#ask game: ship basics

[fruitwanderer]

alr brain won't give me other ships you've mentioned liking but the first ship that came to mind is Zedbeef, 26 or 28

or perhaps poly ZIT/ZITS with 18

[Ask Game]

I think this post is cursed cus like A. The entire lower half of my phone started to glitch when I tried to answer; B. Tumblr crashed about three times erasing everything I wrote; C. There isn't a C, I'm just pissed it deleted everything.

I'm also only now really realizing I haven't talked about many of my ships, mostly cus a chunk of them are either rarepairs or just not my main blorbos so...

ZITS: 18. How do they care for each other when one of them is wounded/sick?

It really depends on situation and who exactly has been hurt. For Skizz and Tango, again depending on situation, it's pretty standard to be injured, especially with Skizz cus he ends up getting into fights he can't quite handle.

Tango and Impulse actually get sick easily, mainly Tango. Being from the nether and all, their bodies just haven't adapted to the overworld fully especially with it's illnesses. So when it comes to them being sick they just try to tough it out until one or more of their partners drags them home or something.

Generally their dragged back home and forced to rest, which sometimes but not always involves forced cuddles because that helps a bit.

Zedbeef: 26. What sacrifices do they make for the other?

I don't really know. At some point I had an idea for an AU that Beef became a vampire because of Zed. In a way sacrificing his humanity.

Without the angst stuff though? I don't know. I just don't focus or watch Beef often enough to have good ideas/headcanons for him mainly 😔

Zedbeef: 28. Who’s the better chef? Do they cook for the other?

Zed is not allowed within a few miles of a kitchen, solely because he is herself. So like they're just not allowed to cook at all no matter the pairing (special exception for Tango but only slightly). Anyways, Beef is a pretty good cook and doesn't mind making food for Zed, he's pretty familiar with her 'dietary restrictions' being a vampire and all.

[akkivee]

What are your thoghts on Shadamy?

this is such a crazy timed ask actually lmao i’ve been doodling them whenever i have the energy for it they are *falls to my knees* so much lmao

there’s a thread on twitter about their interactions in team sonic racing that i revisit whenever i need a serotonin shot lol that exposes how big of a soft spot shadow has for amy like it’s the way!!!!! he really wants her to rely on him and how proud he is whenever she accomplishes something with his assistance!!!!! like????? i mean????

something that’s been a little lost in translation over the years with amy’s character is that she wants to be an independent and wonderful lady and i’m hesitant to say we know what that really looks like for her, but what’s more important here is that shadow already acknowledges her as such based on whenever he’s teasing her in the game and like……. it’s just a refreshing dynamic for her to have when she’s been shown to struggle making a place for herself in sonic’s posse lol

[juliets-roller-derby-awesomeness]

For the ao3 ask game :)

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

aaaa i have so many! here's one for each of my couples in psych

shawn & juliet:

shawn hides her makeup the day after so she can't hide her hickies.

gus & shawn:

they are both fundamentally opposed to labels. they never even talk about it, just tell people they're best friends and if anyone questions them they say their besties and they are. besties that have kissed and not just on a dare? yes. besties who adopted a dog together? yes. besties who lay all over each other while doing connections (well, gus does connections while shawn points out unhelpful observations in between rounds of maden)? yes. but they're not dating. they've never had """the conversation""" because both of them are just happy like this :)

juliet & carlton

qpr vibes only, but carlton is the little spoon and juliet brings it up in conversation with other people in a code only he knows to tease him ex: "yeah no he always goes in front of me... in crime scenes"

shawn & carlton:

low hanging fruit but they started as fuck buddies and still only say each others' last name in bed

[jessicas-pi]

it has occurred to me that it is truly preposterous that I, the Maker Of A Ridiculous Number Of AUs, have never yet played that ask game that's like "send me an ask with a character pairing and an AU and I'll write 3 sentences"

anyway, send me an ask with a character pairing (or just some characters) and an AU and I'll write probably way more than 3 sentences

[trashcreatyre]

I think the main thing that pisses me off about like 90% of mephiles ships is that people will be like "how old is he??" Look that fanwiki says that he's ten and they RUN with it. Like they don't read further. I'm so convinced that most people don't even know the plot of 06 bc the shit I've seen people draw and write with the characters is just mind boggling.

