#but the canoe is a rarepair

[bluedalahorse]

All I’m saying is I am wishing someone other than me will write saraugust for kinktober (but also I wish this hypothetical imaginary person is writing something 100% catered to my personal taste.)

And now I will go back to work on my deadline… so everything hurts less…

[cocoa-rococo]

so i know some people ship iggy and hariet together, and i get it, they're similar, it's a cute ship, but consider instead: they're vitriolic exes who are not over each other in the slightest.

they hate each other's guts and would blow the other up with zero thoughts, context, or regrets. both of them find this unfortunately hot.

[danmei-confessions]

I just want to give lots of appreciation and extra kudos to super rarepair authors. Like a handful of fics of a super niche ship, especially crossover ships (checked out the LXC/SY tag on ao3 out of curiosity, 3 fics all by the same author, amazing. Those two authors that wrote NHS/YQY, you guys are incredible. I honestly didn’t think there would be any).

Y’all rarepair authors really became the change you wanted to see in the world. Canoeing is tough work, and you guys deserve more acknowledgement for that!

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[lady-hibiscus]

rebanding shipping

so we all know shipping = two characters paired romantically, their names mashed together in some unholy amalgamation the tumblr fans will forever immortalize in a war cry

well i give you: QPR shipping CANOEING (not my idea source here) queerplatonic canoes where the characters are not blended together and puked but instead categorized into their most iconic symbol and lovingly combined. example: radiorose (beautiful) not "rosastor" (sounds like a disease)

there's more. for shipping no one with characters (asexual, minor, etc) NIXXING. this is not "loser is single", this is "i ship loser with no one, making them the ultimate winner". character name + the word nix or simply inserting x into their names "i nix alastor" "i ship xlastor"

finally, rarepairs, ie pairs for background characters or characters that barely interact, 99% non canon. you can probably do the shipping thing of horrendously twisting them together, or... make it a verb! "i ship" -> "i repair fashionspear" (also implies that you're fixing canon by shipping the real ship"

[ffviirarepairweek]

FFVII Rare Pair Week 2024

Urban Dictionary defines rarepair as “A ship or pairing that not many people ship or is very rare to find fanfiction and fanart of. Typically happens within small fandoms or with minor characters.” So what’s your favourite Final Fantasy VII related rare pair? Do you have more than one? Here’s a chance to showcase them and help them move up from being rare! Not all parts of the pairing have to be from FFVII, and you don’t have to do the same pairing or group for the whole week! ** Pairings can be romantic or platonic. ** Below we have a list of prompts for this year. Feel free to be as creative with those as you want to, and take your time working on your entries, but please don’t forget to post them on the right date if you can. (But remember, no matter how late it’s better than never!)

For this event we are using a category approach. You can use the category as a theme for your prompt and the listed items suggested ideas. If none of the prompts give you any ideas, don’t worry! You can create anything you like for the week, provided it involves a rare pair! The goal of the week is to celebrate and share our rare pairs more than to just follow a list. Be it art, writing, mood boards, or even fic recs, just spread the love!

Feb. 16 | Day 1. Weather. Sunshine. Rain. Storms. The weather can create a meaningful moment, or a huge inconvenience. 

Feb. 17 | Day 2. Unexpected Challenges. How does your pairing deal with an unexpected challenge? (For example, they come back home from a trip to find the pipes have frozen and they have no running water. Is one of them using the last of the drinking water to save their dying house plants while the other is desperately melting snow to keep the humans alive?)

Feb. 18 | Day 3. Favourite Things. From favourite things about each other to favourite items of clothing stolen to wear around the house (much to the other’s chagrin), or favorite things to do for or with each other.

Feb. 19 | Day 4. Near Death Experiences. For the angst lovers, the whumpers, this could be a true near death experience. For the lighter side, it could be something much less serious but someone is clearly being dramatic for sympathy. 😀

Feb. 20 | Day 5. Free Day/Combo Day. Combo space to mix and match prompts from this year (or a previous year’s list) or go wherever your canoe takes you!

