#let’s go rarepair shippers!

[zukkaoru]

THEN DON'T PUT YOUR FIC IN THE TAG ????

[scatteredpiecesofme]

Favourite background character - or, justice for Alexander!

Since I was a bit disappointed by how Alexander's character was treated in S3, I decided to celebrate him as my favourite background character for the YRFavesFest2024. He deserves some love!!

"... anyone here who has been bullied, hit, beaten up?"

I'll start with this scene from 03.02, which I think is filmed and edited very cleverly.

At first the focus is on Vincent who's giving his little speech, while Alex is in the background and a bit blurred, but we can still detect him making big side eyes at Vincent. And how could he not? He, of all people, knows very well that bullying is a real thing at Hillerska.

At this point, before Vincent even finishes his sentence, the camera cuts on Alex - who now is on focus and at the centre of the frame - right on the words 'hit, beaten up':

I'm not reading this as a suggestion that Alex has ever been physically beaten up, but his posture and his eyes towards the floor perfectly convey the image of someone who feels beaten, if only emotionally.

And then Henry chimes in:

Henry is naively incredulous, but his comment must sound dismissive to Alex, who raises his eloquent eyes up again: sure as hell, he does not think that the story is overblown at all. No matter if the tradition of the porn/homophobic initiations was stopped and present day students don't go through it anymore, Alex understands that it's something totally believable.

It's just a quick sequence and Alex is clearly not meant to be the main focus of this scene as a whole, but his presence in the background and Xiao excellent ability to speak without words add further layers to the scene itself and make it even more meaningful.

Yay, some happiness!

Thank god, even though the creators didn't give Alex any line in S3, they at least let him have some happy moments. It's a joy to see him so cheerful and carefree during the camping trip! Look at him!

The trio

My last point, which is also my favourite among the glimpses we get of Alex in S3, is about the trio Alex-Henry-Walter. Throughout the season, in fact, Alexander, is often spotted in close proximity to either Henry or Walter or both:

In particular, I absolutely adore this shot:

The lighting and the colours are gorgeous, but most of all I love the glance Henry and Alex exchange while they're trying hard not to burst into laughters (it's the moment when August is gulping down a big glass of wine). I like that despite being on duty, once again at the service of the third years, Alex Henry and Walter seem to have fun, relaxed and giggly.

The icing on the cake, for me, is of course the white party! Alexander looks fabulous with that sparkly purple eyeshadow (or whatever it is) and the trio is all ready to enjoy the craziest night.

Alas, the show doesn't let us know anything about the nature of their relationship. Or maybe it's a good thing, as it allows the audience the most freedom of interpretation. Is it camaraderie among fellow students? Is it authentic and sincere friendship? Something more?? What do we think? As in the fandom there's already an established little group of passionate Walty shippers (looking at you, friend, hehe), I wonder if anyone ships them as a throuple? Queerplatonic, maybe? Come on rarepair enjoyers, don't be shy!

Personally, I read them as just friends (both Walty and Walty+Alex), and I like to imagine the three of them cherishing this friendship formed during their school years, cultivating it into their adult life and living many future adventures as a trio, but any headcanon is valid and welcome. No matter what configuration, shape or form it might take, I just hope for Alexander to find someone who makes him feel respected and loved. We all deserve that, in fiction and in real life.

I'm closing this post with this beautiful, intense and emotional close-up from episode six:

Big thanks to @youngroyals-events for planning and hosting this event!

[almellow-crk]

Most people have a way to define the relationship of their ships. Me as well. And I'm mostly a rarepair shipper, so hear me out on my take.

ElderCacao - Old Married Couple: They love quietly, small gestures of love are everything to them. They cuddle while reading a book and call eachother pet names without shame. They both have big responsibilities, but they always try to make time for their husband.

MysticCacao - Old couple that recently got married: They both also enjoy quiet time together and like small gestures. But Mystic Flour Cookie sometimes will do big gestures to show her love (like granting a big wish). He lays on her lap while he read poems while she braids his hair. They are a little ashamed of calling eachother's pet names in public. Maybe still a bit formal in private.

GoldenCacao - Young Spirit & Old Soul: She is the more active in the relationship, offers big gestures of love and calls him every pet name in the book. He is often flustered, tired and sometimes irritated (she irritates him for fun). In the private setting, however, he takes the lead. Small but significant gestures can fluster her. They lay down in bed and do whatever there in their free time. She is in constant need of affection and, truth be told, he likes to pamper her.

BurningCheese - Enemies to Lovers with Redemption Arc: He hurt her, a lot. But when he came back, she let him be. They worked from the scratch and gave eachother a chance. It's a work in process, but they have many things in common. There's a lot of falls before going up, lots of mistrust, but also an attraction that draws them close.

BitterSpice - Enemies to Lovers: They are opposites to eachother, they don't stand the other's ideals or way of living. But their personality, their little moments together are worth everything. They will make the other fall, if the time has to come. But while they wait, let them enjoy eachother until the final day.

DarkRock - A fan who happens to be a very important person and a rockstar: Sometimes one wishes they could live more normal lifes. To be there in every ocassion, to interact without making a scene about it. Maybe if he songs loud enough, his voice will find him

[ominus-potato]

Just asking how do you feel about smg34?

Prepare for a long rant lol bc oh boy do I have opinions on this.

I like the ship, don’t get me wrong, but they’re just really god damn boring for me. Not quite as boring as Melony x Axol but still very vanilla.

It’s just a typical enemies to lovers trope which is so overdone now. They aren’t even enemies anymore. Just frenemies. Let’s face it, they’re never going to be canon. Their relationship will forever be teased but I will be VERY surprised if the SMG4 team actually follow through with them. The moments are nice but it’s just fan service.

2023 was an amazing year for SMG34 and it showed a real development in their relationship with IGBP and Wotfi 2023. But honestly, outside of a few teases, I really don’t think we’re going to be getting any concrete development for them for a while.