[beevean]

Hot take: Lenector is a much more interesting, compelling ship if you see it from the optics of two fucked up people hurting each other and stuck in a toxic, codependent relationship

I was wondering why Lenore was kept in the castle as a prisoner after Isaac conquered it. She's doing nothing. Isaac, who has vanished in thin air, doesn't seem to be wanting to ask her for help when he's a young inexperienced king who only got a kingdom by stealing the throne and she is one of the former queens and highly skilled in commerce - sure, probably she would have told him to go fuck himself, but had he asked her for help it would have been a good way to show that he was serious in his intention to build a kingdom. Basically Lenore is just a depressed mouth to feed (with Hector's blood, I presume, the stash won't last forever, not that the show ever touches on the idea of her parasitically feeding on her pet as exchange for his safety). She is not a threat. She doesn't want to do anything dangerous. And had she not killed herself, she would have outlived her jailers anyway and left free to regain control of the kingdom or do anything else she wanted. So, why isn't she let go?

Because Hector wants her there. For no reason other than, well, he has nothing left in his life. He was planning to die, but Isaac took it away from him, so he was left confused and lost and clung to his only certainty in his life, the woman who abused him but also kept him safe when no one else did. Even after physically freeing himself of her and mutilating himself, he did not mentally break free. He did not gain the courage to face the world, he was kept too sheltered.

Why doesn't she try to run away? Well, she has nothing left in her life but Hector. The same man who destroyed her life for no good reason, but also the same man who was willing to listen to her no matter what and never saw her as a stupid useless girl. Maybe she resents him, but hey, it's what she deserves after what she did, right? (assuming she has enough conscience to think so; in my ideal version she has, but she's too much of a coward to acknowledge it, remember "oh shush you were having fun")

I made a post a while ago where I compared Hector keeping Lenore safe during Isaac's assault on the castle to Hector refusing to kill Isaac in PtR, leaving him to witness the castle's fall. I said that in the latter's case, it's hard to say if Hector spared Isaac out of friendship or out of superiority. And if there were ulterior motives for show Hector's cruel mercy, it could have been brilliant. Finally, we're seeing the twisted Hector who resurrects dead animals because he wants pets because he just wants to be loved.

Hector is keeping Lenore as his prisoner not out of revenge, which never seems to cross his mind, but because he wants her as company. No matter how she or Isaac feel about it. After all, she never cared how he felt, and it's not like he knows much about love, so he's just imitating her brand of vampire love, the love you show by keeping things as close to you as you can :) underneath his kind demeanor, don't forget how selfish and out-of-touch with people he is.

Hector and Lenore are nothing more than tools without drive or direction. Hector only wants safety, and Lenore only wants comfort. They found it in each other. But it's not love what ties them. Not real, healthy human love anyway. They are miserable together, but they have no one else, and they are going to sink their claws in each other out of desperation and craving of human warmth that they cannot give to each other because they keep lying to each other in an effort to precisely mimicry that companionship.

This also ties with my idea that Hector would be filled with resentment for how cruelly Lenore broke his heart, but putting up a façade of politeness, and Lenore would be aware that he's not happy, but like I said she's too much of a coward to address it, so she puts up a façade of playfulness in hopes that eventually he'll get over it. He doesn't. He never grows to love her, only to depend on her. And Lenore never learns how to love as a human, she always sees Hector as her pet, a cherished one but a pet nonetheless. Which is why the situation of imprisonment drives her mad: she should have power, damn it! But she lost it. She only has Hector now.

