#Selfinsertlove

[princess-hope-selfships]

it's wild 'cause like

I remember making this blog, after running a blog called selfinsertlove (which is now possibly claimed by someone else or has been abandoned by an old friend who took it over for me lol) and trying to jumpstart the self insert community.

I really try not to talk about it because I don't wanna like... sound like...umm... what word am I looking for... LIKE I'm bigger than I am??? But I really genuinely feel like I was one of the pillars of this community starting on Tumblr because I had such a big friend group on deviantart beforehand, with self shippers, and self inserts, and then I moved to Tumblr and the self insert scene was dead!

I really thought more people deserved to have fun with their f/os, then called faves, 'cause we hadn't even come up with the f/o term yet haha!

Anyway idk. Gonna be an old lady abt it and say I remember when the community was smaller, and everyone was shy as fuck but we tried so hard to interact lmao nowadays with DNI lists a mile long and callouts and chasing people out of the community, I'm terrified of interacting in a whole different way.

Not to say DNIs are not good things, I think they're fine and useful, but being one of the people who tends to BE on those DNI lists (I like ha.zbin ho.tel and ship with one of the more problematic characters in the series) it's like. Damn. I'll just keep to myself I guess. And it gets isolating! I miss the sense of community! I miss not being scared to interact with people! I miss how things were before.

But, hearing myself, I'm like, this is how it is when you Get Old™ you start missing Ye Olden Days and thinking how much better things were back then lmao (disclaimer I'm 30 and I'm not old I just feel like I am lol)

Anyway I know it's my fault for not reaching out and interacting more, and it's something I wanna work on. I'm also at fault for not producing content for myself, and I am being relatively unhealthy with my creative process, thinking things like I WONDER IF THIS WILL GET NOTES IN SELFSHIP TUMBLR rather than enjoying myself and making art for myself. That's shit I'm working on, and actively talking with my therapist about lmao

idk what my intention was with this post or how to end it, I just feel a type of way and I'm procrastinating getting ready for the therapy session LMAO THIS is probably gonna be a topic now but yeah

just some thoughts I guess woooo bye

[jyushifruit-moved]

*kicks down a door* self inserts are fun and i love drawing in the cuphead style, it goes well with my love of thick-ass outlines

[sludgebat]

speaking of ash, i may have made a

[elli-mk]

This one especially hurt… Let people ship who they want !!! And if they chose a f/o that’s just as fine !!! If you don’t like it, that’s fine too. Just let others have their fun.

For that reason: little shout out and a big THANK YOU to @selfinsertlove You are the best 💗

[amisbro]

Anyone remember that that meme that goes around (or used to) every so often that was like a “datemate application”?  You should see how many applications I have to go through for “Fictional Others” cos friends...I have enough to go through still...hell SOME ARE VAMPIRES!!!

[selfshipdork]

Self Insert Positivity Day Shoutouts:

This is a very small way of saying thanks to everyone in the community. I couldn’t have found something that makes me very happy without the people who were here before me. And to everyone who follows me and is a mutual, it is so amazing to have you guys. Thank you!

@selfinsertheaven @queenieships @selfinsertlove @self-insertlove @pynklem0nade @hhoneyhams @hinatas-wife @millizines @heart-stealer-hope @hardcoresshippingmyself @selfshipwitch @strawberrykees @manty-bun @myrainydayloves @musical-selfshipper @xeensbin @asa-de-ouro @willsselfinserts @magicalfox-shipper @iselfshipnerd and everyone else I have not tagged! Thank you very much.

[shiroe-is-my-baby]

I’ve finally made it to 300 followers! I’m super excited and so happy. Thank you guys so much, seriously. I love you all so much, and I can’t believe I’ve made it to this point! You guys are all so great, and I wantto do something nice for you guys. So here is my big ol’ promo post! If I missed you and you replied to my previous post please let me know so I can add you. I don’t want to miss any of you lovelies!!

First a quick shout out to my favorite blogs, and my friends who literally are wonderful and if you like this community you need to be following them. Like right now.

@self-shipping-angel

@lildreamysoul

@selfinsertheaven

@securitycopsgirlfriend

@theheckhole

@musical-selfshipper

@millizines

@selfinsertlove

@ckselfinsert

@selfshipsuggestions

@lovesick-au-lait

@magicalfox-shipper

@queenieships

@insomniasqueen

@lilakishibe

@thebeshimifangirl

@loveat-highnoon (tried your other one and it wouldn’t let me so hope this one is okay?)

