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Why do you even ship them?

In the past couple of months I’ve seen a lot of people genuinely confused about one or the other ship existing, so I wanted to explain some common reasons characters might get shipped.

But before we get into it: The point is usually just good, plain old fun! The entertainment of them being together !

And for entertainment and fun, it doesn’t matter whether they’ve even been in the same room or not! Hell, it doesn’t even matter if they’ve been in the same universe or not! Basically: It’s all not that serious and the ppl harassing creators/actors/fans about said ships are usually the minority and frowned upon!

First of all, there are different ways in which people enjoy that ship:

In canon, aka it either is canon or they want it to be canon

Half canon, this means either post canon or if a very specific thing would have happened differently within canon

Canon divergent, aka it’s only enjoyable in theory or alternative universes and they don’t actually want it to happen within canon

In other words, there are different ways in which people support this type of relationship

It is the perfect relationship and everyone should strive to find and be this kind of love

While they have their flaws, this is a realistic way a healthy(ish) relationship can come out on the other end of all the horrors tm

This is (somewhat) toxic but in the universe/story line it makes sense and is the best possible outcome for them

This is the truly worst thing that could come out of it for the both of them but that’s why it is so interesting

Usually it boils down to these emotions:

It would be funny if they go together.

It would shift the impact of all that angst and trauma

It would be super cute. Plain old romcom vibes. Specially if the of story is not that at all and you just want something good for them.

Some basic reasons, that are more about the concept of them than actually them: :

They are fan favourites

They are both hot

Everyone else in the group is coupled up

They fit a certain stereotype/common trope

They resemble another popular ship juuuuust enough

The actors have played a couple/ship in another show

Spite! To annoy the author/other fans

Some personal reasons of the individual fan:

Reminds fan of their own crush

Fan relates to some aspects of their story

Fan relates to some aspects of the characteristics

Character looks like them/ like their crush

Based on the characters/stories design

They claim to hate/dislike/annoy each other but are somehow always found in each others business (willingly or not)

Opposites attract: They have opposing color schemes, personalities and/or views. The more differences the better.

Parallels: They have the same color schemes, personalities and/or views. The more similarities the better.

Based on their relations

You just want something good for this character and they (other character(s)) ARE that something good.

You just want something annoying for this character and they (other character(s)) ARE that something annoying.

Them being together would annoy this other character to noooo end

Even tho they don’t interact on screen (often), there is evidence that they did so off screen: they keep up a certain level of relationship (good or bad) despite everything else going on

Purely about the characters

They don’t pay attention to anything or anyone else nearly as much as they do about each other, especially ppl they should objectively care more about.

They’re the only ones who survived/left to deal with the aftermath. Even if they didn’t talk much prior to this, this is something to bond over. To keep the memory alive.

The expectations set on them are/were the same. And despite the different support systems and coping mechanisms… the other is truly the only one who could even find a glimpse of understanding of what they’re going through.

Yin and yang: a perfect mixture of parallels and opposites: They’ve gone through the same thing but deal with it widely differently. OR They come from widely different backgrounds and reasoning but end up at the same conclusion.

BECAUSE they’re so codependent they just wouldn’t make sense with anyone else, regardless of wether they themselves make sense

BECAUSE it is unhealthy and toxic and it’s interesting to explore such a relationship

BECAUSE if they’d be in literally any other genre/time they’d be fine. Nothing this bad would’ve ever happened if they’d just lived in another universe.

Why not ? It’s fiction.

These are all the reasons I can come up with at the top of my head but feel free to add!

Alas I want to encourage everyone to be open minded! Either to genuinely try to understand why a ship exists or, if you don’t want to waste your time on sth. you’re sure you don’t like, just filter and block the ship and their fans!

