#shipping wars need to end

[dwobbitfromtheshire]

It's sad that a lot of people left Tumblr because they didn't feel safe and all because they were bullied over what they shipped. This site is supposed to be a safe haven, and it makes me sad that a lot of Milevens left because they didn't feel welcomed. Aren't you able to fucking ship Byler without having to constantly harass Milevens? As much as I hate to admit it, Byler is probably going to win, so why do you feel the need to bring others down and make them feel bad for what they ship? And what pisses me off is that it's NOT ALL Bylers, but it's still way too many of them. Why can't you post about your ship and just make it a safe place for Milevens? It's funny how so many of you have claimed to love Mike and Will, but honestly, if they could see you now, they would fucking hate you. You guys don't realize it but you have turned into the very bullies who have bullied Mike, Will, Dustin, and Lucas. You have become the very bullies they hate. Seriously, just stay in your lane and leave Milevens out of your posts. Stop commenting on their posts. Just post about Byler. I may not be a Mileven shipper, but I hope the Duffers make them endgame just to spite some of you assholes. Why do you feel the need to constantly try to validate your ship and, by doing so, bring others down? Your ship is just as valid as Milevens. SHIPPING 👏 IS 👏 SUPPOSED 👏 TO 👏 BE 👏 FUN.

[nerfpuncher]

They couldn't let Echo go to Pabu cause he would have been on the beach with a margarita in his hand the instant they landed.

[kelzen]

[gwynlain]

Art credits to VenusFolk (Insta). Characters by Sarah J. Maas.

[yuripira4e]

as someone who’s very anti mcu and really only consumes comics the poolverine vs Spideypool ship wars have just been insane to me because before the movie I feel like the Deadpool tag has just been this little isolated capsule of Spideypool content so it’s just kind of shocking to see

[necrotic-nephilim]

What's so fun about BruJay as a ship is Jason's sheer obsessive devotion to Bruce. Jason is possessive over Bruce, to the point he doesn't care about the deaths of others so long as he has Bruce's attention. A part of the UTRH arc this isn't talked about enough is that Bludhaven fucking explodes mid-way and Jason won't let Bruce see if Dick is alive.

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A lot of discussion about UTRH paints Jason as this anger-driven cold, calculating machine up against Bruce when it's so clear that his love for Bruce is what drives him at his root, even if he won't acknowledge it. He says it himself, he would've done anything if it was Bruce who'd died instead of him and his anger is rooted in that possessive devotion not being reciprocated.

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BruJay as a ship always to be, to some level, unrequited. Even if Bruce loves Jason back in that way, he'll never be that obsessed with Jason. Jason will always view Bruce's love for Dick or Tim to be a distraction, proof that Bruce isn't dedicated enough to him. Jason has the need to always have Bruce's attention, even when it could come at the cost of Bruce's other loved ones. Something something cannibalism as a metaphor for love in how Jason wants to consume Bruce's whole existence. He can't let Bruce leave him again, can't let Bruce love or grieve anyone else. Forcing Bruce to choose between Jason and the Joker isn't just about confronting Jason's killer, it's about confronting the other person who exists as this duality with Bruce and consumes so much of Bruce's life. That's the role Jason wants to fill, calling himself Red Hood and forcing Bruce to look at what he's become. But still loving Bruce and wanting more than anything for Bruce to reciprocate that love in the way that Jason understands. I just think it's good soup and rife with Dynamics that are underexplored with them.

[decaffeinatedpartymuggoop]

Okay, we all know being a demigod is a shit position. Its scary and gets you killed in really nasty ways. But I feel like being a Big Three Kid has to be the shitiest position in all the shit positions.

Like, imagine being Thalia Grace. Your dad is king of the gods, lord of the skies. Led a war to get rid of a tyrant. And the only thing you get is his scorned wife AND brother, who both try to kill you (with one technically succeeding), a drunk of a mother, and brother who you thought was dead. Oh, wait, he’s not dead! No instead he was used as an offering to appease your dad’s wife and help fight in a war and prevent mass destruction.

Or maybe you can imagine being Percy. Son of the sea god, the stormbringer, the earthshaker. You get to live with a disgusting, abusive man for around 6 years. Who smells like literal shit. All because your scent as a demigod is too strong, BECAUSE of who your father is. You see things that you aren’t supposed to see and do things that people can’t do and go years thinking something is wrong with you. That your the problem. Then you get to the one place where you’re supposed to be save. But! Here is the kicker! You’re not! Your uncles hate you and you’ve been accused of stealing a symbol of power. A series of events that will kick off a war, and guess what. You’re a center point for it. Welcome to Camp Half-Blood.