@wispy-selfship-eden

@emmshipping

@peachie-doodles

@hardcoreshippingmyself

@sol-nigma

@thepandadrawer

@indigoskies

@alotta-lovin

@roy-is-my-sun

@cookiecutterlove

@stubbornselfshipping

@kremlikestoselfinsert

@comfortcharabear

@unicorn-wishes

@cottoncandyships

@softkani

@selfshipprincess

@queenieboo22

@heart-stealer-hope

@hhoneyhams

@gamzeeismyboyfriend

@enter-the-phantom

@apostleapocalypse

@asa-de-ouro

@cheripi

@starscloset

@the-shipping-rink

Don’t worry the list is not finished yet! ;3 Don’t forget to let me know if I forgot you and I will definitely add you guys to the list! I want to show everyone love alright!

@botts-ships

@fallen-chimera

@swindleswindling

@timeslipselfships

@ace-of-inserts

@zenith-art

@stitchlovergirl96

@jotarophilia

@thedorians

@tarushipping

[chororine]

let’s take my new theme’s blacklist function for a spin with an indulgent self-shippy post

I’ve been wondering when I would’ve met Choro in-universe - like I said in that post my course offers students the chance to study abroad for 2-4 months during the second semester of their second year of study, but the exact dates depend on the external university. does the Japanese partner uni take exchange students from January to March, toward the end of their academic year, or from April to June at the beginning? I guess I could find out but it’d look weird when it’s too late for me to actually *go* in reality

...anyway the point is 

if it were January-March, then maybe we met in January and become a couple in March, which out of universe is when I admitted that my latest fictional crush might not be just a joke...... if that were the case, our first date would definitely consist of him attempting to appease me by dragging us to the blandest, safest, most typical date movie on offer (as he did in episode 10) and me trying to smile and go along with it but gradually exploding into “NOPE. >:[” and dragging him to the nearest theatre playing Digiimon Adventurre Tri part 2: Determination

that wouldn’t have been his first choice of movie (I headcanon that he favours cheesily enjoyable, incredibly transparent vehicles for idols he likes, like the Japanese equivalents of Crossroads) but neither would “a love story that happened three times in thirty-three years” - and while he’d already been friends with this girl, her reactions to the movie really teach him what he’s getting into by dating her. both her Western obnoxiousness as she fidgets and fails to contain squeals of delight seeing her fave monsters on the big screen for the first time since she was a kid... and everything paying off at the end, when he gets to see her face light up at the two Megas she’s been waiting to see in action for 16 years

could he possibly make her smile like that again, without having to wait six months for the next movie?...... he’ll have to look up ferries to Odaiba

[twsted-princess]

do you have any tips for getting involved in the self-insert community? I've been trying but I keep feeling like I'm sitting on the outskirts, even when I make an effort with ask memes and community activities and events.

Well my best advice is to put out some promos and maybe ask big names to give you a shout-out. I’ll give you some that I’m familiar with and they would be great helps @gamzeeismyboyfriend @shiroe-is-my-baby @selfinsertlove @hardcoreshippingmyself @cheripi @curvy-roses and @kremlikestoselfinsert. I definitely recommend talking to them to help you. Hope this helps you!

[toxarts]

@selfinsertlove @bonescaro my gift for the SIL Winter Exchange!! I had two ideas for pictures and decided to draw both! So here's a nice winter walk and enjoying some hot beverages! :>

[princess-hope-selfships]

Ngl chief, I’m hella glad you said what you said because you’re right and I really wish everyone /would/ just be making content for themselves. Like, is support nice? Yeah. But ultimately if someone wants to smooch or hang out with a f/o then they should be doing it for them and no one else!!!

YEAH like to be real honest with ya? That’s the thing that baffles me the most about like, the note-seeking behavior and worrying about popularity, like...I always thought selfship/self insert blogs were supposed to be hella indulgent spaces for ourselves?? It’s just so odd to me that people are deleting over not getting outside attention I guess. 

Maybe I’m too used to having a ton of side blogs solely for certain aesthetics that I don’t really share with anyone, ‘cause it just feels like, idk, I’m making these spaces for myself to have fun in, I don’t care who all joins in. If I pick up a follower or two who likes what I also like, that’s rad. But I don’t wanna depend on the validation from someone that yes I do indeed like my f/o and yes we are valid. Like no, I KNOW I like my f/o!!! I feel like I may have been one of the first handful of people who were really moving this community along, when I made selfinsertlove (which since deactivated and is now? a? blog with a picture of a man and pizza twice I guess) and yeah, I remember it just being...like...idk a fun shrine to our f/o’s I guess FHSKDFHSDKF LIKE JUST PURE FUN 

Not to say it’s wrong to want outside validation, or feeling insecure about your ship is wrong - but it’s just a bit silly to me to expect people to flock to you in order to validate you. That’s something I think you have to reach out and ask someone about, you can’t just wait for someone to come to your side.

