#new day new rarepair

[clouvu]

Local Natlan fruits

[fumifooms]

Namalin

Namari x Falin

Easy short rarepair spotlight post for prosperity~ This one I didn’t think of on my own for once, I don’t know if it’s just I forgot the decided-on ship name or what but I remember seeing really nice art and a couple posts about it that I can’t find again 💔 Namalin warrior you are out there and not forgotten ty for making me see the light

I like that Namari’s critical of Falin! I have a whole character analysis on Falin if you’re interested, but it’s generally well noticed that people around Falin idealize her a lot. Laios, Marcille and Toshiro all put her on a pedestral of ultimate goodness in the world, a saintess if nothing short of perfection. Sounds like Chilchuck felt sort of creeped out by her vibes, uncomfortable because he couldn’t read her, so unlike Namari it seems he preferred steering clear of her rather than debate opposed ideologies like he usually does. Makes sense if unlike Namari his issue is with her cryptic aura rather than the stances she does show. "… The dungeon is no place for soft hearts" my ultimate namalin scene <333 It’s fun because while this scene is there to show us a lot of things, mostly to establish Falin’s characters better as it’s the first flashback of her we get, the conflict in it is more than anything else Falin vs Namari in how they contrast and clash and approach situations differently. Namari wants security in swift effective violence and thinks Falin too soft for her own good when she prefers a pacifist approach and promotes compassion even for the "undeserving" in Namari’s eyes. Falin steps between the battle ready Namari and the ghost, fearless. Falin effortlessly gently exorcises the ghost without one step back, quickly. Falin proves someone wrong. Falin proves someone wrong.

I love thinking of Namari being surprised when she learns new aspects of Falin. I like Falin having the power to shape people’s views on her. With Falin ships the most fun part for me is usually that point where Falin/the relationship becomes a clean slate: the person realizes they haven’t been seeing all of her, realizes there’s more of her they hadn’t noticed or that she hadn’t shown, that there’s change, a shift in the views on each other and the dynamic a bit.

Namari often feels like an external view looking in to me… I need to make a proper analysis on her but like. I made a lamari post once (analytic more than personally invested rip sorry) and I go with the same Namari take here, I think she’s someone who tends to have an outsider view on people and relationships if that makes sense, she’s a coworker before anything else and she’s content staying at a distance, she’s not objective per se but she tries to keep feelings out of her choices and how she sees people (her lil arc on not staying to save Falin despite the existing camaderie but in the end asking to work for the Flokes more because she wants to stay with them). She’s serious no nonsense on the job but friendly off the job and likes having casual friends, but she’s not… She doesn’t really feel connected to the group. She’s so focused on doing her job, even if she does get impulsive and passionate and too assertive for her bosses’ tastes, so focused on working her reputation and life from the ground up that that professionalism and attitude limits her social life. It doesn’t help that her reputation makes her widely judged, so she probably enters social spaces on the derensive. The closest person she was to pre-canon as far as we knew was Chilchuck and even they have a very "coworker I get along with" dynamic more than friends, with a similar sense of boundaries, humor and world view. Also like canon says a few time, the party didn’t really try to get to know each other well pre-canon, didn’t hang out after work often no one knew where Marcille was from and no one thought that was weird (also how no one had the instinct to ask about Senshi’s past) etc, the notable exception is we’re shown Namari and Chilchuck hitting taverns together and having a grand time. Everyone’s fine with things as they are, they get along decent even if not everyone considers each other friends exactly. Where I’m getting at is that to me, it feels like she tries keeping emotional distance. Emotional distance from people in general being something which in my interpretation of Falin is also present, which would make it a theme and common thread interesting to explore imo. But yes like, Namari looking at Falin, and how everyone treats her, and being more skeptical, seeing her for what she is a little more, maybe even uncharitable. "Why is everyone treating her like she’s all that? She’s gentle sure but seems like a doormat to me" and then one day she comes running up with her mace ready to cave in someone’s face to protect Laios. So yeah… Keeping her distance but one day Falin offering her some gentleness that feels very too personal for someone who’s not used to being genuine and simply showing that they care… Them talking a bit which leaves her stumped and mindblown in a quiet way when Falin defies her expectations. Namari growing on Falin when she stays and decides to open herself up more, or when Falin ends up reading her really well like she’s shown to do with her parents and Marcille’s worries. She’s very attuned to worrying and why and when different people do it especially when it comes to when they worry for others, perhaps because she does a lot of that too, so I think she’d nail down how Namari does care for the rest of the party and it’d make Namari feel seen both in a warm validating way and in a scared naked way.

