#it was so much fun seeing everyone's inserts and f/o's!!! all your ships are absolutely adorable

[donahdevotees]

I would just like to say a giant thank you to everyone who participated in the gift exchange, I've never hosted one before so I was really anxious about getting it right! Everyone did an amazing job and was incredibly kind, patient and thoughtful throughout the whole thing! I definitely want to host another one sometime due to how fun this one was!! 🤗🩷🩷🩷

Once all gifts are officially posted I'll make a post with all the participants and links to their gifts!! Then I might do some organising and tidying up of the blog and make some plans for next year!! Thank you again and I really hope everyone had fun! 🩷

[echoes-lighthouse]

hey!! that potential f/o thing you're having right now is a really creative idea!!

so, who would you date from Doki Doki Literature Club? and what about Boku no Hero Academia? (idk if I'm supposed to send more than 1 fandom but here it is)

I hope your day is going well!!

Thank you!!!! More than one is awesome ^-^

Send me a fandom and I'll tell you who I'd ship myself with!

Doki Doki Literature Club and Boku No Hero Academia, huh? Click the 'keep reading' to see who I'd ship with!!! (content warnings for images of knives, blood, and discussion of murder: bnha villain s/i go brrrr)

From Doki Doki, it's definitely Yuri! I love the other three with all my heart, but Yuri is the one that I always want to spend more time with.

I think we'd be a bit light academia/dark academia together, with me bringing the outdoors sunny reading and Wordsworth, and Yuri brining the turtlenecks and teacups and sitting on window seats. But at the same time, my s/i absolutely collects bones and skulls, so they're not all sunshine!

My s/i would join the literature club and be so excited! I get along with everyone: my bubbliness matches Sayaka's, and we find ourselves gushing about everything! I have a weakness for slice-of-life manga, so Natsuki and I get along like a house on fire once she starts giving me recommendations. And of course, Monika is happy to have such an enthusiastic new member!

Yuri sees me getting along with everyone else and draws back: she's doubtful about her place in the group with me there, she's intimidated by the way I get so shamelessly excited about everything. I notice that Yuri is withdrawing and make more of an effort to get to know her: I learn that we share a lot of the same preferences in poetry, that we both like to analyze what we're reading. I make her feel more comfortable getting loud about things, and I'm just starstruck by her style and her writing and her thoughtfulness.

I love her so much and I want to share books with her forever <3

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Turning to My Hero Academia, I've already got two self-inserts: one high school teacher who dates Toshinori, one quirkless magazine writer who swoops Shigaraki away from the world of All For One.

Time to introduce my third self-insert, who's actually a part of the League of Villains!

Their Quirk is called 'Cat's Paw,' which is a shapeshifter Quirk that essentially allows them to shift between cat and human at will. They've only got one cat form, a black and white domestic short-haired cat, but it's handy for sneaking into buildings.

They were living on the streets in cat form for two years before they were found by the League of Villains and adopted into the group. They fall in love with all of them, but more than anyone else, they have a close bond with Himiko Toga.

They are Besties Forever and they have So Much Fun!!! They go shopping and they go dancing and they eat cupcakes and they have sleepovers and pillow fights and makeout sessions and they love each other!!!!

They do each other's hair and makeup and nails and they leave bite marks all over each other's arms when they wrestle.

They go out and murder creepy men who try and follow them into dark alleys, they stay home and make pancakes with the rest of the League, they have romcom movie nights and steal the other League members' clothes because they're comfy.

Basically, they're the epitome of Girls Just Want To Have Fun (and do murder)

[selfshipinfo]

Frequently Asked Questions

How many F/Os can I have?

As many as you want! Some people gain new F/Os almost every day (like myself) while others only have one F/O that they focus on. Have as many F/Os as you want, in whatever categories you want! Go ham, live your life, cringe culture is dead and we’re dancing the YMCA on its grave.

Can I have multiple romantic F/Os from the same source?

Absolutely! There’s nothing wrong with that!

How do I handle having multiple romantic F/Os from the same source?

There are a couple options for that. One would be having a poly ship with them, where you would date all/multiple F/Os in the same universe. Another option would be to create different universes for each F/O. By this, I mean you would have a story/universe set where your self insert is dating one F/O, and then you would create another universe in which your self insert dates a different F/O.

Isn’t self shipping for kids?

Hell no it’s not. The most common reason for self shipping is to cope with issues such as mental illness, day to day life problems, physical disabilities, etc. Everybody needs a coping method.

Do I have to self ship to cope or can I ship for fun?

You can totally ship for fun!! It’s just a popular coping mechanism, but that doesn’t mean that’s why everyone does it. There are a ton of people that self ship just because they find it fun. And that’s super great!

Is self shipping healthy? How do I know if I’m being unhealthy about it?

Answering this is kinda tough, because overall, I would say yes, it’s very healthy, when done properly. It can be, and in almost all cases, usually is a very useful and effective coping method, but like all things, there are ways to overdo it.

If your self shipping begins to hurt you or anyone else, it’s usually best to take a step back. If you find that you become dependent on the praise an attention from others because of your ships, it’s time to step back. If you find yourself feeling more upset and down because of your ships instead of feeling happy to be in them, it’s important to reassess your situation.

Very important: If you find that you are lashing out at others or becoming hostile towards other people as a result of your self ships, TAKE A STEP BACK. Jealousy over F/Os is common, but the moment you lash out at someone else about it, you’ve taken it too far. Self shipping is inherently not meant to harm anyone, that’s the point. If you’re using your ships to hurt other people, you’re doing it wrong, end of story.

Is it wrong that I don’t like seeing other people ship with my romantic F/Os?

Not at all! Since self shipping is a very personal thing, many people tend to feel uncomfortable seeing other people that self ship with their romantic F/Os. It’s important to put this information somewhere on your profile to let people know whether you’re comfortable sharing or not. If needed, always feel free to block blogs and tags so you won’t see those ships. Self ship is your safe space, make it to your liking.

As stated before, the one thing that is NOT okay is harassing someone because of your self ships. One of the most unhealthy things one can do is to attack other shippers that ship with their romantic F/Os. Stay in your lane, please, and respect other shippers. They love that character too. They have feelings too. We’re all people, just block and move on, please.

I ship canon characters with my own original characters that I don’t consider to be me. Am I part of the community?

I personally say yes! It might be best to specify that you ship canon x OC and not canon x self insert, as there is a difference, but you’re absolutely welcome in the community! We’re both communities battling cringe culture and saying fuck canon, and that’s very powerful. If you don’t personally feel the same towards the canon characters as your OCs do then a lot of the content put out by others might not resonate with you, but there are plenty of people that ship OC x canon rather than specifically self ship! 

I want to F/O a character, but they’re from a strange/childish/obscure/etc. source. Can I still F/O them?

ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN. Self shipping is for YOU and YOU ALONE. This community has source materials of all kinds! Some people F/O popular anime characters, others F/O characters from book series they enjoy, other people F/O characters from cartoons they watched as kids. The possibilities are endless! It doesn’t matter how “strange” you might think your F/O will come off as. And obscure characters are so much fun to F/O! You’ll be supported, and anyone who doesn’t support you for having “weird” and/or obscure F/Os is an ass. :D

I don’t feel any need for relationships in real life, but I enjoy dating fictional characters./I am not attracted to (gender identity) in real life but I am attracted to fictional characters of this identity. Is that okay?

Totally! This is a whole different world. You don’t have to want t date someone like your F/O in real life in order to be a valid self shipper. Some people decide to change their orientation of their self inserts to match their relationships with characters. And in fact, there is a portion of people that identify as fictosexual, which as far as Im aware, is on the aroace spectrum and means you feel attraction to fictional characters! I’m not too well versed in the whole thing, but it’s out there. 😊 No matter what your orientation is in real life, it doesn’t have to match the orientation or desire for relationships of your self inserts.

I want to join the community! What should I do?

First of all, YAY! That’s great! We’d love to have you!! Second of all, this one kinda needed a whole post, so go ahead and check out the Getting Started post for answers!!

[universal-kitty]

.: Drama Involving AJ :.

   Stylized ‘til I die, I guess. Anyways.

   This is talking about phasefuck/huckerbee/teafrogs/whatever their URL is this week. AJ/Lee. The compilation of what’s happened involving them.

   So... Starting at the beginning.

   D was the reason I got into Borderlands. I watched her play TFTBL and gush about Rhys and get more involved and understand the ship she had! Also got my first crush on Zer0, but... Y’know.

   So I did some art, started plotting ideas for who’d eventually be Gremlin- aka Rena Marlow, my SI for BLands- and that led...to us meeting AJ. They wanted me or D to join their server. D preferred because of her self-ship with Rhys, but I could join, too. D was nervous about new, strange people and I wanted to learn more about Borderlands and try new things, so... I hopped in, D stayed behind.

   The time with them was pretty fun! Ended up making some friends, plotted fun ideas for AJ’s idea of the time, Borderlands Infinite. A continuation of Tales as AJ saw it. The server was made PRIMARILY for this endeavor and everyone in it was allowed an OC or self-insert to be paired with whoever they wanted to be with....long as they were open, that is. AJ had HJack, and everyone else... Well, most of the spares had been paired off by the time I joined.

   Rhys was potentially still open, cause someone AJ had previously been talking with...either wasn’t responding, or had dropped out entirely. I forget by this point. Zer0 wasn’t an option and I didn’t know much of the others, so.... I accepted Gremlin to be paired with Rhys.

   Thus the origins of my verse with Rhys. (As well as the OT3 with him and Vaughn... They started here.)

   Tension was pretty high in the group and- though I didn’t acknowledge it at the time- it was primarily from AJ. Nobody else could like Handsome Jack “too much”... You could be playful about him, a little joke-flirty...but if you were suspected to like HJack, then you were “stealing” him from them. Because of this- while the group was friendly enough- it was hard to get into the “share faves” vibe that a lot of us seemed to have; gushing about a character that wasn’t your own just......felt weird.

   Not sure if anyone else noticed, but that was my experience.

   Anyways, I helped AJ with their story a lot due to being online a ton, with no work to do. We talked on the daily about what Rena could do, what Helios was like, how the story would go... The long-term slowburn we were putting Rena and Rhys through. I praised their art and ideas, they cheered for Rena/Rhys. It was pretty mutually supportive....

