, I think I know you! You're one of the vampires from the Solaire clan, right?" Meanwhile, Sam is like "...Who are you?" "Asher. Beta of the Shaw Pack." "..." "What...?" "I just… I thought you'd look… more… I don't know" "Like what~? Are you saying I don't look like a sexy lumberjack?" "That is not what I meant." But Sam's laughing, so you already know the vibes are there (/pos).

The two get to talking for a good bit in the parking lot until the lights start to go out/the store is closing for the night. Asher asks Sam if he'll need any help with his purchases, essentially offering to help unload stuff if Sam wants. Which is how Asher ends up at the residence of the southern vamp. While the two are at his place, the southern hospitality is out in full force. Sam offers Ash something to drink, the two pick up their conversation from before— which eventually drifts to David. Based on how Asher's talking about him, Sam assumes and asks if David and Asher are dating. However, Asher quickly sets the record straight, clarifying that they're friends. It's obvious that admitting that is complicated, and Asher tries to play it off as more of a joke, saying something along the lines of "Sometimes, I just wish I could forget, you know?" (About what? Yes.)

So what does Sam do? Offers to be a distraction.

It starts out tame enough. Music is put on, Sam offers to cook if Asher hasn't had anything to eat, and they're both subtly flirting with each other. Asher, wanting to be proactive, asks directly what things are going to look like between the two of them. Sam replies with something along the lines of "You tell me, Pup. I'm down for whatever you're feeling up to— Whether that's tonight or down the line."

Almost immediately after that, Asher gets a text from David. Originally, Ash had been gone to go to the store. While he's known to get distracted and such, it had been long enough that David was starting to get worried. ou can see the complicated feelings clouding Asher's face in real time, the pining, the sadness, the frustration— Sam takes the phone from Asher's hand and sets it face down. "Look at me. You get to call the shots tonight. You want out of your head? Tell me what you want." And Asher is looking. Sam texts back "Ran into a friend, don't wait up. I'll tell you tomorrow." And when Asher looks at him again, he's smiling but with an apparent, underlying sadness. "I want to forget. Please." And it's easy for Ash to fall into this because instead of dealing with all the pining and chasing after David, he's fully in the present.

Now all that right there? Night one. Consider that the appetizer to all that the ship offers/becomes later on. Sam and Asher keep up this situationship/friends with benefits-esque dynamic for awhile, enjoying the bond shared. While this is all going on, David is starting to notice the shifter's new bond with the vampire, and it's stirring up all kinds of emotions in him for obvious reasons. To try and condense some of my remaining thoughts:

You get Asher and David being pining dumbasses while Sam watches with a near constant internal sigh at them both

Down the line, Sam brings up that he really likes Asher, which is reciprocated of course. But he also points out that he can tell Asher is clearly in love with David, which Ash deflects terribly. ("Psh, what? I don't— That's not even true anymore, we're just—" "How long ya gonna stand here playing this game?")

I think Sam "Can y'all act right?" Collins is a menace. He can see David and Asher's pining from a mile away and he's seen it up close from Asher. However, David is hesitating to make a move/pursue/do anything about his feelings. So Sam's gonna have fun with that

Have I mentioned how much I adore Sam in this pairng? Because listen— You can argue it's a bit out of character, but I think Sam can be a lot "meaner" and direct than most people give him credit for (just look at Imperium, hello? /pos) Like I love chewing on Sam's demeanor for this dynamic >>>. It's not possessive because he's more than willing to share Asher. It's basically Sam/David playing a game of chicken except it's got a "Yes and?" vibe. Sam's baiting David, sending signals that "You want in on this? Show it then." Meanwhile, David's just further digging himself a hole because he absolutely wants in— Not just with Asher but Sam as well— But is convincing himself he shouldn't be there.

I will stop myself here because otherwise, I will be here forever. But I hope you enjoyed this lengthy answer, Aether!

[wc-rarepairs]

ohmygod this blog is just amazing! thank you for doing a post about WoodWhistle!!! (I'm the one running daily whis btw, just so you're not confused about this rando gushing about the two WindClan sillies)

rarepairs are truly a thing I adore too (I love random yuri and will never stop creating random ships), but I'll try to not request too much, but could you maybe do a little post about sedgewhisker x petalfur? They've even got canon interactions lol, in The Fourth Apprentice's Beaver Quest. I just like both of these girls and thus decided to get them together.

(tysm! I'm so glad you liked my post about WoodWhistle, I too love those sillies <3 also sorry for not posting this earlier!!!!!!!!!! I was SUPER busy with moving to a new house and school :p)

(also sorry if this is a LONG one!!)

#2: Petalfur x Sedgewhisker

So, Petal and Sedge were very hostile towards each other before the journey. Sedgewhisker especially. They've hated each other since first meeting when they were both on a border patrol.

So imagine their surprise when they meet with the others chosen to be on the journey... and see each other just standing awkwardly among the others.

Sedgewhisker was not happy.

