#talking about ships

[khrysm]

What are some of your favorite things you like in a ship? Like what about Chilumi really does it for you and what are your favorite things?

Sorry for the late late reply.

Favorite things I like in a ship...

I wouldn't say I have a common theme among the ships I've liked. Generally, I need to be somewhat emotionally invested in one of the partners, and then my brain eventually manifests some ridiculousness that leads to whichever partner I end up shipping them with. I don't think I have specific things that I like.

(Incoming an answer no one asked for...)

I started out as a canon-shipper in my younger years. Like with Sailormoon and Card Captor Sakura. I was totally on board with each canon ship and went with the flow.

It wasn't until many years later that I eventually braved the treacherous waters of the OW shipping fandom that I just outright didn't go along with the popular ships. The only ship I gave any attention to was Hanzo and Mercy, and I had to basically feed myself with that one. I know that it makes zero sense to most people, but I think my brain just wanted to put my favorite OW characters together. I was a Mercy main, and Hanzo was stylistically my favorite character archetype in terms of combat (I like archers). There's a lot more I could say about it, but that will make this post potentially ten times longer.

Anyway, when I finally moved onto Genshin, I wanted to avoid falling into any ships...

But then Tartaglia showed his stupid face, and I was immediately drawn to his character. His banner was the one that made me break my pledge to stay a low-spender (just Welkin Moon and Battle Pass) and swipe for each bonus pack to guarantee that I'll pull at least one copy of him. Yes, this is long, roundabout way of me saying that I was only interested in Tartaglia for a while... Until I finished his story quest.

The moment Tartaglia and the Traveler shared after he cleared out all the Ruin Guards was the spark that started me have feels for THEM having feels for each other. xD;;

It felt like their strong ties to family (particularly their siblings) was something that resonated stronger than every other friendship the Traveler had made up until then. Also, he was so insistent on meeting up with the Traveler as frequently as possible, even if it was mostly to spar and train. And with the game sort of putting a blanket personality on the Traveler being quite proud of their fighting ability, I thought that they had a decent connection that could lead to a real relationship.

Also, the way Tartaglia is always so excited to see the Traveler when they happen to run into each other randomly. It just feels like there's so much more sincerity behind his greeting. And his voice lines! When it comes to directly talking about the Traveler, he's so possessive! Maybe I'm delulu, but I don't care. That's what my brain thinks! xD

Ah! I figured it out! All the ships I like, started out with the characters not liking each other at first. Usagi couldn't stand Mamoru at first because he teased her about her hair. Syaoran was so mean to Sakura when they first met! My headcanon for Hanzo and Mercy had a rocky start, but they eventually grew to like each other. And like the rest, Traveler had to beat the crap out of Tartaglia because he was a bad guy, but somehow they manage to come to friendly terms after a while. Yup, enemies/rivals to lovers is my shit!

[fox-mulder-gets-pegged]

I just wanna say bc I KNOW you're somewhere on tumblr, to the teenage girl who attended Take Your Kid To Work Day at an office building in Ontario, Canada circa 2013 and had a conversation with a middle aged woman in which you showed her your Black Veil Brides fanart and fanfics and ship content and told her about different fanfic tropes including a/b/o verse bc she happened to know who Panic! at The Disco and Fallout Boy were and thus you felt the need to show her your bandblr ship art, that was my fucking mother and I had to clarify all that to her including looking my mother in the eye and trying to explain a/b/o verse without sounding like a lunatic.

It's been 10 years and I still regularly sent evil energies in your direction. Since you'd be probably two years younger than me and thus legally an adult now, please know if this post reaches you it's on sight.

[sushisocks]

i wake up and i am immediately thinking about those characters. i eat breakfast and i am thinking about those characters. i do chores and i am thinking about those characters. i do any work, i study, i walk the dogs, and i am thinking about those characters. i go to bed and i am thinkign

[its-your-mind]

[marxistgnome]

Memes shared by kids who grew up on starships I think they should have sea scout/land scout beef with kids that grew up on Starbases

[ro-bee]

More doodles of this show because is so cute 😭😭😭 it fills me with joy

[oobbbear]

I want to post this here too because I’ve seen it happen a few times

Please understand that there are cultural differences and language differences, if you see this happening let the person clarify what they meant, that person might just not be familiar with words the western side of the internet use

[artkaninchenbau]

People keep on asking for more Baby Robin and Papadile so here is more Baby Robin and Papadile. Now never ask anything from me ever again

[opikiquu]

iknow my comics are ugly please just hear me out

[holographic-mars]

The missile is very tired

(Edit: NOT SHIP ART‼️)

[kandelia-mangrove]

Can we talk about how in the show Lestat and Armand are framed as narrative foils. Armand and Lestat who are both so aggressively theater kids, but Lestat who acts, who draws in the attention and holds it, and Armand who directs, who shapes and manipulates the narrative. Armand and Lestat's obsession with Louis and his love and frustration with his melancholy over Lestat and Claudia respectively. Who both felt second in his heart. Who fear loneliness above all else. Lestat taking what he wants to excess - no impulse control, and Armand letting things happen to him and trying to manipulate situations to get what he wants but never taking it. Armand, who even in the end, so much more powerful, never physically imposes himself on Louis. Armand who seeks complete control in subtle insidious ways. Lestat who seeks control in the physical. Armand and Lestat brought into vampire life in horrifying ways tangled up with SA. Armand who still talks about his maker with reverence, Lestat who hates his maker. Armand who pours all of himself into his partner, willing to shape himself into what they desire but ultimately needing control to feel safe. Lestat who pours all of his love into his partner but unwilling to change himself and ultimately cedes control in moments to maintain the relationship. Armand who clings to his breaking apart relationship for 77 YEARs, Lestat who let Louis go. Lestat and Armand who watch Claudia die, but one as a father and one as a murderer. Lestat and Armand so intense in their love but Lestat so painfully external and Armand so painfully internal as characters. Both constantly acting and putting on a face. Lestat as Mozart and Armand as Salieri (in the flashback scene!). Armand who loves routine and structure and repetion, Lestat who craves change and excitement. The calling cards are echos, who learned from who. Armand teaching Lestat the vampire gifts, Lestat teaching Armand a new way to live. on and on....

[tartarusknight]

Your telling that when they added Eddie into the party we weren't supposed to ship him with Steve??? Eddie looks like Nancy, talks like Robin, shares Dustin's hobbies, and cares about these people as much as Steve does and they aren't in love??? Like we're supposed to believe that Steve wouldn't love that???

[clarisimart]

Poor little six-fingered Icarus

Flew too close to His Sun

Fell far away from home

And got himself burned for his hubris trouble

Stills from my "No Children" Ford Pines animatic which you can find here

Commission info here

REBLOGS OVER LIKES PLEASE

[sunsetcurveauto]

and they were codependent coworkers

[thatnununguy]

PLEASREE PLEASE SHOW MORE EQUIGAM ART PLEASE!!!!!!

When in doubt — post yaoi art. Or however the saying goes. Perchance.