   ...Until AJ kicked fits. I was always online, so what about everyone else?? When I wasn’t online- sometimes if I was- I’d get put on a pedestal for helping out while others said nothing. (Essentially saying something like “Aki helps out all the time, but nobody else does” or, the popular one, “maybe I should just delete this since nobody cares.” I don’t have screenshots of this for reasons that’ll be explained in a moment.)

   We typically talked them out of these, but eventually... It did happen. AJ messaged me that the old group had been deleted and there was now a new group of only the ACTIVE people. This left me and a few others, thought some other people would eventually cycle in. (One of which still being someone I look up to even today!! Even if we don’t talk much, lol.)

   I got more creative freedom during this time, since other people “lost out” in their spots and... Somehow, this led to me taking on Nisha, too. I paired her with my OCs, Pyrotech and Meowzer. (Ex-Creepypasta OCs revamped for BLands. Is this my origins for my Nisha ship? Kinda!!!)

   But by this point... I had grown to *really* like HJack. I’d made a slip before (more on that later), but learned his character very well and even played him for roleplays AJ and I were doing. AJ played themself and Rhys; I controlled Jack and Rena. All that research led to feelings....and ones I knew AJ wouldn’t approve of. So I did two things, right off the bat: kept my head down and immediately worked on justifying why I liked him. See, it’s because...it’s not the “canon” Handsome Jack!! The one I ship with has golden clasps! So they’re not the same!! And uhhhh....more bad things happened to him? He dresses more lavishly...?

   I kept trying to come up with ways AJ might approve of my AU Jack without invoking their wrath. Not that...it would end up doing much, in the long run.

   I invited one of my friends to join during this. One who also liked HJack...and proved my worries right. (Checked my Discord; I still have some of the messages!!! Whoop, here we go...)

   Don’t have screencaps of the drama that proceeded to unfold- especially due to AJ blocking me on Discord and so losing all of our conversation- but.... That’s just how THAT is, I guess.

   They did get super cold after and I had to explain things to my friend, while also assuring AJ that I would handle things and it’d be alright. It was an uncomfortable hiccup, but one that went by easily enough...

   Though as I said, it was a significant event to show me how careful I needed to be when it came to HJack and AJ.

   Also during this time... Another friend I’ll just refer to as P. We’d also been roleplaying in this time and having a blast. Absolute joy and- we don’t talk much anymore- but I do still consider them a dear friend. I played as CEO Rhys for them and they were Handsome Jack for me; we played our characters (my SI, their OC) and just... Had so much fun with it all.

   So then... Amidst all the fun, it eventually happened.

   What I described in this callout post.

   AJ and I...we ended up dating at some point. I thought they were cool, we got along well, talked a LOT and all this... So I didn’t see a problem with it. Why not? I’ll get to have an awesome artist S/O with their cool ship and all their ideas... We’re gonna be unstoppable!

   ...But I also had abandonment issues. Too many times did I pour my all into someone, only to be left empty. I’ve always been the most supportive person in a room, trying to uplift EVERYONE to feel good! Cause yeah, everyone deserves that! AJ knew this. We’d talked about our issues and vented.....

   And they still did that.    They left my server as I slept. Blocked me on Discord, though I didn’t notice it at first.

   ...It was the one day I checked Tumblr first. They left their blog for a new one. Okay!! I’ll follow them on there, then! I did, and checked Discord. That was in the vent channel, and this was sent to me by a mutual friend.

   So that’s how I woke up that day. Suddenly alone and single. And very, very depressed. I would end up posting these as my friends had to help me down:

“ ……now I wish I would’ve gotten lost after all or kept sleeping ….nothing is work being awake right now”

“ I just don’t want to exist I hate myself all over again I can’t get past that”

“ AJ just…..dropped me. Just like that. I didn’t know and tried to follow her new blog….. Either they just soft-blocked me or outright blocked me

“I feel so fuckin’ horrible”

   At the time, I was horribly depressed due to outside causes. I was suicidal at the time and getting into some light, risky behavior in hopes it could be a factor in the end of my life. (I would walk around at night, hoping that the growing heat would either cause heat exhaustion or someone would attack me. Abduct me. Whatever meant that I would be gone and in pain.)

   I later learned that this is actually learned behavior; my dad would react in extremist ways to things (something broke? “I want to kill myself.”) and so I probably learned it from him. This has actually made managing my suicidal thoughts easier, but at the time, I did not know this and put me more at risk.

   Though this then kept continuing.... Because of course these things do.

   It starts all over with me trying to move on. Someone was advertising their self-ship server, I wanted to try again and make friends... So I gave it a shot and joined!

   ....AJ was in there.

   I quickly left as soon as I had entered, telling the owner I couldn’t stay due to troubles with someone else in there. They were understanding and, thankfully, that was that.

   ...But it STILL wasn’t. These are older messages, so I can’t get them together as much as I’d like to (in one screenshot, is what I’m saying) so I’ll also quote these, but if anyone needs screenshot proof, I can get that on request.

   Anyways, our mutual friend (I’ll nickname her MF for “mutual friend” lol) later piped up with this:

05/19/2018 “So, aj invited me to a group chat and I'm a pushover who hasn't been able to cut them off yet so I said yes and boi I'm big uncomfortable now Like I thought I could maybe juggle being friends with both aj and Rachel even after what aj did but I was wrong.

“But idk what do now. I don't know what to say to them because I don't want to just drop them without saying anything. No doubt that'll get them talking about me behind my back”

.:.

“I might try that. I might mute the server so that I don't have to deal with that because i can't stay in it but I don't want to start shit by leaving I mean they are acting like Rachel is in the wrong”

.:.

“That they "stole their f/o" and that they are going to take the dragon idea that Rachel had for blands and "make it better" out of spite And I'm not happy”

.:.

“Well I just typed up a long message and while I'm glad I'll finally cut out a toxic person I'm also super nervous

“I sent it and left the server

“Wow okay all I got was a "Bye then" I sent a long ass message. Explaining my side and why. Hoping they'd understand and they just said bye then??????”

   As you can see.... Everyone who’d been in that server (me, P, and MF) were on-edge about the “talking behind our back” issue that MF confirmed above. I figured it would happen, but it did...and that was a league all it’s own. (Especially when the callout post went around, and it got confirmed AGAIN that slander in my name was still going around.)

   But one more thing happened that triggered this onslaught... Remember my RP w/ P? Well, this happened.... [TW for daddy kink mention? Calling themself Daddy?? That thing.]

   Link to Ask.

   Was never reblogged. Sent to me by a friend. To my knowledge, nobody spread this around AT ALL. But this was brought up in the same vent/time period as the above conversation.....

MF: Aj said that Rachel stole hj from them.

Me: Me, apparently. It's somewhere between that post and the ask (I think?) P sent me..... Which I loved and was hella surprised over, but. Oh boy.

Fren (aka owner of Karma): My god wtf can she like calm tf down

MF: They actually were mad that people were reblogging a post of yours, probably the kitten thing, that was about hj because it's "gross"

Fren: geeze Aj grow up

Me: ??????? Nobody reblogged it, tho

MF: Hmmmmm they vagued about someone shipping with him, someone they had blocked, that liked the daddy kink and stuff

   I mean. I get it’s a gross thing for people, but.... HJack has also called himself “daddy/papa” on more than one occasion. It’s up for debate if he does it because he is Literal Dad or because he’s that nasty, but... Considering everything else he does, the latter seems the most obvious. That’s just how he is.

   Anyways. The point being that we had each other mutually blocked by this point. I had people either block me, soft-block me, OR just outright unfollow + soft-block me because they were more trusting of AJ than of me. So to hear that they somehow knew P was sending me that ask...... Either someone TOLD them or they were stalking my blog to see what I was doing while they were gone.

   Either way, not great. (What was pretty funny is I later made a joke about “stealing the rights to Handsome Jack from 2k so nobody else can do anything with him” and that “I’m a wanted man”... That’s nice.)

   And so... We get to more recently.

   Last I personally heard, I had to do some personal checking that led up to this... Saw leeships in self insert tag. New self-ship blog, so I blocked, as well as checking their blocked main to make sure everything lined up....and was greeted with this.

   They’ve since changed their URL- again- but the fact they’re STILL being petty towards D is just....something else.

   Speaking of, I’m not actually...sure where that started. There was a whole conversation we had over how AJ treated D out of sight of others (they talked over IMs, I guess because we were budding friends at the time, and what else do I do but hype up all my friends?) There was a lot of attention-seeking behavior from AJ (showing their art and then getting mad when D or Fren tried to compliment them for “lying” about the compliment...?), but far as I knew/remember, there wasn’t any bigger issue.

   ...After we broke up, however, an issue began as D and I became better friends. Friends stick with friends, D knew AJ, so when the blocking-bug was going around, D blocked them, too.

   Which eventually snowballed into the bullshit you can still see today. With AJ trying to claim that D is the one dealing out harassment when- at worst- maybe D did talk too much and AJ didn’t deal with it in a healthy way. (Because that is an issue I’ve heard of; except AJ freaked out over it, instead of talking it out like a healthy adult and figuring out how they could balance out the conversation. Seriously. I’ve had this talk with D. We don’t dominate our conversations at all; nobody over the other. If there ever was a problem, then literally just saying “Hey, I don’t feel heard/listened to when I talk about my ship” was all AJ ever needed to say, but....... Y’KNOW.)

   I’m not D, so I can’t say the full scenario of that, but this is the best way I can show there was a middle ground AJ could’ve used to work things out, but they didn’t.

   Oh, and just so I’m not saying things if you haven’t already seen this... Here’s a screenshot someone (for privacy’s sake) got of AJ trying to pin the blame on D for being the “real harasser” in their BYF:

   We all just wanted to get over this. However, D and I especially don’t want to get involved with or be AROUND AJ/Lee in any way. So we keep an eye on what they do so we can feel safe. We DON’T want to forgive AJ/Lee (for obvious reasons), so we keep blocking their accounts and/or make sure they’re still on our blocklist.

   I know I’ve resorted to putting their URLs on BLACKLIST to make sure I don’t see them at ALL because of how much stress they put me under just seeing them around.

   What the hell do THEY have to be stressed about? Dealing with people they hurt for BEING hurt and not wanting them around us anymore?? Fuck....

.:.