Feb. 21 | Day 6. Events. Holidays, celebrations, traditions. Whether it’s a joyful day like a birthday or one of mourning like a memorial, there are many days throughout the year that bring us together. What’s a day that’s important to your pairing, or a time that brought them together for something that isn’t part of their regular day to day?

Feb. 22 | Day 7. Stories. Stories play a big part in our lives. They inspire, they entertain, they teach. Is there a story that your characters hold dear, or that they recount often to friends (or their kids)? (Or is there a story about your rare pair that you want to recommend to others today?)

Need more inspiration? Our past prompt lists can be found below, and you’re welcome to use any of them!

2023 List | 2022 List | 2020 List | 2019 List | 2018 List

Also, mod Asylos is taking requests for things to write again this year. That’s right, you can get something written for your rare pair, and not just do all the heavy lifting yourself. Send in your requests as an ask any time now up until the end of the event week. 

Please remember to include the week’s tag (ffviirarepairweek) within the first 5 tags or else we might be unable to find your work! We will NOT accept/reblog anything containing Character/Ship Hate, so avoid including those in your entries. Also don’t repost anyone else’s work as your own! You are welcome to reblog other’s posts, but credit where credit is due. 

You can submit your works on AO3 to the event collection at https://archiveofourown.org/collections/FFVIIrarepairweek

And if you have any questions, don’t be afraid of sending in an ask.

We hope it turns out to be a fun event for everyone!

[yippeeometer]

I hate to send too many asks.. but I must know. Got anything on Missouri? 👀

first off EMOOOOOOOOO

EMO

soooooooo insufferably midwest emo. the wolf of eternal sunshine within indi is cowering away as the much larger, much more powerful wolf of getting misery to shut the fuck up about modern baseball fights for control.

no he is unable to control himself when it comes to the emo vibe and thats okay. he and ore got into an earth shattering argument about emo purism culture when ore caught him listening to chapel roan and insisted this stped him from being emo. the throught punch miss delivered luckily stoped ore from being annoying.

him being called the mother of the west is hilarious to me bc no matter how hard this man fights he can't escape the urges. catch him obsessing over people using the nice plates until he realizes hes become his mother and has to lie down.

look hes got the most lenient drinking laws in our country man hes wine drunk at 2pm on a monday and doesnt even pretend to be cool w it. him and penn forming their own club hinging on the idea that they dont have a problem whilst simultaneously being the place they go to resolve their childhood problems. insanity.

its literally the PA of the west and thats a genuine nickname.

actually make that a rarepair.

mizoree mizora who gives a fuck hes going to complain about how you say it anyway. hes itching to tell you to eat a dick. hes itching to ruin your day.

dont talk to him about any sports team. hes still reeling from the kansas city scouts moving to colorado and JERSEY of all places. kind of need coco and jer to be besties in the way that they can cause a grown man to crash out in a way unheard of in many a case.

actually i would love him to be a complete music loser. godammit this guy is soooooo agressibe ab being chuck berry's home state. that being said he will never in a million years be able to play guitar. his hands fall off.

im just saying maybe u should get outside more huh. his talents r canoeing and fishing unfortunately hes such a loser that he'll never realize this as hes busy angrily emailing people after his 18th twitter is banned for his cardinals related crashout

[confuzing]

Oh, I think, I don't usually ship rarepairs-

Then I remember there's exactly two Ba'kif/Eli Vanto fics and that I wrote one of them-the first one- and someone wrote the other one for me.

I am the founder of this canoe.

[naturepointstheway]

When I end up liking and writing for a rarepair that has about 5 other people on the "ship" (more of a canoe)

[dreamerinsilico]

Fandoms Ask Game - 🔥and 👀

🔥 Name a crackship, now convince me why it would work!