We see in the tentacles chapter that she’s someone’s who’s very protective and looks out for her peers in a tough love way. She’s overbearing but it’s because she wants everyone to have the best chances. I like that she’s very confrontational and somewhat pushy and rude, but it’s tough love, it’s protective care: asserting herself to better protect and defend. The opposite of Falin’s type of care, quiet and self-sacrificial devotion. They’re barbarian x healer but they’re also bodyguard x bodyguard in their attitude and role. … What I want for them is slow burn slice of life of being coworkers and slowly getting to know each other better, pretty fluffy, but god, put this way they’d have the potential to be such a hot layered mess of insanely mutually devoted codependence… Falin taking a hit for Namari and Namari being scarred by it forever, lots of arguments about it, my god.

I like that she’s the fighter to Falin’s healer. I looove thinking of scenes of Falin healing Namari, necessitating touch and like, a moment of slowing down and sitting together in silence, too intimate, the perfect opportunity to connect that neither truly want to take until one day they do. I love how onesided I imagine the relationship would be at first. Again, as per my interpretation of Falin, I think Namari would have all these little observations and opinions on Falin meanwhile Falin really doesn’t think of Namari much at first. So Namari thinks a lot about Falin and thinks she’s got her pinned down but hasn’t (not that she’s fully wrong, she’d have credit and confront Falin on some of her flaws like the doormat thing), while Falin is very passive about Namari and doesn’t think deeply about her or anything but she read Namari’s insecurities and logic well. Not unlike how Laios was the one who seemed to understand Namari’s way of care the best in the party in the tentacles episode, and how he was very understanding of her choice and reasons. In Falin’s case it’s more like, the objectivity of passivity… She cares about Namari less than Laios who generally seeks to form bonds, so her lack of investment allows her a neutral perspective. In that way another parallel with Namari that I’m drawing, except Namari lets feelings from her opinions seeps in more… Onesided beef my beloved. I’m going insane save me this post was a mistake. I think Falin takes the crumbs of friendship and love where she can without expecting or asking for anything more than what’s offered, and I think her relationship with Namari (or anyone really) would start out the way it did with Marcille: the other takes the initiative and they end up spending time together, Falin is friendly but unattached until the bond gets gradually and wordlessly strenghtened through regularly spending moments together. So! I think Namari would need to take a lot of the first steps, which since again she’s confrontational & argumentative and doesn’t hold herself back on that front that could spark a lot of conversations I think. Ooor since Falin cares about Namari less than Laios and Marcille she allows herself to be bolder herself lol. Or also circumstances force them to spend time together like dungeon party getting separated shenanigans.

I think their personalities match cutely, I think falin would try to protect namari like she does others but also Namari simply doesn’t need protection, just support. And I think they’re complementary in that way that Namari’s friendly but also won’t sugarcoat things, and I think if she takes an interest in Falin it could go from there and she could develop some understanding of her and idk like an intrigued crush….

Namari wants stability & security & to, like, not be judged and rejected and exiled lol, to find her nest her pack the place where she feels good and wanted in. I think having a fitting partner would help in that (similarly to how the found family with the Flokes seemed to. Oh another parallel, Falin’s top priority is protecting Laios her brother and what Namari are a family figure) and I think Falin would fulfill that cozy protection and that warm ‘being seen and not judged’ feeling. But also Namari would run up to her and yell about her trying to sacrifice herself ever.

