#damaige

[nonos-zennie]

SOMETIMES I SEE THINGS AND GET REAL HEARTACHES

[sushicha]

Let's be better about Shourtney/Shartney

Borrowing this Shourtney/Shartney rant from my IG! I originally made this when the evidence got super clear, and I was scared the ship was about to explode in popularity and people were gonna freak out 😬 that hasn't necessarily happened (yet), but I still want the advice out there:

This is kind of a semi-rant and word of caution about the shipping of Shayne and Courtney. Tumblr and IG are pretty much the only two places to talk about this.

So if you've been following the Shourtney hashtag on IG, or have seen evidence here on Tumblr, it's becoming increasingly clear that Shayne and Courtney are dating. With what's been brought to light, it's fairly certain.

I'm the first to admit that I've shipped these two for a while and that I was always curiously looking for proof. There wasn't much evidence prior to 2021, so that's likely around when they started actually dating. Even as the evidence was really pouring in and some of it was kinda stalkerish, I was still morbidly curious, and I know a lot of you did the same. Guilty as charged, I'm a lonely hoe... 😔

I'll start by saying the evidence is NOT from videos. I know a lot of you have tried to use their gazes and interactions in Smosh videos as "proof" for years, but body language is not evidence. There's a million ways to interpret a "gaze" or how they talk to and interact with each other. Courtney especially has that type of aura about her where she's very comforting and has great chemistry with others, so what people interpret as "flirting" is just her normal friendly behavior (it's very reminiscent of how men will sometimes misinterpret women just being nice to them as "flirting"). And despite the fact that they're likely in a relationship, nothing about how they interact now is tangibly different than previous years. They're professionals, they're actors, and Smosh is very self-aware that Shourtney drives up viewer engagement, so there's no doubt they've played it up at times.

But... regardless of how little evidence there is in videos, there's other stuff out there which makes it safe to say they're dating. Look for it yourself, I'll no longer be sharing that info.

To me, it appears like it's more of an "open secret" at this point, like a "if you know, you know" type thing. Courtney is more comfortable posting pictures in Shayne's clothes, Courtney's vlogging in their apartment now... I feel like they're at least at peace with the fact that SOME of us know, especially because the Shourtney fandom is still pretty underground and not a lot of people have seen the harder evidence.

Some might be asking, then, why don't they just go public and get it over with??? Damaige did, so why not them???

Why WOULD they, is the real question?

Public relationships are so complicated. All semblance of real privacy vanishes. Everyone suddenly has some opinion on your relationship. People still analyze the shit out of your body language. People still attribute the woman or fem-presenting person's success to the man. People become entitled to personal information. If you guys breakup, people make wild assumptions and take sides. It becomes a breeding ground for the worst aspects of parasocial behavior. Public relationships sound like a complete nightmare. Having to ignore all of the problematic comments while constantly looking over your shoulder sounds like a complete nightmare. People wanna live their lives privately and be known for their personal accomplishments and skills, not their relationship. Shayne and Courtney are both talented individuals BY THEMSELVES.

They have both expressed in videos and podcasts that neither want to have public relationships. They almost always go bad.

But the unfortunate reality is that their relationship being "exposed", even if it's at a relatively small scale, has been seemingly against their will. While Courtney said in a recent Q&A what she posts is intentional, that might not be the case for friends who accidentally exposed Shourtney. It must suck to have to be so careful about what you post and with who, especially at large parties and whatnot. So much is out of your control. Like, who the fuck wants to closely analyze reflections in windows and shit? Or have to tell someone you might barely know not to post a picture of you two?

Maybe they'll address it at some point. Maybe they won't. Making the comparison to Damien and Saige was always completely unfair because Damaige going public was their own personal decision. Shayne and Courtney are completely different people and may have a different line of thinking on the matter. That's not to mention, Saige has expressed a few times on her Twitch that she regrets going public with her relationship and it only made weird incels attribute her successes to Damien even more.

So what should the fans do???

Not be fucking assholes and creeps. Not be misogynistic. Call out assholish, creepy, misogynistic behavior. Not make wild speculations, or become entitled to their personal lives. Don't send Shayne or Courtney (or anyone they know) weird DM's about it. That type of thing. Keep it chill, talk among us Shourtney stans if you must, and live your fucking life, man. Find your own relationship 😅

I know most of the Shourtney stans have been pretty respectful, all things considered. A few bad apples, stalkers, etc. But whatever weird shit that happened on that (now shutdown) Shourtney Discord server should stay in digital hell.