    Anyways. I guess that about concludes all I wanted to write about. Friendly reminder that their old callout post is here and while I doubt a new one will crop up any time soon (as I sure don’t want to write one that’ll get around, after the last time I had a friend try to help me do a callout post on someone like this), you can at least look up that one more time after reading this.

   So...... That’s the end. Thanks for reading this and I’m sorry if anything was upsetting.

   ...If you want, you can come to the ask box and ask for a gif of your F/O? Or a cute puppy or kitten? Maybe I can find some nice fanart for you as comfort...? IDK, options.

[wurmss]

How I got into self shipping!

So this won't be too long of a story, hopefully!

So i didn't get into the self shipping comunity till back on November 4th, but i have been self shipping ever since i was back in middle school. It was more self inserting myself into the worlds i enjoyed and that made me happy, to interact with people who were my friends since back in middle school i didn't have any friends and I didn't have social media, plus I couldn't ever leave my house on my own.

I would be self inserting myself into the worlds of mlp, fnaf, digimon and pokemon where whenever i got home from school I would hop into bed and happily join one of those worlds with my self insert, i vaguely did start to self ship then, Specificly with the Marionette and wizardmon (even with at one point one of my ocs)

Eventually as I got into highschool i left most of those worlds behind and ended up gaining "self cringe" knowing that thinking those things would be "uncool" and of course "cringey" of me. it wasn't until as of late 2018 when Deltarune came out, I was already a fan of undertale and to see that this was free? I played it, and well I slowly ended up really liking a certain tall blue old english man that you all already know well, I talked about it on discord in a group of 3 friends, two of them being @princeaffections and @gayboyselfinserts friends I've been with for so long who already self shipped.

I eventualy got the balls thanks to them to join the comunity and I wanna say that I'm glad I did, this comunity is so nice and accepting (despite the times with some people messing with my friends and other people). Overtime I've gotten rid of most of my "self cringe" thanks to just drawing alot of self ship content and sometimes talking about it. When It was just Rouxls as my only romantic f/o for awhile, he was the reason i started drawing again after months and months of no motivation to do so.

I can't forget also the amazing friends I made when joining the comunity (who i should totaly talk to more!! I'm sorry I haven't talked to you all in awhile) @come-along-here-and-spin-with-me , @dorkyfictionalother , @comic-books-and-snipers !!! I may be forgetting some other usernames atm but!! everyone who've I've interacted with are absolutely amazing and feel free to message me, I think about guys still and need to get around to talk to you all again

Another thing is thank you @seaselfships (an amazing and fun girl btw) for making a small little discord with some people where i just dumped so much stuff there since i usualy hang out on discord more lol. AND ALSO Becoming close friends in nearly a month with @queenieboo22 !! She's so funny and good and dragged me into donkey kong country!

I also just wanna say big thank you to these users too, although we've rarely interacted/not at all your like, iconic and the ones who i remember in the self shipping comunity!@lildreamysoul , @iselfshipnerd , @star-platinums-wife , @plucky-belmondo and the one girl who started the self shipping positivity day @robotarmjokes !!

I also wanted to thank all my followers with being so patient and suportive even though recently I haven't been posting much content as of recent due to life stuff affecting me. I'm still around and I hope to get more active on here again like I was when I first started 2 and a half months ago!

Here's to the new year for the self shipping comunity and hope that it'll be a good one for everyone! I hope to possibly make more friends in this community and to hopefuly stop being so nervous to interact!! ♡♡♡

[kinsbin]

Positivity Day Messages!

Happy self insert positivity day! I’m busy today so I don’t have a lot of time to draw people things or do anything like I wanted, but, here are some positive messages and support to the people in this community that I’ve come to know, love, and look up to!

@bad-blue-moon-rising ALEXYS YOU BEAUTIFUL ANGEL. You are so kind and sweet. You support everyone in this community through your moodboards and art as well as your commissions. You’ve been a beacon since your arrival in this community and, frankly, you are the most welcomed thing here in a long time. Please know that Cosmic Entity, Lockhart, and all of your faves absolutely love and adore you! <33

@queenieships Queenie we haven’t talked very long, but, I think you’re one of the nicest friends I’ve made in this community. Your art is adorable and you are always full of interesting dynamics with your F/Os and never run out of things to say that make me happy or consider new things! I especially love hearing you gush about Bubba it is the cutest thing in the world, and I hope the both of you remain happy and adorable together <333

@love-fromthevoid Simon! Your art is amazing! Every time I see it and your ships on my dash my heart flutters with how beautiful it all is! You inspire me as an artist and as a shipper. You, Pinkie, and Baines gave me the courage to explore a poly relationship with a couple of my more obscure F/Os not from the same fandoms either and I’ll always be grateful to you for that. You are a joy to talk to <33

@heartstringsymphonies Momo! You were one of the first people I’ve interacted with since I’ve come here and, even though I know we don’t talk too much, I’m always amazingly happy to see you on my dash and tagging me in this/sending me things! Your art is beautiful and so are you. All of your faves agree and have told me this several times so its law. Either way, you are one of the best friends/people I’ve known here and ilu so much <333

@selfinsertheaven First off, congrats on the wedding Mel! I love your blog and aesthetic so much you have no idea honestly? Thanks to you, I was willing to forgo my guilt about having multiple F/Os and was able to explore my love for multiple characters without feeling bad about it anymore! You’ve shown me that all of our F/Os love us equally as we do them, and you are a beautiful example of that with all of your knights in shining armor <333

@gamzeeismyboyfriend ARI YOU ARE GREAT. Your art is always inspiring to me and your relationship with gamzee is truly goals. Everytime I see you on my dash I get so happy and excited because I never know what you’re going to post next, but, I know it will be great. Your art truly inspires me and your relationship reminds me that you don’t have to stick to canon to stay in love with your F/O. I’ll always be grateful for that <333

@junkratsbutt Viv you are so much fun to talk with and spend time with! Your memes are top notch as is your love for your boyfriends. You got me into DBD with just your art and blog alone and I’ll always be grateful for it. Michael loves you very very much and seeing you post along with your art on my dashboard makes my day <333

@robotarmjokes D you are AMAZING. You are so BEAUTIFUL and FUN and CLEVER. I think you deserve the world and a half, honestly, and so does Rhys. Rhys loves everything about you and so do we. I wish you the best and the biggest thanks for organizing this whole thing and letting me gush about my friends and f/os in this community. You were one of the first people I followed and talk with and I’ll always be grateful for it. <333

@lombax-lombardi Maddi! I love talking with you about Yu-Gi-Oh and helping you come up with a bunch of headcanons and storylines! Listening to you liveblog about the show and your love for Joey makes my day so much better and you’ve drawn me such cute thINGS THAT I ALWAYS APPRECIATE AND ADORE. Your faves love you and so do I, because seeing someone and being able to talk about them about my favorite childhood show is so great. You’re so great <333

@shiroe-is-my-baby YOU AND YAMI ARE SO VALID ITS AMAZING. Just like Maddi, talking to you about Yu-Gi-Oh is something I always enjoy! I was so happy to talk bout insert ideas with you and how you could meet your faves, it felt like I was helping make a match haha. I wish you and Shiroe and Yami and all of your faves the happiest life together, and I hope you continue writing and supporting yourself too. Your writing is gorgeous <33

@millizines MILLIZ YOU AND EARNEST ARE THE CUTEST PLEASE SAY HI TO HIM FOR ME WHEN YOU CAN. You and his dynamic is so beautiful and intricate that the moment you talked to me about him, I knew you were in love. I love talking to you and watching things with you. I hope we can do more in the future together, but, I am always happy when talking to you and think of you as a nice friend in this community, thank you <333

Sorry if I didn’t tag anyone else, my memory is short with people ;v;;; but! Know that all of you are just as valid and important in this world. The community wouldn’t be the same without you, and all of your f/os love you <33

[midnight-serpentine-blog]

FAQ

In General

Do you take requests? My guy, without requests, this blog will go dry very quickly. We are high maintenance and require a lot of attention.

Will you write all requests that you receive? We reserve the right not to write a request if we don’t vibe with it. We will explain why we won’t, and whining won’t change our minds. Otherwise we will do our absolute best to see that all requests get written.

What if I don’t like something in your fics? If you see something wrong in our fics, feel free to let us know politely. If you are rude, we will make a note of what annoyed you and we will feature it prominently in our following fics until you (or someone nicer than you) asks nicely for us to change it. If it is a trigger we won’t do that, obviously, but we will do our best to tag so that doesn’t happen. Don’t read things if they have a trigger warning for something that triggers you. I shouldn’t have to say it, yet here we are. If you dislike the characterization, we can open up a dialogue and maybe we’ll write you one with a characterization that you prefer. Or maybe we’ll tell you to shove it. Depends on how things go. If you dislike the things we write about (e.g. Death Eaters from Harry Potter), then don’t f***ing read that fic. Blacklist it, whatever. We know why and how they are problematic, we just dgaf. It’s for fun.

Why don’t you have a masterlist/other Tumblr things? We are new to this whole writing thing, Midnight to Tumblr in general, and Serpentine has never written her own post before, so be patient. We are learning this whole thing as we go, and it was meant as more of an experiment than a job anyway. We will do our best to make a masterlist and make the blog easy to search, but it has a learning curve, so don’t be surprised if we don’t manage right away (or ever)

Do you have a tag list? We could try?

How often do you update? Depends on how much love and attention we get. If we get a lot of requests, we’ll be doing a lot of writing, Real Life™ allowing.

Can I reblog? If you make sure our names are still on it, you do what you like, my guy.

Can I tag you in things? Can I give you an internet hug? Ofc. Remember what I said about attention?

Can I message you? If it is for requests, we’d prefer you keep it in the asks, but if you wanna say something, then sure. Keep it PG for Serpentine’s virgin eyes tho. (Serpentine can deal with it, don’t be a wuss - Midnight) (You’re a wanker - Serpentine)

What don’t you write? Incest, non-con, A/B/O (bc Midnight will die), m-preg, underage anything ever, etc. Just keep it level guys. Don’t make it weird.

What happens with any original fiction that you post? I won’t post much of it, and it won’t be anything that I ever have intentions on making into A Thing™ so it’s basically just like our fanfics, go ahead and reblog if you feel just keep our names attached. Also, try not to write anything based off of it or anything like that, but if it sparks something, you do you. We’re reasonably chill until you’re a dick. (Then we’re chillier than a frost giant’s cold shoulder - Midnight)

What happens if I want to be a prick about your writing while on anon? Come at me, bro.