They bonded through lies, deceit and betrayal, their relationship is nothing but toxic and the pretense of happiness is barely surface deep, and this would have been so cool if the writer did not spend so much time pretending she's a poor widdle girl who did nothing wrong

listen i just love relationships between two unwell people built on codependency and the primal need for each other no matter how unhealthy it is, it's why game Isaactor makes me go all 👀

(also yes in this sense Lenore killing herself makes more sense. She feels worthless, she is removing herself from the picture because she refuses to cope with her uncomfortableness and to free Hector from her toxic self. Without her, Hector is finally free to face the world. Or, since I would like Hector to have agency for once, they could just go their own separate ways, I don't want her to die, I just want Hector to grow, something he didn't do in the show.)

[seriousbrat]

3,c for the fic asks!

Yay thank you for the ask!!

3: Which of your fics is criminally underrated? C: What do you think makes it deserving of love?

I'm gonna go with a non HP one! She's In Parties is a Spike/Drusilla fic from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It follows Spike and Drusilla through history as they attend various parties and murder people etc. I think it's just underrated because the fandom for this pairing compared to other btvs ships is TINY, criminally small, and believe me it's incredibly hard to find fics for them, while the ones that do exist get very little attention.

I think it deserves love (and it does get some, which I'm very grateful for!) because I put a loooot of effort into historical research for it, something I always love to do. Also it's one of the more graphically violent things I've written which has been a lot of fun. Spike and Dru deserve a little violence 💖 as a treat

[cerealmonster15]

Oh! You’re still doin rarepairs! I wasn’t sure if it stopped after last night hehe

Rook/ Cater, is simply so good, to me; the cater multishipper <3

More cater ships, more of them…

tbh i am always open to doodle suggestions 🕺 whether or not i get around to them is another story lol

anyway i love rook so much. i love cater so much. i think rook could be good for him jskdlfjdskljf😌

[okiria]

💜 Sapphic Songs Ask Game! 🩷

Happy pride! Here's a f/o ask game based on lines from songs in my "girl lover music" playlist

She (Dodie) 🍑 - What flavors does your f/o remind you of?

Daisy (Zedd) 🌼 - How do you and your f/o feel about settling down? Do you want to find your forever home soon, or do you want to adventure as long as you can?

I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You (Black Kids) 🎧 - What would you and your f/o have been like as childhood friends?

She Keeps Me Warm (Mary Lambert) ☀️ - What are mornings like with your f/o?

Jenny (Studio Killers) 💄 - What object have you taken from your f/o that reminds you of them? What have they taken from you?

Garden of Glass (Love Live) 🦋 - Do you have a secret place/hideaway that you and your f/o love? Where do you go to be alone together?

Girls Like Girls (Hayley Kiyoko) 👟 - What were you and your f/o's first impressions of each other?

Closer to Fine (Indigo Girls) 🏔️ - What are 3AM conversations like with your f/o? Do you act like philosophers or sleep-deprived goofballs?

[hmslusitania]

11. Link your three favorite fics right now 💜👀

I think it’s meant to be my faves that I’ve written because it’s fic-writer asks? Which is:

1. Like Any Unloved Thing

2. Weakened Like Achilles

3. Probably the one I just started posting this morning actually, I’m really excited about it (Gotham Honest, Anyway)

Ask Meme

[fruitwanderer]

8 and/or 27 with Tangdubs, for the ask game?

[Ask Game]

Ignore how I'm changing up how I do ask game, felt like do it vwv

Also mini note: I'm fine with other ships than just Impdubs and Tangdubs for this ask game. They might've infested my brain, but I have more vwv (+ I have too many rarepairs that I just don't talk about at all)

8. What do they love most about the other? Why?

Tango sort of admires everything about Bdubs in some way, but if he loved one specific thing over all else it'd probably be Bdubs' stubbornness? Like the way he goes "yeah I can do this. I'm good at this." even if he can't.

