#Pistolwhip vs Swordfish ?!?!!

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...Being a jrwi multishipper is Hell right now...these polls? HELL on my psyche.

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VOTE FOR BEST SHIP IN ALL OF MANA (OVERVIEW, ROUND 1)

Hello jrwiblr!!! Welcome to the Best Ship In All of Mana Bracket, where we all will decide which Riptide ship — crack or serious, platonic or romantic or queerplatonic, canon or fanon — is superior to all!

Here are the Round 1 pairings and faceoffs! The order of the ships on the bracket have all been randomly generated. We had no control over any of the placements!

Explanations of all the shipnames and links to their respective tumblr polls are under the cut!

Now, let's be civil guys. Try not to destroy eachother on the first round.

Gillion/Felipe VS Phoenix (Chip/Jay)

Catnip (La Alma/Chip) VS Fools Gold (Chip/Niklaus)

Fish and Chips (Chip/Gillion) VS Bloodshot (Jay/Anastasia)

Gillion/Aslana VS Rosewater (Lizzie/Caspian)

Navy Seal (Jay/Gillion) VS Sailor Song (Chip/Jazmine Drake)

Chip/Felipe VS Sharpshooter (Jay/Kira)

Lizzie/Caspian/John VS Chip/Amanda Rinn (Chip's Wife from Loffinlot)

Drey/Captain Rose VS Watergun (Drey/Finn)

Poly Pirates (Chip/Jay/Gillion) VS Fighting Chance (La Alma/Clorten)

Artemisanchor (Jay/Aslana) VS Gillion/John

Captain Tastrius/Ezme VS Caspian/Niklaus

Sheshell (Jay/Edyn) VS Drearl (Drey/Earl)

Drunken Sailors (Chip/Caspian) VS Swordfish (Caspian/Gillion)

Jay's Harem (Jay/Anastasia/Kira/Aslana/Lizzie/Edyn) VS Gillion/Rhea (bartendress from Noctis)

Pistolwhip (Jay/Lizzie) VS Chip/Rebecca (guest at Grimm's Party)

Chip/Edyn VS Roofus/Amber

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alright jrwiblr place your bets! Who's gonna win the best ship in all of mana?

I think Pistolwhip will win it all. I'm not totally confident in that tho I think FnC is very strong too. Or maybe swordfish will be a surprise sweep I dunno!! but can't wait to find out !!

my personal (very long) thoughts for each bracket under the cut :)

First round is done already, so I'm going from there

Gillion/Felipe vs Chip/La Alma I think gillion/felipe beats la alma/chip. Felipe stuck around for longer than la alma and felipe and gil talked a lot about how close they were so I feel like they take it.

FnC vs Rosewater: I think fnc takes easy. everyone loves lizzie and caspian and maybe it's just me but I don't really see them together, but I feel like a lot of people like fnc lol

Navy seal vs sharpshooter: honestly I thought navy seal would take this at first, but it almost lost to sailor song, so I think sharpshooter might actually have a shot here. Personally I like sharpshooter so I hope it wins :)

Watergun vs Lizzie/Caspian/John: honestly could go either way with these two. but I feel like (minor spoilers for most recent riptide ep!!) because of recent events w/ drey and finn and the fact that a lot of people ship lizzie w/ jay I think watergun might win?

Poly pirates vs Artemisanchor: poly pirates probably take this one. tbh I would be shocked (but not upset) if artemisanchor won here lol

Seashell vs Capt. Tastrius/Ezme: I mean cmon. seashell has to take right? the communist jay wives have to come out for this one.

Swordfish vs Jay's Harem: literally no clue tbh. the fight of the century. I feel like it'll be swordfish tho. it's pretty popular and lots of canon ties (it's also prob my top & the one i want to win so I am Not biased).