Mhm, but then there’s Hazel. Daughter Pluto, god of the underworld and riches. But that doesn’t really change anything does it? She’s still living in 1930s America, in a red state. One where confederate flags still hang if you go deep enough into the city. She go to a school where the kids are supposed to be just like her! They still don’t like her tho. She’s got no idea who your father is, only that he left her with a parting gift. Only it’s not really a gift. Sure, she can pull rubies and diamonds from the earth, all worth millions. But anyone who’s ever gonna touch it will die. She lives with her mother, a woman gone so mad with greed it kills her. And Hazel, by the way. Laying dead Alaska, inhaling oil. But it doesn’t end there! She can’t have her mother suffering for eternity, can she? The answer is no. Hazel gets to spend the next 70 years in the Fields of Asphodel. It still doesn’t end! Because when she’s brought back to life, she gets to fight in a war against giants, her sad story seemingly never ending.

Nico’s a son of one of the Big Three, one of the most ancient and most powerful. But most people look at him as something bad, something not worth taking a second glance at. Something too look away from, mostly. He’s from the 30s, spent years in a magical time casino with only his sister at his side. She doesn’t stay for long though, she dies soon after they discover their heritage. And he doesn’t remember his mother much, a name without a face. A face without a name. He survived an attempted assassination at 2, though it wouldn’t be the only time his was life was threatened. He clings to his sister, even though she’s dead. He’s the son of the god of the underworld, is he not? There had to be a way, and there is. Only she won’t talk to him, she seems more concerned with communicating with the guy who got her killed instead. She chooses rebirth, and he decides to lay it to rest. She’s not coming back, and he has a war to fight in. (He gets stuck in a jar and forcibly outed a few years later, but that’s a lot to get into for now.)

Jason Grace is a pillar of New Rome, their golden boy, their American boy. He’s a son of Jupiter, a natural born leader. He’s been at camp for as long as he can remember, he wants to be praetor soon. He’s had a rocky start, but maybe he’ll be one of the lucky ones. Retire a veteran and live a long life with Reyna in New Rome. Only that never happened. He has no idea where he is, there’s a girl holding his hand, and she’s cute but it feels wrong. They get attacked and people come in and call him a Greek demigod, familiar, yes, but still wrong. It doesn’t feel right. It doesn’t put things into perspective the way it does for Piper and Leo. He’s goes to a quest to rescue Hera, the name sounds wrong. He nearly dies but at least he remembers who he is. He spends the next 6 months trying to get back home, even though he isn’t too sure on where or what home is. He gets there, eventually, but it doesn’t stop there. He’s dragged on quests and battles and fights in the war but at least he survives it, he’s still there. Apollo needs help, he and Piper give him aid. He gets dumped. He doesn’t get to he a veteran in New Rome. Not with Reyna, not with Piper, not with anybody. He doesn’t get kids or grandkids. No, he gets shot down, another demigod buried.

You could be any one of them, really. Pick your poison, but I guarantee you won’t like any of them. Spending years trying to find a place where you belong, where you feel safe. Only for it to never come.

Percy, who, if you really look at the books, isn’t really all that well liked until he’s at least 2 years into camp. Only to then be sidelined because the courages, brave, fearless daughter of Zeus is back from the dead. Nico, the son of one of the most feared and hated gods. Who has death written all over him, who excludes it so much animals can smell it and humans can sense it, who’s been ostracized and pushed off to the side since he was 10. Hazel, who was treated like disease as soon as she stepped foot on camp soil. Who’s gone her whole life looked as something that’s cursed, that will only bring misfortune, a bad omen.

Shit positions, all of them.

[strangeasf]

I really truly don't get this whole bucktommy and buddie rivalry.. I mean I love buddie and I really like bucktommy and don't understand the problem of liking and rooting for both. yeah, at the same time. what happened, everyone forgot about multishipping? why can't two ships coexist in peace??

[raventrigonsdaughter]

Luke: your wife is trying to kill my boyfriend

Ahsoka: wait wha-

Bo: IM TURNING YOU INTO A CHOPSTICK YOU JON SNOW IDONWANNARESPONSIBILITY FUCKER

Din, crying: I JUST WANT TO SPEND A MOMENT OF PEACE WITH MY SON AND HUSBAND

[nessiandefenseattorney]

Honestly even if Gwynriel wouldn’t happen next book (it will) one of the greatest moments of my life will be to watch instagram burns, tiktok in shambles and tumblr in ruins over the goddamn ship war

even if Elriel will be together (they won’t) you‘ll see me in my bed cradling silver flames with popcorn and Nessian as my all time favorites.