What types of requests do you take? We’re going to try to have a prompts list, or borrow some from fellow writing accounts that are okay with others using their lists, but prompts that you come up with are definitely great! Imagines, multi-chap fics, one-shots, drabbles, headcanons, it’s all fair game.

Serpentine

Name/Nickname: Serpentine, Holly, Andy

Age: 18

Pronouns: she/her/My Lady

How would you describe yourself: I would not

Are requests open: Yes

What do you like writing most: Fluff. I love it when everyone is peaceful.

What do you like writing least: Character bashing. Sometimes I have to for the sake of the plot, but it hurts.

Who do you write for: Marvel - Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Loki, Thor, Dr. Strange, Clint Barton, Pietro Maximoff (he didn’t die hmmm nope), Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal only), Brock Rumlow (don’t say anything Midnight, I know he’s a dick, leave me alone), Anatoly Ranskahov, Vladimir Ranskahov. Harry Potter - Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Charlie Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Antonin Dolohov, Thorfinn Rowle, Rodolphus Lestrange (although I characterize him as fatherly more than anything), Rabastan Lestrange (although don’t expect mental stability), Fenrir Greyback, Corban Yaxley, Evan Rosier, Lucius Malfoy (if we go AU), Lucissa (Narcissa Black nee Malfoy + Lucius Malfoy), Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, Regulus Black, Jily (James + Lily), Sily (which is my take on Sirius + Lily, though mostly they are platonic sometimes I think hmm). I have a lot of my own personal headcanons for nearly all of these characters because I have spent many years of my life ‘living’ in the Wizarding World when I should have been doing my homework, so if something doesn’t vibe for you, I apologise, but I am very specific about my Harry Potter. 

POV & Other Characters: These can be OC or reader, platonic and romantic or unpaired accepted. For Harry Potter, I can also write them as Hermione Granger (like most HP fics are tbh). As for other characters, it’s all negotiable, but with Harry Potter fandom Slytherin characters are much more likely to get the OK bc I’m House biased (Go Snakes). The ones marked as couples are only written as couples, so don’t try to make me pair dear James Potter with anyone other than his Lily.

How long does it take to write a request: If I’m inspired, maybe an hour or two. Now when I post it...

Open to ask memes: Absolutely the hell yes. I love talking about myself.

Special Rules: I do not write smut (yet, bc I am innocent in the ways of the flesh), but I will yeet those to Midnight and I’ll do my best to take any other requests and if y’all wanna drop nasty imagines into the ask box or something, we’re all ears (eyes?). I will write poly ships, though again I reserve the right to decide how (e.g. M/M or nah) and there will be no sin.

Midnight

1. Name/Nickname: Midnight, Kai, (Barnes)

2. Age: 19

3. Pronouns: she/her/Soldat

4. How would you describe yourself: I... am basically a less intimidating Winter Soldier (memory problems, depression, anxiety) and an MCU genderbent Loki because I can be a sneaky little shit

5. Are requests open: YEET

6. What do you like writing most: Fluff. Any time I get to make scary assassins do domestic things... I am there for that

7. What do you like writing least: Death. Why y’all gotta do me dirty like that? There’s more than enough in the MCU alone guys. Can’t we just pretend we live in the Everybody Lives AU?

8. Who do you write for: Marvel - Loki Odinson, Thor Odinson, Tony Stark, Doctor Stephen Strange, Bucky Barnes, Peter Quill, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov, T’Challa, Peter Parker (aged up), Pietro Maximoff, Wade Wilson (Deadpool), Gamora DC - Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Diana Prince, Clark Kent, Connor Kent, Dick Grayson, Steve Trevor, Tim Drake, Wally West, Barry Allen, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Catwoman, Damian Wayne (aged up), Kaldur’ahm, Jaime Reyes, Bart Allen (aged up), Roy Harper (if you want YJ’s Red Arrow, please specify, otherwise my default is Arsenal), Hal Jordan Assassin’s Creed - Altair, Ezio

9. POV & other characters: I prefer reader inserts, however, if you would like an OC I would recommend naming the OC with a nickname so it makes it nicer for other readers to enjoy it. I will do specific ships if I ship them or I know enough about the ship. (eg WonderTrevor, SuperWonder, Stony, Stucky, IronStrange etc) I am also pretty okay with writing smut, but I may not be able to for specific characters/ships due to lack of experience in writing the sin, lol. (and yes, I will take your smut requests for Serpentine’s characters, and work with her to achieve the correct characterization, so long as time permits us to work on it in a timely fashion)

10. How long does it take to write a request: Depends on how busy I am, the alignment of the stars, the weather… jk, in truth, I can be very busy and also have to manage my own health so it can be from a half hour (if I’m really inspired) to up to a week or two. (I will try my best to turn out work in a decent time though, and if I have to ask Serpentine for help I will)

11. Special Rules: Already covered, I guess? Just bear with me on getting things out on time.

Please note; most of this was written by Serpentine at 3 am, I (Midnight), only wrote my own FAQs, also at 3 am. If none of this makes sense, that would be why. Serpentine rarely makes sense without supervision, so feel free to ask for clarification if the wording is awkward.

[jjeehoon]

bf!jihoon

bc jenhoon isn’t a thing. for @onlyjihoons wynaut b

also are my gif making skills getting better yet pls help me 

under the cut bc it’s actually quite long oops

cute relationship tbh

remember when he confessed to you??? i sure do

i don’t recall that you’ve ever talked to each other before then? ok maybe once or twice but probably because his friends were buddy buddy with you

so he decided to buddy buddy along 

they had found out he liked you but they kept it a secret bc they were good friends aww get me some friends like that

they started to hang out with you more for his benefit bUT they were able to keep their scheme lowkey because it was a new (and your last) semester and all of them were in a lot of your classes

o lord when it was midterms jihoon couldn’t take it anymore

on the day before like,,, a long weekend or smth he was like “daM y/n i like you” and he put up a print out of a lot of your favourite memes on your locker

let’s just say that he liked the same memes as you did bc dorm jihoon lol

and then you fell for it

maybe you didn’t like him before, maybe you didn’t see him that way before, but Damn!

once you saw “hi welcome to chili’s” you immediately fell for him my goodness

rip vine pls rebirth soon

both of your meme loving asses brought those references into your relationship

you: (driving)

jihoon: road work ahead? i sure hope it does! 

hsdfjsd i’m sorry that’s just really funny,,, it’s my favourite vine

lots of hanging out at home

mostly at your house bc 1. there’s better food and 2. woojin’s not there

since you’re the talented and wonderful (y/n) you are, karaoke with him is sO fun

singing bangtan songs and knowing the lyrics by heart ugh i love this pair of armys

speaking of singing,,, because of your talent you got into the same arts university as jihoon 

lucky u with your scholarship lol

idk the people in your class just automatically ship you and jihoon together

“eyy you’re like,,, jihoon’s s/o right”

“sure you can call me that (even though i clearly have a name xd!)”

“that’s so cute he tells everyone about you!! like yesterday he just threw up a bunch of words onto our friend group saying how much he loves your smile”

hM that was weird because he never told you that he liked your smile (ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง

turns out that he was too shy

No I Am Not Going To Become Soft For Him

yeah he seems outgoing and all when you’re around him but things like complimenting you just make him feel flustered djflskjfljs

so when he did say that he liked your smile he turned all re d and he covered his face and hid his smile u h hh like when he does jeojang

so then the teasing begins

“oh yeah i heard from so-and-so that you told like the whole campus that you liked my smile”

“GUH”

“why didn’t you tell me this earlier huh ┬┴┬┴┤ ͜ʖ ͡°) ├┬┴┬┴“

so then he can’t respond right

you take him in to give him a BI I I I IIG hug and you like ruffle his hair or something with affection

after all the teasing you thank him for the compliment and you say “uhh yeah don’t be shy to compliment me (altho my self-depreciating ass won’t take it lol) or anyone in general bc i’ll do the same boo”

it’s really cute

he thinks you’re cute

you think he’s cute

we think you guys are cute 

everything’s cute in this world ok (i’m exaggerating PLEASe don’t take me seriously) 

OK NO IT’S STORYTIME B O I

so you and jihoon are like,,, sitting there and watching uhhh wanna one go i guess lol

then literally 30% of the pd101 trainees come swooping in with balloons and cake and you’re just like “what”

jihoon was also like “what”

“happy birthday boyz” haknyeon goes to say hahshjdajk pls understand that joke

“but mr. joo it’s not either of our birthdays-”

“it’s your relationship’s birthday you dummy xd”

wow you both couldn’t remember your anniversary but 30% of 101 trainees remembered for you 

friendship goals ammiright that’s just a little bit over 30 trainees

like maybe a part of a trainee came in?? their legs just come in and idk

so you all just sit there watching wanna one go with 6 cakes and balloons scattered all over your house

jihoon turns off the tv all of a sudden and then y’all go “huh”

“let’s play truth or dare xD” jihoon suggests and the crowd of boys behind you just go “oooOooooOoOOOh”

you have absolutely no luck since there was both ong seongwoo AND yoon jisung within the group of trainees who remembered your damn anniversary

and yes

seongwoo got the pleasure to ask you first

“ayy (y/n) truth or dare”

“truth??”

“after jihoon telling everyone that he loves your smile, what do you think about telling everyone about his smile? do you love his smile?”

“bih is that a question,,, the answer is obviously that it’s frucking adorable ;;;;;;;;-;;;;;;;;”

if you hear that someone disagrees you’re gonna kick them to tomorrow night

a lot of cooing happened when you said that it was “frucking adorable”

jihoon turned into another blushing mess im

you thought things were done with you lmao there were 32 people in your living room this truth or dare game is gonna go on for ages my next turn won’t even come til morning

nOpe the started attacking you with questions

fun fun fun fun f u n !1!

and then the legendary summoner comes in

k a n g  d o n g h o

ok y’all might think he’s innocent like “o he’s such a dad look how cute he is”

buT he’s actually a wild man i’m cryinhfn

still cute tho don’t deny it

“(y/n) truth or dare”

“o my goodness not you too baekho”

so you go with dare???

