#but those are like the most popular (that I see) ships

[remidyal]

5K Fic Celebration!

AO3 hit 5,000 Dimension 20 works on AO3 today, thanks to a lot of great writers over the years <3

For those who spend less time there than me, some stats on the most popular characters at this point and all. I'm going to list an overall edition and then one that excludes Fantasy High characters, as Fantasy High dominates the lists otherwise:

Overall Characters: Adaine Riz Fig Fabian Kristen Gorgug Aelwyn Ayda The Bad Kids as a whole Jawbone

Hob is 11th, if you were to exclude the Bad Kids tag. There's a sizable gap in between Fabian and Kristen, though it's actually shrunk slightly since Junior Year started; I think we might see a lot of Kristen and Gorgug fic with their Junior Year selves in the books. There's a big drop between the PCs and the NPCs, though Aelwyn and Ayda are the two most popular NPCs by a mile. They used to be closer to each other, but Aelwyn's been in Junior Year more than Ayda and she's been increasing her lead as a result.

Overall Ships: Riz/Fabian Ayda/Fig Hob/Rue Adaine & Aelwyn Kristen/Tracker Riz & Fabian The Bad Kids & The Bad Kids Zelda/Gorgug Adaine/Fig The Bad Kids & Riz (If we exclude the Bad Kids relationships:) Esther/Ricky Adaine & Riz

My guess is that Riz/Fabian gets dethroned in the next few months; this used to be the most popular pairing by a mile, and Ayda/Fig are close on their heels now. A lot of the popularity of that pairing is from prior to Sophomore Year finishing, though it's not totally waned, obviously.

Hob/Rue are, for the record, tagged in one more fic than Rue themselves is, which I think is hilarious.

It wouldn't surprise me if long-term Zelda/Gorgug in particular falls entirely off this list; we'll see what we get the rest of the season though.

Also, speaking for my non-romance writing aroace self, I LOVE that there are so many platonic relationships on this list.

Not-Fantasy High Edition! Characters first: KP Hob Amethar Rocks Theobald Gumbar Ruby Rocks Delloso de la Rue Pete Conlan Jet Rocks Caramelinda Rocks Liam Wilhelmina

This is maybe a surprising list, a mix mostly of Crown of Candy and ACoFaF with Pete at least making the list to break up that monopoly - this tracks as those are by far the second and third biggest campaigns for fics on AO3. To me the biggest highlight here is Caramelinda making it at ninth, above Liam and Lapin among others.

Rue/Hob Ricky/Esther Lapin/Theobald Andhera/Binx Caramelinda/Lazuli Elody/Gerard Deli/Colin Jet & Ruby Calroy/Amethar Dale/Sofia

I mean, I have a Rue/Hob fic that certainly doesn't present the relationship in a positive light. I feel like it's less interesting in a happy light than the others of ACoFaF, alas, and the gap between first and second on this list is massive - there's more than twice as many RueHob fics as Ricky/Esther. Half or more of the Elody/Gerard fics are focused on them breaking up, which is reasonable.

#fanfic #dimension 20 #ao3

[bubblegum-gf]

Do you have an intro guide to rtumblr I want to be there but I feel like I don’t know something everyone else knows . If that makes sense

@my-name-is-daniel-yes has a very helpful link in his pinned post that I will re-link to you here, a quite expansive post about the history of rtumblr until 2022

(I think daniel's part of that post is much more relevant and useful than mine)

since you are here I will try to give you some succinct explanations on 4 key pillars of rtumblr. (It accidentally became another essay-)

If I got something wrong or anyone wants to add something feel free.

RTCLER

Explanation: In the summer of 2020 this post was made comparing RTGame to the onceler- the infamous tumblr sexyman. Primarily because he wears a suit and acts as a capitalist in games. And has "onceler energy" This is, I'd say, the beginning of rtumblr and our reputation for cursed posts. Then a blog for rtcler, @/ask-the-rt-cler was made similar to the old onceler ask blogs and we all started roleplaying. The roleplays have been dead for a while. See rtcler's blog for more information or more confusion. Additionally a lot of fanart and stuff was made so I think rtcler became pretty well-known.

2. THE BOARD

Explanation: This post is very long and most of it won't make sense. But it is extremely important to rtumblr. I will tell you why this post exists. In November 2021, RTGame tweeted that he looked at tumblr and was surprised by the amount of fanart here. Followed by "Who is the onceler, like really." Everyone freaked out wondering if he knows about rtcler, how much he's seen, and if he has a secret tumblr blog. Soon people started making blogs like notrtgame or not-not-rtgame or I-am-rtgame as if they were rt's secret tumblr blog. Then Fluffy posted The Board, trying to describe the relationship between RT, people associated with him, AU versions of him, and these fake rt blogs. It got out of hand fast. This led to more roleplays as c!Fluffy becomes crazy? mad with power? putting more and more rts on The Board. Those roleplays are also kinda dead right now but by god there's a lot of lore there over the past few years. There's more posts explaining all that somewhere.