Without development, they really are just textbook enemies to lovers and that trope just doesn’t interest me on its own. Especially when they’re past the enemies phase but not quite lovers. It feels like they’re just eternally stuck in this weird grey area that only exists for the sake of fan service and I just couldnt care less about that kind of stuff.

Especially when SMG34 fans absolutely loose their shit about them standing next to each other when they’re the two characters who have had the most development out of everyone! Like bro. The SMG4 team are just fucking with you lot and you eat it up every time until it becomes the whole focus of the entire show!

Like, a side character could appear that we haven’t seen in a year and I just see countless people complaining that “ohhh SMG3 wasn’t in this episode!” Or “Ohh why didn’t SMG34 interact!” But if they DO interact then everyone just completely brushes aside the side character to just fawn over the thing that has more content than anything else!

Oh and god forbid you say you ship SMG4 or SMG3 with someone else. This is mostly directed at the TikTok SMG4 community but bloody hell it’s so annoying.

“NOO SMG4 LOVES SMG3! NOT MARIO!!”

“*SMG3 comes in to steal SMG4 away from Peach*”

“Hmm but I like SMG34 :(“

LIKE STFU THIS ISNT ABOUT THEM! I posted a video dedicated to rarepairs bc I love rarepairs and want to bring more attention to them and I got way too many comments about SMG34 when they are by far the most popular ship in the fandom.

And don’t get me started on the Snowtrapped jokes.

Fuck. Ing. HELL CAN WE PLEASE GET A NEW JOKE?

“Ha ha they did the boombaya in an igloo”

“Snowtrapped 2.0 when??”

“They need to remake Snowtrapped.”

The obsession some fans have with that episode just bc SMG3 and SMG4 had sex in it is honestly just irritating at this point. There are so many good episodes about their relationship! To show their development! One joke every so often is fine but for some people it’s every other word out of their mouths and I’m just sick of it.

What if Mar4 shippers just started going:

“Haha Wotfi 2014!” Over and over again. Or some of the other episodes where they are insanely homosexual with one another. Bc I’m telling you, way too many people brush over the Mar4 tension in the earlier episodes.

In conclusion, SMG34 is that ship you start to ship when you first join a fandom bc it’s cute, there lots of content for it, and it makes sense. A lot of people hold onto that first ship but for me, I end up finding dynamics that interest me a lot more. Now, I only really interact with SMG34 content if one of my friends has made it bc I just struggle to get excited about it now.

If ever there’s a moment in an episode that’s cute, instead of enjoying it, all I can think about is how a scene of SMG3 and SMG4 standing next to eachother is going to completely destroy any actual conversation about the episode.

I don’t hate the ship. I do like it. But it’s just so basic.

I’ll take a rarepair over SMG34 any day.

[princezz08lol]

ᰔᩚ♡INTROᰔᩚ♡

laiah(not real name)

16

birthday is 11/22

˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚my combos ˚*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚

☀️🎀💿🫧(lightshipper)

🍓🍰🍖🌈(proshipper)

🍋🌈(profic)

🪞🫂(selfscesthipper)

🌸🌙(comshipper)

⚰️🕊️(dead dove do not eat)

🐜🚫(anti anti)

🌎♾️(multishipper)

���💎(rarepair shipper)

🍹👛(loli adult lover)

🧢🍺(shota adult lover)

🎀📱(teen loli lover)

🎮🌀(teen shota lover)

🔪🍓(generally against radqueer)

🗡🍬(proshipper against radqueers)

meanings:lightshipping opposite of darkshipping it’s shipping nonproblematic ships or wholesome ships

proship being anti harassment over what other people ship you don’t have to support every ship or like it and being against censorship with fiction

for example i am a proshipper who don’t ship or support darkships but i won’t unmoot or attack anyone who enjoys darkships

selfcest:shipping the same character with themselves

comship:shipping complex or complicated ships

for example

doctor x patient

human x non human

immortal x mortal

maybe stepcest or adoptcest

profiction being letting people enjoy any type of fiction they want (this is not only for ships) and it doesn’t make them a different person irl

dead dove do no eat being a warning label of read the tags before you actually go into it and read it

anti anti being against antis mostly people who attack or assume bad things to people over fiction i’m only an an anti anti towards rude/toxic antis

multishipper being someone ships more than 1 characters

rarepairshipper being someone who ships characters who hasn’t met at all or had one interaction with one another

loli adult lover being someone who loves loli characters who are adults only

shota adult lover someone who loves shotas who are adults only

teen loli lover someone who loves lolis who are teens only

shota teen lover someone who loves shotas who are teens only

creds for these boxes:@pleasantcherryblossomtreenight @1800queeragenda

My fandoms ⇩(not all but it’s most i can name)

Danganronpa

South Park

Camp camp

Demon slayer

Nekopara

Lolirock

Glitter force Doki Doki

Teen titans go

Inside Job

Tmnt 2012/2018

Disney

Nickelodeon

Cartoon Network

Sml (super Mario Logan)

Class of 09

Hazbin hotel/helluva boss

Sonic

Trolls

Lucky star

Madoka Magica

Gacha

Unikitty

Gravity falls

Ride the cyclone

ddlc

yandere sim

Blue archive

Ducktales 2017

mlp

[interact list]

if you're in the fandoms i'm in

nice antis(depends)

proshippers

lightshippers

comshippers

darkshippers can interact too

(i won't be engaging with any darkship posts tho)

[dni list]

tcc fans

people under 13-16

bigots

rude antis

maps/zoos

radqueers

irl lolis & shotas

by this i mean people mainly minors who say their lolis and shotas irl and post inappropriate images of themselves or bait post to lure in predators

harmful paras

by harmful i mean

necros

pedos

zoos

rape

(i understand if you’re anti/neutral contact)

(but still dni)

or if you just bug me i'll block you

(thin ice:adults over 18)

okay bye then!! (≧ω≦)/

[gdp03]

Can I just talk about how gross certain FNaF fans act around Mikenessa shippers?

"Oh, they're sibling-coded."

"Oh, gay man and lesbian woman."