But they continued on regardless, they had no time for petty squabbles and such, after all!

anyways, in the middle of the night, while the others were asleep, Sedgewhisker sits down and looks up at the moon. She cannot handle what was going on in WindClan after the reveal in the gathering. All her clanmates can only ever talk about Crowfeather, Nightcloud, Leafpool....

She jumps, Petalfur had woken up and had left the makeshift den. Sedgewhisker narrows her eyes, she didn't have time to argue with the molly right now.

But instead... Petalfur joins her, sitting down beside her.

Sedgewhisker suddenly feels awkward. She didn't expect that to happen.

Petalfur reluctantly asks how Sedgewhisker was doing in WindClan, and Sedge answers with, of course, a lie.

"Are you sure?" Petalfur replies. "I thought that after that whole... Thing... back at the gathering, things would be awkward.

Sedgewhisker sighs, whipping her head to look at Petalfur. "Why do you suddenly care?"

Petalfur looks taken aback. "I...I want to put this petty rivalry behind us." She confesses. "I don't want to argue, or cause a spat." Her eyes light up as the moonlight illuminates her pelt, "how 'bout a truce?"

So after she accepts, in the morning they start talking more during the journey. They considered themselves acquaintances for the whole journey!

So timeskip; after the whole Rippletail fiasco, Petalfur is distant and sad. Sedgewhisker tries to talk with her, but Petalfur either only replies with a nod, a shake of her head, or doesn't respond at all.

When they return, everyone bids a farewell. They leave, going back to their territories, except for Sedgewhisker and Petalfur.

Sedgewhisker asks if she could walk her friend home, and Petalfur reluctantly declines. Sedgewhisker is... sort of hurt, but she understands. Her friend needs time to grieve, after all.... But Petalfur asks if they could meet up at the next gathering (if she was ever chosen to go), and Sedgewhisker tells her she would see her there.

So they meet up at the gathering, and they keep meeting up after that. It got so bad to the point of them sneaking out just so they could be with their friend.

Sedgewhisker is the first one to confess, but it was just in the middle of one of her long rambles. She quickly shuts up once she realizes what she did, and her mind spirals into a state of panic. She cannot look at Petal anymore, she felt so embarrassed and horrified.

So... she runs away, back to her camp. She can't disobey the code, she can't be around Petalfur anymore.

(Timeskip) during the next gathering, Sedgewhisker notices Petalfur & Dovepaw chattering and talking.

Sedgewhisker felt so angry, embarrased, and horrified when Petalfur called her over, & she was angry at Dovepaw for sneaking into WC territory... so she turns away, padding over to her clanmates that were huddled around the corner of the island.

When Sedgewhisker reluctantly turned to look back at Petalfur, she felt a pang of guilt and sadness when the molly looked hurt. But she didn't apologize. She just hesitantly turned back to share tongues with some of her friends.

After that whole ordeal, Petalfur & Sedgewhisker avoided each other. They didn't want to be around the other anymore. Petalfur tried to make herself distracted by hanging out with her friend Mallownose, but she just couldn't stop thinking about Sedgewhisker... Petalfur wanted to tell her that she loved her too, but how could she if they were avoiding each other?

(Another timeskip (Like... inbetween NW and SOtM) Sedgewhisker couldn't hold it in anymore, so in the next gathering, she apologizes to Petalfur.

Petalfur forgives her, and asked her if she really meant it when she confessed that she loved her in that way.

Sedgewhisker admits that she does, trying to apologize again for that, but instead of Petalfur getting mad at her---she confesses back!

So they talk more often and meet up a lot. They loved spending time together, especially when they were gfs!!

But during AVoS... Tragedy struck. Petalfur was killed by one of Darktail's followers, & when Sedgewhisker hears about the news, she let out a loud cry of anguish and grief, running away from the island.

She didn't care if she caused a scene. She didn't care if she was trespassing clan territory; she just wanted to see Petalfur one... last... time...

Sedgewhisker stops at her grave, which was for some reason located somewhere in ThunderClan territory.

She recognized her scent. The scent of fresh-water & daisies. She let out a sob, sitting by Petalfur's grave.

She was punished for trespassing and causing a scene, but she didn't care. She didn't care about any of that. She just wanted to see Petalfur back.

It took two arcs (AVoS and TBC) to make her move on from her lovers' death, but she was doing fine during ASC. She still misses Petalfur, but she knows that Petal wouldn't want her to grieve and hurt herself forever.

Headcannons

Petalfur occasionally gives Sedgewhisker beautiful gifts (e.g. Shells, Fish, Scales, etc.)