For Bdubs I can't really decide, but maybe it'd be the way Tango gets when he's excited. Something about him just seeming like a hyper puppy. He also just loves to see when his partners are happy.

27. How do they say “I love you” non-verbally?

Gifts. They both have a love language in some way of gift giving or receiving. Along with that, Tango just loves to hug and generally be close to his partner, so little kisses and touches become a silent "I love you" when he doesn't or can't speak it.

[angelbitezzz]

Y'know, on the flip side what do you guys think Sans would be like as a human?

Angel's eyes stray to where Sans is sitting to her right.

Now you are not privy to this, but you are once again granted a glimpse into a character's head for the sake of comedy.

Angel suddenly avoids eye contact with his general direction, turning her face away from the skeleton and the phone he's using to stream.

There's a brief pause. Sans hesitates for a moment.

Angel takes a long moment to think, raising a hand to her chest as her head tilts.

She seems to catch herself mid thought and suddenly shakes her head, brightening again.

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

If there is at least one thing I can credit FE for doing better than Tales in localization, it's not trying to actively go out of their way for an entire game to avoid subtext or direct text between two men that is romantic or implied romantic. Funny when it's so present that the attempt doesn't even work; infuriating that it was attempted to begin with.

So as much as I often have issues with some of FE's localizations, at least they have a leg up on loc Tales for that.

[cornedbread]

i wonder if you please have me suggestions on what the bbau teachers should be what kind of youkai, if possible. i'm on art block😅

(p.s. i'm still learning japanese folklore btw)

I have a couple ideas! Hope they help you ^_^

〔Short Answer〕

Gonzalo & Faklex - Yurei (幽霊)

Faklex - Amanojoku (天邪鬼)

Viktor - Oni (鬼)

Tiara & Billy - Hannya

Billy’s Son - Chopiraku (チョウピラコ)

〔Long Answer〕

Yurei (幽霊) is a sub-type of yokai that are ghosts with unfinished business. All humans have a spirit, otherwise known as reikon, if given a proper funeral the reikon will join its’ ancestors in the afterlife. The ascended reikon will also protect its’ living family and the future generations. However if instead they are killed suddenly or hold ill feelings, the reikon will turn into a yurei and they will haunt the living until their unfinished deed or ill feelings are resolved. The more suffering a human experiences, the more powerful they will be as a Yurei.

There is a sub-type of Yurei that died at sea called “Funayurei (船幽霊).” They died at sea and they will forever haunt the sea. Funayurei have a unique fish-like appearance, basically mermaids. As their name says, “Boat Spirit,” they haunt the seas and cannot leave the seas. They fill boats with water to shipwreck and kill the passengers.

I think Gonzalo fits for this sub-type since he died at sea abruptly and probably with strong ill feelings since this was during the war. It’s also quite tragically fitting, the imagery of a reikon protecting its’ family being paralleled with a soldier protecting his country. But because of his ill feelings, this protection was more violent than defensive.

There is another sub-type of yurei that dies on land called, “Jibakurei (地縛霊).” As the name suggest “Earth-bound Spirits,” these are spirits that died abrupt deaths on land. They don’t have a unique appearance and could just be undead versions of the living person. They do not serve a specific purpose, only tied to a location or event.

The way Realex’s body is treated in the school by Faklex already makes it feel like he’s haunting the place~ Hidden away in a secret room with no door, and if Olivia finds she’ll receive a knife that she can use to, supposedly, kill Faklex or herself. Taking out the living the same way you died? Sounds similar to the Funayurei~ But that is pure coincindence, the Jibakurei is simply there to serve as a reminder of a tragedy. And Alex does that just fine, his corpse forever stuck in a cruel immortalisation of his suicide.

Speaking of Alex, what about our beloathed Faklex? Next is the Amanojaku (天邪鬼)! Amanojaku is a demon that encourages humans to do evil deeds. One infamous story is when Melon Princess was killed and then skinned by an Amanojaku. After eating her corpse, the Amanojaku was seen wearing her skin and impersonating her.