Shayne and Courtney are gonna share what they wanna share. I make this post foreseeing that they may eventually feel the need to say something, but if I'm wrong and they say absolutely nothing, so be it. They've both said shipping is okay because it's content and mostly harmless, but clearly there's a line. And if you see someone crossing it, call them out!

That's all 🙏 I probably won't post much Shourtney content from here on out, but I'll be around. Feel free to discuss it or ask me stuff. ☺️

[tame-a-messenger]

God, all this talk about shipping reminds me of my Damaige days. It was everything: exhilarating, scary, funny, anxiety-inducing, everything. And then, when they announced they're dating on my birthday? Fuck me.

And then, of course, the break-up. S*ige left the company on bad terms, the Smoshtwt/T*m Bydand war, and them unfollowing each other a month later.

For those few months after they broke-up, I was so scared. What if Damien done anything bad for them to break-up? But then, S*ige clear the rumours by saying he's one of the good ones, and some of her friends and Failed Save cast members (including one of her best friends), is still friends with Damien to this day, so that's amazing.

Sorry for the rant. I was being nostalgic and was in my feelings.

I'm kind of happy I wasn't an active watcher of Smosh during that era lol, Who tf is T*m Bydand?

Also who's talking about shipping 👀? not me surely!

[soupy-girl]

for the fic writer ask game- 18, 22, 40!

18. “Do you have any abandoned WIP's? What made you abandon them?”

I do have a fic on wattpad that i never finished even though i had it mostly planned out. basically i tried to do way too much with it so i ended up losing motivation right around the same time as the damaige hard launch (it was a kimmien fic) so basically it all came together perfectly to make me give up lol

22. “Do you have a story that you look back on and cringe when you reread it?”

i’m so serious when i say all of them, no matter how proud i am of it or how much i like it. but if i had to pick just one then probably the first one i ever wrote on wattpad

40. “Do people know you write fanfiction?”

nope. it’s like the only thing i’ve ever kept from literally everyone i know. it’s not that i think my friends would really care, but the fact it’s about youtubers might weird them out and they’d probably ask to read it, which would make me die on the spot lol

[3rddimension]

Off topic kind of but Do you think damien and saige are still together? Shourtney and Damaige used to hang out a ton and they don't anymore

Nah, don't think so. I mean everything point to that they're separated and living in different places now. Also, on Damien's funeral roast when Spencer do the pour over he also said "no bitches".

[captious-solarian]

My poem for February is the Lai Dame dou Fael by an unknown author, maybe Guiot de Dijon (13th century, Old French).

Ge chanterai por mon coraige Ke je veul resconforteir ; Car aveuc mon grant damaige Ne veul morir n'afoleir, Quant de la terre sauvage Ne voi nullui retorneir Où cil est ki m'asuaige Son cuer, quant j'en oi pairler. Deus ! quant crieront outrée ! Sire, aidiés à palerin Par cui sui enpoentée Car felon sont Sarasin. Je soufferrai mon outraige Tant que lans iert trespassais ; Il est en pelerinaige Dont Deus le laist retorneir ; Ne malgreit tout mon linaige Ne quier ochoison troveir : D'autre faites mariaige ; Fols est cui j'en os parleir. Deus ! quant crieront outrée ! Sire, aidiés à palerin Par cui sui enpoentée Car felon sont Sarasin. De un seux a cuer dolente Ke cil n'est en ces païx, Ke si sovent me tormente, Ke je n'ai ne jeu, ne ris. Il est biaus, et je suis gente ; Sires Deus ! por coi fesis, Quant l'uns à l'autre atalente, Por coi nos ais departis ? Deus ! quant crieront outrée ! Sire, aidiés à palerin Par cui sui enpoentée Car felon sont Sarasin. De ceu seux en bone atente, Ke je son homaige prix ; Et quant la douce oure vante Ke vient de cel doulx païs Où cil est ki m'atalente, Volentiers i tour mon vis. Adonc m'est vis ke jel' sente Par desous mon mantel grix. Deus ! quant crieront outrée ! Sire, aidiés à palerin Par cui sui enpoentée, Car felon sont Sarasin. De ceu seux moult engingnie Ke ne fui à convoier ; Sa chemise c'ot vestue M'envoioit por embraiscier. La nuit, quant l'amor m'arguë, La met deleis moy couchier Toute nuit à ma char nue, Por mes mals rasuaigier. Deus ! quant crieront outrée ! Sire, aidiés à palerin Par cui sui enpoentée, Car felon sont Sarasin.