Sedgewhisker sometimes races with Petalfur

Petalfur taught her how to swim & hunt fish :)

Sedgewhisker secretly left her own flower on Petal's grave, disguising it with RiverClan scent to make it seem like one of their cats left it there

Not exactly a headcannon but Sedgewhisker and Emberfoot aren't mates in this AU!! They are just friends (the same kinda goes for Petalfur?? Except Mallownose actually had a crush on her)

Sedgewhisker and Petalfur occasionally tease each other about their rivalry

[clementine-kesh]

(had this pre written in my notes for you but wanted to know you'd read the last one)

And another thing!!! Between Emh and Tuvok, i think I'm gonna start headcanoning that Tom just has a daddy kink. Which afaik is common to daddy issue havers (i wouldn't know lol my father has always been so irrelevant to my life i simply never gave enough of a shit about his opinion to develop daddy issues. got mommy issues for days tho. wait is that why i'm so into janeway? whatever i won't question it) so it defo makes sense. (And he does also have mommy issues so I'll go ahead and project my attraction to Kathy onto him too while I'm at it. I mean what)

Anyway, point is: Chakotay kinda daddy? Like he's not rlly doing it for me personally but I felt I should at least suggest it since imo he'd be the next logical step. Also had a terrible thought, I think I know now how you feel when I bring a new rarepair to your askbox like I'm a cat dropping dead birds on your doorstep. Anyway, the thought is Q. I had to consider that so now you do, too.

Ohhh wait nvmd I'm not done after all, I just thought of more, specifically crossovers (within trek) because apparently my new mission in life is feeding Tom Paris' daddy kink. Anyway, please consider Picard, Riker, Worf, snw Pike, Ransom (sorry), Shaxs, Archer, Phlox, McCoy and of course the crown jewel: Sisko. He'd also be into Captain Freeman. And maybe Lwaxana.

-Levi

tom paris daddy kink is canon to me there’s never been a more succinct summary of his character. all your choices to feed his daddy kink are very valid but you’re missing one of the most important ones which is timeless-era sad dilf harry kim. you know that’s his white whale it’s all his sexual neuroses tied up in one beautiful bundle just for him and yet paradoxically he had to die in order for it to occur. harry shows him the video of his future self and is like “you can never share this information with anyone not only is it deeply personal but it also implicates me in major time crime” and tom’s like “cool yeah for sure” and immediately starts working on a hologram replica of dilf harry to get dicked down by

[yourthirdparent]

Do u have any MK rarepairs?

hello llewayinghorses. yeah i have ummmm a lot lmao. for the purposes of this i'll be stretching the definition of rare pair a Little because while sure some of these have like over a hundred fics it still feels p small To Me. anywayd

biliang is one of them, as well as kuaitomas. both of these are mk1 btw. sorry beloved followers i am a scorpsmoke lover blame Do you feel it travel in and out your heart? on ao3 (i was shipping them way before i read that fic it's just my favourite). and a biliang lover but i've already mentioned that one before on here.

haven't been Incredibly into those lately though cuz the liu kang hyperfixation hit like a train and now all i can do is set him up with other people he can fuck nasty (or not fuck at all i do love an ace liu kang. more like liu king. sorry.) but they are still on the backburner.

for liu pairings aka my only pairings ever........... holdon let me just bust out the chart

ignore the fact that the colour doesn't mean anything Anyways liutana and liulao aren't rare, shangliu is actually surprisingly popular considering it has so few fics (like 50 total i think split between the liu vs fire god liu tags?), liuhan probably is considered rare but idk maybe it's just because i'm in my part of the fandom but i see it p often so probably not very rare. kuailiu and liutomas are both rarer than that. railiu is p rare, i don't really see it often (but i'd love to because it's actually such a good pairing it's so cool oh my god) uhhhh liugeras is pretty rare considering how much sense it makes but i get it w/e yk. uhhhh kenliu and liucage are both p rare. especially cuz i ship liucage the hardest in the 1995 mortal kombat movie (so sad that i can't write for that movie. cries) which already doesn't get much fandom activity. oh baraka and liu is like super rare lmao but they're so cool !! i think there's lots of potential there idk maybe i'm just a freak. i do mostly ship them in mk11 though (mostly just cuz i don't want to deal with contagion lmao). sindel and liu are rare i suppose (also i forgot to mark liu and jerrod but i do ship them as well they're a throuple) as are liu and syzoth but i don't really care for them Much they're just fun sometimes but they aren't on the brainrot list. quan chi and liu are also rare but yk same principle as syliu i don't care all that much. i just like them both and i think they could have Something. evil. also liu and mileena is mk11 specific and it's also complicated but the sad thing is there's no fic for them and i'm too scared to write it (that's a lie i'm just not creative enough)

uhhhhh i also ship kenleena which according to twitter is actually popular but i've not seen it a damn time which SUCKS !!!! guys please i love taleena but why should i care for Them in mk1 when i could be shipping mileena and the guy whose eyes she gouged out. i think that slays. taleena is also a slay ofc but in mk1........ i need something with a little more Spice like they had in mkx. give me toxic yuri or give me death. they need to be treacherous and then have a kid or i'm out.

let me pull out the mk11 chart too fuck it

again shangliu is p popular shockingly however mk11 shangliu is a lot less popular. sonya/liu is actually so rare that i made the ao3 tag and i'm one of like. four shippers lmao. but i mostly ship them in conjunction with liucage in mk11 and only really ship them on their own in mk21. liu/jax is similar in the sense that i like them more in the 2021 movie lmao. and again i'm the only one in the tag. mk11 liuhan is less common than mk1 which is sad because they're iconic. again baraka and liu are always rare, railiu is p rare (though it does have some absolute masterpieces in the ao3 tag. ty melochromatic can we please be friends you're so cool). fujin/liu is also uncommon but i love them so sosososis99ssjowehhrishwkshrkebf much (i just like both of the characters and decided to slam them together for my amusement) blahblah again with mileena and geras and liulao and liutana are both popular.

