#because it's a ship and it's supposed to be cute

[gayofthefae]

Honestly recently coming to terms with that I think this is more straight shipping than I thought it was.

I knew a girl who would talk shit about Byler and the things I loved about the show in general (not friends with her anymore) and she related to El deeply for trauma reasons and that is to be validated of course even in talking about her anonymously but I cannot overlook that one of her defense points in explaining why she didn't like season 4 is that she thought Mike was cute when the show came out when she was a kid.

And I don't see that as loving a relationship. I see that as projecting your trauma (valid asf and what you're supposed to do with trauma rep I'd argue) and projecting your attraction as separate events.

I also find it common that people will project on a character for plenty of valid personal reasons and then just of their own accord in their own lives want romance so use that connection to the character to live vicariously through a romance. But that character doesn't always need romance in their lives, and sometimes it's more important that they DON'T have it, though I understand that can be disappointing. But living vicariously through a character because you understand a different aspect of them and understanding their romantic aspect are not the same things.

For me, I project queer trauma, not attraction. And in my case, that has been written to require their relationship as a unit. But if the show was way longer and could successfully be executed with BOTH OF THEM QUEER and happy, I would be happy. I don't need them to get together, I just need to believe that they're happy. It's the Duffers who made that implausible without each other.

[0valenbunny0]

HEY SO- AHHHH

CHAT IM SO COOKED.

I need to calm down. So anyway- now that I’ve freaked out a bit, I’ll explain to you why I’ve been spooked in the first place.

As you all know, I am OBSESSED with Arcane. I love absolutely everything about it! I’m particularly fixated on Jayvik cause omg cute✨

It is genuinely one of the most wholesome ships I’ve ever seen :,)

But anyway, I also do some lore digging. Anything to do with Jayce and Viktor, I KNOW IT. Ik the sweetmilk lore, ik about Giopara (hate him btw but his lack of potential with arcane Viktor makes me laugh lol), Ik it all! It just so happens that almost my entire family also likes arcane but they are indeed normal about it and the interest subsided after about a month. MINE SURE FUCKING DIDNT- (side note: I think I might have adhd and I’m pretty sure that I’m hyper fixating but no diagnosis so take that w/ a pinch of salt)

Anyway, I was talking to my dad about league right and he said he thought the game wasn’t supposed to be fleshed out, character wise. I then say that it actually does have a fair bit of background lore for the characters! (Cause, you know, I’ve read both Jayce and Viktors entire in game history). But then- oh but then….i start getting anxious. The only characters I’ve mentioned are Jayce and Viktor. WHAT IF MY DAD KNOWS I LIKE A GAY SHIP??? HES NOT EVEN A HOMOPHOBE!???? Idk why but I start sweating and getting jittery because I think that my dad can see right through me and now thinks I’m a freak. And you see, this is why I can’t explain that in League lore, Viktor gets kicked from the academy AND ITS JAYCES FAULT! (Hence why I do not like Giopara. He’s kinda a prick.) But ya- does anyone ever get really socially anxious when talking about even just the surface level of their hyper fixation? Cause I do. I think they want me to shut and and are gonna throw me in the ward or some shit- my mind tells me fun things :,)

On a much lighter note, Jayce TALIS is a sweetie and I love him. Viktor eats in both the game & the show❤️

Omg- League Jayce with arcane Viktor and arcane Jayce with league Viktor would be CATASTROPHIC LOL.

If you’ve read this entire rant, you are such a trooper, luv u pookie✨🫶❤️

[utdrmv-confession-box]

Transcript: Susie x Ralsei (Ralsusie) is one of my favorite ships, romantically or platonically, and I will not shut up about them

The basic appeal of Ralsei and Susie to me is how they cover each other's weaknesses and are overall better people for having met

To me, they feel like the mercy and fight actions expanded out into characters of their own

Susie is violent. Ok, why? Because everyone judges her. Because nobody trusts her. Because the world's hurt her, and all she knows is to strike first. She's the first to act, but she doesn't think before doing so.

Ralsei is pacifistic. Ok, why? Because he's supposed to be a hero. Because he's supposed to be a good person. He knows no one and nothing but the role he's supposed to play. He can think over his actions, but he's never had the chance to ever actually act.

They're complete opposites, but a their core, they're lonely, afraid, broken people who just need real, genuine compassion

You can't have peace without aggression. You can't have aggression without peace. They balance each other. They give each other meaning.

Also they're cute and break gender norms and stereotypes of feminine guys and masculine girls always being gay and have a lot of material to work with because they're the secondary protagonists and have a lot of funny interactions together and I just like them ok shut up-

[prowerprojects]

Personally I think the most important thing with a shipname is that it's a tool for the fandom. So it should be something that is easy to search for (and ideally easy to block if you don't want to see it). So I would never shun the shipnames that are just the characters' names smushed together because it's the most practical, plus it's easy to understand what characters are in the relationship from a glance (most of the time)

So it's best to have a unique combination of words or a pun that changes the spelling. (In the worst case you could attach the fandom name at the end of it, though in our case it would imply that Sonic himself is a part of every relationship XD )

(Personally I've been trying to come up with a similar type shipname for a rarepair I have because I ship them somewhere between platonic and romantic and the namesmash is inherently romantic to me, but a duo name could be used platonically like, um. The Unbreakable Bond or Team Jubilee)

Actually no, I DO have a bone to pick with the Sonic fandom. We really picked the laziest way to make our ship names, huh? We just smashed their names together?? "But Caffeine, that's how most ship names are made-"

