#shipper life

[bethanyactually]

this is the kind of hug I would like for all my ships:

No recent brushes with death, they're both just happy to be with the person they love (and saving the galaxy) and wanted to hug about it.

#shipper life #han x leia #my tag for them has been #gold standard otp #for ages and I guess there's a reason for that #when I was thinking about what I would like to see from my blorbos' show ending this hug immediately came to mind #hug

[cornus27florida]

General Thoughts on Ship Wars (discord)

Before, I wanna to tell that : I am a very passionate shipper but I don't wish for any hurt to anyone especially to the ones that shipping characters that not my taste or my NOTP. I will simply avoiding those NOTP ships in any way of fanworks, because if I am stumbled upon those NOTP fanworks - I am afraid that I might unleash beast inside me that could hurt even by words - or for myself getting hurt to see character that I feel a nice, romantic couple to be with other character else. I've learned that fanworks world (fanfic: ff, ao3, etc)(fanart: twitter, devianart,etc)(shipping analysis: tumblr, reddit) should be a safe world for anyone to be happy - shipping characters of the series they'll like while letting others in part of the fandom to know the reasons to liking a ship. In short, I am respecting anyone to ships any characters to other BUT please don't push that ship especially by bashing other character by learning how the characters doing and how the relationships progress in the story.

Well, in the fanworks you could do anything you want like making character c looking bad especially highlighting the things they're did in certain aspect of the story, which to make character a and character b (or more if this a polyamory relationship) to be together. But honestly, could that cliché be avoided? For creative thinking that filled with honesty - kindness - and the forgiveness, so even the character c won't be together with either of character a or b - everyone involved are happy. Being happy doesn't always means for union of characters. being listened-understood-respected it's also part of happy spectrum too even if by making that happen means to letting go someone they love. That's not only limits to characters let go the one they'll love (because the love status is uncertain as it's platonically? becomes familiar love? etc) BUT also when the characters they're love are gone - be it for moving on to another part or phase of life, or for going to the afterlife. Because love could turns ugly like obsession if the 'letting go' part not been used healhtly. Cue to inserting this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H1-33qQ554

So, people in discord said a really good paragraph exclaim :

It's (refers to the ship wars) definitely not limited to coai (conan/ai), it happened in almost every fandom. But I think it basically boil down to a perfect storm of popular characters with a semi-canon ship status. Shinran (shinichi/ran) fans doesn't need to argue their ship into canon bcs they're already canon. Slash pairing (e.g. kaito/shinichi, heiji/shinichi) also doesn't tend to argue their ship bcs they know it won't happen. Meanwhile coai is very much a possibility (even if it is one-sided) so the fans gets loud in their support in hopes that Gosho (or other party related like Mai kuraki the singer for most of Detective Conan songs) will change the status-quo if coai (a pairing that have lots of ship teases - or the characters are so interesting together with their personalization) becomes more "popular".

I hate it when readers try to force their ideas on the author/creator - let them do their ideas and experiment and see if it works or not (which should be on fanworks world). Although in Gosho's case, I don't think there is reason to fear that but many webtoon creators are young and new to this all and inexperienced so they may bow to the immense pressure of the fans. -> there's many examples in the webtoons already as many unsatisfied readers have the webtoon ending with the ship that 'majority' didn't want like My Deepest Secret, Nice To Meet You!, Edith et cetera

Those webtoons also the example of the ones that didn't have any author note episode at the ending, in fear possibly if explaining why the character a not means to be with c, or technically there's no pairing become canon

Gosho is experienced indeed, BUT in the manga world making - editor is holding the key as basically try to make popular series going as long as possible ~ and if doing so fuelling ship wars by adding teases scenes especially towards triangle love, so be it. It sucks for both the author and readers actually, but it happens anyway. For the creator or author to can't write what they're actually want. For the reader of the intended pairing shipper as they are seeing the characters they're ships getting 'flirty' with other character that likely their NOTP. Or for the reader of the unintended ship as they're been fed by false hopes that their ships are means to be 'as canon'. I am also talking about constant ship wars at Oshi no Ko with Kana vs Akane btw, I love Kana more so I am mad if she's getting mocked espc by the Akane/Aqua shipper - but I also know that Akane - Aqua relationship is special in their own way even thou not that healthly.