Okay I definitely thought about this before I even reblogged the post, because I am chronically disinterested in crackships unless they happen as a result of freeform roleplaying.

However, in the spirit of the thing, I can suggest something that is at least approaching one, which I have even championed before:

Death (of the Endless) x Jenny the Butcher (Dead Boy Detectives)

Death, especially in her show incarnation, is really fond of and delighted by life and people. And I think she'd find Jenny fascinating, because here's this character who's so closed-off and jaded (and who can blame her, in the show's too-short run her one attempt at voluntarily forming a relationship ends... rather poorly. Also with Death definitely having arrived and ferried off a soul.), but she's so fiercely if standoffishly protective of the dumbass kids she accidentally adopted. She wants better for them. She believes they can have better.

Jenny's got a weird sort of optimism-pessimism mix that I think Death would find very compelling, and well, Death is very pretty, and kind, and I think if Jenny interacted with Death it would be kind of like, well, your Dead Dove: Do Not Eat label is right there in your name, at least you aren't going to turn out to be a surprise creepy stalker. Just, in some ways, a foundational concept of the universe sort of creepy stalker. This is fine. (Ugh, holy crap, you're so pretty and so nice and -)

Also, I dunno if I'd call Jenny a punk-flavored goth or a goth-flavored punk, but you've got to admit the aesthetic matchup is there.

👀 Most tame ship you enjoy

Ummmm..... No, wait, I do have an answer to this actually. Okay. While my shipping preferences definitely tend toward the batshit-unhinged, especially these days, my Dragon Age (non-RP 'verses, those are a different story) ships tend to be less so. My favorite of them that I would call fairly tame is F!Hawke/Morrigan, which is my canoe-level rarepair I ship because I love the idea of them interacting in the pre-Blight days when Morrigan occasionally came to Lothering to buy things. They were teenage apostates in lust, and then they meet again a decade later in DA:I, and it's not wild and dramatic, it's just two women with a lot more life experience under their belts finding out they are still really into each other.

[oxygenbefore1775]

i want to hear ur take on loveless marriage canon divergence routes because what comes to mind for Me are

yumihisu come with reibert to the docked marleyan ship with Only reibert's hunch from annie that her family is "important" to the wallists, hisu hates zeke because he Seems like the one at fault for porco eating ymir, drama of How will they figure out her nobility ooh ahh

the whole time skip proposal from zeke via kiyomi, as we Have discussed

i support you launching this rarepair even if it's a canoe dear mae

hi dear kat

beware, this is a sheet of text

1) This is quite inventive considering that Reiner's (and Ymir's?) initial plan for CoT to kidnap Historia anyway. But this leaves her in a compromised position as prisoner of war in Marley where she could be easily executed (I prefer Zeke to be like this lol). Plus at that point, Historia has never had her government arc — at that point in the story she's feeling like an empty shell (killing her dad has quite reformed her). Also, i don't think there would be any chance for Zeke and Historia to hit it off since Historia obvi hates Zeke and to him she's just a brat who got tagged along because Reiner has a crush on her — [my irl thought process about to ensue] — but then again, Zeke is vaguely aware that Historia ~might~ be valuable since she appears to have connections to some Reiss family (I believe at that time Zeke could only learn that Reiss were a noble house crucial to the government but nothing more). Most likely that Zeke would be more concerned about finding Eren of whose existence he learned from Reibert, and mostly ignore Historia during the first weeks the warriors spent preparing for RTS.