“i dare you to kiss jihoon”

h o o o ooho o ohohoho 

did i mention that earlier woojin asked if y’all had your first kiss yet and you were like “uhhh no”

cLAPS RAPIDLY

and you’re just there panting and dying on the carpeted floor while all of the 30% were just screaming and chanting 

jihoon x (y/n) cult confirmed

so jihoon busts in and he’s going all “bih i didn’t sign up for this”

EVERYONE pulls out their own argument and tries to persuade jihoon into doing it

you’re also in the middle of being persuaded

rip

while you’re there, kind of dying on the floor,,, there was this bigass cENTIPEDE?? COMING YOUR WAY???

you’re suddenly jumping up and stuff and you aCCIDENTALLY step on jihoon’s foot 

oop

now you aren’t a very heavy person, but you were wearing your sneakers inside (i do not approve as someone who grew up in an asian household insert angry face here) and he wasn’t (i also don’t approve bc he only took them off as you aren’t the biggest fan of his jordans another angry face)

“oshitoshitoshit jihoon r u ok” 

“i’m good i’m goodjglfjg”

and then out of nowhere you kiss him on the cheek h o o o 

the crowd goes WILD!

and then minhyun’s sitting beside dongho just shaking his head like,,, “no that’s not good enough”

everyone looks at him after they calmed down and they aGREE 

“do you want me to like,,”

“kiss him on the lips?” minhyun nods. “yes.”

“i h8 y’all”

so you lean in for the peck !!!

THE CROWD GOES WILD AGAIN 

and jihoon??? through all this he’s embarrassed again

“ok jihoon i did it can you gladly kill that centipede for me now aha”

and then he tries looking for it while his face is pink

pink sausage here!

but he can’t find it so like,,, yeah

you kissed him tho that was your first kiss with him sjdfjlkgjldf

to this day you haven’t seen that centipede once but you thank it everyday for helping you guys step up your relationship 

lol

[snowyselfship]

Hello~!

After a lot of talk and input from the community, @emmshipping and I ( @tarushipping ) decided to hold another selfshipping event since everyone enjoy the Spooky Contest one so much! During winter, there’s tons of holidays from all around the world, including Ramadan, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the Winter Solstice, New Years, and of course Christmas! So we’d like to run a contest where anyone can enjoy the festivities with their favs!

Snowy Selfship Event 2017 is an event where you can create good selfship content of you and your fav(s) having fun during the holiday season. The content can be art, writing, aesthetic, playlists, or anything else you can possibly imagine! As long as it’s selfship or self insert related, it’s totally good! For the festivities, we have two main events going on:

Winter Prompts

For the entire month, we have a list of winter selfship related prompts that you can base your works on. Each week will have a choice of three prompts that you can pick from and use. But don’t let that limit you! Feel free to use two or all prompts, or even pick prompts from other weeks you’ve missed. We’ll be reblogging all works related to the event to this blog. Just be creative and have fun with it!

Winter Wishlist

In the spirit of giving, we decided to make a wishlist where selfshippers can sign up and describe what sort of gifts they would like to be gifted during the month! You can ask for a specific selfship of yours, if you only want certain types of gifts, or even if there’s a certain theme you’d like. Likewise, we encourage anyone that signs up to also gift others on the list! While we’ll happily be gifting people on the list, we would really love for everyone to participate in the gift giving. We encourage any and all kinds of gifts-whether it’s aesthetics, doodles, edits, poems, anything. For the top few people that gift the most, they’ll even receive a special prize!

The event will be running for the entire month of December, starting on December 1st and ending New Years Eve!

We’ll be routinely checking the SSSE17 tag and for any mentions. Any work related to the prompts and gifts will be reblogged here.

We're accepting any works immediately.

If you've ever looked for an excuse to make some of that good selfship content of you and your F/O, this is the perfect reason. Whether it’s romantic, platonic, or even fankids, we absolutely LOVE seeing other’s selfships and selfinserts. And who knows, you might meet some new friends or even find a little extra gift this month!

WINTER PROMPTS

Here’s the list of prompts for every week during this month. We wanted to provide a nice variety of ideas and give everyone a chance to get really creative with it! And remember-it can be romantic or platonic, we love any kind of selfships! As for media-make anything you’d like! Drawing, writing, aesthetics, playlists, edits, poems, HC’s, anything! We’ll accept anything that’s based on one of our prompts below.

Just keep in mind to keep all works PG13-this is an event open to the public, so if you’re unsure about your work, you can always send us an ask about it or refer to movie rating guidelines.

Dec. 1st - 9th

Snow! - Outside is suddenly covered in snow overnight. What do you and your F/O(s) decide to do?

Holiday Miracle - A miracle happens between you and your fav(s)! What kind of miracle is it?

Holiday Story AU - Make an AU based on you and your fav(s) in a famous holiday story. Classic stories, movies, books, anything!

Dec. 10th - 16th

Family Time - You and your fav(s) spend time with family-is it theirs, yours, or do you even have your own family and fankids? Winter Love Story AU - An AU where you and your fav(s) fall in love during winter. Do you fall in love like in a Hallmark movie? What happens? Gift Shopping - You and your F/O(s) go gift shopping for friends! How does it go? Do you both wait last minute? What gifts do you get?

Dec. 17th - 25th

Holiday Fun - What kind of fun holiday are you and your F/O(s) celebrating and how?

Traveling AU - You and your fav(s) meet each other during the chaos of traveling for the holidays. Do you both get stuck in an airport together? Share a taxi to the same house it turns out? Maybe even accidentally throw up on their suit on the way to the party?

Snowstorm - There’s a sudden snowstorm outside and you and your fav(s) are stuck indoors. What do you decide to do to pass the time? Is anyone worried about the storm?

Dec. 26th - 31st

New Year’s Eve - With the year ending, do you and your fav(s) plan on doing anything? Maybe hold a New Year’s Eve party or make New Year's Resolutions?

Vacation Winners - You and your F/O(s) won a vacation from a holiday lottery! Where do you go and what do you do?

Soulmate Countdown AU - An AU where everyone has a small countdown written on their wrist that counts down to when someone meets their soulmate. After meeting, the countdown starts again to record how long it’s been since they meet. What happens when your and your fav(s) countdown ends?

Even though the prompts have dates assigned to them, feel free to do any out of order or however many you’d like! We just wanted to provide some fun holiday themed ideas and we look forward to what anyone makes. Regardless of whatever prompt is current, we’ll reblog any and all posts using one of these ideas!

HOW TO SUBMIT

In order to submit your work for the event, please make sure to:

Clarify in the comment which prompt you’re using

Reblog this post

Mention this blog in the comment

And tag your piece with SSSE17

We’ll be routinely checking the tags and mentions, and then we’ll reblog your work to this blog once we see it! If a week has gone by or you're worried we haven't seen it, please feel free to send us an ask or message either of us about it. We want to make sure we see them all~!

WINTER WISHLIST

Like we explained above, the wishlist is a list anyone can sign up to be on! As long as you selfship and would like to give and receive that good selfship content, you’re more than welcome to sign up. We’ll be randomly gifting people ourselves, but we’re really hoping everyone will get into the gift giving spirit! And the gift can be in any media whatsoever-it can be anything from a masterpiece art piece or even just a cute note written by a fav.

To sign up, just fill out this form and then submit it as a text post to this blog:

Name: (What’s the name you go by?) Tumblr: (Which blog would you like to sign up with? Selfship blog or not is fine!)

Fav(s): (Which of your favs would you like content for? Including ship tags would be extremely helpful)

What You’d Like: (What sort of content would you like? This is where you can specify if you’d like anything winter themed, would like specific clothes, or even specific scenes in mind!)

References: (Please provide a reference for yourself, your ships, or any other relevant information)

Once we receive your ‘wish’, we’ll post it on the WINTER WISHLIST HERE!

If you’re unsure of how to fill out the form, feel free to take a look at the list for an idea or ask us any questions.

At the end of each ‘wish’, there’ll be a small tracker for everyone to see. It’ll track Gifts Received and Gifts Given. That way others can see who’s received how many gifts, what they are, and who’s been feel extra charitable. For the top people that give the most gifts, we’ll even have extra prizes! At the end of the Snowy Event, the person with the highest number gets first pick from the prize pool, second highest gets second pick, etc. You can find the current PRIZE POOL HERE! Keep in mind, we also will take quality/effort into account also!

HOW TO SUBMIT

To make a gift for someone, just look at the list and fulfill a wish for someone! Once it’s done, make sure to:

Make it into a tumblr post

Reblog this post

Mention this blog in the comment

Mention the blog the gift is for

And tag your gift with SSSE17

Just like with the prompt submissions, we’ll be routinely checking the tag and mentions for gifts also! Once we see the gift, we’ll reblog it here. We’ll also update the Wishlist tracker. If time goes by and you’re worried we haven’t seen it, please just send an ask or message to this blog or either of us to let us know! We definitely don’t want to miss anything.

Any Questions? FAQ is HERE! 

[queenieships]

Questions 1-14 for the most recent one your reblogged!

Thank you for asking! Sorry it took a while lmao I got super lazy and distracted with it. Gonna put some of it under a readmore because it got particularly long!

1. When did youstart self shipping and why?

I mean I officiallystarted this blog I think… middle of last year? I can’t quiteremember the date off the top of my head but it’s been a while.However, I’ve been selfshipping for a very long time, justmentally! I kind of did that whole “Creating Ocs to ship withcharacters I liked and oh no those Ocs definitely aren’t based onme at all aha nope…”

2. How long have youbeen self shipping?

I think I’ve beenself shipping from a very young age! I remember being in primaryschool and being absolutely in love with Tasuki from Fushigi Yuugiand Axel from Kingdom Hearts (had a thing for red heads and fireapparently?) I genuinely must’ve been as young as 8, give or take ayear or two, so I’ve been self shipping and self inserting most ofmy life! 

3. Why do you selfship now?

I mean… it’sfun! And I mean, I fall in love with fictional characters withouteven meaning to. I just become very attached to them to the point Ican’t help but imagine myself with them! It’s also been a thingI’ve done for a very long time, a hobby, a habit, a copingmechanism – as a very creative but also very lonely child I thinkit was a huge way for me to feel like I was getting GOOD attentionfor once. I guess that’s kind of extended to adulthood. In ways aswell it helps me deal with some unhealthy situations I’ve had inthe past and it’s a way for me to explore and take interest intoxic and unhealthy ships in a safe and fictional environment. It’shelped me a lot improving with my art and honestly I officiallyjoined the self ship community because I was very lonely and had…NO FRIENDS.