Whatever, man. I don't give a fuck why you don't like the ship, but I respect your reasoning. Though I do take issue with the sort that feels entitled to attack people who ship them.

They aren't real. Why would you attack people simply because they go against YOUR headcanons? (It's called HEAD for a reason.) Going on someone's posts just to say crap when 99% of the time nobody asked for your opinion is such a loser behavior. And a lot of these people are over the age of 18... Get over yourself. Shouldn't you be worried about getting a job instead of creating pointless drama on social media?

Let's also talk about how Bi/Pan/T4T couples are a myth in the FNaF fandom. If it isn't gay/lesbian, it's straight. Yeah, right...

If the ship is not straight up illegal, I don't see why the attitude against shippers. Some of you act like we're committing a crime by shipping them together.

Lastly, some other shippers out there hate mikenessa more than they produce content for their own ship. Maybe if your energy was spent on your own pairing, it wouldn't be considered a rarepair. Smh.

[mcytshipsandmore]

Throwing a bone to the rarepair shippers out there

Hear me out ... Cub/Skizz .... Skizz/Cub ... I need to think of a ship name for them, they've been haunting my mind for the past few weeks

Skizz GUSHES about Cub and what a genius he is... the moment where he was caught by Cub saying he was cool when he thought he had left & was like "nooo I didn't say that!!! >:(" all flustered like, just made me think about it some.... Their banter was interesting to listen to as well! When they both went into the skeleton/redstone of Etho's frogger & idly chatting in the maze, the references they both picked up and recognized from each other !! Incredible !!

(I also found it amusing how Cub was just watching Skizz go through his maze, perched over the edge above, like he was observing some lab experiment ... put that guy in SITUATIONS as they say)

I feel like Skizz could be the dripstone to his skulk, yknow... the warm to his cold... both have the deepslate thing goin on, there's something to be found here !!

Their dynamic is “my hot scientist boyfriend” and “Me letting him do whatever he wants me to do”

-🍫

[smartzelda]

Sorry guys I gotta speak my truth on this one

I'm not kidding when I say that I think that blaming shit media literacy from fans on shipping/shippers avoids the actual root of the problem to throw people you can easily throw under the bus (simply because it's not unpopular to consider people who post about ships or ship characters in media as having lesser or derivative tastes by default)

And here's why.

I think when you blame people who are "shippers" or "consume media through shipping lenses", the true root of it all is a mindset problem.

In actually, putting on shipping lenses can be helpful when trying to analyze a piece of media. When analyzing media you're supposed to approach it through a number of mindsets and put on different lenses (both to deepen your personal understanding of the media, and to pick it apart and see what you can find there (whether intentional or not on the author's part)), and different ships can be some of those lenses

When it comes to ships between main characters (for those who are genuinely willing to see what the narrative is showing with their relationship and what it's doing), there are times when analyzing it from a shipping lens may be helpful. As someone from KH fandom, I have seen people come to deeper understandings and pick canon apart in the process of analyzing a relationship that is genuinely integral to the story (platonic or not). I've also seen people get into rarepairs of characters who barely interact or who just suffer little screen time, and I've seen them come to better understandings of those side characters and how they potentially fit into the world of the media simply because people are now focusing on these characters and how they fit into the narrative.

Frankly, I resent the idea that the only way to truly objectively analyze a piece of media is by turning off the part of your brain that gets excited over relationships and individual characters. Don't get me wrong, that is a way to approach a piece of media and a valid one at that, but the truth is that we cannot be free of bias.

For instance, I was watching House MD with my parents circa last year. At some point I started heavily tuning into what was going on with House and Wilson's relationship. My parents, on the other hand, were largely watching casually. They're not thinking of character relationships or getting heavily invested in most characters, they're watching because they like watching. One of them in particular did try to analyze things that were happening in the show as they happened. However, when it came to the scene late in the series where House threw out Dominika's letter approving her American citizenship, my parents could understand that he was doing that because he didn't want her to leave, but not much beyond that. I ended up explaining to them that House's fake marriage for Dominika was an explicit parallel to when Wilson was living with House in the early seasons. Both situations started with House being none too happy about it but ultimately letting them stay, spending a considerable amount of effort getting them to leave/getting this situation to be finally over so he didn't have to deal with it anymore, and then by the time a piece of news comes through that would mean the person in question actually leaves, House hides this news as long as he can. Because he doesn't actually want them to leave and has grown attached. And by doing this he became a self fulfilling prophecy. By reacting to the truth of Wilson and Dominika leaving him the way he does, he seals his fate and they ultimately leave anyways. Maybe I ship Hilson, but becoming open to how their relationship was handled allowed me to transition to doing character studies and recognizing patterns/parallels that I wouldn't have noticed if I didn't particularly care about the characters or their relationship.

Likewise, I've seen mutuals complain about how people who don't like or don't care about certain characters often overlook these characters (what they're actually like and their place in the narrative), while the mutuals in question (by default) are able to come to deeper understanding of what the writers/story is trying to do because they care about this funky guy

You can't eradicate bias when you're engaging in media analysis, but you can consciously put on a range of lenses and observe the media through different povs with the goal of understanding the media better or bolstering your reading of it. And those lenses/povs can include focusing on specific relationships or the perpective of certain characters

And this is why I say it's actually a mindset problem. Shippers and people who have this one blorbo they like a lot aren't inherently terrible "fandom brained individuals" who are the root of media analysis problems. The problem only arises when people's readings/analysis of a piece of media are inherently restrictive/narrow and self centered. Your problem is with people who view a piece of media through a ship they like but don't keep an open mind about it, and whose "media analysis"/views on canon cannot be split from fanon and their comfortability levels. These are the people whose "media analysis" starts and ends with justifying their fanon as canon, whose views on media revolve around sorting characters and relationships into categories they personally enjoy rather than trying to understand what's going on.

Here's another example.