Anyway this answer’s getting long-winded, I’m glad you appreciated my post and it’s wack to me that it’s receiving so much positive attention. I was really worried (given Tumblr culture lmao) that bringing up how these behaviors are damaging would earn me some real doozies in my inbox.

[lieutenantsayeko]

And here it is, our wedding certificate!! <333 I can hardly believe we’ve been married for two months! I love you so much, Levi. Despite everything going on, I’ve never been happier than I am as your wife. Every day with you is a dream come true and I can’t wait for many more.

((Thank you @selfinsertlove for sharing this template! It really turned my day around.))

[gayboyselfinserts]

Cause who doesn't wanna get married on Christmas?? 

Its official guys me & Tav are married

Marriage Certificate made by:  @selfinsertlove

[amisbro]

Think about this

and I know @tsukinokiss may or may not be able to relate to this but we shall see Do you ever stop and think about all the different...”worlds” that you have wanted to visit because of Anime since it really hit big here in the late 90s and even more so over the past few years with all the stream sites that we have at our disposal to watch our favorite Animes or to discover new ones? If you have then I think you may understand for people like me what its like when you are someone that is a “self-insertist” (and this was before I knew what the hell that term meant) because if someone were to sit down and ask me this question: “What does your blog title mean?” Well here’s a good way to describe it Imagine working in an Office Complex and its just YOU at that time.  Now imagine that over time as you start to like certain series’ or certain characters from series’ that you watched that they come to “work there” and then over time you go to “visit” them in “their worlds” when you write your fics for that series.  You may or may not be a fan of the series as a whole but again you might have characters you like so you write a story including them so that you can visit them whenever you want and keep them close to you in your mind and your heart. Now this can cause a problem because you see the more show you watch the more people come to visit and work with you so you have to make time for them too!  This can be a problem because you have to devote the time and the energy for that group of people but you can’t forget the others that you love and care about either. Like look at me right?  One of my all-time faves is the very handsome and charming Yukari Mishakuji from K Pro BUT because of how many others have moved into the office and how many new places I have to visit..,my time with him sadly has been very limited.  Its not that I don’t love or care about him...that’s not it at all but its harder the more I go off to explore other places that I want to visit with some of my other faves or as the term goes in our field “Fictional Others” or “f/o” for short. Since about 2013 if you asked me to name some of the series’ that I have grown close to well let’s try it Brothers Conflict Diabolik Lovers (The Mukamis, Reiji and Shu) Uta no Prince-Sama (HEAVENS and QN) Kuroko’s Basketball (All schools but if you asked me to name one in particular...Kaijo believe it or not and even Rakuzan) K Project (Scepter 4 and their King Reisi Munakata as well as JUNGLE’s Swordsman Yukari Mishakuji) Tsukiuta (Gravi as a Unit but individually Haru and Shun) Gundam Wing (Zechs Marquise...he was one of the OGs from my old fic days) Sailor Moon (Yaten Kou/Star Healer ,Sailor Mars and Zoisite) I could go on but we would be here for like 20 years and I ain’t got that kind of time Its partly because of this sometimes I am almost afraid to say “I’m in Fandom x” because you never know how some people would take it and that’s just wrong you know?  The point of a fandom is people find ways to create content for a series that they like and...as long as its not truly problematic people should be allowed to create that content.  Its why I’m glad honestly we have blogs on here like @selfinsertlove and @selfinsertheaven because sometimes if I am stuck for an idea I think this year I am going to start doing a prompt from the blog to try and write something with one of my pairings or verses that I enjoy. Like I said this in my video last night:  If it wasn’t for Anime I dunno honestly if i would be nearly as creative or passionate as I am right now!  I love to create content for different shows but I’m no artist or gif maker (now let me figure out Photshop CS2 and that might change) but I write my stories and theories about different series’ to contribute and its one of the things that I enjoy doing A LOT and to get back to my original point its what the “Wondrous World” is for me. Its like this right When I was younger for a lot of different reasons I didn’t have a lot of “real” friends” and legit most of them were in my head and they came from video games.  This was in the 1980s wen I was going to a Catholic School at the time and kids were nasty to me something fierce which caused problems for me because even back then I didn’t take guff from kids and I got more detentions than you could imagine. Legitimately all my “imaginary” friends that I had came from cartoons or video games back then and its not something I am ENTIRELY proud to talk about but when you are that kid in school that got bullied and fucked with by your classmates in general it creates a situation and even my mother and grandparents didn’t know how to deal with it...to be honest I still don’t think they know. Now when we fast forward to when I was in High School and then of course now because of Anime there are a lot of people I met for real that were good people and I do sincerely call them my friends and I mean it.  For me thought when I write a fic about one of the Animes that I like or when I write my “skits” from the “Office” that I work in it gives me a chance to meet with the other people that I love and care about from different Animes because to me they never will go away and I’m 35 years old soon to be 36 and I love each and every one of them dearly like I love all of you as friends and followers. I think the one thing that fandoms can/should do more of (if they don’t already) is embrace those kinds of people because here’s the thing...these people want to show you their own take on a series and showing support for it.  Its something that can spark a unique discussion because you can talk to these people and find out WHY they like certain characters or groups and THAT is something that is so important you don’t even know. I’ll leave you with this Self-Inserts in any fandom and ESPECIALLY Western and Japanese Anime fandoms are arguably one of the most important things you can see because with them you can open up dialogues and maybe introduce people to a show they might not even watch otherwise.  Its something that DOES take time to get used to because if you put out an S/I story or art you may or may not get backlash from a fandom but don’t let that discourage you...EVER!  Keep creating your individual stories/arts with the shows and characters that mean  a lot to you and you will be AMAZED at how much you enjoy it in the end!