4. Which of yourself insert characters is the most developed?

Probably myborderlands insert or my Newsies insert! I haven’t been toomassively focused on any other ship to develop my insert in thatuniverse very much and SOME of the universes I self insert in arequite difficult and elaborate when it comes to making characters forit (like in HxH)

5. Are your selfinsert characters 100% you or are they an exaggerated version ofyourself/leaning toward an OC?

I think it dependson the universe. Though I would say they’re exaggerated examples ofmyself, ideal versions or particularly troubled versions – All ofmy self insert characters look like me and have the same name and toa degree share my interests and talents – though I’ve also giventhem talents that I admire and really wish I had (such as singing,baking and sewing.)

6. If your selfinserts are closer to OCs what are some similarities they have withyou? What are some differences?

Lmao whoops guess Ikind of explained this in the one above? I guess something I like todo is depending on the universe I self ship in, I kind of pick a partof my personality that is a focus of that character. (For example, myNewsies insert is mostly centred around my social beliefs, mydepression and toxic relationship with my family and to a degree myfeeling of superiority. I’m actually very working class but you’llnotice most of my inserts are either very well off OR from thenicest, cleanest place in that universe they can be from – mynewsies insert is from a very wealthy family and my borderlandsinsert is from Helios.)

7. Do you have a‘type’ when it comes to f/os?

Yes but my type haschanged and shifted over time. There are definitely things I likethat kind of resonate throughout all of my F/Os. For example, almostall of my F/Os are confident to a fault. Most of them are also verymasculine, with a few exceptions. A character type I LOVE is therough delinquent with a heart of gold! (Seen in characters likeMondo, Metal Bat and Knuckle.) I also like perverted characters orones that show a lot of interest in women during the show/gamethey’re in (Examples being Scooter, Lance and Leorio.) I also seemto like people who have manual labour jobs or jobs that require themto be quite strong and get quite dirty and occassionaly kinda bruisedup (Examples being Scooter, Metal Bat, Scout, Hunk and Ellis who isnot yet on my F/O list but will be soon! A character I used to selfship with is Little Mac because I loved the idea of seeing him allsweaty and bruised up after a figh aha,,,)

8. Your top 3 OTPsamong your own selfships?

1. Me and Scooter!He is the problematic love of my life.

2. Me and Davey –although my focus has shifted dramatically from Davey to Scooter Istill definitely love this boy a lot

3. THIS IS SUCH ADIFFICULT PICK because honestly Scooter and Davey are and almostalways will be my top 2 BUT– my level of interest in my other F/Osshifts around so much? I’m even considering adding new F/Os thatI’ve become interested in recently, like… Mondo and Scout are thecharacters on the list I’ve shipped with for the longest but… Ithink maybe Leorio? I’ve always thought of Leorio and I as a reallygood couple, we’re so physically different and our personalitiesare such a good mix of getting along and clashing and I just!! idk Ithink number 3 is Leorio!!

9. Your top 5 OTPsamong others in the community?

@smoochesforseven and everyone she ships with. I love Moon so much and all of her shipsare wonderful though there is a soft spot for her and Newt!!

@better-than-nothin-kay and Rhys! We’ve spoken so much about borderlands and about her shipand honestly I love the female bodyguard dynamic it’s really cuteand they would physically look so good together!

@millizines andEarnest – I think this is like, the most undisputed OTP in thecommunity. I have never seen someone be so dedicated to their F/O andthey’re so genuinely in love with one another and have such aunique relationship!!

@momomochaccino andSandy (and spongebob!) – Seeing Momo so happy recently has beenamazing and witnessing what a positive impact the spongebob musicaland show has been for her is amazing!!

@peachie-doodles andLeonardo! Honestly seeing TMNT stuff on my dash makes me SO HAPPY andLeonardo has always been the one turtle I never really felt aconnection with BUT seeing someone so in love with him andappreciating him makes me really happy and makes me appreciate himmore as well! (also after speaking with her I realised that, althoughRaphael usually draws my attention because he’s big n buff andrough and tough but a total softy which FITS MY TYPE — Mikey isactually… my fucking boy?? I went around ready some fics andwatching some clips and like, damn. I really love Michaelangelo nowlmao, considering adding him as an F/O!!)

10. Has a roleplayblog for one of your f/os every interacted with you?

Lmao no. Honestly Iwould sob if that ever happened to me and I’ve seen other peoplegetting RP anons regularly in their asks and honestly I… reallywant it aha? I used to RP self ship stuff with a friend, where Iwould write as myself and the character she shipped with, and shewould play herself and the character I shipped with and!! it was!!great!! I would die to find something like that again.

11. Are you anartist or a writer in the community? Or do you do something elseentirely?

Um, both I guess! Iby no means think I’m a good artist but self shipping has reallyhelped me improve in a lot of areas. I highkey hate my style and atsome point I want to dedicate some time into developing it intosomething I can actually enjoy looking at. As for my writing, I’vealways been a talented writer – especially a few years ago. I waswriting frequently and everything I wrote was lowkey incredible.Nowadays, my writing is so few and far between and I am so stronglyout of practice it hurts and I feel almost embarrassed readingthrough any new fic I write. I’m hoping with time I can build myskills and confidence back up again!

12. Name a few ofyour favorite things about self shipping.

Honestly, myfavourite thing about self shipping is that I can feel like I havecompany regardless of how alone I actually am. Countless days spentby myself in my room and during lunchtimes back when I was at schoolcould be spent daydreaming about being loved and having adventureswith characters I enjoy! I always daydream a lot before I fallasleep, usually about cuddling up and spending the evening with oneof my F/Os before I fall alseep. Honestly without selfshipping Idon’t know what I’d do with my time. It’s such a huge thingthat fills up my day to day life and makes me happy, I genuinelydon’t think I’d still be here without it. 

13. Talk about apositive experience you’ve had with the community.

Honestly this iskind of hard for me lmao? I wouldn’t say I’ve had many hugelypositive or many hugely negative experiences overall. There arepeople I’ve found I get along with, there are some people that rubme the wrong way, there are some people I just haven’t spoken to! Ihaven’t really received any hate apart from someone being a dickabout my aesthetic commissions but I don’t really receive theattention I would like to either (is that bratty and selfish?Probably! But at least I’m honest about it lmao.) 

14. Finally, talkabout a few of your favorite self shippers!! (Honestly, talk about asmany as you would like!)

I don’t reallylike doing this because I’m afraid I’ll miss someone off andthey’ll feel sad about it or something BUT HERE’S A LIST OF PEEPSI SPEAK TO OFTEN AND CARE ABOUT AND TREASURE (note just becauseyou’re not on this list it doesn’t mean I don’t like you ordon’t enjoy your content! Just means this people I am particularlyclose with.)

@smoochesforseven

@better-than-nothin-kay

@millizines

@ckselfinsert

@limey-blue-arty-do

@momomochaccino

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BTS Fic Recommendations

There seems to be a weird divide in this fandom between reader x member and member x member stories, but I’m just here in the middle like “all Bangtan smut is good smut!” A good story is a good story and good writing is good writing. Some of these have no smut at all and some are so filthy that I can’t believe I’m recommending them, but, you know, BTS ruined my life and I have no shame anymore. 

I’ve probably read hundreds of BTS stories by now and these are the ones that I go back to over and over. I tried to pick only one per author, but all of these authors are amazing and you should go check out their whole masterlists. These are the authors that I personally fangirl over and stand in awe of. None of these are particularly similar to mine (eg. they are way better) and none of them are particular similar to each other. These are the fics that, for whatever reason, I couldn’t forget about after I read them.

Warning: Some of these are very explicit, so use caution. Anything marked with an M is definitely NSFW. 

Hope you enjoy!

New Recs! 

New as of 4/30/18

same damn hunger (M) by marienadine - Yoongi X Hoseok - I am weak for Yoonseok and this fic does an amazing job capturing the push and pull of their relationship. I think this might be my favorite fictional Yoongi I’ve yet read, striving so hard to be tough, but secretly and vulnerable softie. 

Dig Deep (M) by @johobi - Yoongi X Reader - Tentacle kink is not in my usual list of things I am interested in, but this was so enjoyable and weird and sexy and compelling that I actually sat in my car for 15 minutes not driving anywhere just so I could finish it. I love the level of world building in this tentacle porn. There are real characters and backstory and whole alien species with foreign biology. It is awesome. And the ending is so surprisingly sweet. I love how Jo kept all the things that can be sexy about this genre but made it all consensual and fun.

Completed Stories

All of these are stories that I’ve read more than once, and I am sad every time they are over. 

Transference (M) by @jeonjagiya - Hoseok x Reader - There is not enough Hoseok fiction in the world, but this story’s tantric therapist Hoseok goes a long way to making up for that. Probably my personal favorite male lead in a reader-insert story. Such an incredibly sexy story that feels real. I am madly in love with Iris and have read all of her stories more than once. Her sub!Jungkook story almost killed me.

In the Twilight Air (M) by @trilluvium - Yoongi x Jimin - Yoongi and Jimin are dorky best friends who lose their virginity together.  I don't think I've ever read a one-shot that made me feel so many emotions! It was so cute and sweet and felt authentic to what a good first time would actually be like. Originally this was a one-shot but Trill has expanded it and I am loving every new chapter. I have read Trilluvium’s whole masterlist and am in love with everything she’s ever written.

Good Boys Like Bad Girls (M) by @wildernessuntothemselves - Reader x Taehyung - I read this story and was hesitant to recommend it for a long time because it is so incredibly intense. All the characters are terrible people and the smut is both exceedingly hot and exceedingly disturbing. I cannot stop thinking about this story. It remains one of the stories that has stuck with me the longest after reading it. I care about all of its messed-up characters so much and the ending is devastating in such a perversely satisfying way. But seriously, don’t read this if you want all of your protagonists to be good people and do good things. This is not that story. I admire Moe so much for how unique and unapologetic her ideas are and have enjoyed a lot of her other writings as well, even if they all unsettle me in different ways.