Ssssssssh. I get that - but with Sonic names being how they are... few Sonic ship names are able to roll of the tongue - and the words just look fuckin ugly. Sonknux, Blazamy, Knuxouge, Infadow, Sonjet, Whispangle, Wavouge - ugly, egregious. This is the petty discource I bring to the table. I'm a firm believer in the fact that the Sonic fandom should have more creative ship names. Those ones that are more thematically relevant - names that reference designs, powers, personality, or are cute and punny. We gotta take notes from names like Barnes and Noble/Starbucks (Steve x Bucky), Murder Husbands (Hannibal x Will), and Bumbleby (Yang x Blake). In fact, we should take a lot of notes from the RWBY fandom. White Rose, Monochrome, Ladybug, Nuts and Dolts, Freezerburn, Snowbird, Lancaster, White Knight, Rose Garden - JUST TO NAME A FEW OF THE MANY. This is the standard we should be aiming for. I think it'd be fun to think of cute ship names - I don't think they will take off due to the nature of the Sonic fandom and these ships being around for literal decades but I think it could be a fun exercise :)

[screwpinecaprice]

Actually cute. Had to do a quick redraw.

Screenshot is from when Jay lit up the Jack-o'-lantern in the living room.

[biblically-accurate-dca]

day 4: angel & demon >:)

[heavenlee773]

Can you guys tell that I like FOPANW?

I’m kind of warming up to Jasmine, not because of her character, BUT BECAUSE SHE’S FUN TO DRAW!!

Her outfit’s cute and has personality, which I respect, and her hair is cut to show she’s wild!!

Basically whenever I don’t have a cardboard cut out idea on how to feel about a character, I measure it on how fun they are to draw, and she’s a solid 8! (Which is a lot since I love to put 7 for everything!!)

I went through this process back in let’s say 2022 when I was watching TOH due to a friend’s persistence, and drew Hunter. Beforehand, yeah he was a fun character, but after? HE JUST BECAME BETTER!!

I don’t know, maybe it’s an artist thing, but the moral of the story is—

There is no moral.

I drew it this because Dev looked SO CUTE in this scene and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to draw him.

It had nothing to do with Jasmine…😖

JUSTICE FOR DEV!! MAKE HIS GOVERNMENT NAME PROVE TO BE TRUE!! GIVE HIM BACK HIS DEVELOPMENT AND SCREEN TIME🥺🥺

Peace!😘

-🤍

[jalluzas-ferney]

Ohhhhg myyy godddd someone give me a cigar

(Read tags btw)

[schrodingers-romy]

I understand the appeal of togame/sakura but God do I wish choji/togame was more popular...

[marshmellowtea]

my chris/sandra/max ot3 is slowly but surely expanding into a chris/trevor/sandra/max ot4

[melien]

The very first face Milo saw on their first day at work was, of course, Diego, the very person who recommended Milo for the job. Milo knew Diego from university classes - he and his best friend April kind of adopted Milo under their sociable wing.

Diego hasn't been having a good time lately - he was forced to drop out of the university and his athletic program after getting injured, and was currently recovering and trying to get into the firefighting academy. However, Milo envied Diego's ability to always stay positive, no matter what. Well, at least in public - who knows whether Diego would shed some tears in the privacy of his home. Milo hoped he did, for his own sake.

Diego: Milo! Hey, buddy! Nervous?

Milo: Duh. When am I not?

Diego: Okay, remember, you have nothing to worry about. Actually, today's predicted to be a rather quiet day, so you will have just enough time and space to get accustomed!

Milo: ... thanks, Diego. Although, my neverending pessimism doesn't one hundred percent trust the "quiet day" thing.

Diego: No, I promise! Tuesdays are always like this. Would you go to the water park on Tuesday?

Milo: ... no?

Diego: Exactly.

[cerealbishh]

"I think Maria represents sort of the purity of love and, I believe, is the more grounded character of the story and Autumn is the total opposite, so it's like seeing these two forces kind of meet each other and this other grounded force not knowing what to do with this creature! And it's like 'I don't know how to relate to this!' and it could be quite... unsettling for her. (...) Yeah, but I had so much fun shooting those scenes! I mean, I had a blast shooting with Imogen." - Isa on the Maria/Autumn dynamic and shooting with Immy(x)

[ladyofpembroke]

I feel like we haven’t seen much interaction between Marian and Bertha and George this season and I’ve really missed it. I feel like there could be doylist and Watsonian reasons for it.

For the watsonian reasons, in s1 the Russells had few friends in high society, Marian was one of the first to break with convention to socialize with them. In s2, they are pretty established in society and have chosen to associate with those of higher societal prospects as well as those rich enough to buy a box at the metropolitan. They have invited Marian to a few events, enough to not be rude, but have left her off the list for more prominent events.

For Doylist reasons, I think one of the reasons that Marian has been interacting less with the older Russells is because Louisa Jacobson’s lack of large age gap with Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector. Louisa is 32, Carrie and Morgan are 42 and 43, respectively. While the actors who play the Russells children are also playing younger and are 30 and 29, their characters are played as somewhat more immature than Louisa plays Marian. Last season, the interactions between Marian and the older Russells felt (to me at least) less like a young woman talking to someone around her parents’ age and more like peers talking. Maybe the writers felt this way too and sought to create some social distance between them.

[dollypopup]

I think it's real obvious that if you actually like Colin you don't belong in the Polin fandom. y'all are all so ableist about him and think the absolute worst of him and a huge number of the posts and fics are romanticizing Penelope straight up abusing him

we should make a new tag because this one is NOT it

[silverselfshippingchaos]

sleepy g.rimmer I think about you every day

[sivler]

Niigo has my heart <3