Another fun thread to explore: post-canon guilt for not having gone to save her. Sure, they weren’t close, but they had some nice memories, didn’t they? Namari cares, and it stings despite herself when it feels like people think she doesn’t. Oh it wasn’t a lost cause after all, oh it’d have worked out, oh I could have stayed loyal and it wouldn’t have compromised myself in the end. Wanting to apologize to Falin, or just ahnging out with her and sharing a moment after she wakes up. And tangent but that’s interesting to think about… Narratively, I think the purpose of Namari and Toshiro in the story, beyond strenghtening the theme of "seek to understand what is different from you and promote unity despite them" and fleshing the cast and worldbuilding, is Toshiro’s purpose was being a foil & tool in Laios’ arc (trouble connecting with people) while Namari’s was being and a foil & tool in Marcille’s arc (standing up for ideals without being out of touch with harsh realities and needs). They are the conflict that push our protagonists to grow— and they explore different ways of dealing with a situation or topic, different ways of growing into themselves on that end: Laios needing to listen to others more and Toshiro needing to focus on voicing himself more to be able to connect, Marcille needing to learn ideals sometimes cost too much and Namari needing to internalize that ideals are sometimes worth risks (not only to be able to find a reasonable but fulfilling life balance, but also to get in touch with their compassion: Namari restricts her own too much and Marcille is too harsh on people she deems to be breaking values, like Namari not risking her life and career for a friend with no promise of success, or even like how Namari is harsh on Falin’s way of doing things : too gentle, too soft, too idealistic) (similarly to Chilchuck’s arc with Marcille too, and he also plays a hand in advancing that arc in the Namari chapters). We are getting far from namalin sorry ummm preview for future analyses like Toshiro’s contrasting approach to grief and accepting loss.

More post-canon namalin! Thinking about a timeline where… Namari is fond of Falin finding herself and going off to do her thing. "Finally!" she thinks. If she’s still for hire, maybe Falin would want her to come along, either as guide or bodyguard <3, she knows Namari has a lot of good avice on a lot of things to give, plus they’ve worked together before. She hires Namari and they travel for a bit. Travel would do Namari good too I think, even if her end goal is to settle and I think Falin’s would be too eventually. Seeing sights that light her wonder for the world and going places where people don’t know her story, don’t recognize her face or her name. Them, feeling free. Finding a companionship that feels uplifting instead of stifling or charged. Namari having been too in her head about reputation and social games and money that they hit the roads and spend time in nature and it’s like, woah. I’ve been living in a small world with made up rules.

Ahh yes romance, Namari and Falin kissing after 3 years of not really knowing each other despite seeing each other every day then 2 months of wanting to spend more and more time together until they’re an inseparable duo! Workwives. I want them to stand next to each other during campire time and Namari cracks little jokes and Namari laughs. I want Namari to gift Falin a bug caught in amber and for it to be their wedding/promised to each other thing.

TLDR

Rowdy but levelheaded barbarian x gentle healer that will also cave your face in with a mace I like it…… They’re an interesting duo of mixed stuff. Protection being your purpose and what you’re worth for, literally being a meat shield (Laios, Tansu), finding your individuality recognized and validated through a growing bond with the other. Sticking around as a love language. Also bug immortalized in amber and it being beautiful.

Nevermind this wasn’t short. Um! Anyways.

[surreal-duck]

es rarepair week day 6 - holiday/shopping

i think about the flambé santa bears a normal amount

[lilkikayart]

Sharing old Bakugan fanart I never shared here apparently?

I mostly posted to DA back in the day, but deleted my account when they had the whole A|I thingy. And last night I randomly got recommended the bakuga tag, so I started scrolling through the tag.

I was surprised and happy to see people still caring about the show and the characters (the old stuff I don't care about Bakugan Battle Planet).

Bakugan was one of the first "fandoms" I drew art for and I still have old art from that era. It was babies first MS paint/ traditional drawing era. Eventually I did move to digital art on SAI though.

So it has me wondering what my stuff would look like now if I made fanart for it again.

I've done redraws of past Bakugan fan art before, but some make me cringe because it was like I regressed, especially with drawing Alice.

This was a redraw of the MS paint art LOL

Anyway sorry for the rambling, just felt like sharing something especially for the Spectra x Alice shippers since it's a rarepair LOL

[doyelikehaggis]

25 Days of Sleighpairs: St Hudson | Jesse St James x Finn Hudson (Glee) + “Music”

Finn startled when Jesse plucked his phone from his hands and crossed his arms, obviously demanding his attention. He looked up at him, frowning.