Jasmine (M) by @btssmutgalore - Reader x Jungkook - Jungkook x noona is my favorite thing ever and he’s so well-captured here: nervous, but sexy at the same time. I’m also a huge fan of Business which is a very very sexy threesome with dom!Tae and sub!Jungkook. 

Playing to Win (M) by @tayegi​ - Taehyung x Jungkook x Reader - I am such a sucker for Taekook threesomes, but I particularly love this one because of “I hate you but you’re so sexy” thing going on with the reader and Jungkook. I haven’t a chance to read all of Lu’s astoundingly large masterlist but some of my other favorites of hers are her new MadScientist!Tae story, her Jungkook wolf stories, and this awesome fuck-or-die Jungkook story. Lu has an amazing ability to come up with such clever and unique fic ideas and all her stories are hilarious in addition to sexy.

Milage May Vary (M) by @crossfilth - Taehyung x Jungkook - Rix is the reason Taekook is my OTP (I have two OTPs and two biases, can’t help it). I love every single one of her stories. They are so incredibly sexy, but also so full of real emotion and great dialogue. This is Rix’s longest work so far and it is phenomenal, really sexy, but also really interesting character development and compelling love story. Her entire masterlist is amazing. 

Love at First Touch by @bagelswrites - Jimin x OC - I am such trash for soulmate AUs and this is my all-time favorite. The OC is so well-realized with her own flaws and struggles and you really feel for her throughout the story. This also has my absolute favorite fictional depiction of Jimin. I personally find Jimin very hard to write and he is so often written out-of-character, but this story really nails his signature blend of insecure, vulnerable manliness. The author did so much research to make sure this story lined up with BTS’s actual timeline in real life. Bagels is my hero. 

Thursdays are for… (M) by Arguileless - Taehyung x Reader x Jungkook - My favorite story in the “dating one member but really want to fuck a different member” genre. It’s all smut, but manages to reach 17,000 words. This version of Taehyung who is wildly adventurous and dominant is incredibly sexy. This story started my Taehyung as bias-wrecker problem.

tear the moon from the stars tonight (M) by euphoriae - Yoongi x Jimin - Historical AU with so much real research behind it, I’m blown away. At first, the “jimin is a slave” premise sounds ridiculous, but the rich context, attention to detail and world-building quickly make you forget about it.  I learned a surprising amount of Korean history because of this story, and the love story here is beautiful. One of the very first fan-fictions I read and it showed me how literary fan-fiction could be. 

Inc. (M) by @park-loins - Seokjin x Yoongi - BTS meets The Office. Had me cackling over and over, but also desperately rooting for the love story. Can’t believe this is the same author that also wrote the heart-breakingly beautiful Reprise.

you have 1 new message by bazooka - Namjoon x Jin - I think everyone in this fandom has already read this story, but on the off chance you haven’t, you should. It’s starts as totally hysterical and then becomes amazingly sweet. 

Love is not possession (M) by kuragecharms - Jungkook x Jin - More A/B/O because I am trash. I really love all of kuragecharms’ wolf stories. This author was also the first to sell me on Jin x Jungkook as a ship and now I’m a big fan.

Bloody paws in the snow (M) by pandorasumbrella - Yoongi x Hoseok - My all-time favorite A/B/O story. Does such a great job building an incredibly detailed world. This is the first work in an elaborate trilogy that is so beautiful it breaks your heart. 

Nirvana (M) by syubology - Jimin x Hoseok - Jimin and Hoseok struggle with their feelings for each other. One of the first fics I ever really loved. This story does a terrific job of depicting BTS as BTS and the possible ramifications of a relationship within that dynamic. 

In Progress

For where there’s sun you’ll find a moon by @bulletproof-dork-boys - Yoongi x Taehyung - I am huge a greek mythology nerd and I am super excited to see where this Taehyung as Hades, Yoongi as Persephone story goes.

SAVE ME (M) by agnes_viviane - Jungkook x OC - Adorably awkward OC befriends Jungkook on accident, then falls in love with him. Makes me cackle with glee and second-hand embarrassment every time I read it. Full of all my favorite things: awkwardness, angst and Jungkook. Agnes is the sweetest and taught me a lot of important things about the correct ways to address people in Korean and how to properly use Korean in my stories.

Touch Me, Touch You (M) by @deathbyyoongi​ - Yoongi x Reader x Hoseok - Yoongi + Hoseok + smut + angst + mild D/S… it is all the things I am weak for in one story.

The Fitting (M) by @noona-la-la-la​ - Jungkook x Reader - Noona-la-la-la writes really excellent, realistic but still super sexy smut and all of her reader inserts are adult women, often older than the boys. I also really really enjoyed Unexpected which is Yoongi smut and Conditioned featuring sub!Taehyung.

Grey Area (M) by @blushoseoks - Yoongi x Reader x Jimin? - Soulmate AU where everything is more complicated than it should be and so wonderfully angsty. Such an interesting take on the Soulmate AU.

The Purge by @jungblue - Hoseok x Reader - I just found jungblue and everything I’ve read from them so far is phenomenal! I love this fic in particular because it is such a different idea than anything I’ve seen before and stars Hobi!

The Unwanted Alpha (M) - by RedPantherVitality8 - Jungkook x Reader - Combines A/B/O with noona x Jungkook angst. No faster way to my heart.

Leave your mark (M) by @inarsics - Jungkook x Jimin - A/B/O is my big weakness/guilty pleasure. I love this story in particular for its interesting take on the genre, where all the alphas have gone extinct. Also, Jimin has a little brother and it’s incredibly sweet and adorable.

i like how desperate you seem (in the way you look at me) (M) by fatal - Jungkook x Jimin - A “classic” of BTS A/B/O subgenre. Super slow-burn that keeps you on the edge of your seat and desperate to know what happens next.  

your taste is so sweet on my lips (M) by @pinktteokie - Hoseok x Taehyung x Yoongi - My favorite polyamorous story. The slow-burn is so good and the way the relationship moves from a relationship between two people to a relationship between three people is fascinating.

read between the (panty) lines (M) by @lunaticmyngi - Yoongi x Jimin x Jungkook - I fangirl so hard about everything from TheHalesNyx. How she manages to write so many different requests and have them all be so well-done, I have no idea. This prompt started off so filthy, and became such an intensely emotional story. You feel so much sympathy and angst for all three members in this story. Her entire masterlist is amazing.

Obviously, there are many other amazing fics that I just haven’t read yet, or accidentally forgot about. As I find more, I’ll add them to this tag #fic rec.

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Copied from @andalite-angel post. Edited slightly.

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, etc. are allowed.

Biospecialist, Marco/Rachel, Sam/Rahne, all cannon Disney Princess pairings, the two young kids Pacific Rim Uprising,  Lancitty, Evo Kurt/ Amanda,  Jott in Evo. Skyward??

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or ***** that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

Fanfic writers and Evo romy, adult Jubilee x Gambit, others.

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will.

Never gonna be big on Evo Romy ever again, will forever hate Rahne x Roberto, Sam and Rahne with anyone but each other!!

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t.

Evo Romy...somtimes. Because it does sorta make sense IN FANNON, but not in cannon. And Jean x Scott, because it’s so iconic, but I only like them in Evo, so...yah.

E - Have you added anything cracky crazy/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what? 

See my fan fiction.

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom?

The Little Mermaid and Star Trek have been there for 95% of my life.

G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it?

Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask, Sam/Rahne, Ariel and Eric (first when I was 5, even though I wanted to be Ariel), Rachel Tobias (first when I was actually gettin into fandom), Jake/Cassie (Animorphs), Clark/Lana, Clark/Lois (I think??) and Chloe/Ollie, Romy (even in Evo at a point!), and now Eliza and Goliath in Gargoyles. I keep saying I’m not a shipper, but I think I’m just a subtle one that pines and doesn’t read a lot of fanfic, but my heart swells over seeing my OTP on screen

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

TV Shows and Western (superhero) Animation mostly, but also a few animes.

I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

I was annoyed by the Agents Of Shield fandoms behavior for a while, but I’ve never stopped liking any fandoms because of Tumblr. 

J - Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr. (You don’t have to care about it or follow it; it just has to be something that Tumblr made you aware of.)

SuperWhoLock, Riverdale...some other popular teen shows.

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?

Tie between Sailor Moon and Gambit I guess, but I’m sure there are lots of others. Sailor Jupiter has a good arc as well, even though she doesn’t have a lot of character development TBH.

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.)

Roberto Dacosta’s super strength power is pretty cool and he’s a chill guy. And rich. (I just realized that a lot of X-Men characters are rich, actually. Gambit, Xavier, Warren and him. Holy crap.)

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Moon. TAS Rogue too, because she seems fun to hang with, and who wouldn’t like to be called “Sugah” all the time?

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

MORE GAMBIT (and comic Nightcrawler) IMAGINES!! And just more love and less fan wars across all fandoms, really.

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?

Hero by Chad Kroger. Ship: Romy or Mollyx Remy. Character: Gambit or Angel.

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).

For any fandom? A mad scientist and a famous baker get together after the scientist contacts aliens, resulting in a warring invasion on earth.

Q - A fandom you’ve abandoned and why.

To be perfectly honest, The Smurfs because we’re a Christain household and we found it had stuff in it we didn’t agree with. I was three.  Other than that, I’ve only given up one other fandom permenantly that wasn’t what I thought it was and chosen at a bad time. 

R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

Kurt and Kitty in Evo, and Logan and Kurt is cool, but I don’t actually pay much attention to it.

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

Hmmm. One that isn’t too boring? Remy isn’t (wasn’t? He is married now) particular about a woman’s height and is comfortable enough with himself to date a woman much taller or shorter than he is. (Remember, Frenzy was freaking 6′7 before she got rebooted to a normal height and it was implied they had history.) For a while it was a wish of mine they’d pair him with a short gal, because all X-women are physically clones of each other, minus Rahne, Kitty and Jubilee. Blargh. Oooh, just had an idea for a new art project to make the girls look individual! ^_^

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

Besides the above? Uh...headcannon that Remy smells good and his hair is silky to the touch and yes I’m a sick, weird little person, I know. Haha, not really. I’m not much of a headcannon person. 