I haven't read the royal uprising arc in quite a while but Historia's presence wasn't really crucial to the overthrowing of the government - Erwin just did it on his own volition and additionally found out that the Reisses are the real ruling family of Paradis. At this point I'm not sure if they would make Rod the King since his presence in politics was always prominent throughout but let's assume he will so naturally the question of an heir would arise. Since Historia was carries away before she had a chance to reveal her true identity, the Survey Corps would have no idea of her royal heritage unless Rod tells them. But, admittedly, it would be hard to make the missing girl the official heir so I guess they would just leave it there. (god, i'll hope Rod would die soon to create a power vaccum for Historia to fill)

I don't want to think how Zeke found out about Historia's royal blood. He wouldn't be interested to build connections with someone who is not somehow an extension of himself (like Eren is). But maybe the matter of Historia's identity was pressed soon enough since Marleyans weren't pleased with keeping a low-rank scout instead of simply getting rid of her. Maybe it was Ymir who relayed the info about Historia to Zeke in an attempt to make her life seem valuable and thus protected, or maybe Zeke found this out by himself by raiding the nearby villages and learning of the recent coronation of some Reiss and connecting the dots. Only then would Zeke feel the tendency to guard Historia from the Marleyans, but not out of deep attachment to someone of his bloodline, but because she suddenly became an important political bargaining tool in his eyes.

Eren was still something more important than anything else to Zeke yet he lacked power or influence in Paradis to arrange a meeting with him. And it seemed that Historia would be his key to Eren (much like Sansa in asoiaf). At this point Zeke would force Historia into a position of no choice but to accept his plan. In the Marleyan camp, Zeke is the only one to stand between her and the execution so she's highly reliant on him to live, and it's not that Marleyans would be willing to let her go, not after she came to learn some intel on Marley - he has her life in his hands.

In exchange for her help establishing contact with Eren and sending a note to him, Zeke would help Historia escape the ship and thus give Paradis its Queen. Additionally, Zeke's anti-Marleyan volunteers would provide communications between the Island and the outside world should Paradis ever want to lift the iron curtain. To seal the deal — but mostly to give himself some sort of power as an outsider — they marry. (much to Reiner's chagrin, most possibly) (Atp I'm not sure if Zeke would be psycho enough to make her consume his spinal fluid to always have that leash of influence over Historia, idk)

The warriors would still lose in RTS, but that wouldn't faze Zeke too much since he's already dug his claws in the probability of future contact with Paradis idk idk

...

I quite like this canon divergence but it leaves Historia a submissive husk of a person character that is constantly compromised (at least in my rendition) since the royal uprising arc is where she gets a massive growth that is not present in this case. So the Jikuhisu dynamic is suffering greatly cuz Historia isn't able to give any pushback on Zeke's delulu.

And also there's the matter of their canonical ages which is *eugh*

2) That is something that originally came to my mind, yes. I guess it involves less dark stuff because Historia can fight for herself in this scenario. But also, in this case, the whole reason behind the marriage happening would be Zeke scheming too much and driving himself into a matrimony neither of them wanted. This way, it's more hilarious and makes the blonde man suffer more from the consequences of his own actions. They would spend the days trying to outwit each other into oblivion, with Zeke trying to see Eren and Historia reining him in yet simultaneously demanding a more high quality help from anti-marleyan volunteers in terms of modernizing Paradise or something like that — fruitless months, just like how Zeke spent them in the canon, but instead of a forest he's in a royal quarters and instead of Levi chaperoning him it's the Queen.

Yet additionally, the lack of things to do and the prior knowledge of their blood relation might compel Zeke to deign to inquire more about Historia, with initial intent to get into her head and find out the best way to sway her. But I guess their similar upbringing and trauma made Zeke realize that she has a lot of common with him. As I posited somewhere before, Zeke tends to like people who resemble him the most and this discovery must've positively predisposed him to Historia (let's be fucked up together vibes).