Here we have a fictional ship we'll call uhhhh...Blanebin. this fictional ship I made up on the spot for characters that don't exist named Blane and Corbin

Person A is super into Blanebin. They're part of the main cast of characters and canonically childhood best friends, so person A (as much as they enjoy fanart and fic) is also enjoying analyzing how narratively important to each other they are. Recently, Corbin started dating another character in canon, but Person A is enjoying watching how Blane is reacting to this. "Is this potentially a tell that Blane is jealous or is having complicated feelings about this? What if he was, how would that contextualize his behavior this season? Here's what I think based on how Blane dealt with explicit jealousy last season in a different situation". It's not impossible that person A is still missing further understanding due to their obsession with Blanebin, but at the end of the day this obsession has allowed them to start picking through the characters both in and outside this relationship. It has allowed them to see potential subtext and theorize on what might happen next with these characters' relationship. Not to mention that with addition of Corbin dating someone else, instead of trying to erase this fact or state that Corbin canonically isn't into that person, Person A is trying to factor in how Corbin's current dating life affects his relationship with Blane (irregardless on personal views on the nature of Corbin's relationship with the person he's dating).

Person B is also super into Blanebin. They really enjoy fanart and fic of the characters, love obsessing over their moments together, and just feel like there's really something between the characters. To person B, every moment between them is just further proof that the writers are ship teasing them. But Corbin getting together with someone else this season? Oh that pissed person B off. They cannot believe that even though Corbin and Blane are CLEARLY gay for each other the writers had Corbin get with someone else this season. Perhaps, they think, it was even a decision specifically made to spite fans. How evil of the writers to tease a perfectly good ship and then have them not get together first? They must have been just doing those teases to get views from Blanebin shippers those scoundrels. To Person B, since Corbin started dating someone when he obviously has some chemistry with Blane (even though the series is far from over) means that Blanebin can never get together now and Corbin x person he's dating is ruining Blanebin by existing. In fact, they think, this is terrible writing for Corbin to be dating someone else because they don't like that relationship and don't see the point. Obviously if the writers were good then Corbin would have started dating Blane instead because this was supposed to be the Blanebin show.

Person C despises Blanebin. Don't get them wrong, they've always enjoyed the character's childhood friendship, but they actually have always thought Blane would have been better off with Victoria. They have a lot of moments too! But they're tired of seeing people ship Blanebin. Corbin just got together with someone else, so obviously that's not gonna work out. Plus Corbin and Blane totally has always given person C bro vibes. In fact, person C thinks, sure Corbin and Blane have a close friendship, but people shouldn't be shipping them. Person C likes Blanetoria and Blanetoria can't be canon if Corbin is in the way of it. So Person C likes to read Blanebin as siblings anyways. Sure they're canonically friends, but obviously their friendship turned into brotherhood. This means that nothing can be in the way of Blanetoria and Corbin can keep dating the person he's already canonically dating. Actually, now Blanebin just straight up makes Person C uncomfortable. Don't the pesky shippers understand that Blanebin are sibling coded because they're childhood best friends and that they're important to each other because they're brothers? It's obvious to anyone with eyes.

Sure, ships are involved here, but is the root of this problem shipping? Character A isn't as knowledgeable of other characters in the plot due to this lens they're using, but at the end of the day they're dedicated to analysis. Their love of the characters is pushing them beyond what they like or dislike to try to understand what might be happening through their lens. Not perfect, but they are slowly broadening their horizons. But Person B and C's problems here are their restrictiveness. What is or should be canon to them is tantamount to what they personally like or find comfortable. Is person C actually analyzing the this fake show when they decide to "read" Blanebin as basically canonically siblings (and this all of their moments are totally a bro thing) just because they don't like Blanebin and the idea of them getting together over Blanetoria makes them uncomfortable? Is person B actually analyzing this fake show when their "analysis" of Blanebin goes only as far as asserting it's being ship teased and deciding anything short of canonizing Blanebin is a targeted attack or "bad writing" because it's not what they wanted personally to happen?

This is what I'm talking about. This is the mindset. Shipping isn't the problem. The problem is when people marry fanon and canon to the point where they have a vested interest in superimposing their fanon over canon as "a reading" and trying to make "collective decisions" on what is canon (or what canon is trying to say) based on what does or doesn't make them uncomfortable. The problem is people being restrictive and centering their own likes and dislikes in the conversation, so they can only interact with canon "analysis" wise by deciding what is canon or should be canon "as obviously agreed on by everyone". You can't simply claim you like media analysis. To be able to analyze media and bolster your views on any given canon, you must be open to looking at it through multiple povs, to studying characters without trying to pretend things you don't like don't exist or do like do exist. There is a balance that must be kept between trying to keep objectivity and putting on specific focus/bias based upon the lenses you're putting on. You have to be willing to try to figure out what a media is doing or saying, not saying you're trying to figure out what it's saying while in actuality trying to define the narrative around what people believe it's saying in ways that suit you.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[thesweetnessofspring]

I struggle to see the appeal of Katniss and Gale as a couple and it's not just because I ship Everlark deep to my core. I am capable of loving a ship and seeing why someone ships one of those characters with someone else, even if I hate that other ship.

It's because, frankly, Katniss and Gale are boring together. There doesn't seem to be any of the classic romance tropes going on between them. And this, probably more than anything else, is why Everthorne shippers are so few and far between these days because people will ship just about anything as long as it's not boring. Toxic, illegal, annoying, problematic--this will not sway shippers. But boredom will.

Katniss and Gale fight with each other but it's not even "sexy" fighting/bickering. It's boring fighting where you just feel mad at Gale after, but not that great push-and-pull those good antagonistic romantic couples have. It's just push-push-push-push.

They're supposed to be friends, but I can only think of one instance where they share a joke with each other. Their friendship is dull and based solely on "we both need food for our families." That's built a lot of knowledge about one another, but reading the series it's hard to find even genuine moments of friendship between them. Not where one is looking out for or helping the other (I'll never deny they do that), but where it's like, yeah, I can see that they like hanging out with each other because they like the other's company. At least from Katniss's perspective, Gale's company is familiar and known, which is its appeal. But if they were meeting for the first time at 16 and 18 without all the history between them, I cannot for the life of me see them wanting to hang out.