"I don't want you to take this the wrong way," Jesse started, "but I need to ask you something. Why are you still here?"

Sitting up a little straighter, Finn said, "I'm not sure how to take that the right way." He dropped his gaze and swallowed. "But I get it. I said I'd only be here a few days, I should be gone by now. Don't worry. I'll get my stuff and I'll get out of your hair."

He went to stand up, but Jesse raised a hand between them.

"That's not what I meant."

Finn frowned again. "Then what did you mean?"

"I meant... why are you avoiding going home? You still haven't told me what happened when you finally went to see Rachel, either. I assume nothing good since you came right back here."

"Oh." He dropped back onto the couch, deflated. "Right."

Jesse took a seat beside him. He sighed, and it sounded like the kind only a performer would use in the most casual situation. Everything he did was sort of exaggerated and theatrical, like a camera crew was about to appear out of thin air.

Although, he had noticed that the act dropped every now and then when he wasn't paying much attention. Like, sometimes he'd start talking before he had finished eating, or when he passed him on the upstairs landing on the way to the bathroom in the middle of the night and he was half-asleep, his hair a mess and wearing just a T-shirt and bottoms, or when he'd get really invested in a reality show. It was weird. He had never really seen him so... human.

"Is this about your injury?"

Finn had forgotten how direct he could be, despite living with him for two weeks. He just gaped back at him while trying to ignore how aware he suddenly was of the slight twinge in his leg. It didn't hurt so much anymore, but it still flared up every so often.

"No," he said, his brow furrowing. "Well, it's not... it's not just that."

He glanced at Jesse, expecting him to already have lost interest. Instead, he raised his eyebrows the tiniest bit, silently prompting him to go on. He was watching him so intently, so expectantly, that Finn flushed hot with embarassment and had to look away.

"It's all of it," he finally said defeatedly. "Rachel. The injury. I was discharged from the army before I even did anything - aside from shoot myself in the leg, that is. I was supposed to go there and - and do something, make a difference, for my dad. Instead, I just... made a fool of myself."

He stared into the bowl of cereal in his lap, but he wasn't hungry anymore. Actually, he felt sick.

"So, you think that hiding away is the solution?"

"I'm not hiding," Finn said defensively, "I'm just..."

Not ready. The words lodged in his throat, and he swallowed.

Jesse sighed, and finally, he got up, presumably bored of the pointless conversation. To Finn's surprise, he turned to him and motioned him to his feet.

When he didn't move, Jesse said, "Come on. Prove it. If you're not hiding away out of some stupid shame, then you're going to leave this apartment. I need to do some last-minute shopping and there's a market a few blocks away. You're coming with me."

"I don't..." he started to protest, but Jesse's face made it clear that if he finished, he might as well be admitting defeat. As much as that thought appealed to him because at least it meant he didn't have to go anywhere, he couldn't do it. It wasn't true. He didn't want it to be true.

Sighing, he asked, "Can I at least get dressed and finish my breakfast first?"

Jesse's mouth quirked into what Finn used to think was an obnoxious smirk but he now realized was more of a smile.

"Don't be long," he told him, pointing at him sternly. "I have a very strict schedule for today."

"I thought we were just going shopping?"

"Oh, no," Jesse said, his features crinkling in amusement. "Shopping is just one stop on what is going to be an eye-opening adventure for you, courtesy of me. Think of it as my gift to you. Although, if you stay here any longer, I'm going to be obligated to get you an actual gift."

He slinked away and over to the piano, declaring that the only way to get him truly inspired was, of course, a song. Finn found that he was smiling for the first time in a month as Jesse started playing the opening to a song he hadn't heard before; it was almost comical how alike he and Rachel were at times. Something in Finn’s chest ached a bit, and he wasn't sure why. It was better than the ache in his leg, though, so he didn't mind too much.

[suntails]

the book is done :D setting up a shop for it next week but i’ll start posting/open preorders in september!!

[weirfq1]

[apologetic-artist]

Hi chat :3 *not suspicious* I've got a rare pair i came up with one night

Im so devious, I had to come up with a Brendon design mostly for the fact this ship appeared in my mind. (Here's that design and the outfit i made for Colin btw)

The Colin drawing is in my previous sketchbook fun fact

[genericwizard]

This single exchange means the world to me.