I'm not sure about their dynamic from Historia's side, though. From what I understand, the Queenship weighed heavily on her. Despite the opportunities her position offered, she lamented her inability to keep her promise to Ymir. Her marriage to Zeke for the sake of Paradis was yet another nail in the coffin of her hope for personal freedom, making her grieve her fate even more. Thus the initial hostility that Historia might have showcased, lying through her teeth to get Paradis better perks. But, as they came to get to know each other more, the more Historia recognized her past self in Zeke. Considering the similarities in their upbringing, with them desperately striving for their parents' love, they both got the "dead inside". Only Historia managed to find her self-worth (plus Frieda was a huge pillar of emotional support) whereas Zeke was still stuck in his self-destructive curve. [something something using chapter 66 as a flimsy shield of an excuse] Mayhaps Historia would do something about it (I don't expect her saviour complex to kick in, she's not someone who may be able to cure his 20+ year-old trauma)

Come to think of it, both of their characters are defined by the promises they made to their loved ones (Zeke's being fulfilling the euthanasia plan and Historia's being living she wouldn't regret). However, the former is being miserable through adhering to his promise, whereas the latter suffers all the same by not keeping her promise. [idk idk it's just very interesting to point out]

...

I like this version more since it has the ability to get more dark and yet more hilarious simultaneosly. Plus, this scenario gives both of them a similar size agenda to hold whereas with the first one it's the Zeke who holds more power in their dynamic.

I'm not very good when it comes to canon divergences. I don't believe I can do better than Yams in terms of thinking thru the politics these major changes should bring so there's that. I tend to live off of vibes, mostly, and the vibes these two give off are simply scrumptious

3) that's why I've been delulu about quasi medieval/fantasy au with those two. It's not much but It's about Zeke "taking a castle and holding his host there", with Historia being the lady of the castle who's obviously not chuffed with being occupied by an enemy army. That's it, that's the vibes

[tiressian]

tfw you live in rarepair hell so you could never do a "Wrapped" for your ships/fandom hahaha because it's literally just the one canoe 😂

[narutorarepaireventhub]

Naruto RarePair June 2023 Prompt List

So it’s finally here, Mod Dragon and Mod Rabbit made the prompt list this year so here it is!

You can find copies of it here, on the actual blog or on the google doc here.

June 1st: Lemonade stand

June 2nd: Yard/Garage Sale

June 3rd: Water Park

June 4th: Heat Wave

June 5th: Hiking

June 6th: Cookout

June 7th: Babysitting

June 8th: Free Day

June 9th: Demons AU

June 10th: Cruise Ship

June 11th: Bands ‎AU

June 12th: Urban Fantasy

June 13th: Car Rides

June 14th: Vampire Slayer ‎AU

June 15th: Fairgrounds

June 16th: Bounty Hunters ‎AU

June 17th: Cloud Watching

June 18th: Free Day

June 19th: Ballet ‎AU

June 20th: Bird Watching

June 21st: Kayaking or Canoeing

June 22nd: Flower Picking

June 23rd: Farmer's Market

June 24th: Fireflies at night

June 25th: Bookstore ‎AU

June 26th: Sandcastle at the beach

June 27th: Chalk Art

June 28th: Water Balloon Fight

June 29th: Fae ‎AU

June 30th: Vikings ‎AU

Alternated Prompts

Theme: Long Summer Romance

Day 1 - Down At The Beach

Day 2 - Treading the sea

Day 3 - Ice Cream Together

Day 4- Sandcastles!

Day 5- Modeling our swimsuits!

Day 6- Kite Flying

Day 7- Watermelons Are Yummy

Day 8- Free Day

Day 9- BBQ Time!

Day 10- Beach Volleyball!

Day 11- Fireworks!

Day 12- Fishing

Day 13- Vacation!

Day 14- Festivals!

Day 15- Summertime Safety Lessons

Day 16- Night at the drive-in

Day 17- Lazy Days

Day 18- Free Day

Day 19- Sailing Away!

Day 20- Mermaids!

Day 21- Catching Fireflies

Day 22- Selling lemonade

Day 23- Summer Sports!

Day 24- Picnics

Day 25- A Rare Rainfall

Day 26- A Rainbow After The Rain

Day 27- Lifeguards!