They have no physical chemistry. Katniss's descriptions of her physical contact with Gale are flat at best and uncomfortable at worst. So it's not even like, wow, but their make-out scenes are so hot!

They have no cute or romantic or sexy exchanges with each other. Maybe the one they have after his whipping could be construed as romantic? But Katniss drops that so fast and over three books they have one line each that's just sorta cute. I have seen rarepairs built on more.

Idk, ship and let ship, I just find this one so entirely lacking anything to make it shippable.

[xxl4vend3rxx]

Keen observation: The Kny "Ship wars" are getting out of hand

(Disclaimer: This post has NOT been made to promote // encourage hate of ANY kind - it is simply me passing my opinion on recent events in this particular fandom)

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Let's begin. This post has been made to deliver my take on the, uh... insanely inappropriate actions of the fanbase for the popular anime and manga series: Demon slayer - Kimetsu No Yaiba - from the futile beginnings of shipping characters.

And do not mistake this for me saying people should not be shipping characters at all - I am a Multishipper myself, and I do think it is nice to see people coming up with beautiful art for them, and I have read some fics that have genuinely been so interesting I almost forget that it is cannon deviant.

What I AM saying is that people are literally allowed to do literally whatever they want. People want to ramble on about how immaculate their very specific Rarepair is? Let them. You see someone making art for a ship you don't like? Sit back and appreciate the art - Let them.

But the problem really begins when people start getting fiercely overprotective of their ships. It does seem a little silly to me, even as I'm typing this like why is this such an insane problem lmao??

And it's not even just limited to the Kny fandom - the HH (Hazbin Hotel) and BNHA//MHA (Boku No Hero Academia // My Hero Academia) fandoms are probably the best example of the shows getting low-key ruined by the fanbase - EVEN IN TADC WHERE THE CREATOR SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT THEY DO NOT CARE WHO PEOPLE SHIP. And I really don't think the media should be dragged down by a few people taking things way too far.

And if you have been following the drama going on in the Demon Slayer fandoms, particularly here on Tumblr and Pinterest - you already know what ships I'll be talking about.

*drumroll*

SaneGiyu // GiyuShino.

Like I previously mentioned, I am a Multishipper, and while I can appreciate GiyuShino - Like it is a cute ship, I see the vision and there is a little bit of evidence that can be interpreted as fuel for the ship, I used to ship it myself, by the time I had finished the Manga I was fully shipping SaneGiyu. Not to the point I say it's cannon per say, but where I can see the chemistry and I will use things from the manga to back up why the ship is plausible.

(This is such a stupid post) But then there are some people who ship SaneGiyu who are being toxic to GiyuShino shippers // Saying things like "Giyú is clearly gay!!" And I mean there is a pretty good case to be made that Tomioka is not interested in women, it's still just a headcannon and you literally cannot force someone else to think that??

Or "Shinobu is clearly a Lesbian!!" I personally like this headcannon, she is just too much of a girl boss to be with a man, but then looking at canon material, there isn't much to go off of that shows her to have an interest in women! - and no hate to ShinoMitsu shippers - it's cute x

"Please - the age gap is insane" And you know what? Fair enough. It is fair enough. She is 18 and he is 21. And that is a three year age gap, and in some cases there would be a rift in maturity, but I think that can fly out the window, as Kocho is clearly more mature than her age.

But then you need to look at context for the time and it isn't too outlandish. But then in the moderns School AU, hell no. That same age gap, in modern times with him being a teacher and her being a student?? THAT'S WEIRD.

But then on the other hand there are some GiyuShino shippers that make the opposite arguments; "Giyú is clearly straight" (Like I said, there is a clear case to be made that Tomioka has little to NO interest in women) or "Sanemi and Giyú hate each other!!" (That was a case of miscommunication between them, and was resolved by the manga's end, they are now - in cannon - seemingly good friends)

BUT.

I have now seen multiple accounts on Pinterest making Pins telling people to K!ll themselves - BECAUSE OF A SHIP??

Like excuse me?! They literally said they think these two fictional characters would be a cute couple - AND YOU TOLD THEM TO K!LL THEMSELF??? It's disgusting to say the least.

People: shipping is supposed to be a silly goofy fun thing we do to show our interests and explore AU's - NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HURT PEOPLE OVER SHIPPING. FICTIONAL. CHARACTERS.

But if you guys ever:

See people Proshipping? - report it if you want to.

See art for a ship you don't like? - hide it from your feed.

See people hating on a ship you like? - Remove / Block them.

See people leaving nasty comments on your // other people's posts? - Remove the comments, block them and report the usuer.

Just BLOCK the people causing the issues - do not become one of them.

TLDR: Let people ship what they want to PLEASE guys, lets just have fun with our fandoms x.

[punkeropercyjackson]

“Normalize every Percy ship with a dude that’s not Luke or Nico or gods and titans”. Buddy. Those ships are already totally normalized. Everybody’s already cool with those ships. Even if you may not see much of them, there’s also no hate for them going on.

Lukercy and Percico and god/titan ships are the ones getting all the hate for no reason. Just cause somebody likes certain ships or concepts in fiction does not mean they endorse those kind of thing in real life.

You know how kids will sometimes play pretend a very toxic family with their toys? Even the kids who have loving nice great normal families? That’s basically what shipping “problematic” ships is like. These characters are just paper dolls we’re playing with.

Just because we think these “problematic” ships and families are entertaining does not mean we want them in real life or in cannon either. We ship a lot of things that we don’t want to be cannon.

It’s just entertainment. Nothing more and nothing less. And if somebody is blurring that very thick line between fictional entertainment and real life. Then they’re too young to be on the internet in the first place.

*Cracks my knuckles*Alright,let's dive into this shitfest

>My post was transfem bi wlw Percy too since i said 'and transfem Percy yuri',never did i end it at what you said or only including Percy x male characters ships.Not a good start and you already sound like a misogynist

>'Totally normalized'The only popular Percy x a dude ship that's not p.roship is Jercy.The rest are rarepairs so by definition,they are not normalized and on the flipside,it's expected for everyone who thinks Percy is bisexual to headcanon him as crushing on Luke and various older men,including from other franchises in crossover content so those are normalized ships,again,by definition

>'Young too be on the internet'Sweetcakes,Pjo and it's sequels,spinoffs and extra books are all aimed at children.They're written for everyone of any age to enjoy but they are very much a kids franchise.This justification reeks of victim blaming and it is required for adults to teach kids how to spot grooming because believe it or not,people aren't born out the womb knowing what's good and what's bad!Purity Culture,actual purity culture,religious abuse targeted at girls most of all and the sense of entitlement to childrens sexuality,prevents minors from learning how to know how to protect themselves from csa and domestic abuse in pedophillic relathionships and many pr*shippers use pr*ship fan content to get minors to date them by trying to make it seem normal and many ex-pr*shippers report they felt uncomfortable looking back to their experiences in the community as minors as the adults weren't treating them kindly even if they weren't attracted to them.I experienced a pedojacketing campaign by Zutara shippers behind my back and it was started by me arguing with a t.erf in their community they let get away countless things,including harrassing underaged Atla fans.You could do a case on how pr*shipping dosen't turn you inherently into a bad person but how you react to peoples discomfort with it says everything.....including that you sent this on anon.Cowardly lions don't roar loudly

>I'm pretty sure kids playing with dolls don't reanact incestous and/or age gap sexual acts.And if they do,then that's cocsa.Oops

[canto-one]

A SPACE ODYSSEY TUMBLR SIMULATOR

[FOR CONTEXT, the book mentions that the events of the Discovery have become a "classic" of sorts which implies there is a fandom in universe for the Discovery...]

🚀 davidbowmankinnie follow

Happy 100 years since the Discovery Mission!

🔴 hal10000 follow

can't believe it's been 100 years... it felt like just yesterday!

🎂 discovery-logs-outofcontext follow

rb with your favorite thing about the fandom. I'll go first. i found my best friend irl because I saw she was reading the Discovery Manuscript. She's a really big Hal fan and I love Sal a lot. We are hal & sal irl...

💾 heywoodslefttoe follow

i kin dated someone as frank/dave in middle school. It ended bad.

📼 chandradeservedbetter follow

LOL do you remember the Hal Plushie incident?

🪽 halleyscomet follow

The WHAT NOW?

🌐 halmanpoole-shipper follow

DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE HAL PLUSHIE.

💾 frankdaveanalsex follow

I CANNOT STAND HAL APOLOGISTS IM SORRY 💀 HE LITERALLY KILLED FOUR PEOPLE.

🔦 kaminskyy follow

Ofc its a frankdave shipper. Your fucking username IS FRANK DAVE ANAL SEX.

💾 frankdaveanalsex follow

Your fav has zero fucking lines in the book but ok 📸 ur literally a murderer apologist 😭😭

🔴 hal10000 follow

GOD shut up its not a book theyre real people. Hal also like?? Was going thru fucking psychosis but ok then... did you read the second mission??

💾 frankdaveanalsex follow

You're a hal kinnie dni.

🧮 zeniiiia follow

Don't interact with op they've doxxed like seven people.

💾 frankdaveanalsex follow

BLOCKED 🤣

📀 legendofthediscovery follow

Just updated my newest fic! It's a hal/dave/frank fic, has 15 chapters and is a post canon fix-it!

💡chandras-son follow

GODDD THE HAL/SAL/CHANDRA INTERACTION IN THE NEWEST CHAP IS SO CUTE... OP I AM DYINGGG

📀 legendofthediscovery follow

I AM A HUGE FAN OF YOUR ART... IM HAPPY YOU LIKE IT. YOU INSPIRED A LOT OF THE CHANDRA FAMILY MOMENTS 🩷

💡chandras-son follow

CAN WE BE MUTUALS

🔎 dave-bowwman follow

Happy anniversary to my bfs @frankk-pooole and @ hal-loween. Couldn't do it without you guys

📺 betty-to-her-helena follow

Omg you guys are relationship goals...

🔎 dave-bowwman follow

THANK YOU <3

🎞 helena-to-her-betty follow

we neeeed to do that double date sometime.

〽️ frankk-pooole follow

YESS!! hal would also love it. Hes next to me btw.

🧿 monolithic-loser follow

the monolith is SO UNDERRATED.

🥏 tanya-heywood follow

🤝 I FELT THAT MY FAV IS LITERALLY TANYA NO ONE KNOWS HER AND MY RAREPAIR IS TANYA/HEYWOOD

🦾 hetty follow

Mine is betty/helena... no one even KNOWS OF THEM. SAPPHIC SHIPS DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER??

📽 sal-amander follow

> My favorite is Sal. I wish people talked about her more.

🤖 discoverydotcom follow

Petition to make the fandom less weird about the women in the book...

🔴 hal10000 follow

IT ISNT A BOOK.

🪐 jupiterreal follow

my god... its full of stars... I THINK ABOUT THAT ENDING SO MUCH. FUCKKKKKKKKK.

💾 heywoodslefttoe follow

IN THE SEQUEL HE COMES BACK BUT LIKE AS A WEIRD GHOST...

🤖 discoverydotcom follow

goddd wanna hear my headcanon ?? I hc he saved hal and they're living together as ghosts.

🔴 hal10000 follow

Bro you're reaching so hard for that ending.

🤖 discoverydotcom follow

LET ME DREAAAAAM

☀️ apolloeleven follow

Transmasc!David Bowman is real and in this essay...

〽️ frankk-pooole follow

REAL... i know dave trust me.

🌐 halmanpoole-shipper follow

Frank and dave transmasc and agender hal is canon

🔦 kaminskyy follow

REALL. T4T4A or something

🦾 hetty follow

Looking at the Discovery RPF tag is SO FUNNY. It's halman porn, davefrank angst, chandra found family and THEN THE MOST SOUL CRUSHING HELENA/BETTY POST CANON FIC EVER... going sooo insane

🔴 hal10000 follow

Sorry we left your boyfriend in space... yea.. hes floating out there for eternity..