Sound familiar?~ I have a headcanon that the way Faklex steals bodies is by driving his victims to suicide, it would explain Alex’s death and the secret Olivia ending — or suicides are easy food, no need to kill if they’re already dead. Even though Amanojaku’s are focused on persuading people to commit sin, the Melon Princess story was too good to pass up. And besides, Alex is doing a great job being a bad influence on Scrina, Asmodena and Candice/Candy, forcing them to clean up and commit his murders.

Oni (鬼) are aggressive cannibal demons. They live in caves and disguise themselves as humans, they kill and eat them. They have a unique way of eating humans in one bite. Nowadays though they can be domesticated by being given offerings, in return they guard homes from intruders. They also give good fortune and wealth. The Oni mask is used to scare away disobedient children or discpline kids into becoming obedient.

The duality of an aggressive killer of human and a dilligent defender of humans reminded me of Viktor :) there is also a trope of modern Oni being troublesome and comedic, which is fitting for his cursed vr normal personality. When he is cursed he uses his human teacher disguise to befriend Angell, then hunts her down for even small mistakes. But when he’s normal he’s a jokester, but is very serious with making sure Angell survives and is able to escape or fix Infinity School.

Another member from the Infinity School is Tiara! Hannya (般若) is a sub-type of Oni. This demon was a human who was hurt deeply by her lover. Driven mad by her jealousy and pain, her spirit left her while she was alive and she turned into a demon. She now plays her revenge by targetting cruel men. Hannya mask represents destructive passion, in the shadows it either looks like it’s ugly crying or snarling angrily. Similar to Oni, the modern Hannya is much kinder. She brings protection and either good fortune or revenge.

I think Tiara would be the sub-sub-type Hanya Chunari (般若中成), this is the most powerful Hannya. Her body is still human but her face is fully transformed with a demon, with large horns. But she is not full-transformed, so it’s possible to save her with Buddhist prayers. This sub-sub-type allows Tiara to keep her opera mask and have her shadowey tarwill body be refrenced in the Hannya Chunari’s strong dark magic.

The fully-transformed sub-sub-type is Hanyang Honnari (般若本成)/Kiyo Hime (清姫), which is similar to Chunari exceot the body is now a serpent/dragon. She is found lurking manily in the ocean, unlike her other Hanya sub-sub-types. Since Honnari is fully-transformed there’s no hope of saving her, she is permanently a demon. There is a story where a monk manipulates a lady using her love for him, then makes a false promise that he will return home after a boating trip. When the lady found out he was lying the whole time, she was heartbroken and chased him to the docks. The monk left on a boat but the lady swam through the ocean, eventually emerging out the water as a Kiyo Hime and killing him.

There are two reasons I think Billy fits this: 1.) It’s a parallel to his family dying in the ocean during the war; 2.) The Monk x Lady story parallels Bob never returning home from the expedition, abandonment issues; 3.) His girlfriend is a deadbeat wife and mom. This is headcanon since there’s no official reason why Billy’s girlfriend/old friend is missing or replaced by a robot, maybe she died in child birth or Billy killed her! Idk! — After his girlfriend left him to raise his son alone, Billy was filled with alot of grief. Grief strong enough for him to build a robot in her image. And maybe grief strong enough to corrupt him into a Hannya? His only tie left to humanity — or artificial humanity — now being his son… But even that is gone too because-

Chopiraku (チョウピラコ) is a sub-type of Zashiki Warashi (座敷童子). It is the spirit of a child who was given a lavish funeral and shrine filled with offerings and their favourite toys and candies. Because of this they are much more difficult to take care of than Zashiki, but unlike Zahiki they give blessing of good fortune and wealth.

In BBEG:11YL we don’t see Billy’s Son again, I headcanon’d that it was because Son grew disillusioned with Billy’s obssesion of being “well-made” that he decided to leave and live his own life. But it’s also possible that perhaps Son died, which intensified Billy’s grief even more. And so all that remains is the spirit of a happy child stuck in the past, just like his father.