You can hear it sung by the band Estampie.

take the 2024 dostoyevsky-official challenge: every month, learn one poem by heart. it could be in any language, it could be poetry you already know, it could be poetry you're reading for the first time, it could be a sonnet, it could be a ballad: go wild (but for this, i recommend choosing canonical poetry in your chosen language, not poetry in translation, nor something new). above all, poetry, language charged with meaning to the ultimate degree, is meant to be read aloud, to be felt with the tongue. by the end of the year, you'll have a better intuitive understanding of the poet's craft, of the possibility and beauty of language, an improved reading style, and, through the memorization process, a deep knowledge of each chosen poem—and you'll have committed 12 poems to heart, sitting around for any occasion, keeping you company wherever you go

[fangirling-paradise]

Saige & Damien talking about a VERY good example of how to NOT talk about a woman/fem-presenting person. Especially if that person is the producer of a project you're helping to promote and CEO of the company that is creating the project. I can't imagine how embarrassed that dude's "friends" were. This is honestly the most pissed off I've seen Damien. Also, the most supportive of Saige and all she does on PixelCircus ♥️

Saige's Twitch (4/4/22)

[thisisasundrysideblog]

Try Not To Laugh #80 - Luck of the Dice

[fairyvobo]

not to be a downer

damaige is very cute as a couple but them being overseas especially as europe once again became the center of covid cases in the world with massive surges (even prior to them leaving), anti-vaccine protests across the continent, and now omicron spreading seems...irresponsible??? it doesn’t sit well with me. it’s exhausting begging my students to please wear their masks properly in class and then i come online to see people i respected who supposedly take covid very seriously still traveling to hotspots and potentially becoming infected with a variant that we know nothing about and bringing it back to the US. i’m so tired of the irresponsibility in this country. 

[uncle-americas-haas-of-meat]

relatedly, I doubt any of y’all remember the coworker of mine I mentioned having a crush on (would’ve been AGES back, when I first started this job)

so yeah, I’m working on getting a promotion that would make him & I equals where we could maybe act on the chemistry we have together that had to be put by the wayside months ago

the Damaige stuff just makes me think about having to act ~normal~ around him if we did take things to the next level haha

[aymkamill-blog]

Hamheeeeeeeeeeeeewn. Remeber last time I said that ate jash do qoutations? And this is it. As hell as I think. On the second day on our ojt, ate jash and ate leigh..... Oh! I forgot ate keivh is one of the trainees in continetal. Senior kumbaga heheheh. She taught us how to compute the qoutation both international and domestic. At first it's so hard to understand because you need to check if the numbers and substition are all correct. The heeeeeeell. So the whole we do qoutation and nothing happens to us. Out brain cells got damaige. HAHAHAHA charot! So the whole day, we just do qouting the coumtries like singapore taiwan and hongkong.

[soupy-girl]

couples that are secure in their relationships>>>>

[fangirling-paradise]

Damien brought Saige some matches so she could light her candle to celebrate 4 years on Twitch! 🖤💖🖤💖 FOUR YEARS!!! So exciting!!! I missed the stream live bc I was working

Saige's Twitch (7/17/22)

[fangirling-paradise]

At the Smosh Vidcon panel bc there are so many people on stage for the Q&A they had to do the questions in pairs. Here's Damien and Saige's portion of that segment. Mostly, I just love Saige calling Damien out in the second question 😂

Vidcon's Youtube: Discover Stage [June 24] (6/24/22)

[fangirling-paradise]

Last night, Damien took a LONG, like 20 mins+, break during his stream to say hi & catch up with Saige because he hasn't really seen her since she went that con recently. And she's been quarantining because she managed to get Covid at that. So, the two of them needed some necessary catch-up time

Damien's Twitch (8/11/22)

[fangirling-paradise]

Damien organized a stream with a couple other Fire Emblem Warriors voice actors where they signed some art & just talked. This clip is when they were talking about the current Halloween season 🍂🎃🍂

Damien's Twitch (8/28/22)