🔦 kaminskyy follow

Sometimes i wonder what the irl discovery crew & lenonov crew would think if they saw this.

🔴 hal10000 follow

They'd have a fucking heart attack.

💾 frankdaveanalsex follow

LOL

🔴 hal10000 follow

Didnt you block me?

💾 frankdaveanalsex follow

Im not a pussy it was a bit jfc

🔴 hal10000 follow

What did i do to you oh my god

💾 frankdaveanalsex follow

Wanna make out

🔴 hal10000 follow

?????????

🎰 discovery-alerts follow

HEYWOOD KNOWS ABOUT THE HALFRANK FIC

💾 frankdaveanalsex follow

HUH????

🤖 discoverydotcom follow

NO WHAT THE FUCK NOT THAT ONE???

📺 betty-to-her-helena follow

HOW DID HE FIND THAT?

DOES HE READ DISCOVERY RPF..... NOOOO????

🛸 tsiiiiiiiien follow

OUgh

🛸 tsien follow

SAME PROFILE PIC LOL

Also. WHAT GHE FUCK.

🪽 halleyscomet follow

Whats the halfrank fic?

☀️ apollotwelve follow

You sweet summer child...

[nikethestatue]

"So you just proved my point by fundamentally not understanding it?

I don't vibe with GA but I don't go out of my way to make up a fake ship to 'disprove' it and I don't harass or doxx people online when they don't agree with me.

You want to vibe with GA, go ahead. Don't try to act like those who don't are crazy and that GA is the actual canon ship.

I am not a proselytizer. I don't care if you or anyone become an Elriel. You, on the other hand, try to destroy anyone who isn't GA. We aren't the same." Except that it's not some fake ship and it's disingenuous to say that it is - there are canon hints, as there are with Elriel (I'm not saying that there aren't hints towards any of the disputed ships) - the fact is that both ships do have a possibility of happening based on the set up in the books, which makes both of them, until actually confirmed by canon (which it has not been yet), technically rarepairs. (SJM does this to keep us interested and talking about theories - it works. Yay word of mouth publicity.) We all have our opinions on which way SJM will go, but the fact is none of the pairings are yet canon. No one has actually gotten together on page.

That aside, there are MANY in this fandom that need to learn the fandom etiquette of "Ship and Let Ship" and that your ship doesn't have to be canon in order to enjoy it.

I also think it's very interesting that, because I disagree with you, you automatically assume I am a Gwynriel. I am a multi-shipper and enjoy many ships, both canon and not, because fandom is supposed to be about fun, not who wins. You're right. We're not the same because I don't spend my days trying to tear down the opinions of others when they differ from my own. (And before you try to twist what I'm saying, my original ask was about your behavior in this fandom, not your ship preference.)

Except that it's not some fake ship and it's disingenuous to say that it is - No, there are no 'hints' for anything romantic. There are interactions. That's it. Like Cassian and Emerie. Like Cassian and Feyre. Like Lucien and Feyre. Like Azriel and Nesta.

there are canon hints, as there are with Elriel (I'm not saying that there aren't hints towards any of the disputed ships) - the fact is that both ships do have a possibility of happening based on the set up in the books, which makes both of them, until actually confirmed by canon (which it has not been yet), no, they are not technically or untechnically 'set up' in the books'. Nothing in regards to Gwynriel has been 'set up'. Zero. Elucien is set up via the bond. Elriel is set up via mutual attraction. technically rarepairs. (SJM does this to keep us interested and talking about theories - it works. Yay word of mouth publicity.) We all have our opinions on which way SJM will go, but the fact is none of the pairings are yet canon. No one has actually gotten together on page. Is sexual consummation only requirement for a couple to get together on page? Because Elriel CERTAINLY got together on page over and over again. In fact, I'd say 75% of their appearances have been connected to each other in some way.

That aside, there are MANY in this fandom that need to learn the fandom etiquette of "Ship and Let Ship" and that your ship doesn't have to be canon in order to enjoy it. Enjoy your ship. No one is stopping you. Don't try to convince me or others that your ship is the RIGHT ship. Is all.

I also think it's very interesting that, because I disagree with you, you automatically assume I am a Gwynriel. You are. Or an Elucien. I am a multi-shipper and enjoy many ships, both canon and not, because fandom is supposed to be about fun, not who wins. No, you aren't. If you are that bothered to come on my blog and continuously send Anon, you aren't the mythical multi-shipper. You're right. We're not the same because I don't spend my days trying to tear down the opinions of others when they differ from my own. Obviously you do. As in, this. (And before you try to twist what I'm saying, my original ask was about your behavior in this fandom, not your ship preference.) For me to 'tear down' anything, I have to actually engage with the other side to tear them down. Not something I do. Just because you have an opinion, doesn't mean it's the right one. Not all opinions need to be accepted and rewarded. I offer evidence, and support for Elriel and what SJM wrote. I don't sit around associating Lucien with the sun, or sunflowers. I don't sit around pretending like SJM would write an MMC gagging for one woman's cunt and in the same chapter, move on to another, and that it's just 'so romantic'.

PS I don't have any 'behaviour in the fandom'. I am an Elriel, I've been one of the most peaceful Elriels for 4.5 years. I don't have any other social media, so my 'behavior' is pretty tame, I would say, reserved for my shitty lil Tumblr. I don't spend any time writing hate posts about Gwyn, or Lucien, or anyone else. I don't give a shit. I do give a shit about people trying to gaslight others. So no, I won't fold or pretend to be faux nice.

[sillylilscribb]

Hello everyone! I’m just starting my blog here. This will be my main blog since I will possibly make another blog for an AU I’m making. Anywho, let me introduce myself.