SIGH. in addition to all of these i have some bonuses like sindel/sheeva and jadetana which might not be Rare but it is lovely and frossie which definitely Is rare (heartbreakingly) and probably more that i don't want to list. GASP FOR AIR.

[hergan416]

For YuuMori ask: 6, 16, 26

Yuumori Ask Game

6) Do you have a character you dislike at first but grew on you along with the development of the series?

Hmmm. I can't actually think of this happening to anyone in ynm. Louis was not my fave immediately but I certainly didn't dislike him, I just think that reading the manga better developed his character and pushed him over Albert for me -- those two were relatively tied for my attention before I finally read the manga.

There are characters I may overlooked a little more than I should have (Fred) that I now have strong head canons (read: deranged, absolutely untrue thoughts) about...

Maybe Mary? Mostly because I was sorta shipping Johnlock at that point and felt betrayed by her presence in the story and very much supported Sherlock's careful examination of her intentions? [I really should do more with yuumori johnlock -- i know its because our source material has such strong sherliam connotations but it is still SO FUNNY to me that THE Sherlock Holmes ship is considered a rarepair here]

16) What is your favorite song or soundtrack (from the anime or musicals)?

I unfortunately haven't seen the musicals yet, so I'm going to be choosing off the anime soundtrack (although El and others have shown me some songs from them and they are WONDEFUL, and I'm excited to see it at some point).

That being said.. Twisted Hearts. When I was first watching Dying Wish was SO much my favorite and I was salty at Twisted Hearts the like first 3 times I heard it for not being Dying Wish but it really really grew on me. I can't help but love it.

But all his music is just gorgeous. I ended up buying both EPs and REAL because I loved both OPs for the moriani so much, and honestly it is all a treat.

26) If [character] turns into an animal, what animal do you think she/he will be?

Hmmm I was told to choose the character and so in celebration of finally rolling him in mudae just now after months of attempting, I'll choose Albert.

So hear me out.

I think Albert is a bird with clipped wings. Now... there are a lot of kinds of birds to choose from. I don't think he's a pigeon actually, even though that may have narrative significance [imagine a homing pigeon who can't fly very far], or most common birds to clip -- like ducks, chickens, geese, or parrots and cockatoos.

I think he's something magestic, but not exotic. Perhaps a falcon? Of course a falcon wouldn't have its wings clipped by a competent falconer, but perhaps that's the irony of it? I'll go with that.

Albert just feels sad to me like that. I love him dearly, but he has that impending tragedy in his nature [and what I put him through in fic does not help].

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

Saw your ship name post, and I'm curious. What made you decide to make crystalbond and Metalicchaos? What type of dynamics did you have in mind for both of them?

Also own any thoughts on PhantomFox? It's definitely an odd one, but I'm willing to be sold on it.

Okay, so before I say anything, here is the rarepair list (in case someone reading doesn't know what these ships are)

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Crystalbond/Crystalbondshipping

Why:

The "why" for this one is fairly simple honestly. The short answer is that as far as S3 of Prime is concerned, the reason we explicitly saw Nine create Alpha Grim Sonic and call him friend (despite proclaiming all of the Grim robots were his new friends) was so we would understand just how Sonic backstabbing Nine (in his eyes) affected Nine. In short, Nine pretty clearly was trying to fill the hole Sonic left in his life (while acting like he and Sonic can just easily part ways). Creating someone as a replacement for someone you try to pretend you don't care about anymore can be handled in a compelling fashion, especially when you add in that Alpha Grim Sonic is supposed to be a "mindless" robot on top of that.

The longer answer is that between S2 and S3 I actually became compelled by the idea of Chanine (or, more specifically, Nine using the prism to revive Chaos Sonic after the ending of Prime S2). I thought making Chaos Sonic Nine's companion and giving them complicated feelings (for example, Chaos Sonic being a robot who has feelings for Nine, but it's true these feelings began because Nine reprogrammed him to be loyal to him vs Nine very much using Chaos Sonic as a stand in for Sonic and to ignore his lingering feelings, but it’s also true that Nine is coming to value Chaos Sonic's existence too (and not just because he's his only link to Sonic without having Sonic himself)) was just a fascinating thing. And although I would be sad not seeing Chaos Sonic in S3, I sort of naturally channeled this disappointment into Alpha Grim Sonic

Or, to be more specific, I carried the basic idea from my chanine thoughts to Alpha Grim Sonic and Nine and imagined how their dynamic would be in this situation. I also thought "I mean, if people can imagine this situation with Chaos Sonic and Nine and ship them, then what if I shipped Alpha Grim Sonic and Nine for this same reason?"