3. HOLY FUCK THERE'S A LOT OF RTS

This google doc is also in @my-name-is-daniel-yes's pinned post as mentioned above. It contains links to over 600 RTGame AUs, ranging in complexity from a full on AU with lore, to art of a cute design, to a singular post just suggesting it as an AU. There's not gonna be a pop quiz on this you don't have to know all this. I just put it here because I feel like we reference it a lot when talking about how many rts there are (or at least I do, I'm obsessed with the concept). Have a little scroll through if you want, people make a lot of cool stuff and perhaps you'll see something you like.

4. MAGICAL JOHN

He is also a tumblr sexyman he's on the wiki. If you haven't seen rt's miitopia series he's a character in that. Rtumblr fell in love with him and likes to ship him with Chat. I thought it was important to include him because he's still quite popular even after like 2 years. Someone else talk about him more I can't write any more. The dandelion theory

That's all I got

If you do have a question don't be shy you can always go "hey what the FUCK is this! #rtumblr" and we will run to you with many many links.

#ask #rtumblr #rtcu #<- for anyone wondering rtumblr is the main tag. rtcu is just what I started tagging my stuff as I think before we started callingit rtumbl #and I'm not changing it now #btw rtcler's part does not do a good job conveying his Vibes sorry #we need like a TOP 10 RTUMBLR LORE YOU DIDNT KNOW #we need a damn video essay

[oldfriendsseniortwittersanctuary]

#baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #i tried to see the pairs i see next to no one ship #not pairings like astarion/karlach or astarion/wyll that have a strong niche following #baldur's gate 3 rarepair #yeah i know it's very gale and lae'zel heavy #those two don't tend to be shipped with many other than their most popular pair

[arsenicflame]

i am once again asking that you stop making Izzy being loved contingent on him fundamentally changing who he is

#i am returning to be mad about this again #no 1 reason ill click off a fic honestly. hes completely changed and /now/ you like him? i hate to break it to u but u dont like izzy then #to reiterate the sentiment from the previous post: i want someone to look at him and say 'no notes' #i do love edizzy but realistically. i cannot see it ever working thats why i love cjizzy or bellhands (etc) so so much it opens the doors #for someone to love him for who he is. for his prickly self. for not being 'palatable' or whatever #(to also reiterate from the prev post. he has areas he could improve! but none that make him unlovable as he is) #nyxtalks #ofmd #izzy hands #israel hands #cjizzy #bellhands #please insert another izzy ship of your choice those r just the most popular ones that fit this vibe #(its also why the one (maybe only) izzy ship i dont really gel with is Lucius. because personally i cant see them ever getting to liking #each other without some fundamental changes. idk maybe theres room if the fan theory that lucius is still on the ship is true)

[suntails]

Hiya!

I saw your SilRuggie post and I feel you on the "Silver and his many boyfriends" part.

Idk what it is about Silver but he's so... Shippable?

Like I ship SilVil, KalimSil and JadeSil which are kinda popular. But it's also stuff like RidSil and LeoSil (oh so much brainrot currently about LeoSil,) Which aren't as popular.

He's probably my most shipped character like... EVER.

(I may have gotten some ship names wrong)

IT’S THE CHEMISTRY IT’S THE WAY HE HAS CHEMISTRY WITH SO SOSOSO MUCH OF THE CAST!!! he’s so deeply just…good, and he cares so earnestly, and he has examples of interactions with almost fuckgng everyone at this point. like i can understand why someone would ship just abt any silver ship, i GET it, bc theres so much potential. i think i have like…3? that im neutral on? maybe?

also hearing u associate silvil with the kinda popular ones, im fuckign weak at the knees. that is incorrect but im pretending ur right bc it makes me oh so happy