My name is Sketchy. I go by She/They pronouns and I’m Dominican-American, though I’m beginning to loose my Spanish, uh oh- I’m currently in the Murder Drones, TADC, Dandy’s world, and BFDI fandom.

I am currently hyperfixated on dandy’s world and SPECIFICALLY Razzle and Dazzle. I just absolutely love them and their twisted form is so silly. LIKE COME ON, LOOK AT THEM, THEY JUST A EPPY UNHINGED MURDERER🥺🥺🥺

Also I am a MidnightTragedy shipper but don’t worry, I’ll respect other ships including rarepairs but I will, at all, ABSOLUTELY not be okay with people who ship the most disgusting stuff.

Anyways, have some art that I made so you know what might be coming next, so bye chat-

[goldweaverr]

okay i actually had no intention of this becoming a writing blog at all, i was just desperate for Mydei x reader content so i said fuck it ill do it myself but i received overwhelming positivity in response and many people sent me asks saying they'd like me to make an official post stating my request status and ask rules and such,, so i wanna first say thank you so so much and i really hope you enjoy your stay on my blog ! here's a proper introduction post !!

— Kiana | 20 | she/they | sapphic | INFJ | taurus

• requests are always open. if im not in the mood/don't have time to respond to them, they'll sit there for a bit, but i don't ever close them so feel free to throw whatever you got !! you can also send thirsts, ideas, headcanons, etc.

• no dark content please ! i respect you if you're into that or you write that, but my personal preference does not include it nor cater to it. so absolutely nothing proship or dead dove is allowed on my blog ! the worst i got going for me is liking villains such as Oswaldo Schneider or Hoolay, but i will obviously never write or support the cruel behaviors they exhibit.

• i write for every character except the minors! i'm happy to write platonic stuff for the minors though, they're very dear to me as well. as for the adult characters, go crazy. fluff, smut, you name it ! i literally cannot name a single character i hate, i love all of them so very much, so you won't find any hateful content on my blog <3

• i'm a multi-shipper who likes countless ships, from mainstream to rarepairs to crossover ships, anything as long as it's legal, and i also support yumeshipping, so you can hmu if you wanna ramble about either of those !

i'm a person who is massively hyperfixated on HSR and has been since it's pre-release. i spend too much time analyzing the characters and trying to learn and understand all i can about it's lore, so i'm a bit picky when it comes to how i write and characterize the characters! as i mentioned, i write for anyone! but at the current moment my biggest interest is the Chrysos Heirs so feel free to flood my inbox with thoughts about them !! ill probably be writing about them the most tbh, but i'm also a massive Stonehearts enthusiast! i love them all very much, as well as the Stellaron Hunters and the Astral Express!

— i'll update this if i realize i forgot to mention anything important,, i'm super new to this whole tumblr stuff so if i break some unspoken rule or make some mistake, please feel free to correct me without harassing me thank you,, i'm an extremely anxious person :(

other than that, welcome to my blog!! feel free to interact with me, i'm super friendly i promise!! thank you for being here, let's bond over our mutual love for these dear characters :3 💛

[lai-mar]

Can't wait till this blog is old enough so posts start showing in main tags, but for now, a salty lil rant

Shipping aside, I'm surprised by how Laios + Marcille even as friends doesn't get as much fan attention as I expected considering how heavily the series focuses on their development? I consider Laios to be the protag and Marcille to be the secondary protag but I can see the argument for the two of them being dual protags especially starting from around Thistle's house arc / Marcille becoming the dungeon lord. The protagonists are party members who bond over losing and finding a loved one. They save each other multiple times and live with each other in the end. They get copious amounts of screentime together and separate. They clearly care for each other and love each other (in whatever way). And there's no forced romance.

Before I read the manga, I saw all the yuri on my TL and was like YESSSSSS I'M READING THIS FOR THE YURI WOOOOOO and finished the Red Dragon anime episodes like "wow that was soooo good and gay. Let me go on Tumblr to see what people are talking about— people are shipping Marcille and LAIOS??? Probably annoying straight people who cannot conceptualize a friendship between a man and woman 🙄". So I started out with a squick for the ship. I think the fan perception made me believe F/M is canon and anything else would be like queer erasure? Except I later learned no ship is canon and was genuinely confused when the manga started giving us L/M crumbs (like the succubus chapter) because I thought the shippers were pulling this ship from thin air lmao.

The more I read, the more I was like.... "okay.... why are they kinda... okay I get it now... why am I.... oh shit... I'm really in it now" and I apologise because I really get it now 😭 and it baffles me to see people who have seemingly finished the manga going "Laios and Marcille have NO CHEMISTRY their only line of connection is through Falin". Like, okay, maybe that was how they were at the beginning (but I would argue they have chemistry even from the first few chapters), but that's the POINT and we get to see them evolve and get closer because they both love and miss Falin. Laios moves on from being "Falin's brother" and Marcille moves on from being "Falin's friend". L+M know about each other's deepest, subconscious desires. Marcille lives with the siblings at the end. No matter the bond, they are the two most precious people to her.

I was still squicky about romantic L/M even at the succubus chapter (which I know is probably the starting point for a lot of shippers) but THEN THE RABBIT CHAPTER. And after that when the Canaries found Marcille and she immediately jumped onto Laios I was like "Oh fuck. I'm really in this now fuck fuck FUCK". (Nothing makes me get into a dynamic more than having an initially squicky reaction because I'll need to have a strong enough conviction to overcome the squick LOL)

Anyways. Seeing people being annoying and pissy about L/M only made me like L/M more 🤡 because at least the shippers appreciate their bond. I'm a little desperate here. Even their platonic bond is kind of a rarepair in the English fandom 💀

I'm so glad the anime is going at the pace it is now because this is only the beginning of the L+M development!!!! The anime onlies will understand later!!! I made the same mistake and judged too early and I'm sorry!!!! So many anime L+M moments and panels and crumbs yet to be seen 🥺

Anyways. Laios and Marcille's bond is absolutely central to the plot and character development. But I wouldn't have guessed that if I didn't read the manga and just based it off fan attention.