Dynamic:

As for the crystalbond dynamic, this one is largely focused on the idea that the Alpha Grim robots aren't actually mindless thoughtless robots, and the idea that Alpha Grim Sonic is growing a soul. Post canon, I know Nine would miss Sonic a great deal, so it’s only natural for me to come up with the idea that Nine would try to rebuild Alpha Grim Sonic (so he doesn’t feel lonely and so he doesn’t feel unprotected against the universe).

For Nine, Alpha Grim Sonic becomes a comforting presence. But as time goes on and Nine grows more attached, he deals more with his hang up over the idea that he'd created Alpha Grim Sonic to do his bidding and protect him. In other words, on occasion, he feels stupid finding comfort in the robot, asking him to stay with him or hold him or do anything intimate, because this robot cannot feel back or think or make its own choices. To Nine, it feels stupid to be attached to a robot who cannot feel for you, a fact that (to Nine) can never change.

For Alpha Grim, he's slowly growing a soul, attachments, feeling new things. He is aware of what a robot like him should be capable of, and he isn't sure exactly what he is feeling at all times and why. But as time goes on, he yearns for Nine to understand just how much they care for him. They want to be considered someone important to Nine. And yet, he is unwilling to push boundaries or overstep their position, even by accident.

This dynamic is built upon a mutual slow burn yearning + miscommunication that revolves around Nine's statement that he'd made the Grim robots to be unable to talk back or think or have minds of their own so they'd obey unquestionably. They are both hung up on how Alpha Grim should be like as a robot despite the truth of what is going on, and it's tragic for the longest time (because Nine can't believe the robot could learn to feel for him of its own accord, and Alpha Grim refuses to possibly push boundaries or do what he has not been commanded (because to him, even as he wants to be important to Nine, he also makes himself okay with his place as long as he can be with Nine and protect him forever))

I'm not sure if it's ever resolved, but this relationship is meant to develop over time as Alpha Grim develops his soul and Nine grows more selfish at wanting the robot with him.

If you'd like to see more about this dynamic, though, I'd heavily suggest reading this post, this post, and this post, or looking through the #crystalbond or #crystalbondshipping tags.

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Metalicchaos/Metalicchaosshipping

Why:

Okay, so there actually was a brief period before S3 dropped that people shipped Alpha Grim Sonic and Chaos Sonic. When all we had was a clip and a design, Alpha Grim Sonic was quickly dubbed "Chaos Shadow" and all depictions of this ship labeled as "Metal Sonadow".

However, as far as I can tell, after S3 properly dropped and Alpha Grims Sonic's name was revealed, this ship sort of died down.

I actually shipped this ship for funsies during this period, but even though these two never ended up meeting I didn't see a reason to give up on the ship. So that's pretty much it. I shipped it for funsies because I'm a Sonadow fan and I kept shipping it when S3 came out and we learned more about Alpha Grim because I still liked the ship idea

But, of course, they can't very well be called "Metal Sonadow" at this point (even if I do still feel like Alpha Grim is more Shadow's robot countepart than Sonic's), especially with the name reveal. So I collaborated with a friend to come up with a proper ship name for them

The other "why" is that I was shipping Chanine and Crystalbond and was like "why don't I just complete this triangle?"

Dynamic:

In all honesty, two different dynamics exist for them in my head.

The first is considerably less "shippy" than the second, but it’s their dynamic during these post prime S3 au ideas I've been rambling on about. Essentially, at the beginning, the two start out growing jealous of each other's interactions with Nine. Each one wants to be the one™ at Nine's side and is afraid the other will be confirmed as Nine's #2, even though each refuses to believe they'd be replaced. Alpha Grim Sonic gets irked when Nine talks to Chaos Sonic more and treats him more like someone who lives and cares about him (Nine), and he dislikes how much more insubordinate Chaos Sonic is to Nine (since Chaos Sonic is willing to call Nine out, collaborate in the conversation by coming up with plans, talk back, is unconcerned at times with annoying Nine, etc vs Alpha Grim Sonic who cannot speak and largely only does what is commanded of him). Chaos Sonic fancies himself Nine's one and only best friend, so he's stuck between jealousy for how Nine trusts Alpha Grim Sonic and cares for him and being prideful, putting stock in the fact that Alpha Grim Sonic is a mindless robot (in other words, he covers up his own insecurity by insisting Nine would never replace him because they're best friends and because Nine couldn't become best friends with some soulless robot anyways). If he believed Alpha Grim Sonic had a soul and thoughts and feelings, he'd probably imagine the robot to be haughty (although I'm sure Chaos Sonic can feel Alpha Grim Sonic's feelings about him exerting more freedom in general and in his interactions with Nine than it). Over time, though (a lot like Clara and Asmodeus from M!IK), the two grow to understand each other. While I don't think either would ever admit the jealousy, they grow to understand each other and form a pact of sorts as other people start to enter Nine's life. They bond over their mutual protection of Nine from others, from their shared/similar experiences, and they grow to feel secure in the fact that the two of them will be constants in Nine's life.

Now, the second dynamic is very different. I have a hard time thinking over the first dynamic as a shippy one so much as I imagine it as a strong platonic bond (although it's not impossible for it to be romantic/queerplatonic/what have you), which is why I created a second sort of dynamic for them I can muse over for shipping purposes. This dynamic revolves around creating a situation in which the two are rivals.