[selfshipdork]

Here's another playlist for @theselfshippingwitch for her selfship with Loki! For you I stuck with mostly 80s pop and classic rock around that era like I said in the DMs, and I hope this meets all of your expectations.

1.) Angel With a Shotgun - The Cab

This is the one song that is modern, but I chose it because it's all about fighting for the one you love in a big conflict. I feel like in the Marvel universe there's always something going down and it's difficult to keep fighting, so if Loki fully decided to fight for something beyond his gain it would be for you.

2.) Refugee - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

I imagined this song from your POV, as a new hero collaborating with the Avengers and trying to reach out to a Loki that's being suspected and observed by everyone, and probably living with a lot of negativity. The song is you reaching out to him for the first time.

3.) Cities in the Dust - Siouxie Sioux and the Banshees

I discovered this song fairly recently, and I envisioned it taking place after Ragnarok. No specific person is speaking here, but I feel like it's about Loki living with the destruction of Asgard and it's aftermath.

4.) Twist of Fate - Olivia Newton John

I chose this song simply because it's about second chances, something Loki would relate to (although at this point it's way past second, at least in canon 😅.) The line that jumped out at me was "Life doesn't mean a thing, without the love you bring"

5.) I Melt With You - Modern English

Simply put, if the world went to crazy mode, Loki would find a way to put the world on pause and share a nice moment with you.

6.) Don't Go - Yazoo

This song is from your point of view, and I feel like this could work as a confession song. Plus, it's a great 80s song that doesn't come up much but is great to dance to.

7.) No One Like You - Scorpions

This is, in my opinion, what Loki's feelings are, and it's a great song for him to remind you that there's no one like you.

8.) Radar Love - Golden Earring

This song is all about the connection two people share, to a near telepathic state (hence the 'radar' part.) I think with Loki being a god, sending some comfort via brainwaves could be possible!

9.) You Are The Flower - Toto

Toto is one of my favorite rock bands, so I felt they fit well here. This one is also a new discovery, and it's a "peanut butter to my jelly, honey to the bee" kind of song, which I thought fit you well.

10.) The Search is Over - Survivor

Loki isn't the type of person to share his feelings (at least at first) so he'd need a bit of prodding to admit anything. But this song is about someone realizing (or needing to realize) that the love of his life is right before him.

@selfinsertlove @tarunarei @snowyselfship

[shiroe-is-my-baby]

My wedding certificate is finished! I had fun making this, and I know it’s a little informal since I’m only using first names but I figured it would be easier given that I don’t necessarily have a last name for my self inserts and plus it wuld look weird if mine wasn’t there and theirs were so have this aha

thank the lovely @selfinsertlove for this, I’m smiling so big this is so wonderful I can’t wait to see everyone elses!