I stopped reading Marionetta because the ship war too (the Sahed fans attacked the Tonny fans really hard) -> this the result of ship wars, this make fans to decides to stop enjoying the series for entirety which is very sad.. It's technically not the author's fault but as the fandom becomes toxic. Of how toxic and poisonous a fandom could be it's another nother to talk about and I won't talk it here.

The (ship, be it intended as well unintended) teasings happen in a lot of things: media, series, books, manga…to fuel the readers to become interested longer (thought only for the ship). It is a common thing nowadays and I don't like it at all.

-> A good story should telling what their own story properly, and shippings should be the spices not the main ingredients. So, a story should be a story based not ships based.

I disliking the ship wars as the pain, hurt, tiringness which could resulting to the fandom become toxic in intense war as pointing out why 'their ship is superior, and other ship is doomed'. This totally unhealthly, both for other part of the fandom espc your NOTP shippers AND YOURSELF as being constantly on edge to proving your ship. Why not taking steps back, letting out a long breath - and enjoys the ship that you like without hurting others happily? You, as the reader (or if the medium of series isn't visual, then watcher or anything else), is always part of the fandom that making up popularity of a certain series. If you are gone as getting tired or getting swept up by the toxicity of ship wars, didn't it hurt to the creator of your favorite series - or your friends at the fandom that you used to be like before ~ as realizing too late that you're gone?

P.S if curious:

As a shipper on multifandom, here characters that I ship on different series - which are heterosexual pairings, and well personally no hate towards LGBTQ+ just if them making NOTP I am simply disliking and avoiding the following pairings. No amount of others' arguments telling me about 'reasons your ship sucks' will ever change my opinions regarding my OTP, and I hope it's understable without seen as too hard headed - I won't bashing any characters that become part of my NOTP. I always respect anyone opinion, but I also hope that respect is a dual-interaction too so it'll become "I respect you, and please respect me too".

OTP stands for 'one true pairing' while NOTP stands for 'not one true pairing' which usually if the character a and character b that making up a pair (or more if polyamory) is paired up with other character else. So I am only limiting a pairing on each work series, but doesn't mean I didn't have more characters that I like to ship. The list of my OTP are the following with consist on various media indeed :

Jodie Starling (Saintemillion) and Shuuichi Akai | Okiya Subaru [Detective Conan | Case Closed]

Princess Gwendolyn of the Pastel Kingdom, and Prince Frederick of the Plaid Kingdom [Cursed Princess Club - webtoon]

Kaneki Ken | Haise Sasaki and Touka Kirishima [Tokyo Ghoul]

Severus Snape and Lily nee Evans [Harry Potter series]

Jellal Fernandez | Siegrain Hart and Erza Scarlet [Fairy Tail]

Nagisa Shiota and Kayano Kaede [Assasination Classroom]

Gojo Wakana and Marin Kitagawa [My Dress Up Darling!!!]

Kana Arima and Aqua(marine) Hoshino [Oshi no Ko]

Remi and Blyke [UnOrdinary - webtoon]

Adashino Benio and Rokuro Enmadou [Twin Star Exorcist]

Kinomoto Sakura (or Princess Sakura) and Syaoran (Li) [Cardcaptor Sakura : Clear Card Arc + Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]

Suchan Jang and Huijin Park [Jungle Juice - Webtoon]

Chrome and Ruri [Dr. Stone]

Mai and Prince Zuko [Avatar the Last Airbender]

Sena Kobayakawa and Suzuna Taki [Eyeshield 21]

Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuuga [NARUTO]

Saguru Hakuba and Akako Koizumi [Magic Kaito]

#character analysis #dcmk #cpc #marionetta #animanga #webtoon #book #harry potter #other fandoms too #shipper life #ship wars #could be avoided NGL #with respect to each other

[trytojudgemeseeitdoesntwork]

ngl I was hoping for something with a little more substance for 2 of the best actors in the business. But I take what I can get.

#any offgun series is better than no offgun series #offgun #off jumpol #gun atthaphan #gun atp #gmmtv bl #gmmtv2023 #Cooking Crush Series #thai bl #shipper life

[too-cool-for-facebook]

If I actually bother to get a boyfriend, he will have to deal with me flailing excitedly over fictional characters

#wangxian #shipper life #fangirl #fangirling

[haley-lana]

I'll often read a single post from an account and immediately follow them without checking anything else, because that one deranged take was enough to let me know we have the same kind of brain rot about a certain pair of fictional characters

#fandom #hellsite be like #mutuals #fangirling #brain rot #hyperfixations #shipping #winchester derangement syndrome #fandom discourse #fansite #fan #fandomness #just girly things #hellsite (affectionate) #shipper life #truthin' #insane takes

[redhoodie1723]

“Harry, however, had never been less interested in Quidditch; he was rapidly becoming obsessed with Draco Malfoy.”

I just KNOW HBP Ron was SICK and TIRED of Harry

#he’s got that empty look in his eyes #ron should be glad it isn’t his sister but the fact that it’s draco malfoy is somehow worse #ron weasley #harry potter #draco malfoy #drarry #harry james potter #reds art tag #draco x harry #im sorry im a drarry shipper and a dramoine hater #im also a book hinny shipper and a movie hinny hater #romione for life tho #harry potter fanart

[hermitcraftx]

the funny thing about desert duo is that even the people that dont ship them romantically or just like them a lot platonically, which is fine! platonic relationships are just as important as romantic ones seem to have very weak/ambiguous moments surrounding the life series and in particular third life. even non-shippers have to draw the most homoerotic half-naked shit youve seen in your life about two dudes in the desert. whats up with that

#your honor they are NOT normal #theres no. normal explanation for desert duo/scarian fans shippers or not we're all suffering o7 #desert duo #scarian #gtws #gtwscar #goodtimeswithscar #grian #trafficblr #third life #3rd life #jamies bad posts

[shiutsu]

I replayed the game my main F/O is (I won't be able to finish it cause I have issues with one of the minigames), mainly cause I got a crisis & I also wanted to hear him & I'm obsessed w his og voice.

#fictoromantic #fictional love #f/o tag #f/o stuff #self shipping #self ship things #fictosexual #romantic f/o #f/o talk #f/o thoughts #f/o community #f/o things #male f/o community #f/o moment #f/o meme #f/o ramblings #f/o life #f/o love #self ship meme #self shipper #danganronpa self ship

[armor-eater]

‘Dungeon Meshi isn’t focused on romance and you may be missing what it’s trying to say if you only focus on that aspect’ and ‘trying to shut down conversations about farcille completely is kinda lesbophonic when that energy isn’t directed towards any f/m or m/m ships’ are both true statements btw.

If you find yourself annoyed that shippers are focusing on farcille but don’t care about other shippers then maybe keep that to yourself. There is a conversion to be had about how fandoms hyper focus on ships but trying to say any f/f ship is responsible for that is kinda insane to me.

#dungeon meshi #farcille #delicious in dungeon #falin touden #marcille donato #I feel like a flip floper #because I was just annoyed about how people were forgetting that everyone was involved in Falin’s resurrection #but I just keep seeing people really annoyed about how people are viewing Marcille’s motives from a shipper point of view #and you aren’t going to sit there and tell me that Marcille doesn’t view Falin as the most important person in her life #like #that’s not me being a shipper lmao #Marcille’s love for Falin IS what is causes a whole lot of problems #if you view that love as romance is irrelevant #Laois and Marcille agree to bring her back using the dragon because neither could dare do otherwise #just #ahhhh

[lady-harrowhark]

people who hate the ship name griddlehark should be grateful. i was there for peeniss.