Pistolwhip vs Roofus/Amber: another strong pair imo but... I love roofus and amber but pistolwhip is just so. I feel like the lesbians will pull this one out too

Round 3 for fun~ (assuming that my predictions will be right, I'm not that confident in them but it's too confusing otherwise lol)

Gillion/Felipe vs FnC: again I feel like fnc will be a top contender so I have to assume it wins.

Sharpshooter vs Watergun: these are the ships I think I'm least confident will actually win lol but if they do end up this way I think sharpshooter might win?

Poly pirates vs Seashell: probably seashell. I didn't realize until now how often jay is shipped with people lol but I feel like everyone just wants her to have a gf and I agree tbh

Swordfish vs Pistolwhip: oh god. like my two favorite pairs vs each other if it ends up this way. I have to assume it'll be pistolwhip (but i will be voting swordfish dont tell)

Round 4

FnC vs Sharpshooter(?): I'm not sure who will actually make it this far but cmon fish and chips is so widely shipped it has to beat whatever ends up here right?

Seashell vs Pistolwhip: whatever gets paired here will probably end up losing to pistolwhip (or swordfish if they make it!!) because it's such a strong pair I think.

Round 5

FnC vs Pistolwhip: would it be so basic of me to assume that fish and chips will win this whole thing? idk something in me is saying that it's gonna lose to pistolwhip. Or maybe even swordfish. I really don't know I'm looking too far ahead lmao final prediction: Pistolwhip

can't wait to see how wrong I am about all this :D

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i know its not quite the same scenario as navy seal, but ive highkey avoided ever talking about or publicly enjoying poly pirates content for the same kind of reason, but instead bc it involves shipping jay and chip.

like. yes, i know many people (including the jerboys) interpret them as having a more sibling-esque bond. I fully acknowledge it and I can even agree w it!* but i hate how it has been made that any other interpretation is not only wrong but also bad.

idk man like. i just hate how it feels like enjoying any dynamic of poly-pirates outside of fnc is wrong-- bc at that point, what is the point?

*i personally tend to see the two as very close, but the specifics of whether that closeness is platonic/familial or romantic depends on interpretation (whether of the individual, author, etc). they're two people who've found connection and safety in each other and also enjoy ribbing the other for jokes- what specific type of connection that is can vary for me, yknow? the type isnt the Core of their dynamic to me

(sorry the asterisk part got so long i just want to properly explain myself and dump a bit fjkdsjf)

Oh yeah, I'm 1000% with you on this. I mentioned navyseal cause that's my personal guilty pleasure that I am highkey obsessed with but had to keep it on the downlow after twitter decided it was just as bad as inc*st apparently (as someone who is very very deeply uncomfortable and revolted by that type of stuff in genuine, that shit pissed me off!!!), but this absolutely applies to Chip and Jay and polypirates as a whole. Hell, when I first started the show and didn't really have much fandom influence in my first 30 something episodes I was actually way more of a poly enjoyer

Anyways, as a whole I do sincerely think Chip and Jay work better as a platonic bond, I like this interpretation of their relationship better than romantic, but that doesn't necessarily make the ship bad or wrong you know? Literally ditto to everything you said in your asterisk I couldn't word it better myself.

Like bruh it really felt like these characters are stuck being bitchless fr LOL that whole twitter debacle made it feel like the only CORRECT ships were fnc and pistolwhip (as if fnc doesn't Also have some of the same dynamics listed in navyseal and chip/jay!! (although im certainly keeping my mouth shut further on that since people have started gunning to convince people fnc is a Bad Boring Ship, Actually, and it's better platonic (unrelated to the wlw vs mlm take that just happened there, big disclaimer (I spend too much time on twitter can u tell... there's so many shipwars there for no reason...))) anyways yeah there was just too many people trying to police these ships and instead of just being NORMAL and saying "oh X isn't my cup of tea I enjoy a familial/platonic bond between them instead" they start bending over backwards to prove that ACTUALLY it's PROBLEMATIC, SEE? And sourcing the boys' opinions on it doesn't Wholly matter to ships (unless it's in regards to boundaries, in which it Absolutely Matters) cause Bizly regularly dunks on fnc and that hasn't changed anything