Day 28- Camping

Day 29 - Masquerade Party

Day 30- Back To School

[versegm]

I'm used to rarepairs with characters who have no canon interactions or who might not even exist at all in the original work so you understand I get deeply surprised whenever I start shipping something with a solid canon ground and yet still find myself basically alone on a canoe

[happygochi]

Broche, son of dbs broly and chichi, this OC and outfit design belongs to joker216 (on twitter). Broche is inspired by brioche ☺️

joker216 is another fellow artist that ships brochichi like i do! it’s a very small canoe for this rarepair, so of course I wanted to draw broche (with permission, of course). 

[nagimayo]

[raises hand] top 10 enstars pairings go

omg this is such a good question...

polyeden and any pairings within that unit is usually my #1, there's just so MUCH for me to latch onto ugh they are so in love. adam, eve, seniors, juniors, dynamic doesn't matter i just adore them ugh

obviously my url comes into play here... i am rowing this little canoe as hard as i can but nagimayo is so real TO ME... i genuinely forget they've barely interacted bc they are probably my top ship outside of eden. they are perfect for each other in my eyes

i love a nagisa rarepair. really into him and kaoru together lately, entirely the fault of @menodorasmoon if i'm being honest. kaonagi the world. i also love ultissimo as a ship and just as a dynamic in general; wataru and nagisa absolutely have a ton of stuff in common despite the contrast in their general demeanors. i am also a big fan of him with rei, tatsumi, hell just about anyone

number five we got fuckign. tatsumayo. they are mom and dad they are husband and wife they love their children and serving cunt. idk what to tell u they're soooo gay and in love

any mika pairing, but especially shu and naru. triad, even, because that boy deserves all the love in the world and i think arashi and shu would set their differences aside for the sake of loving him together

hajibara makes me extremely soft, bogie time was one of my fav stories and those events fundamentally changed ibara's brain chemistry i am SURE of it. those boys would be so unbelievably sweet to each other it makes me sickkkk

for the last three i'll do ships that i haven't delved too deep into but enjoy watching from the outside; adosou, hiiai, and madaleo 🫶🫶🫶

[pftones3482]

For the character thing: Buford

I meant to answer this last night, and then I fell asleep lmao. Rip.

Why I Like Them: His character development. Like he starts as this stereotypical bully, and that's what you think he's going to stay as the series progresses, bc that's how Disney was back then. But instead he grows with the others, and by the end genuinely loves and cares about them.

Why I Don't Like Them: Physically impossible, I love him

Favorite Episode: Nerds of a Feather, hands down. One of my favorite episodes period, tbh

Favorite Season/Movie: I love love love him in Candace Against the Universe. The canoe gag was so dumb but so wholesomely Buford.

Favorite Line: "She was a beautiful French girl, and I was an ugly American. Which of course holds a certain mystique." and ofc the classic, "I am to metaphor cheese as metaphor cheese is to transitive verb crackers."

Favorite Outfit: His lil pirate outfit in The Ballad of Badbeard

OTP: Bujeet, obviously. I'm also fond of Ferb/Buford but that's a wild rarepair in this fandom

Brotp: Buford and Isabella. They are the siblingest of siblings and I love them so much

Headcanon: He's fully fluent in ASL for literally no reason other than he thought it was neat, but it never actually comes up (much like how his fluent French never really came up). The only person who knows is Ferb

Unpopular Opinion: I don't know that I have one tbh

A Wish: For a Buford centric episode in the new season, one that isn't focused around his relationship with Baljeet. I want to know about Buford's life, his mom, the like. I'd also love if they could acknowledge beyond a couple gags that he's actually really intelligent

Oh god please no: I don't need him to have a romantic focus in the new season. I like his character a lot without it, and I think there's a lot to explore about him without delving into romance (esp cause it's just gonna be bland and hetero if they don't do anything with bujeet. Which. It's Disney. They won't.)

5 Words to Describe Them: Stubborn, jock energy, snappy, competitive

Nickname: I still hate this one