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

* Gambit: Hot, suave, lit, accent, good cook, romantic, my fictional ideal man (told you, I’m sick and weird). * Sailor Jupiter: Sweet, loyal, living on her own at bloody 14 years old, strong physically and emotionally, had trouble believing/finding her feminity like me, tall (not like me!), brunette character, thunder powers. * Tuvok (Star Trek): My second crush ever, calm, reflective, hot grandpa, sarcasm galore, strong, suffers emotionally and physically, POC and like the only black vulcan that I know of, cute little boy chest, that butt (XD), frakin’ hot.

V - Which character do you relate to most?

Surprisingly, one I haven’t talked about yet and that I’m not really fandom-y about. Rapunzel from Tangled. When I saw the movie, I was attached to her immediately. I’d grown up homeschooled and at that point I’d been caregiving for one of my parents for six years at that point, unable to move out and get married and have much of a life, so I was always metaphorically in a tower too. I have childish interests, am artistic and creative, have done LOTS of self-insert art like her, and am a generally happy person (even if I don’t always show it and don’t smile enough). So, out of every character in my many fandoms, I relate to Rapunzel the most. Also, I have only 2 things of Tangled merch-the movie, the soundtrack, and a gorgeous bedspread that’s actually based on the show, but doesn’t look like it. (I don’t like it’s animation/character designs, so it’s been hard to get into it.)

W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

OMG, do we have to go here? Anything over-sexualized or kinky or just plain gross/weird. (v***, gore, ect.) There’s this one X-Men:Evo artist on DA that would be brilliant, but I can’t stomach their gallery because they feel the need to do a few  v*** and bondage pics amongst otherwise G-rated pictures. *throws up* IT’S A SHOW FOR 7-YEAR OLDS!! 

X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.

Huge guy, Tiny girl! (but it looks...weird...in live action. *Good Luck Charlie flashbacks*.) Also age differences. Some people are put off by Usagi and Mamo’s age difference in Classic, but I think it’s cute and they were really chaste about it. Specifically, I liked the part where he told her to do well in school for some reason. 

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)? Holy crap, Pride and Prejudice and Anne of Green Gables. No one on my dash is into them though, it’s a real life thing. Long story.

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (Prompts optional but encouraged.)

I have written more self-inserts than is probably healthy, but at least I’ve mostly gotten past my teenage phase of thinking anime guys are hot and it’s extended to Gambit as well. I’d much rather see him be portrayed by a living, breathing actor semi-bringing my fantasies to life than as a drawn character. Well, not that I’m not happy seeing him animated and his voice in Evo is still super hot, but that’s another thing. Anyway, on that note, I wish XM:E weren’t a dead fandom and I could get more reviews instead of just faves/follows. I get so frustrated, because I’m not writing my fics for myself, I’m writing them to finish the story and for the fans. I know OCs/SI aren’t everyones bread and butter, but when you work hard on something, you want people to enjoy and appreciate it on it’s own merits. My regulars dropped off the planet and the fandom is just not that active online. (It’s still kind of active though, otherwise the Gambit and other prints on Steven Gordon’s online store wouldn’t have sold out so fast.) I wish it had been as creative as the MLP fandom, but even that wouldn’t have saved it. Thankfully, there are a few people “keeping the faith”, like Coldfusion180 and some others. They haven’t abandoned it and people have made AMVs for it in recent years, long after the shows cancellation. I know we’ve all moved on in one way or another, but it’s still nice to see the love for the show and it’s characters going strong, even if we’re now a niche fandom, tiny, but there. And even if I don’t get another single review up until the last in the series, at least I can say I finished it, if nothing else. Even if your fandom is dead, keep supporting it. If we don’t keep the characters alive, they die and are forgotten. They need us.

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   So! Today’s the positivity day and... Well, I was almost content with kinda keeping up my hide-y nature right now and sticking to my RP blogs, but then I saw that some people were already tagging me, so-!! I can’t just not pay back!!! That ain’t me!! So... Let’s do some positivity today.

   I would first like to start with a general, big thank you to the entire community. As soon as I could figure out what a crush was and romantic feelings, I’ve been self-shipping and doing self-insert. It’s a natural sort of thing for me, someone who’s felt very outcasted from other people and needed another place to mentally go to feel better. Fandom and self-insert was my perfect spot.

   And it’s fun! But what’s made it even better is the community at large. I started this blog for myself and my love of fictional guys, gals, nb pals, and monsters/aliens/robots of all kinds. It was never meant to be anything more than that, but now I’ve been making friends. I’ve had people who’ve supported me and who I’ve supported back the best I can.

   My F/Os can only do so much, but with the little positive imagines people post and the assurances from my fellow self-shippers, it’s really put me into an unrivaled, comforting spot that feels a bit like home. You guys have made an online community a home and there’s no way to thank you guys enough for that.

   ...With all this out of the way, here’s a few shout-outs to the people I’ve talked to/seen around enough that I want to send them a little positivity~ Beneath the cut!

@robotarmjokes- D, you were my very first follower when I learned about the community. I didn’t know why you followed at first or who your F/O was, but I enjoyed the energy you put out there. And now lookit us! I know Rhys like he’s a longtime friend, you’re my buddy too, and just-!! It’s such a blast knowing you.

@selfinsertheaven- YOU!! First of all, an icon. So many great self-ships?? Probably will be me in a few more years, if I keep getting into fandoms like I’ve been doing. (And stop being in denial about liking said chara in the first place, but I digress.) But everything you do is just? So lovely?? I admire your dedication to draw your self-inserts and how adorable they turn out to be~! Plus, I’m just....really glad about you dating Ryuu~ He deserves all the love and I’m glad he gets that with you. U v U <3

@maggotships- I know you said you were likely going to ditch your blog, but I wanted to give you a shoutout anyways, because I love your art. I love seeing your enthusiasm with your self-ships and the art you put out for them!! Seeing someone ship with Eduardo is really sweet, too, imo.... We didn’t really talk a lot, but I enjoyed the mutual support thing we had going on a lot~

@selfshippiez- YOU TAG ME, I TAG YOU BACK!!! Also, uuhhhhhh Sans’ Lovers Unite? No matter which Sans we datin’??? Hell. Yis. You two are cute as heck, I love the art that comes out for this ship and generally, just... I hope we talk a lot more; you seem super cool~!

@queenieships- I can never gush over your art and ships enough. I adore your art and defo wanna get a comm from you someday! We also haven’t talked a whole bunch, but just... You’re really cool and I like the stuff you do aaaaannnndd am always guaranteed to be quietly supporting you cause I’m awkward!!!! You keep being your awesome self, Queenie~

@tearofaeons- Also a super cool person I don’t talk with enough!!! It was SO COOL to see another self-shipper for OFF and Batter definitely deserves the love, so like... Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhh~ I like your art a lot, hope to see more of it in the future, and-! Thank you sm for asking about my OFF SI!

@iselfshipnerd- I’ve seen you on my dash a lot, but I don’t think we’ve like...ever actually talked? But I love the art you do and how you dabble in all sorts of things (like AUs of other media) for your art! And seeing that same-ship positivity on my dash was so heartwarming!!!

@violets-self-shipping-blog- My awesome cousin!! Stellar art, wonderful self-ships...an all around, cool person. Wish I could’ve seen you more during the summer trip..... ; w ;  Maybe some other time, hopefully...!

@madames-sweethearts- AKA my best buddy ever?? I would live for you??? Bless?? You give me confidence, gurl. Your art is wonderful, the stuff you come up with? Amazing. Fantastic. You are just so damn relatable and I’m so glad we met. <3

@shippin-in-the-rain- We don’t talk a lot, but I love your art. Your platonic ships? Super valid. We should talk more sometime, yee.

@limey-blue-arty-do- YOU!!!! Another super cool person!! With absolutely fantastic art and just-?? We should talk more???? Cause I’m still debating Obi-Wan thanks to you and also I’m p sure my F/Os are your BFFs and I also nudged Heimdall at you so-????? Yes, super cool, knowing you is awesome, and just. Wow...

@atmospheric-light- You’re like...a little ray of sunshine in this community, you know that? You post wonderful stuff, I love your presence on my dash, and just.... Gosh, I don’t know. You’re just really great and I hope you know that. Also, you’re ships cute af.

@empressdrega27- YOU’RE SO VALID!!!! I never thought I’d see someone ship with Ahk, but first you! And then I got to learn more and it’s amazing how you’ve worked everything into this wonderful, connecting realm of worlds??? It’s so amazing and reminds me of my Anime Worlds days, so it brings a little bit of past nostalgia into my present day life... I’m really glad to have met you and I also think your voice is super cool, tbh.

@insomniasqueen- We don’t talk a lot anymore, but to my memory, you were one of the first people to come charging up like, “Tell me...about you and Alphonse. I must know,” and it’s a little thing like that which sticks out in my memory, you know? I hope you and Ichigo are having a blast today~!

@gamzeeismyboyfriend- I mean... C’mon. An icon of the community, cause you know where your boundaries are and stand by ‘em. Someone tells you shit? LMAO, wow, sucks for them; now you’ll just draw MORE of whatever they said to not do. You’re a sort of inspiration in that way, you know? (Also, your art is super pretty and Goals.)

@myrainydayloves- You and Sho are adorable as heck and I cackle as you drag people into loving Sho with you. Another icon for those that share F/Os in the most delightful way...and can never hail you enough for the Takeovers!! It’s such a simple little thing that brings happiness to us all and just... Wow, thank you.

@hardcoresshippingmyself- ANOTHER CUTE ARTIST!!! I love your art! So much!! And also seeing your self-ships and just... Ooph, if I wasn’t such a nervous bean, I’d talk your ear off, but I’ll just be sittin’ in my corner here. [finger guns] You stay awesome, though!!! I love seeing the content you make!!!!!

@meldaciohq- YOU ARE WONDERFUL, YOUR SELF-SHIPS ARE WONDERFUL, YOU MAKE GLORIOUS ART, AND I LIKE TALKING TO YOU!!! THAT’S THE TEA, BUDDY!!!!! You can tell I consider you a friend cause you’re getting this nonsense, slfghjfdks.

   There’s probably more, but my memory is not bueno and also this is a lot of people already, so!!! Heck!

   Thank you to everyone I’ve met so far and I look forward to seeing what next year will be like... What I’ve created, how this community has grown and strengthened themselves, and all the new friends we’ll make...!! It’s already been a wonderful time here, so I look forward to what else could happen~!