This got very long winded sorry LOL I've been holding onto this irritation for a while now, it's one of the reasons why I'm trying to move away from twitter and come back to tumblr tbh. It is simply fandom culture to ship, and while I love fnc to absolute death as my main ship here, it's nice to explore some variety yk? navyseal has CRAZY potential cause of their parallels and their journey of self discovery and how much they deeply care for each other, polypirates is just a lot of fun altogether cause of all their personalities and that shared strong bond, then you have swordfish, fish² and chips, caspian/chip, marshall john/gillion, like, multishipping is FUN dude. Unless it's GENUINELY problematic or Actual Proshipping like twitter Claimed, I don't see the big idea. There is such thing as "Don't like, don't read". There is such thing as muting/blocking words and curating your own experience. You don't have to put down others because their enjoyment of something clashes with your personal interpretation of it. It's fandom bro!!!

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BEST SHIP IN ALL OF MANA (ROUND 3, OVERVIEW)

Welcome to the Best Ship In All of Mana everyone! Here is the bracket for Round 3!

Apologies for being late! I thought the polls went up tomorrow and got a little mixed up :) Now this round will get intense! Good luck to all the ships!

Below the cut are the pairings and polls for this round!

Catnip (Chip/La Alma) VS Fish and Chips (Gillion/Chip)

Navy Seal (Gillion/Jay) VS Watergun (Finn/Drey)

Poly Pirates (Jay/Chip/Gillion) VS Sheshells (Edyn/Jay)

Swordfish (Caspian/Gillion) VS Pistolwhip (Jay/Lizzie)

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BEST SHIP IN ALL OF MANA (OVERVIEW, ROUND 2)

Hello, hello again JRWIblr! Welcome back to the Best Ship In All of Mana Bracket, Round 2 this time! You all seemed to enjoy Round 1 very much — and were quite conflicted on MANY ships — so now, lets dive into Round 2! :)

Here are the Round 2 parings and face-offs! Put together by the very lovely @spacedustmantis!

What ship is superior above all? That's up to the community to decide. Now, prepare your propaganda because this round may get intense!

Below the cut are explanations of each ship name and the links to their respective polls.

Again, a reminder to be civil, reblog the polls, and ship to your hearts content! Enjoy!

Gillion/Felipe VS Catnip (La Alma/Chip)

Fish and Chips (Gillion/Chip) VS Rosewater (Lizzie/Caspian)

Navy Seal (Gillion/Jay) VS Sharpshooter (Jay/Kira)

Lizzie/Caspian/John VS Watergun (Drey/Finn)

Poly Pirates (Jay/Gillion/Chip) VS Artemisanchor (Jay/Aslana) VS Gillion/John

Captain Tastrius/Ezme VS Sheshells (Edyn/Jay)

Swordfish (Caspian/Gillion) VS Jay's Harem (Jay/Anastasia/Kira/Aslana/Lizzie/Edyn)

Pistolwhip (Jay/Lizzie) VS Roofus/Amber

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haha i feel this was very obvious but i was rooting for navyseal the entire time <3 rip to them they are winners in my heart

also swordfish! pistolwhip vs swordfish was such a fun face off lmao

CONGRATULATIONS WATERGUN!

By 1 vote, Watergun takes the title of “Best Ship In All of Mana!” Love wins!

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has participated in these polls (yes, even all the new accounts created for voter fraud.) This has been SO MUCH fun to run.

AND EVERYONE GIVE A BIG THANKS TO @spacedustmantis!!! Echo helped me out so much with the polls, the bracket, and reminding me to schedule posts when I forgot lol. This was very fun to run with them <3

CONGRATS TO ALL THE SHIPS!!! LOVE WINS <3