[zukkaoru]

haii! for the character ask, fukuzawa anddd um kenji or kyouka?

fukuzawa

first impression:

i don't remember exactly but it was probably something like "he's the principal yaga of bungou stray dogs"

impression now:

look at that accidental single father go

favorite moment:

i'm not gonna lie to you the moment i really started caring about fukuzawa was the scene during the cannibalism arc when he's unconscious in the hospital and ranpo is like. leaning his elbows on him, hands folded, head bowed. but also all of the untold origins arc ouyghf

idea for a story:

i have a fic started where ranpo is like. gritting their teeth and mentally preparing themself to tell fukuzawa that they're dating a guy from the organization that tried to burn yokohama to the ground. and fukuzawa's first response basically ends up being "?? i thought you were aromantic?" and ranpo is like. hold on. is that actually more pressing than the "he tried to kill me thing"? not that i'm complaining but.. what

unpopular opinion:

i don't like fukufuku or fukumori. i understand them. but i don't ship them.

favorite relationship:

fukuzawa & ranpo's father-son dynamic makes me ill

favorite headcanon:

aroace fukuzawa REAL

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kenji

first impression:

that's corey's special little guy!!

impression now:

that's corey's special little guy!!

favorite moment:

in the episode where the gang attacks the coffee shop owner. and then the gang leader is going on about their security and how strong the door is and how no one could ever break through it. and then kenji just casually rips it off its hinges while smiling brightly

idea for a story:

one of my scrapped ideas for the fic i wrote for corey for tourette's awareness month was a kenji & jun'ichirou fic where they were out on a mission and kenji was having bad shoulder pain so jun'ichirou went out to find a heating pad for him at like 10pm

unpopular opinion:

i don't ship him and kyouka

favorite relationship:

corey sold me on the kenji & jun'ichiro siblings agenda sfdgfhj i do also love he & tecchou's dynamic too though

favorite headcanon:

kenji with tourette's!! so real!! also kenji with an eating disorder

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kyouka

first impression:

who is that

impression now:

can someone PLEASE give her a HUG

favorite moment:

the scene between her and akutagawa when he lets her escape

idea for a story:

omg i came up with an idea a while ago for a fic where yosano and kyouka are assigned a case together where a homicide case where a woman may or may not have killed her husband in his sleep, but when they go to investigate, the cops sort of just brush them off, not believing they're actually capable of solving the case. and i shan't say anymore in case i do write it one day :-)

unpopular opinion:

i don't ship her with kenji fdgfhgjhk

favorite relationship:

i love kyouka & atsushi being siblings and i also love kyouka & yosano. kyouka & gin is really interesting to me too since they were both mafia assassins and (i believe) both trained by verlaine

favorite headcanon:

she had chronic ear infections when she was young (like preschool age)

[sonknuxadow]

I'm not too big a Sonknux shipper (I don't really ship anyone with Sonic full stop) but for the sheer amount of Sonadow and rabid Sonadow shippers that popped up, I'm half tempted to create a 2:30 hour long Sonknux cinematic animation out of spite. It would be a quirky romcom with musical scenes which starts with Knuckles first meeting Sonic and ending with them kissing in front of the Master Emerald at their wedding.

i dont really have a problem with sonadow necessarily or people making jokes about them being gay in the new episode, i also went "🏳️‍🌈?" a few times while watching it. im mostly just annoyed that its everywhere at all times and so many people seem to have sonadow as their number one priority always and dont care about anything else.. like if you search sonic prime on here its just sonadow sonadow sonadow with not nearly as many posts about what actually happens in the episode or theorizing about what might happen next or even discussing sonic and shadows interactions beyond just going "omg sonadow!"... like is that really all you guys took from it? you dont care about anything else? just shipping? ok...