[totaleclipse573]

🦔👽

[distancingreality]

TLC Ship Weeks 2024

Winthorne + Change the Universe

and decisions, they change us

“All by yourself?” A voice asks.

Thorne turns in his seat, ready to woo and—

He’s stunned. The stranger beside him is breathtaking. Angelic. Curvy. She has long curly hair and bright golden eyes. And three imperfect scars running down the side of her cheek.

He only pauses a second before quickly brushing the little tuft of bangs back into his eyes. He licks his lips, and tries out his most dashing smile.

She blinks at him balefully.

“Maybe I am.” He says.

A corner of her lip quirks up. “Maybe?”

The woman he meets that night changes his life forever.

[los-gatitos-luciran-muy-lindos]

ೃ⁀➷ * Ship Song Association * ੈ *Characters : Shuichi Saiahra/ Korekiyo Shinguji * /♡˳ Danganronpa V3 ♡˳/

⋅ʚLife Eternalɞ⋅⋅ʚ

♡A03 tags it may fit♡ɞ⋅ ♡Mutual Pinning ♡Comfort ♡Non-Sexual Bondage

[kennys-parka-jacket]

Crenny and k2 shippers when real rarepairs walk in the room

[hermannsprecursors]

So uh the 2001 A Space Odyssey fandom has a LOT of crossover with the IHNMAIMS fandom. So uh that's cool.

Anyway here are my 2 bits on that. Y'all can make the funny androids kiss I'm making the funny deranged men they tormented make out lmao. Crackship king at it again.

They went home and fucked, probably.

Thank you for your time let me know if you want more. I drew this instead of doing my AP statistics homework.

[doyelikehaggis]

25 Days of Sleighpairs: Sukeve | Suki Panesar x Eve Unwin (EastEnders) + “Mistletoe”

Requested by Anonymous

'Are all of your Christmas decorations plant-themed?' Eve asked, eyeing the garland in Suki's hands with amusement. 'I'm not complaining, they're nice. I'm just used to decorations that are more...'

As she stalled for a word, Suki handed her the garland.

'Tacky?' she supplied with raised eyebrows.

Laughing, Eve said, 'I was gonna say bright and old-school, but sure, that works, too.' She stepped up onto the ladder as Suki held it steady for her. 'Growing up, my house was always covered head-to-toe in decorations. My parents went full-on. Tinsel and lights everywhere, massive reindeer in the garden. It was like living in a nativity scene.'

She pinned the garland up on either side of the doorway then came back down.

'I like this, too, though,' she said, eyeing the much less lurid decorations around the house. 'It's nice.'

'You forgot one,' Suki said. She held up a bow of mistletoe.

'Plastic?'

'We used to have real ones, but when Vinny was about three, he tried to eat it and nearly poisoned himself.'

Eve took the mistletoe with a grin. 'Oh yeah, because little plastic balls are much safer. Definitely not likely to end in a trip to A&E. And I think Nugget and Avani are past the age of trying to eat whatever they can get their hands on.'

Suki made a noise at that, watching her climb back up the ladder to pin the mistletoe above the doorframe, letting it hang down.

'I wouldn't be so sure about that. They're teenagers.'

'Good point,' Eve laughed. She came back down to the floor again, eyeing her handiwork. They weren't quite beneath the mistletoe, but she turned to Suki with a cheeky smile anyway and said, 'Do I get a kiss for all my hard work, then?'

Suki stepped closer, her mouth curving even as she tilted her head and said, 'You know you don't have to earn those, right? That's just sort of part of being in a relationship.'

'I know,' Eve said, her voice softening. She shook her head as she exhaled. 'I can't believe you're going to be my wife in less than two weeks.'

'Having second thoughts?'

'Never.'

She leaned in and Suki greeted her with warmth, kissing her slowly, and meaningfully. It said a million things at once, and they might never have pulled apart - if it weren't for Nugget and Avani arriving from school only to complain that they were going to leave again if they didn't stop "being all old and in love."

[axlestuck]

gcatavros <3 arquius?

Sure!