#Now that the collab vids are going to be posted en masse

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Lenneth Valkyrie

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1,2,3,4,9 ships meme!

http://lovesjustachemical.tumblr.com/post/157357970101/40-questions-meme-for-shippers

1. Talk about the first ship you ever had.

It's somewhat impossible to really know what my actual first ship was, likely a bunch kind of happened simultaneously at once since it's not like I ever only watched one show at a time. I'm pretty sure Ross/Rachel on Friends I was shipping hard before I knew what a ship was though, before I ever really used the internet even, like they were my main motivation to keep watching the show, to see what happened next with them. I've answered other things other times I've answered this question but I think they might be my actual first.

2. Talk about three of the most important ships throughout your life. There are so many"important" ones lol!! But gosh it's also such a thought provoking question, because what makes a ship "important" anyway? It's also hard to narrow down to 3 when I have so many that shape who I am today or what I've spent my fan effort on, etc etc. I also hate to list only het ships as the three "most" important ones but...

Literati aka Jess/Rory - Gilmore Girls. So much energy and effort has been expended in my life thinking about them. I watched everything Milo ever did for years because of this ship, hey Alexis too now that I think about it. They were the reason I was so invested in and so disappointed by the Gilmore Girls revival. They were the first real "ship" I vidded, repeatedly, and one of few first ships I consumed fanvideos of en masse. They really pushed me through the door that was me getting into fanfiction; while other fandoms may have crossed my path, this got me there. They are one of the first things I think of when I think of the word ship.

Clana aka Clark/Lana - Smallville. Ah I have more feels than I know what to do with for these two?? Weirdly I never got into fanfiction for them or done much like here on tumblr about them but I have probably vidded them more than any other ship. They have more total scenes than any other OTP of mine and I'm a vidder who lives off watching and creating fanvideos, so that kind of matters a lot. I got two of my most amazing online friendships out of this ship, the three of us were friends with each other for years and knew a lot about each other's personal lives and stuff, were the biggest fans of each other's vidding, made dedicated vids in a variety of fandoms for things like birthdays, made collab vids together, etc and even if we're not as close now, if Clana is not a main ship really for any of us anymore, we are all still friends and it's been like a decade OK? ALSO... Like I am still vidding this ship, that has never stopped, I still like thinking about Smallville as a whole, and... Idk. Both this ship and Literati have a lot of songs in common that work, have a surprising amount of parallels, and yet... The thing that's so special about Clana is that neither is clearly the dreamer vs the realist, there is no "bad boy" or "cold hearted bitch/bully who thinks she's too good for someone" to be redeemed/changed/saved, both characters have their fair share of trauma in their past but are genuinely sweet people all along and care about each other all along?? Like idk. OHHH and one huge thing that's so important about Clana as a ship to me is that all along I knew they weren't endgame. Don't ask me how just generally existing in American culture had me aware that Clark was destined to end up with Lois even before I saw a Lois on Smallville, when Smallville was my first ever actual Superman based piece of media I consumed, but I knew OK? And I think it means something huge about how I ship to know that i never was rooting for them to end up together and overcome those odds. Not at all. I just really wanted to see the journey, the validation that it can be amazing And real love even if it's not forever? I wanted to relish in the angst trainwreck too. I'm a glutton for punishment sometimes.

And for #3 I'm gonna have to go with LoVe (Logan/Veronica) - Veronica Mars. Like... I helped fund the Veronica Mars movie Kickstarter campaign and I'm pretty sure at least 50% of why is that I needed them to have a happier ending. If you look at my fanworks, I haven't written fanfiction for LoVe yet but I've planned out a fic about their hypothetical future daughter so like, I was close lol... Also I have podficced this ship, multiple times, something I haven't done for the other two ships on this list... I adore Logan/Veronica, vidding them, engaging in meta about them, etc. These two characters are so amazingly complex and I relate to a lot when it comes to each of them.

3. What’s your current OTP? Really hard question to answer. Honestly I'm not even sure if I have one per se.  It changes with the tide, you know? Lol OK so like... I have extremely hard shipping-esque feelings for Mario/Angus on Code Black which is part of why I've kept up with that show when I still fall behind on others. I internally squee when they have moments. I don't even know if I really ship them in a slash way but I need more people to know this show and care about how much amazing love these men have for each other (even if it's platonic love??) and oh I'm already grieving the show's likely cancellation. I also am feeling too many things for Dana/Lara as I watch season 1 of The L Word for the first time right now on Netflix? I don't even care if you spoil me, just like... They just broke up and I really want to know they're gonna get back together?? I also am feeling so many Karma/Amy (Faking It) feels lately as I brainstorm how to vid for the current femslash multi-round contest I’m in...

I’ll answer the other two questions... “4. What’s your current NOTP?” and “9. Do you have many ships that never got together at all?” later, as soon as I get a chance lol. This post is long enough now and I have to leave the house!!