#ask #nervouslywaitingforlife #its the way i like all of em. i love him he deserves love #silvil i have a manifesto abt #silkali i think they are best friends in LOVE with each other but specifically as friends. not that they love each other tho. theyre IN LOVE #does that make sense. IN LOVE as FRIENDS. IN LOVE. theyre married #jadesil gives me ‘theyll take rugged nature walks together’ and jade is so refreshed to have someone so sincere and sweet in his life #someone u can read like a book someone who will earnestly appreciate u. silver will love jades dedication and isnt put off by him like most #bc he sees ppl for the good in them. wipes a tear #silrid i feel so strongly abt. i firmly believe theyd be very sweet and good to each other. horse girls. riddle picked sil specifically for #his master chef partner. he chose him intentionally. silver acknowledges and appreciated riddles dedication and work ethic and talks highly #of him. in book6 ch6 iirc thats when riddle gets taken by styx and the way silver SHOUTS in worried fear. he LOVES him #i do think theyd get divorced but not in a funnt leovil way in a sad ‘things just arent working despite us loving each other’ way. adult yk? #leosil should take naps together. those are my thoughts. i want ruggie and sebek to find them passed tf out in the gardens on a reg basis #and this only scratches the surface of dear catríonas thoughts on sil ships. u didnt even mention silsebe and thats his most popular ship #i like him w ruggie too and jack and jamil and and and and AGGHHH dies #ADDING TO MY TAGS. FORGOT TO MENTION SILIDIA TOO. OH MY GOD THE FUCKING POTENTIAL AAAAAAGGHHHH take me off the stage i could ramble forever #me violently pointinh to my conspiracy board and detailing his chemistry with every single person in the cast

[stunfiskz]

what are some of y’all’s favorite deltarune rarepairs…..

#for a fandom the size of deltarune im counting a rarepair as being eligible if there’s like. one page on ao3 #and generally doesn’t get posted about much. that one’s a lot more vague lol #also if there’s more than one page but it’s like 90% one or two people writing i’d still count that #i’m just curious…. because sometimes i see this question asked and people respond like ‘queenkaard’ or ‘krerdly’ and those are very much no #rarepairs. that’s easily the most popular berdly ship the least controversial kris ship #the most popular queen ship and probably the current post popular rouxls ship considering kingkaard fell off hard after ch2 came out #i want obscure shit yknow… #txt

[the-m0th-king]

Me, like ten episodes into season one of Metalocalypse: Oh they are SO dating each other

#damn it toby #metalocalypse #i've seen clips over the years but only recently started watching the show lmao #am I referring to a specific ship? #no i am not they're in a polycue now #like if I HAD to choose a ship I actually really like swisgar x toki and nathan x pickles #but those are like the most popular (that I see) ships #so thats def influencing it #murderface is at least bi if not gay and VERY in the closet fr #there's no way that man is straight hes def got internalized homophobia going on #I say they're in a polycue cause I think murdertooth is actually really cute tho ngl #also i'm highkey kinda buzzed/drunk rn so if this sounds incoherent thats why lmao #catch me fist bumping with pickles we're both drunk irishmen who are trans #idk if it's canon but pickles is trans in my heart #yes this is largely because I saw the headcanons and im running with it shut up

[honorbright]

tbh i don't even ship joplittle That hard but i have friends who do so like. i understand the appeal

whether or not you feel it's canon, the whole sadsack/competent thing isn't all that removed from canon (plus there are many, many people who do play around with that dynamic anyway! how can the sadsack become competent/in what situations, how does the competent one reach a breaking point, etc)

they don't interact all that much in the show, true, but they're very much in proximity to one another. we don't see it much in canon but a first lieutenant and a captain's steward on the same ship are going to be interacting quite a bit. and fandom fucking thrives on the unseen and unsaid, especially fanfiction

idk man the op of that post i rbed said that they still read joplittle fic and people are using it as an opportunity to hate on the ship so 🤷‍♂️ you could at least Try and understand even if your takeaway is still "i don't get it"

#berry posts #SORRY FOR BEING SALTY i'm just very laissez faire about ships #like i'm not all that interested in Thee most popular terror ship if only bc i feel like people have already explored it tenfold #and i personally have nothing to contribute but you don't see me hating on the ship bc of that #also those reasons are just off the top of my head if you have other reasons why u ship it feel free to sound off

[lesbiradshaw]

height differences in ships stop being fun when you have to start rewriting history and doing backflips to force it like omg.

#me personally i enjoy a good height diff ship when it just. occurs naturally #& i think the ones where its like an inch difference vs TWO FUCKING FEET like you see in certain fanart is cuter cuz its barely there which #makes it even more aggravating to be teased about. #also when did we get to a point where shorter automatically = skinner ? like. has fanon never heard of being short & stocky #i think most of my ships that have a height diff the taller one is lankier and little bit more leanly built #while the shorter one is a bit wider/more muscular. and that is so personal to me. #i knew we were doomed as a society when bucky barnes and jake seresin started being portrayed as 5’6 120 pounds…those men are GIGANTIC #they have MEAT on their bones. they eat steak and potatoes every night. they never miss a meal without complaining. #i think its also funny that people will force height differences between characters so hard when there are other ships in the same media #that ACTUALLY could give them what they want height wise 😭😭😭 like if u like tgm & you want a height diff ship payback n fanboy r right there #anyways. #that post ab making your middle aged favs look at popular fanart of themselves to give them body dysmorphia #carolcore