[carlyraejepsans]

i was thinking about that ask i received the other day and how uncharacteristically upset the topic had made me when i usually just think "mh. gross!" and move on, and after mulling it over a while i realized it wasn't about the topic at all, it was the ask itself that freaked me out. i've mentioned sporadically before (for obvious reasons lol) that i used to be involved in fandom discourse when i was younger and that!! fucked me up quite a lot. between exacerbating my ocd and straight up getting cyber stalked (i almost feel guilty using that word, like i don't deserve it but. yeah that is 100% what happened to me), the topic is something I have very complex and personal opinions on but that i hate talking about in public because it still sets off my fight or flight response.

i know some people in the fandom are like "let me know if i ever rb someone who wrote/drew gross stuff" and that's entirely their choice and i respect it. but for the record, i am not one of these people. please, for the love of god, i am asking this genuinely do NOT come into my DMs about this, I don't want to know. assume I'm either living in blissful ignorance or my blacklist already covers me quite nicely & i wanna keep it that way. i vastly prefer the discomfort of stumbling into something unprepared and deciding what to do about it on my own, to the utter pit of dread i get whenever i open a message that starts with "hey just so you know-". i have blocked multiple people in the past over it. i WILL block more. be warned.

[note. this doesn't apply to people who have either hurt or behaved inappropriately with other members of the fandom, or spread bigotry and discrimination like racists and transphobes. please do let me know in those cases]

does this make sense? idk I'm kinda feverish you guys figure it out. I'm going to sleep.

[dwobbitfromtheshire]

I heard that people are still harassing Grace Van Dien and it's fucking disgusting. Some of you guys are sending her DEATH THREATS! Let me remind you that the Duffer Brothers let us post fanart and fanfiction of THEIR work on sites like this. At any point in time, they could decide NOT to do that because they own the right to Stranger Things. We do NOT have any claims over any of their characters. They have a right to sue sites like this one so let's make that pretty fucking clear. Let me tell you what real shippers are.

REAL SHIPPERS RESPECT:

1. They do NOT send death threats.

2. They can separate the characters from the actors.

3. They do not bully actors AT ALL or bully each other.

4. They recognize they have no ownership over the characters or the actors.

5. They respect the fact that this is someone else's story and not their own.

6. They recognize that their ship might not happen, and it's not the end of the world because they still have fanfiction to fall back on.

7. They respect another healthy ship even if they don't ship it or understand it themselves.

8. They recognize that they make mistakes too and they learn from it.

9. They recognize that sometimes the story isn't about themselves but the person telling it.

10. They respect the fact that people have different opinions other than their own and that we're all flawed individuals.

11. Also, and more importantly, they know that these characters aren't real.

[oatmealzz]

Naruto hasn’t given up on Sasuke but I certainly have.

[jascurka]

Re-reading a beloved fic and noticing things you didn't see before and it's even more beloved now.

[thegreatyin]

mr spices and mr wines. also mr candles and mr veils.

have you ever seen that one tumblr post that's like. "i don't ship these characters i just think they belong in couples therapy together". yeah. that's pretty much my stance on most spacebat ships

[celestialseawitch-ff]

🌹

May stepped through the door and almost cried out at the sight of Peter alive and well in a hospital bed with Tony at his side. They were cuddled together on the hospital bed, Peter tucked into Tony’s side. His torso was wrapped in bandages. Tony had a few cuts on his face. His arm was in a sling.

They both looked up and two matching sets of big brown eyes immediately met her own.

“Oh my god,” May gasped. She raced to the bed as Benji squealed for his daddy. May all but tossed Benji into Tony’s lap as she pulled Peter into her arms.

“Is that a baby-? Oh! Hi, May. I’m okay. I swear, I’m okay.”

“You look like a mummy.” She pressed a kiss to his head and then another and another. “Oh my god, sweetie. I love you. I love you so much.”

Peter clung to her a bit. “It’s really- five years?”

May pulled back fractionally. She smoothed his curls down. “Hi, honey.”

“Hi.” He glanced at Benji and back. “Did you have a baby?”

Tony turned Benji on his lap to face Peter. “This is your brother, Benji. Benji, this is Peter. Can you say Peter?”

“Pee!”

Tony turned to Peter. “Tough luck, kid. You’re Pee now.”

Peter tilted his head as he studied the baby. He turned to Tony and then to May. “Oh my god,” he breathed. “Oh my god.”

“He conned me into marrying him,” May said.

“Because I’m a genius,” Tony scoffed.

“And he got me pregnant so I couldn’t run away.”

“Genius.”

“Oh my god,” Peter said again. He stared at the baby with wide eyes. “Uh, hi? Benji?”

“Short for Benjamin.”

Peter’s face softened. “That’s nice.”

“We thought so,” Tony agreed.