So, I propose a brief concept. Nine revives Chaos Sonic post S2, who ends up getting lost in the void or something like that. Then, he creates Alpha Grim Sonic and the other Grim robots. At some later date, Chaos Sonic returns (perhaps claws his way out of the void?) and comes across Alpha Grim Sonic (who is either performing a mission for Nine or also looking for Nine for some reason) while looking for Nine. Chain of memories Sora and Repliku style, the two begin to fight about the fact that both consider themselves the robot in Nine's life and believe the other is lying about their assertions of their place as Nine's friend. Each starts out believing the other is an imposter meant to hurt Nine, and neither wants to believe that they could be replaced/be a replacement for the other. While this kind of dynamic can be coupled with the first, giving them this kind of dynamic to start out with I think gives them more of a reason to be specifically fixated over each other and to be rivals before they inevitably bond over Nine.

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PhantomFox/Infinine

Why:

Well...why not? I don't have any particular profound reason for liking this one, I just seem to have an affinity for shipping versions of Tails with different characters and I think (with their aesthetics) they look really neat paired up together.

Although, all in all, I must confess that when I was thinking over rarepairs for the post, a friend of mine posed the idea of this ship and sold me on it in like 2 seconds

Dynamic:

The cool thing about having a ship where the characters haven't met is you can do whatever you want. Personally, I kind of like the partners dynamic with them.

To explain, I like to think about the au idea my friend came up with. Essentially, the idea is that Nine gets ahold of the Phantom Ruby somehow and, while studying it, ends up freeing Infinite. Of course, depending on the point in Nine's life, this situation could go differently, but in general I think of Infinite (a jackal I personally read as a bit aimless, without true passion) ending up following Nine, and Nine who (even if he rejects it a bit at first) ends up willingly taking Infinite on as his companion.

While Infinite/Tails to me is interesting because of Tails' trauma and the idea of why Infinite might fixate on Tails, Infinite/Nine is interesting to me simply because I think it would be neat if the two worked together as partners (and maybe Infinite finally found ambition along the way?)

Not sure how well I'm explaining this but yeah.

If it's pre-canon, I can see a lot of freak out from both of their ends, and if it's Infinite who proposes a partnership, Nine would probably need more confidence/assurances to agree to partner up with him. With that being said, I can see Nine being naturally interested in the science behind Infinite and the ruby, and the two sort of holding each other at arms length initially as they use each other to perform their goals.

If it's post canon, I can see Nine being a bit more open to companionship (I mean. He *is* pretty much alone in the Grim as far as we know), though he'd naturally be a bit guarded.

Either way, no matter what time in the timeline Infinite and the ruby are placed in, I can see these two getting into a situation somehow where they end up choosing to work together for some reason. My ideal dynamic with them is like. Two people who hold each other at arm's length but choose to work together initially due to mutual gain of some kind and initial interest in the other person –> morally grey partners who are a power couple

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Thank you for the ask, anon! I enjoyed getting to talk a bit about these ships🥰

And with that being said, if you'd like to know about/have any questions about/want me to talk about more of my rarepairs, more about these rarepairs specifically, or anything else, don't hesitate to send me an ask! I love the excuse to talk about ye old hyperfixation and make up relationships that don't exist

[atinyladybug-daydreams]

for the if they had a kid ask thingy , glass and kondraki

Ooooh one of my never thought of Rarepair!!!

Name: I'm not sure exactly what first name they would have but I think they would have a very gender neutral first name like Riley or Ash but I can also see them having a name from a classic literature or a good novel courtesy of Kondraki.

As for last names, I feel like they would take Glass as the last name, and Kondraki as a middle name. Kondraki insisted because he already has Draven and wanted Simon to have a turn this time? If that makes sense?

Gender: A girl! Can be cis or transfem but they're definitely not very feminine.

General Appearance: Very tomboy-ish and masculine clothing. I think overalls are pretty fitting. And also light up sneakers.

In terms of physical appearance, their hair are definitely curly. Like. VERY VERY curly. I also think that they look like a messy-tidy kinda person. Like, their clothes are ironed and well-coordinated and very very fitting and looks nice but there's also this kind of mess to it because they're very out and about so it's not 100% aligned.

They're also like. Pretty built. Not like big beefy but like. Definitely someone that looks like they work out and can fight.

Great posture, chipped tooth, kind eyes and hearty grin.

Personality:

I feel like they're going to be very loud and expressive. Also very, very chaotic as the Kondraki family are but in a more like, subtle way due to Glass' influence. I also think they're extremely extroverted and social which is surprising considering both Simon and Kondraki are more on the introverted spectrums.

They have a good heart and are VERY, very sympathetic towards people. Really tries their best to help people. A very headstrong and determined person which can be her downfall because it gets to the point she stops listening to other people thinking she knows best.

Special Talents:

Oh man. This kid is wayyy too talented with a blade. Whether it be a knife, dagger, switchblade, sword or even a butter knife, this kid understands and can use it really well. I mean, look at her parents.

Also has incredible cooking abilities. Kondraki is a great cook and Simon's a great baker so she ends up knowing a lot about cooking and baking, is very familiar with a lot of flavours, textures and spices. Also knows a wide variety of dishes. Honestly, she's a really good person to turn to for food feedback.

Who they like better:

Kondraki! He's the cool dad who taught her fencing and yes even though Simon does teaches her how to use knives, they still think swords are cooler so Kondraki it is!

Who they take after more:

On a surface level personality wise, you think they'd take after Glass more because of how they appear level-headed and kind but man, this kid is pure CHAOS in the Kondraki way.

Personally I think they take after Kondraki more because Kondraki is very very very present in their life (he very regrets him being emotionally unavailable to Draven so he tries his goddamned hardest with this one)

She reacts a lot like Glass, but thinks and feels a lot like Kondraki.

Personal Head canon:

I think when she grows up, she does become an agent much to Glass and Kondraki's absolute horror. Glass is horrified because he was an agent once and man was it rough being on so like he has absolutely no idea why she wants to be an agent and Kondraki is horrified because like, "Draven already gives me a heart attack every month from the shit he deals with and now you're going to add to that too".

Star and planet girly. Would've become an astrophysicist but can't stand the idea of sitting and researching inside all day. They prefer getting hands on and yes astronaut is an option but the idea of kinda sorta being that far from home makes them sad. They like visiting their parents frequently whenever they have time (and get free food while at it).

Face Claim:

Honestly the closest thing I can associate her with is Cassie from FNAF SB Ruin

[danggirlronpa]

Since polyships are on the table... 🍑 Mahiru/Hiyoko/Ibuki or 🍑 Mahiru/Sato/Hiyoko (I have a feeling this one will go horribly, as I tend to headcanon Hiyoko as being very jealous of Mahiru's affection towards Sato; both Sato and Hiyoko are definitely in love with Mahiru meanwhile can't stand each other. I imagine Sato also dislikes Hiyoko because she reminds her of Natsumi - however fair or unfair that comparison is, I definitely feel like Sato has a hatred of bullies. Meanwhile I think Hiyoko would have a soft spot for Ibuki; she would at first try very hard to push her away and prod at insecurities, but once that failed I could see them getting close. Plus, Hiyoko is attracted to kindness - something that she sees in both Hajime (platonically) and Mahiru, which makes her have a soft spot for them - and underneath her jokey-ness, Ibuki is very kind. And I don't even have to explain why Mahiru/Hiyoko works in this equation, lmao - Ibuki/Mahiru is probably the relationship between the three I've put the least thought in, but, I feel like they'd be amicable.)

Also, my Natsumi rarepairs.... 🍑 Chiaki/Natsumi and 🍑 Mikan/Natsumi... I know they don't interact but Chiaki and Natsumi are very much foils for each other & how they affect Hajime, so I think its a damn shame they never interact... plus Mikan/Natsumi would be so tragic.... finding your girlfriend dead... realizing your friend, Sato, killed her..... selling Sato out to your dead girlfriends brother.... Mahiru having such a favorable view of Sato and negative view of Natsumi & Mikan having the reverse.... the biased narration of Mikan (and Mahiru too).... the thought of my girlfriend was nice to me, a real angel, so she COULDN'T have been bullying you.... and then a year later, meeting a demon in the form of Junko Enoshima, who reminds you so much of your dead girlfriend, who tells you that Hope's Peak is corrupt, didn't look into her death to avoid a scandal with the reserve course so the funding to their pet project doesn't get shut down... and you're angry, you're so angry, that was your girlfriend and they don't even care.... why not let the devil tempt you into revenge? Don't they deserve it? I am so crazy about Natsumi/Mikan and NO ONE is tapping into their potential, the only fics on it on ao3 are my own.... I adore them 😭

I've been holding onto this ask because part of me doesn't even want to touch on a response so it can just stand alone as a testament to the ships. I LOVE seeing people talk about their rarepairs, absolutely fuck yes. Please don't think I'm ignoring you when I'm brief or my thoughts differ from yours because this RULES.

Mahiru/Hiyoko/Ibuki: Neat! Every dynamic in here is fucking stellar. I definitely also think this is a ship that centers on Hiyoko, which in and of itself is sort of fun. Danganronpa fans HATE her. But women LOVE her 😏

Mahiru/Hiyoko/Sato: Basically Canon. I'm biased about this because Mahiru/Sato is my real True SDR2 OTP and I consider both it and Mahiyoko to be Basically Canon on their own. But ALL TOGETHER. BOTH IN LOVE WITH MAHIRU. You know that tumblr post that's like "superhero and supervillain but theyre both friends with the same civilian so when their buddy invites them all out together as civilians they just have to silently seethe at each other across the table"? Yeah

Chiaki/Natsumi: Fine. This. And I'm going to be exposing a lot of things about myself as a person here so everyone just be cool. This is a kismesistude. And I will leave it at that.

Mikan/Natsumi: HELL YEAH. This might only appeal to a niche audience but hear me out, okay. You know yakuza mangas that are like. Oh No I Am A Sad Abused Young Woman/Twink Who Has Been Sold To/Become The Caretaker Of A Child In/Married Into/Reincarnated Into/Otherwise Somehow Become Involved In The Yakuza! im so frightened! what does this mean yakuza want with me!! a heart of gold?! could it be??? oh but because of my abuse i feel like i dont deserve this but through this yakuzas unrelenting instant love for me and very violent vengeance upon my abusers and also some gang drama to force us into compromising situations will i be forced to learn self esteem through the power of love?? THATS WHAT I WANT FROM THEM. THATS THE AU IVE WRITTEN IN MY HEAD. AND ALSO WAY OF THE HOUSE HUSBAND AU

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Fic Writer 20 Questions

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How many works do you have on AO3? 184

What's your total AO3 word count? 270,123

What fandoms do you write for? Currently I'm writing a lot for One Piece with a side of FF14, but I've hopped around a lot over time!

Top Five Fics by Kudos drown the bed in kerosene and let your matches fall (Monster Prom) Local Dumpster Fire Didn't Try, Still Got Laid (BnHA) flock (Haikyuu!!) (love is like ice cream) we've always got room for more (俺物語!! | Ore Monogatari!!) this isn't breaking news (BnHA)

Do you respond to comments? I do my best! Sometimes it takes me a very long time, and some fics I just never reply on because I'm so long out of the fandom that it feels disingenuous to reply though...

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Oh boy, you know, I really don't write a lot of sad things? Emotionally, maybe the only victim of these innocent crimes (is me), which is a heavily one-sided love focused DCMK fic In terms of actual tragedy, Corporeal (or: Oa is only slightly better than a shopping mall) wherein the concept is "what if we took the zombie apocalypse concept of Blackest Night and really just turned the dial up to 11?"

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Most of them? Most of them. I write a lot of adult content, and PWPs tend to end happily. My current fave is we carry our oceans within us, wherein Chopper celebrates his birthday over three different years. The last one is the happiest ending possible c:

Do you get hate on fics? Rarely! I think the most issues I've had were in MZDS fandom. I set commenting to registered users only around then, and haven't had issues since. I think being mostly a rarepair writer helps a lot with that lol

Do you write smut? Enthusiastically and with great regularity

Craziest Crossover? A tie between DCMK x FF14 (you are sweet like honey and I am filthy from it) and Untitled Goose Game x Fallout 4 (Fallout 4: Goose Game Redux)

Have you ever had a fic stolen? If I have, I don't know about it!

Have you ever had a fic translated? A couple! I feel like it's rare, but it's happened at least once or twice?

Have you ever co-written a fic before? In theory yes? I have a bunch of WIPs that have never been finished that live in my documents, and then I have one (1) fic that was created based on an RP with a friend years ago!

All time favorite ship? That's like asking me to name my favourite child. I am aghast, I am offended, I am waving my hands in a speechless manner, I am going to say Wrightworth because I keep coming back to read it again and again, even though I've only written fic for it maybe once

What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? I mean, if it's unlikely I'll finish a WIP, it's because I don't want to work on it anymore? If I had to choose, it would be a fic that I was co-writing with a friend from a fandom that I'm still into, but that they're desperately no longer interested in. I'm not going to tell you about it, because I'd hate to pressure them about it c:

What are your writing strengths? Insert gif of frightened cat with its back arched and tail puffed up. I'm bad at identifying my own strengths. If forced to offer an answer, I'd say that I'm good at writing strong emotions between characters, both during smut and outside of it? That seems to be what my top kudos'd fic indicate, at least.

What are your writing weaknesses? 1) Commas. Fuck those guys. 2) Finding synonyms for the word "moan". Why must English limit me so? 3) Writing money shots is annoying and boring. I can come up with innovative ways to skip writing prep (some of which are: what about a blow job instead?) but you can't really write a porn without someone having an orgasm and let me tell you, it's really fucking hard to come up with a new and inventive way to write "and then [character] came. all things considered, it was pretty good." you know? Most of my WIPs are all of the foreplay and cut off right before that bit. There's a joke to be made about orgasm denial here, probably.

Thoughts on dialogue in another language? Sometimes useful, but I categorically ignore footnotes, so if you put words from a foreign language into a fic and translate them that way, I will 100% never know what they mean.

First fandom you wrote in? Harry Potter. I'm a product of my generation.

Favorite fic you've written? Again, why are you making me name my favourite child? I'm proud of a lot of my fic, I think, but off the top of my head, I'm going to list off a top 5 of fics that I haven't mentioned yet: love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling (BnHA) now he calling me nyquil (MZDS) make of my arms a castle (FF14) DAREDEVIL'S RAINY NIGHT: A HARROWING TALE OF MANPAIN (Daredevil) ridiculous, unacceptable, pls don’t (DCMK)

Tags (very optional): @kaijuscientists, @janzoo, @elementalsight, and now I can think of precisely zero other friends who I'm fairly sure write the fanfiction haha