[skrunksthatwunk]

kazumaji fans where do we think they fall on this graph im conflicted

bc like. sometimes it's actually agonizing how blatant they are while still never being allowed to be together (i.e majima everywhere system. oh m.y fucking god dude) but sometimes it's more subtle though still Really Gay i.e. yakuza 3 and the fucking. movie. do we feel it's insulting or peak or smth else

#rgg #kazumaji #i'd also love to see this with other rgg ships tbh they're just a) the most popular and b) the one i've seen Actual Queerbaiting for #like. other characters have vibes but these are BLATANT vibes y'know #thinking about how golden age berserk is in the perfect zone. that shit drives me actually cuckoo bonkers i turn into a starved animal #every time i think a little too hard about how insanely homoerotic that shit is. but it's not to the insulting point. mwah #personally i Really Fucking Like kazumaji so i feel it's close to peak but maybe a little towards insulting for the studio's genuinely #wild choices like saying they're bound by destiny and hinging key plot elements on their bonds in games where they're not allowed #to speak to each other. and then that happens several times in a row (though 6/7 didnt have the plot element) #like. clearly their friendship is a big deal whether you think it's romantic or not. it seems weird to just write it out #especially in 4/5 where majima's still pretty important to what's going on or directly called on. 6 i understand more but those two? nah

[cerealmonster15]

Behold my vision via this meme drawover

#twisted wonderland #ummmmmmm lol #jamil viper #riddle rosehearts #azul ashengrotto #NO idea what youd EVEN call them but. listen. trust me bro just TRUST ME #this placement was chosen entirely bc i wanted jamil flipping the camera off lol #anyway. i love these three in any combo i think theyd be Very Good together jklfdsjkl #also remember when that sapiosexual meme or w/e was goin around #imo thats azul LOL like i just got to thinkin hes like #fixated on jamil #hes fixated on riddle as his rival #hes board game buddies w/idia #and those three + either tweel are the most popular azul ships i see right #and the tweels are pretty smart when they wanna be so i mean im just sayin #it checks out kfldjjfklsdjfklsjflkejlwjklfj #<- plz dont take me too seriously #except do about these three together bc i love them #and im chasing u downthe hallway trying to convince u to see Them #cereal tries to draw

[vilevampire]

someday in this fandom I'll get dragged into drama over controversial ship opinions and when that happens I want you all to remember me fondly because frankly I will drop dead on the spot

#there was a thread on twt like qrt with your opinions on these ships #and I checked some of it and I. so many ppl dislike kalrobin actually. including ppl who follow me?????? #honestly I'm used to my fave ships and stuff having no content like c'mon I'm a viewtiful joe fan I'm super used to it #but seeing ppl hate on my fave ships is kinda heartbreaking actually #especially kalrobin and jazzllocer like ugh ugh ugh those r my otps #and I'm not a fan of the most popular kalego ship outside of the context of kalego x robin x balam #I'm just waiting for the day somebody gets beef w/ me for not liking kalego with balam or jazz with lied or iruma with amelie #or for being annoyed at certain aspects of iruma x azz #literally most popular ship in the fandom. I feel like I could make so many people mad with that one #I'm very niceys though I hate fandom drama I don't want to buy a fight with anybody I just want to make content for my rareships in peace #I am!!!! a little sad!!!!!! kinda bummed even!!!!!! #yk on mairumatwt there's this one guy that's also called lucas and he's also brazilian #but he hates kalrobin and sees jazz and allocer as brothers. I've never interacted w/ him but I think he's my evil doppelganger #actually I'm the evil one. like hello guy litcherally named vile over here #anw. kind of a little very sad I think this is the first time I've seen so many ppl hate something that makes me really happy. #and I have no idea why some of them follow me it just confuses me hddgijdgd #lucasings

[millenniummmbop]

Begging y'all to stop tagging my rival stuff as pride btw 😭😭😭

#like obviously it's ur blog and ur house u do u #but y'all i can't even begin to count how many times i have to see #'i don't ship this but' #'this is cute but it should be- ' #'i really don't like rival but- ' #like i can read that shit 😭😭😭 #there's a real ass person on the other side of ur screen that has to read dozens of those kinds of tags lmfao #like i get it's not the most popular ship in the fandom but damn dude don't be rude lmfao #ignore me #delete later