None of us can afford to waste our very limited free time on arguing with and harassing others about something FICTIONAL …that we don’t even like. Instead, please focus on making and/or supporting art about YOUR ship! This is not only much nicer to the fans you don’t support but also to yourself! Positive interactions will result in more positive interactions after all! Mostly.

the template would later branch out to any negative word, but the original naming scheme for sith lords was darth + a negative word starting with 'in', with the front cut off. e.g. Darth (In)vader, Darth (In)sidious, etc. in a return to tradition, my star wars property centres the fearsome Darth Cestuous

Gimmick blogs are rad

I love all of you

Yes please tell me which car that is in the back

Yes please do rate my orange text

Yes please do find stupid accidental haikus

Yes please please do count the number of times I used the letter "T" please

Nami and Vivi as (fem)Aladdin and Jasmine!

wouldn't you like

was it ever the right shade?

modern au service dog edition (made with @dandelion-jpeg)

I have been delighted by your Aces since I discovered this blog (especially the skrungly last-minute ones). Big hat Ace instantly made me think…..what if bigger hat? (Also inspired by Tiny Cowboy from Drawfee but I don’t expect anyone to get that reference)

day 140

this is the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life, I cannot keep him to myself he needs to go out to the masses

im trying to prove a point reblog this if youve experienced anything good or bad or nuanced or of any type of inclination at all

people will say "why cant the eldritch gods just be nice to humans :((" and then kill a bug for existing near them

when i go in a room and forget what i needed i become a point and click protagonist. [water bottle?] that’s not helpful right now. [socks?] i don’t know what to do with that. [charger?] that’s not helpful right now. [scissors?] i can’t do anything with that. [water bottle?] that’s not helpful right now. [lone paperclip?] that’s not helpful right now. [water bottle?]

making a collection

Get his ass 🗡🗡 - an Ides AO3 skin

Get the code (and instructions for how to use it) on github

(note: when scrolling, works written by other people will have the same cream background as the site, but works written by you will have a yellow background)

So I bought some stuff at Tora-con and one of them was this Doflamingo figure that I thought looked super badass.

and then i opened it and cannot stop laughing 

the fuCKING LEGS.

SOMEONE TAKE THIS TOY AWAY FROM ME.

when she says she doesn’t send nudes

Au were everything is the same but it's set in America

Maverick’s Dagger Squad:

Caesar’s Dagger Squad:

Tumblr Holidays:

• March 14th: Pi Day

• March 15th: Ides of March

• April 1st: April Fools Day and Mishapocalypse Memorial Day

• April 13th: Homestuck Day

• April 20th: Weed Day

• September 8th: Queen Elizabeth Killed By Sans Undertale Day

• November 5th: Destiel Canon Day

The last piece of media I consume was nbc hannibal and I need someone to dogsit/petsit/housesit.

Thank you for the service Will Graham ! I know my dog's gonna be good at least ! (I may die, but we won'ttalk about this)

You are faced with some random problem and the only person who can help you is the main character from the last piece of media you consumed (you can also do favorite character if there are multiple main characters). You can stay in this universe or be in the universe of the character, whichever you prefer, but the problem remains the same and the only person who can directly help you is the main character. That character can call on the help of those they know in their media, but when it comes down to it, they are the only person really helping you. How do you react to this situation?

Spin to find out your problem:

I spent like three hours making this

As a french : why ???!😭

Idk know what it is but I really like the French national anthem

Get in loser, we're going to do murder !

*pushes a body out of the passenger seat in a stolen police car* ur lowk cute wanna go out

So. The house of leaves by Mark Danielewski.

It's a manifestation of the Spiral right ? Or maybe a bit of the Stranger, but the Spiral mostly. Everybody see the vision, right ? Like bro, please. The doors ! The fucking dors !

Like I wouldn't be surprised if someone told me that the house and the tunnels below the archives were connected, or even were the same thing

I was sorting out my old notbooks, and I found a copy of my 10th year play (Iwas in theatre class) and I found out the name of the author was Tiago Rodrigues .

Anyway my current James Bond hyperfixation was startled and it's been going wild in my brain since a week

So I think I should write a theatre play, whose name would be : of the inherent homoeroticism of performative masculinity action movies

But do I have the motivation ? No. So it will stay at this format.

Sooo if it's in the public domain... does that mean that we can do... what we want ?

Go baby !

...was this before or after the Amazon announcement lmao...

edit: ah, before. ...wonder how this aged, lmao

Huuh... wait... oh yes ! The house of leaves by Mark Danielewski

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

My favorite pastime of : watching an action movie, deciding it's queer, and imagining all the dudebros geting mad about it

Trust me, it's veeery fun

if i had a nickel for every time i hyperfixated on a fictional pairing from a critically acclaimed Dad Movie TM where one of them is british and they’re sort-of-illegal-spy-thieves who thrive on violence then i’d have two nickels. which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice right