#do not tag as ship i beg of you

[disguisedcheezed]

Their friendship is everything.

#homestuck #roxy lalonde #dirk strider #mine #do not tag as ship i beg of you #They are PLATONIC. BEST FRIENDS. *i scream as i pound you to the ground*

[kaladinkholins]

BRB thinking thoughts about Taigen's character, the TaiMizu ship, and a big chunk of fandom's perceptions regarding both those things.

(Inspired by @farintonorth's post related to this topic that just got my brain going brrrrr)

OK so let me just... start off by saying that I think that reducing stories to their tropes is seriously detrimental to the way some people are interacting with fiction, and while that honestly warrants its own post about the subject, I wanna talk specifically about how this affects the way some people in the fandom talk about Taigen and TaiMizu.

Because yeah, tropes are useful shorthand to refer to certain dynamics or archetypes etc, and they are indeed the building blocks to any story. But in a well-written story, characters and their relationships, actions, and motivations, are much more complex than just tropes. Because in a story that has characters who are more than just cardboard cutouts, their behaviours, backgrounds, motivations and all of that, are inseparable from the context of the overall story they exist in.

So like, sure, you can say Mizu and Taigen have an enemies-to-lovers or rivals-to-lovers dynamic. I also use those terms because it's easier. But I also think this is where things start to get a bit twisted, especially from an intertextual sense. Because "enemies-to-lovers" is also commonly used to refer to other ships in other media, whereby it tends to be rooted in an imbalanced power dynamic, such as oppressor-oppressed and bully-victim.

And while that's a whole can of worms that I won't be getting into because it can quickly derail into a whole separate sort of fandom discourse, I'd just like to make it clear that Mizu and Taigen, in particular, do not have an imbalanced power dynamic. They are not bully-victim or oppressor-oppressed. The only understandable reason why someone might actually think their relationship is imbalanced is if

A) they only watched the first episode, or

B) they cannot grasp the slightest bit of nuance in a character, or

C) they're being obtuse on purpose simply because the Mizu/Taigen relationship, or Taigen's character in general, just doesn't suit their tastes.

While yes, Taigen, along with his whole gang, had bullied Mizu when they were children, that dynamic does not exist between them whatsoever in adulthood. Whatever imbalanced bully-victim power dynamic that had once existed between them was decisively ripped apart the moment Mizu beat him in that duel in the dojo, and then completely obliterated by the end of the season.

Mizu is not a defenseless victim at Taigen's mercy. Mizu can beat Taigen's ass any time she wants (and she DOES, repeatedly in fact), and could even kill him if she felt like it. She taunts him openly and without fear ("I like your hair"; "I can beat you with any weapon you choose") and all he does is bark back, because that's pretty much all Taigen ever does. Time and time again, he yaps about how much he wants to kill her, but time and time again, his actions prove that all of it is just an empty threat. Because though his words say "I hate you", his actions demonstrate the complete opposite. He's shown how protective he is of Mizu, how unhesitatingly he sacrifices himself up for her, how loyal he is in enduring days-long torture to not give up information about her, how even when near-death and in pain, he's still willing to keep standing back up so he can fight by her side and help her win against her enemies.

And Mizu is not an idiot! She sees that too. She does not see him as a threat, an enemy, or even a bully. Especially not by the end of Episode 3, and definitely not by the end of the season. When she finds him in the dungeon in Episode 6, she smiles from relief, and doesn't think twice to take him with her. Mizu finds him, at best, an annoyance, or at worst, an infuriating hindrance on her quest for vengeance. Which is why, when Taigen is about to say, "It's a shame our duel's set for tomorrow; I have to kill you before you get your revenge," Mizu whacks him on the head without a second thought before he can even finish his sentence, and leaves him lying unconscious, face-down, in the snow.

And this further emphasises how he does not hold any power over her. There is no abusive power dynamic between them. She is more powerful than him, he knows this, and all he's ever done after they've met up again in adulthood is get his ass whooped by her, get mad about it and pester her and follow her around, get his ass whooped by her some more, and put his life on the line to protect her.

"OOoooOOoooH b-but he called her a demon at the end of Episode 7 and threatened to kill her again!!!" Oh my god. He called her that because he's calling her out on her selfishness to stay silent about her knowledge of Fowler's plans to attack Edo. Because to him, loyalty and honour as a samurai is more important than anything. So in his own brash-and-immature Taigen way, he felt betrayed that Mizu did not hold the same principles. That's why he got angry. He wasn't even that mad about letting Akemi get dragged off by the Tokunobu guards. It was about saving the Shogun and the Shogunate as a whole. That's why the first thing he does in Edo is not find Akemi, but try to warn the Shogun about Fowler's attack.

Look, I'm not defending his stupid ass, of course. Because calling her a demon especially after their cute little wrestling time was obviously rude and inappropriate, especially since words like "demon", "monster" and "Onryo" have had such a deep effect on Mizu throughout her life, and continue to contribute to her self-hatred. But like? That's the fun of realistic and flawed characters, and realistic and flawed relationships. They're not perfect, and it's why we as an audience root for them, wanting to see them work through their shit and find a way to prevail despite it all.

Also, him saying that was in the heat of the moment. He was angry, he felt like his initial belief of who Mizu was—a strong and loyal samurai, just like him—was shattered, and so he lashed out. Was it rude? Definitely. Was it immature of him? Yes, incredibly. But it's also very much in line with his character, because even though he's grown a lot over the course of the season, the show isn't over yet, so obviously his character arc is just beginning, as that is also the case for the other three main characters: Mizu is beginning to accept herself, Akemi is beginning to grow into her position of power, Ringo beginning to train under Master Eiji, while Taigen is beginning to simply be a better person.

On that note, when speaking of Taigen's immaturity, I think that's also one of the main things that people tend to gloss over when it comes to his character. Because when you boil everything down to its bare essentials, Taigen is, essentially, a boy. I've talked about this before, but to reiterate, Taigen very much behaves like an unhealed child. Even as an adult, he is insecure, prone to throwing tantrums, and is desperate to latch onto some material goal in hopes that it will make him feel better—initially he was chasing status/glory/greatness, and then when Mizu tells him that "Nothing comes from being a samurai but death," he immediately decides he wants to run away with Akemi in hopes that he will be happy.

And it's a big step, acknowledging that he doesn't truly want greatness, but had always just assumed it was his only path to a good life. But it's clear he still hasn't really figured it out. Because if he did run off with Akemi to get married and live in the countryside, he still wouldn't be happy. Because he still doesn't know who he really is, or what it is he really wants. Marriage at this moment is the last thing he needs, and as he is now, he would be a pretty awful husband. A simple life would be good for him, but would he be good at a simple life, when he still has so much he needs to work through?

So anyway, what I'm getting at here, is that he's trying and he is learning and growing. So yeah, he is flawed, but honestly? So is Mizu. And the funny thing is that they're flawed in very similar ways.

Because Mizu is also an unhealed child. That's why she's so angry all the time. That's why she pushes people away. That's why she, just like Taigen, is so happy when given the chance to playfully wrestle in the forge, laughing and rolling around like children without shame or pretense.

Again, this shows there is no imbalance between them. They had grown up together as peers from the same town. And while Taigen had had the upper hand back then, because he'd had a gang of other kids with him, that is definitely not the case anymore. Today, they are equally flawed, equally strong, equally skilled swordsmen, and equally bull-headed.

However, yes, Mizu is definitely leagues more mature than Taigen. But she still holds a lot of childhood wounds that mirror Taigen's own. And we see this especially in relation to her mother. Similar to Taigen who had an abusive and alcoholic father, Mizu's Mama was an opium addict and had hit her, berated her, had shaved her head without her consent as a child, and as an adult, had constantly emotionally manipulated and guilt-tripped her. Mizu's love for her Mama was what had driven her to a path of vengeance in the very beginning. And when she'd found out Mama was still alive, she had wanted nothing more than her Mama's love, and it was this alone that pushed her to agree to the marriage with Mikio in the first place. And now, knowing from Fowler that her birth mother is someone else entirely, is what makes her agree to keep him alive and haul his ass to London to seek answers.

Thus, integral to Mizu's self-hatred is also Mizu's intense longing for love and family. Just like Taigen, whose pompousness comes from his insecurity about being the son of a poor fisherman, Mizu's goals are also shaped by who her parents are. Remember, her vengeance is not against just anyone who's corrupt or evil, but specifically against the men who she believes had assaulted her mother, the men she believes had made her a monster, the men she believes had abandoned her to die and continue to try to kill her. Her vengeance is against a father, on behalf of a mother. In The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride, Mizu is not merely the Ronin, the Bride, or the Onryo, but also the Child.

This is also why Ringo is so good, not only for Mizu, but for Taigen as well. Ringo is wise and caring and considerate, but above all, he is in tune with his inner child in ways that Mizu and Taigen are not. He is always earnest and positive, he sees the world with childlike wonder, but is not naive or blind to its ugliness. His whole life has been a battle. Ringo brings out the best in Mizu, consistently acting as her moral compass and conscience, and Mizu's choice to save Akemi in the final episode is only because she promised Ringo that she would. Because it's the right thing to do. Ringo inspires her to be a better person, and to think outside of her narrow-minded goal of revenge. At the same time, Ringo also brings out the best in Taigen. While at first Taigen had looked down on both Mizu and Ringo ("Half-limb to a half-wit"), by the end of the season, he's proud to have Ringo as a friend and ally, he listens to Ringo's advice ("What would Master do?"), and asserts to the fucking Shogun that Ringo is a worthy warrior to have by his side.

Okay, I've gone on a bit of a tangent here, but my main point is that Mizu and Taigen are incredibly similar. They are equals. They are both flawed, unhealed children who are chasing some impossible outlandish goal in hopes that it will fill the void in their hearts. They also both have a long way to go in terms of character development if they were to ever build a healthy romantic relationship (either with each other, or even with anyone else). So while I believe things will be rocky (because duh, it's a story, we all live for the drama, etc), I think with Ringo's help, they'll get there eventually.

#blue eye samurai #blue eye samurai meta #mizu x taigen #taigen x mizu #taimizu #taigen blue eye samurai #mizu blue eye samurai #meta dissertations.pdf #im not a taigen defender. but i AM a taimizu truther #wank.mp3 #sorta #fandom.rtf #shut up haydar #like i KNOW we all love mizu and want her for ourselves but cmon. let's be real here for a second. #ahem. hear ye! put down the delulu for a mere moment! #and ask thyself. why am i beefing with this pathetic bald man? a man who is the definition of a wet rat? #thus. my brother in nerd ass shit. i beg thee put down thy weapon. this man is not worth beefing with! he is literally... just some guy. #yes...he is bitchy. however! he is also a loser obsessed with mizu. remember this. he is not thine enemy. but simply...one of us. #also lmao like jokes aside lemme be clear. you ARE ALLOWED to hate taigen and taimizu all you like!!!! feel free to do so!!!! #but please just acknowledge it's like. a preference thing. like it's just not your cup of tea! thats A-OK! #but please dont insist that the ship is toxic unhealthy abusive etc #but if you still feel the need to do so. then for the love of god just tag your posts as anti-[insert whatever here] so it helps ppl mute #i knew how to tag shit as anti-makorra since i was fourteen! 😭 like it's basic courtesy cmon

[vislove-vislife]

I hope you're ready for this...

GUYS IT'S TIME FOR GRAVBOMB CONTENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SAT DOWN AND GRINDED OUT SOME ART

I'm actually super proud of how this turned out. The tension is *palpable.* Someone take my drawing tablet away, I'm becoming too powerful.

#mashle #mashle fanart #lance crown #dot barrett #dot x lance #gravbomb #art #ship art #yes i am officially starting the gravbomb tag #begging that yall use it if you make your own gravbomb content #may or may not do a part 2 where they kiss idk yet

[yuriguild]

rika: *wakes up*

doctor: congratulations! your top surgery went well

rika: wheres larry

doctor: who do you think took your tits

#i beg of you do not tag as ship #not art #text post #mine #pokemon #pkmn #pokémon #pokemon scarlet #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon scarvi #pokemon violet #rika pokemon #pokemon rika #larry pokemon #pokemon larry #shitpost

[k8lynjoy]

I genuinely want to know what show the people who say that Aang never respected Katara are watching. "Aang never let Katara feel anything other than what he wanted her to feel" "He idealized her" "He didn't care about her feelings" "He didn't support her the way she supported him". WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THIS FROM??? That's a rhetorical question because I already know what episodes/moments they're using to make those assertions (The Southern Raiders and the kiss in Ember Island Players), and even then, THEY'RE WRONG.

Let's start with TSR. This episode gets so misinterpreted it's not even funny. First off, Aang was never even upset with Katara in this episode, he's just warning her against killing someone??? He never gets mad at her or berates her. He just talks to her with a level head??? He openly acknowledges that he knows and understands how much rage and pain Katara is in, and he never tells her that she shouldn't feel it, he just advises her not to act rashly because of it??? Where is the lack of respect? Where is he ignoring her feelings or getting upset with her for not acting the way he wants her to? He lets her take Appa and even tells her that he understands that this is a journey she needs to take and supports her doing so, he just doesn't want her to kill someone. Honestly Aang shows more respect for Katara by knowing who she is as a person and not enabling her in her revenge than Zuko who is only going on this trip with her so that she'll forgive him, not because he actually cares that she's upset over the death of her mother (and this is not Zuko slander before people take it as such, I love Zuko, but it's not even subtext that his motivations in this episode are selfish and not about Katara).

As for the kiss in EIP, yes, it was not okay. Yes, it was a mistake. Yes, he shouldn't have done it after Katara laid a clear boundary, but he recognizes that immediately. After Katara- rightfully- gets upset with him, he gets upset with himself. We also see that he never repeats that mistake again and is fully okay with letting Katara lead after that. Which is why it's Katara who initiates the final kiss on the balcony. And if you still don't think he learned anything from it, he starts to ask for her consent in the comics before kissing her, showing that he absolutely DID grow from that mistake. So, we're really going to let one moment where a 12-year-old boy made a mistake dictate the entire show and negate everything that came before it??? That's coocoo banana's behavior.

I also think that those assertions are completely baseless because when does Aang idealize Katara? When does he hate her rage? When does he not support her? Is it when he laughed with her after she stole from pirates? Or in that same episode where he constantly reaffirms her skills as a waterbender- first by saying that he's able to pick it up so easily because she's a great teacher and then later when he refers to her as a waterbender which makes her so fucking happy? Is it when he gets so upset that Pakku refuses to teach Katara how to waterbend that he tries to walk away from his own waterbending training? Is it when he goes behind Pakku's back to teach her anyway? Or when he stands by actively cheering her on when she's raging against the patriarchy and fights Pakku? Is it when he calls her Sifu Katara because she expressed that he referred to Toph that way but not her? Is it when he helped her commit ecoterrorism and told her she was a hero for helping the people in that Fire Nation village? Is it when he holds her after she breaks down because she learned how to bloodbend? Is it when he comforts her after Jet's death? Is it... you get the point, don't you?

Aang recognizing Katara as someone who is strong and capable is not him idealizing her. Him not enabling her committing murder is not him hating when she feels rage. Aang actively supports Katara's rage on multiple occasions, he just doesn't enable her when he knows she's acting out of character. If you don't ship Kataang, that's fine, but please don't make up baseless accusations to try and tear them down just because you're mad that a ship that had no basis in canon (potential is not evidence) wasn't canon.

#kataang #anti zutara #for the tags #because people are crazy #and I don't have the time or energy to deal with it #pro kataang #pro aang #aang defense squad #katara x aang #this isn't even about not letting people ship what they want to ship #it really is just about people who bend over backwards to rewrite canon and hate on these characters in order to justify their ship #let them breathe for god's sake #adding here that i saw someone say that Aang treats Katara like the madonna and i 🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏻‍♀️ #PLEASE DEVELOP MEDIA LITERACY SKILLS IM BEGGING #DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT THE MADONNA/WHORE COMPLEX IS??? #GENUINELY BC WHEN?? WHEN DOES HE DO THAT??? #*cries in english major*

[erabu-san]

Hmm I apologize again for the rant !

It is not the first time I am doing it. I might forgot to put "please don't tag it as ship" under my drawing of tighnari cyno. Please, do not !

I love them as best friend, I love them as brother/found family, I don't mind the queerplatonic relationship at all

But their romantic side make me pretty uncomfortable. No hate ! It is my own taste.

Shippers are always welcomed and I am so glad you like my content 💕 but all my art concerning them (unless I tag the ship) are purely platonic. I just ask for some respect of my taste and not reblog my art with the ship tag.

I don't want to block, because I am genuinely glad you enjoy my work and as a young artist, it means a lot for me. Thank you so much 🙇 !! But as a human, I can't deny how uneasy it makes me feel.

Thank you for understanding !

#rant #I blame nobody #i am clearly not used to block ): I should tho but I know those who tag ship are not mean at all </3 #it is fine if you don't know. #but i saw people reblogging my art with shiptag even if i said “do not” #my art is like my only safe place please respect it #this ship is so popular and I clearly stop to interact with the fandom because of that #i clearly ignore when I saw one in my timeline /dashboard becausz I can't do nothinf against it except masking the account #but I beg you. not. under. my. post. #not in my DM #why i feel obligated to justify myself 😭 #but yeah !!! the ship is valid and full of greenflag !! wholesome !! #but I only enjoy them platonically !!! please respect 😭😭😭 I SWEAR I AM DESESPERATE WHY IT IS SO HARD FOR SOME TO RESPECT THAT OMG #gosh on twitter someone said me “ignore ??? what did you expect ??? it is the most popular ship” #I AM TRYING I AM LITERALLY NOT SEARCHING FOR FANART 😀 #feeding myself with my own food #that's why I am so grateful for people who support me. thank you. 😭 #and how could I ignore a comment under my post ??? interaction are so important for me I read everything #ANYWAY SORRY FOR RANTING !!! IT IS CLEARLY A /NOTMEAN POST !!! #next time I won't forgrt “do not tag it as ship” #but urgh if I do this I have to do in every post ???? 🤨 #and what if I draw tighnari cyno kaveh but I don't mind ship with kaveh ??? 🤨🤨🤨 (plz still don't) #tHERE IS PLENTY OF CYN0N4RI ACCOUNT IF YOU WISH TO SEE MORE CONTENT OF THEM !! Please support them <<3 mine are platonic ! #but clearly. imagine you are obsessive about two characters <<3 #but their popular ship is the one who make you the most uncomfy 😀 #so you decided to just stop looking at fanart and not bothering anyone 👍👍 #but it came under your post and your DM 😟 #AAA SORRY I AM SALTY I SWEAR I AM NOT USED TO FEEL LIKE THIS ):< #anyway plz take care ilove you mwah 🥺🥺🥺🥺💕💕

[magiefish]

This might just be a *me* thing, but I do find it kind of fascinating that almost every Feminist Greek Myth Retelling seems compelled to flatten Helen into a two-dimensional basic-bitch with no guilt or remorse for her actions despite the fact that self-loathing for her own beauty, a feeling of a lack of agency in the face of Aphrodite's whims and a complicated affection for and loyalty to both the Greeks and the Trojans are all major characteristics of hers in both The Odyssey and The Iliad. I'm sure this has nothing to do with the dynamics of modern feminism and patriarchy whatsoever.

#like. guys. if there's any character who's just BEGGING for a retelling from their POV other than Briseis and Lavinia #(which have already been done) #it is Helen #she is the literal quintessence of 'woman relegated to object in a competition between men' #and yet she still somehow has a more nuanced character in stories written by ANCIENT GREEK MEN (gestures generally at Athens) #then she does today #what are you people doing #classics #greek mythology #should i tag the books im referring to? yes. i will actually. #the song of achilles #a thousand ships #silence of the girls #the women of troy #(just realised that Lavinia technically isn't a creation by Greek men but snsyshdjeuds #Grecco-Roman mythology / Aeneid follows Iliad / you get my point) #anyway come at me i'm ready to be burned at the stake #oh shit i also forgot #the penelopiad

[silverlombaxwitch]

Before the dawn, it's shining bright, a glowing ray of light🌟

(click for better quality)

(hmmm whta if ya liked and reblogged hmmm haha jk,,,, unless??)

#This has been sitting in my wips for like 2 months uhhhhhhh #Those 5 hours into making this was supah worth it #Also WOO first art for 23 yee #Godamn this was quite ambitious but I'm rlly happy how it turned out #Do not tag as any ship #The owl house #Toh #Luz noceda #Vee noceda #Hunter noceda #Hunter wittebane #Noceda siblings #Colors pretty<3 #Screaming biting why can't my hand draw Luz the same everytime I draw her #The owl house season 3 #Toh s3 #my art #fanart #silverlombaxwitch #Don't let this flop I'm begging you :')

[anachronistic-falsehood]

i love qcell but i love qpac just as much and i also love toxic yaoi. i think pac deserves to go fucking apeshit and beat the shit out of cellbit and cut off cellbit's leg and eat him alive and set him on fire and stab him over and over until he reaches some form of fucked up catharsis and then i think he should rip cellbit's heart out of his chest and eat it cquackity style <3

#qsmp #celltw #<<the ship tag applies here bc i also want them to kiss with blood in their mouths #I LOVE WHEN VICTIMS BITE BACK I LOVE WHEN THE VICTIM GETS TO GO CRAZY AND GET MAD AND KILL AND BITE AND STAB #HE DESERVES TO GO FUCKING BATSHIT CRAZY AND LET OUT SOME ANGER #ooooo ccpac you wanna let your cubito go crazy soooo bad u wanna let him lose his absolute marbles u wanna let him fly off the handle #u wanna let him do an acrobatic fucking flip off the handle and stab cellbit in the landing ooooo u wanna do this sooooo bad #i love when victims get to go fucking crazy PLEASE LET HIM LOSE IT!!!! MR PACTW I AM BEGGING U

[threepoint14art]

I love redrawing screenshots of the series with our own version of everyone, feels right feels like a reward, the absolute silliests:

Our Mangle is taller than Spring and Maggie is in the redraw for the nightmares instead of onnie because we changed the order in which they joined! so onnie joined last :3 Originals screenshots plus one redraw with graphic blood and injuries under the cut! (sorry onnie)

and the horrors:

#πa art #fnafhs #fhs #fhs fanart #fnafhs au #fnafhs fanart #i love them sm its not even funny #our au #if you cant tell im trying my best to make lighting a real thing #its a work in progress still LMAO #blood cw #do NOT ship spring and mangle they are siblings here #im begging on my knees if someone tags this as their ship ill kill #i'll maul

[fromtheseventhhell]

Need more female characters to brutally kill their abusers and then laugh about it cause otherwise we get people using them as self-inserts, romanticizing their abuse, and shipping them with their abusers

#female character: I hate this man he caused me so much pain + hurt the people I care about and I feel nothing but disgust towards him #fandom: Omg she's so in love with him??? girl stop it I can't stop blushing and giggling >.< this man is sooooo hot #her canon love interesting is so boring and bland tbh they're more like siblings and her and [villain] have sooo much chemistry so it fits #and don't even get me started on how they'll demonize the female character for not accepting the villains advances 😒 #it's always the ones who say that they love her the most that do this and then claim to be the only ones to understand her #can't even tag this cause it applies to so many stories and fandoms #begging people to just enjoy a ship without feeling the need to justify it cause it just makes you look like a clown 😭 #cause they're the first ones to get mad when lines/scenes from the story are brought up and disprove it lol

[cyronite]

im so used to how finely curated my fandom experience is with star wars that im actually suffering trying to navigate the fallout fandom rn.

#cy speaks #i am having a bad time #think im just gonna do what i did with my sw blog and like just bulid my own little sandbox and ignore people for the most part lol #write my fic and ignore the majority of the fandom #also im begging people to tag shit properly #tired of being jumped scared by untagged vaultgh*ul in the main tag #i have avoided so many tags for it already #i dont care if you ship it but i cannot get behind it #lowkey gives me the ick bc i only got platonic found family vibes with cooper and lucy #also some of the fans of that ship are very weird and rude about maximus #for reasons we all know (racism) but so many deny #and the way so many are treating lucy like just some insert and disregard her character doesnt sit right with me #but now im just rambling in the tags so im gonna stop <3 #gonna build my little sandbox

[fluffypotatey]

I was thinking about merthur and shadowpeach, and my brainrots gave me thoughts about shadowpeach in merthur's positions. My first thought was macaque as merlin cause of the devotion to their king, and extreme loyalty. but Emrys is the absolute most powerful person in the universe, kind of like wukong.

But if wukong was in merlin position, no way he wouldnt blow his secret in a week and/or overthow urther (and either place himself as king or macaque)

see, here’s the thing: shadowpeach and merthur are on 2 opposite sides of the devotion spectrum despite both leading to each pairing’s destruction and doom

merthur is devotion in silence and secrets and devotion in sacrifice. both of those idiots have a habit of doing selfless and self-sacrificial acts out of devotion and loyalty. but it was choked by prophecies and generations of harm

shadowpeach is devotion in self-destruction and shared secrets and silent paths made together. they fought together without any needing to hide. their care was open and understood by others. but it was ruined by the hubris of one who wished to conquer the stars just to ensure his loved were protected. the devotion soured into a resentment of their past joys because they didn’t know how to stop themselves from reaching more than they should have

#gonna try and simplify what I mean in the tags (place your bets on how I do) #shadowpeach began as a relationship built on devotion with no secrets. both were aware of each other’s actions & both understood #the other completely. however their relationship ends in ruin because of previously held expectations of each other and held back #communication. their devotion for each other destroys them and ends with the two as enemies and a broken friendship. the devotion is #still there but it’s more faint and needs mending #merthur begin with their bond needing some mending. they met at odds and could not stand each other. and yet there grew a devotion #one a little quicker because some dragon made known to merlin about his destiny but I digress #but there was devotion and un real able loyalty even at the lowest of times. EVEN WHEN MERLIN CONFESSED AND ARTHUR WAS DYING!! #they end their relationship with their devotion stronger than ever. a devotion that transcends time and life. their devotion is carved into #the prophecies and no one can erase them away. theirs is a devotion of unconditional love #……so…..who beg on rambly tags? congrats you win. i simplified nothing. i merely elaborated #bbc merlin #merthur #lmk #shadowpeach #tbh i dont think i can place any in the other ship’s roles #swk cannot be Arthur because he is the one with immeasurable power #Mac can’t be Arthur because he isn’t the one who wants to be king #Merlin can’t be swk bc he wasn’t a fan of kingship or flaunting his powers nor would he wreak havoc in heaven or be sealed under a mountain #Arthur can’t be Mac because he is not a fan of being the man behind the scenes or the warrior of the story #but they are so similar #but so different too #their dynamics are basically a reverse of each other(ish) #but yeah

[soopsiedaisies]

going through the new posts of a ‘problematic’ ship tag provides me with such an extensive blocklist. it’s actually heaven? wow

#like ppl are allowed to complain extensively in their little internet niche (god knows i do it enough. im a hater at my core) but i beg you #tag appropriately #i don’t want to see your 10 morality commandments whilst perusing the tag of my pseudo-incest ship #and using a tag like ‘anti [shipname]’ provides you with your own little echo chamber #’i can’t believe people ship this that’s so disgusting and immoral!!’ babygirl they are pixels? #ship and let ship #don’t like don’t read #technically proship but the connotations of that have been ruined so #lol #fandom culture

[rapidhighway]

Guys you cannot be tagging my art with ships you imagined you cannot do that

#take that metal and sonic ship name off my art thank u i do not ship them #i don't want ppl to interpret my art with them this way #i am begging you to check the original tags before you tag a ship thanx #its fine if you ship it but it's my art and I don't #sorry for being cranky btw i was in the sp-n fandom not shipping their favorite little ship you can imagine how well that went skcndkdjkd

[fitzselfships]

Vent under the cut. I'm so sorry I am not normal at all </3

Dude having (suspected) bpd and self shipping with a character from a popular piece of media who is commonly shipped with another character sucks like what do you mean seeing canon x canon art of them now has me terrified of a fictional character abandoning me what the hell </3

#negative #rember that post I made about timblr reccomending me zooble canon x canon stuff?? #at first it didn't bother me ebcause I had the tags blocked and didn't see anything #then I saw a post thay didn't have the ship tagged and. yeah :[ #like @ my brain PLEASE shut the fuck up forever #this is my one coping mechanism right now ans I have been doing good for a week now let me have this please I am begging #but no my brain decides to go Hey I know this character is helping you stop spiraling further #but they would abandon you actually. because canon x canon ship #man thanks brain that's cool /s #sprry to make this post but it was inevitable I guess #it's times like this that i wish my therapist would be willing to diwcuss a diagnosis with me #imstead of sending me to a psychiatrist an hour and a half away from where I live that so far has not called back about an appointment #so most likely I'm mot even going to be able to see one lol