[vvienne]

the funniest thing abt bnha is that bakugou is the best character. imagine creating a franchise and the most developed and compellling character is fucking BAKUGOU

#bnha #im personally into all the todoroki fam nonsense but i still have to admit. i understand why bakugou consistently outranks the actual protag #love seeing the top ten characters and rships included in fics while sorting on ao3 #it's a testament to horikoshi's profound inability to write girls that uraraka #alone #makes either list #kiribaku and bakudeku unsurprisingly are the most popular ships #bakudeku platonic version also makes the top ten which yeah..... #and the fact that shinkami and erasermic are on the list at all??? this is a sure case of fanon being derived from fanon bc god knows #those guys barely interact in canon lmfao..... tbh w smth like bnha that's kind of the only way to go #horikoshi's plots r not it so i can see why it's character's that ppl like and the superhero setting

[cosmics-beings]

Hey what are your thoughts on starbee?

Ohh it's a good ship and i like it and share fanart of it and stuff, but it isn't really a ship that I personally ship on my own! like I've written for it, and I share stuff but for personal reasons I am not like a hardcore shipper of it but it's alright! like I used to ship it a lot but not so much anymore. but it's a really cute ship I'm just indifferent.

#lets just say a really REALLY popular blogger whose whole personality in the ship #was kinda harassing people who shipped mega//star #and after that i just kinda had a sour taste in my mouth because all of their followers were bashing it as well #and i saw a lot of people who ship that ship saying really awful things about mega//star shippers #and while i get it - i still don't think flat out harassment and ship ahte is okay #esp when you sayharmful things like-the shippers of ms are just abuse apologist #whem a.) most of us are victims ourselves and b.) not everyone ships it in an abusive awy #like a lot of us like to repair their relationship and make them heal together #but the point is #i have a short fuse #and if i have a ship i like but i see those shippers hating my otp #then i start hating that ship #the saaaaaame thing happened with me and sky////star #i loved star and sky//fire buuuut #a lot of those shippers started harassing m*gastar shippers so yeah #the worst thing abt shippers in this fandom is that they cannot stay in their own lane #and popular bloggers will hate a ship and make it their whole personality #and that is unforutantely what im seeing with this really popular star//bee shipper on twitter #they make me feel so unsafe so I just associate star//bee with them

[sysig]

An ask! Idk what to talk abt though. How are you? What you want more asks abt? Characters? Life? Some other obscure interest?

(In reference to this I think hehe)

I'm doing well, thank you! I hope the same for you!

As for asks I'd like, I'm up for pretty much anything! If there's something that piques your interest - a take I put out but didn't elaborate on, "Defend that argument!" Lol ♪ I've also had people ask how I do certain things which is always fun to explain :D

Emoji gifts/silly back-and-forths are always fun to doodle to as well! ♫

Or if there's a fandom I haven't posted in a while and you miss it - I have no idea how many fandom transitions people here have hung with! Even if it's been a while, I still love my blorbos hehe ♥

Becoming a psuedo-ask blog with my characters answering directly is still totallly on the table btw :) Something remind you of me/them? Interest!

And while it's not quite Requestober-time-of-year again, next month is the start of when you should be thinking up what you might want 👀

I'd just like to chat! :) Asks are such a casual way of interacting, I like them :D

#Basically you have a lot of options lol #The fun of freeform interaction haha #And if none of these appeal to you but something else does I mean - it acting as a feedback box works just as well for me lol #I'd like to hear from you! Part of the fun of tumblr culture is that we're all weirdos inhabiting the same space #So while yes there are like mutuals and favourite Likers/Rebloggers like - you can just Become that at any point lol #PvP (woe friend be upon ye) enabled >:3c Lol #Anyway do you like my minefield of links haha #A lot of these asks are fond little memory nuggets :D I haven't posted a Scribble in a heck-while - since Spamton I think? #Might be fun to do again :0 #He was also the last vector ask-response wasn't he lol Spamton! Get outta there! Haha #But anyway yes - it all comes down to what sounds fun! Does [question] spark joy? Would love to hear it lol #It also helps with worldbuilding/character development if you're interested in my characters so like if you wanted to 👉👈 Lol #A lot of the stuff I used to see back in the day - and even contributed to! :D - was Yes-And-ing whatever the OP was currently working on #Things like ''What if this happened'' or ''What kind of dynamic do these two have'' - those are also popular in things like shipping memes #Most of my ask games are on my reblog-blog but there's no time limit - if you specify which one we can play whenever lol #Free and breezy uwu #Granted my backlog tends to get in my own way a lot lol but! Things like the Addispam kiss ask? (Which I still want to get to hhhh) #They can be fun jumping off points :3c