#i am joking about this btw #like i do feel for you #i think griddlehark's delightful but i feel for you #life was tough for peeta/katniss shippers back in the day #left to my own devices i probably would have gone with navigesimus but griddlehark is more fun tbh #tlt #griddlehark #tlt shitposting #the locked tomb

[findafight]

Robin chose Steve. Robin made the conscious and deliberate decision that she could and would trust Steve. She already liked him! She had fun working and bantering with him! They were already on their way to being weird little bffs and the torture just expedited the process. Steve chose Robin just the same! He thinks she's fun and cool and likes her so much! He chose to be honest and open with her too, putting himself out there.

Even though their interests on the surface level don't match why wouldn't they share them? Steve clearly caves when Robin wants to watch a movie he doesn't think he'll like, Robin can watch a March madness game or five.

Stop trying to take away their bond oh my god people can be close to more than one person!!! Their best friend doesn't have to be dismissive or mean or whatever in order for a romance to be special to them!

#if i have to see another fic or whatever that makes it seem like robin doesnt give a shit about what steve likes and talkes about im going #to scream and maybe even rampage #its nice to sit down and have someone who knows explain who the players are and what the stakes for this particular game!! #just because yall seem to not think anyone can be nutral towards sports doesnt mean people aren't #literally why is it so hard to believe robin would like to hear steve talk as much as steve likes to hear her talk #i am so close to telling some steddie shippers to not look at steve or robin or their friendship because some of yall do Not get it. #its like you can see them go 'have to make sure eddie is the most perfect specialest boy for steve...well that means robin doesn't Get Him ' #or 'robin ignores him/dismisses his interests/isnt told everything happening in his life' like okay dont ever touch them again thanks #robin is steves specialest sunshine cupcake goober girl. steve is robins bestest happy times sweet funnyman. dont u dare take that away. #omce again tsgs longer than the post but ah well. #stobin #platonic stobin #robin buckley #steve harrington #stranger things #finda's rambles #steve and robin #this is a scheduled post just to jazz things up i guess #but seriously some of yall need to STOP MESSIGN WITH STOBIN

[jays911]

My Favorites

#outlander #caitriona balfe #sam heughan #samcait #hard life of shippers

[trytojudgemeseeitdoesntwork]

I just remembered that at some point this year offgun will be promoting a light-hearted romance and boy I can't wait to dust off my best pair of clown shoes.

#🤡 #offgun #cooking crush #off jumpol #gun atthaphan #gun atp #cooking crush the series #babii #shipper life

[too-cool-for-facebook]

I've never had to deal with this in real life: watching a ship fall apart

There was this couple in high school who were the cutest damn thing. Everybody shipped 'em, before the word "shipping had even been coined.

It was only recent-ish-ly that I found out they were married.

But within this past year, they broke up (or they're on break? I'm not sure, she still has his last name) and it broke my heart that they're not together

And now she's posting about a "cute date night" with a picture of her and some guy I've never seen. And I'm like -

Like, this absolutely affects my life in no way, and she's an adult and can make her own decisions, BUT MY FANGIRL HEART. I feel like Steven Universe when Sadie and Lars went their separate ways

#why do all my ships sink? #personal #shipping #shipper life

[faerygardens]

Scosage shippers are insane to me, the number of times I’ve seen the most downright filthy ship art of their characters where the caption is something like “sausage was in my chat while I was drawing this on stream and gifted me 5 subs to make it hornier” “scott was in my replies on twitter and followed me for this so I drew ten more” you people are not normal

#(affectionate) #fae.txt #mcyt #this could apply to literally any scosage shippers btw empires after life or pirates

[spoonmoment119]

#spoon doodles #mumbo jumbo #grian #gtws #grumbo #hermitshipping #<- is it hermitshipping if its canon? #secret life #secret life spoilers #scar is the no.1 grumbo shipper btw