#cydby

[coolguyalert69420]

i love gay people (best friends whenever)

#best friends whenever #shelby marcus #cyd ripley #barry eisenberg #naldo montoya #cydby #baldo #barnaldo

[lab-trash]

So, genuinely, I feel a little odd about the BFW Fandom, because I totally understand shipping Cyd and Shelby. But at the same time, I ship Shelby with Alex (the girl who taught her how to code) and if I had to ship Cyd with anyone, it would be Daisy.

Barry and Naldo though, I ship them so hard.

#best friends whenever #cyd ripley #shelby marcus #barry eisenberg #naldo montoya #cydby #barnaldo #barry x naldo #cyd x shelby #cyd x daisy #shelby x alex

[arsuns-ramblings]

«- Cyd, what would Shelby say? » « -That we should wear helmets and that my beautiful hair smells very good »

Nah you’re pushing it i refuse to believe that they weren’t meant to be gay but disney refused cuz what the actual hell is that

#best friends whenever #bfw #cydby #shelby x cyd #cyd x shelby #disney channel

[redux-iterum]

I'll start over lol, legacy naming can be fine if done well but i don't think it has. Hollytuft + Sibs appeared to us as adults so we don't get to know about them. Cinderheart was cute until we had the whole "shes actually cinderpelt lmao" moment. The two Mouses and Leafs just had no excuse to be there. And if I was Ivypool and my kid died I would NOT want some random cat immediately naming their daughter after her. Isn't that kind of traumatizing? I got rid of all legacy namings that occur -

in cats younger than Holly in my AVOS/TBC allegiances and in my rewriting exercise I'm making Sparkpaw just be really obsessed with being Firestar's kin so her eventual naming of Flamekit makes a bit more sense. At least I can excuse 4 Robinwings to the Erin's forgetting they all existing(not a valid excuse tho imo), having two Frecklewishes is just insane. Was literally nothing else an option? Frecklesong, Freckletuft, Frecklemint? I've also noticed stuff from the beginning like having a semi - prominent Ashfur in Into The Wild's ShadowClan then immediately having Ashkit/(fur) in Fire and Ice's ThunderClan. At the very least, literary-wise, it feels like too much repeating too quickly. I'm not against two Bobs existing at the same time but still…I've actually put down a good fic because they named literally everyone in TC after a dead cat and I got annoyed lol. Names were like, Ferndust Bluestorm Frostheart etc

TV Tropes has a trope relevant to this: One-Steve Limit. While it's very common for people to share names in the real world, in fiction it's avoided to make things easier on your readers/viewers and prevent repetitiveness. The point of not sharing names is for each character to stand out on their own; often when there are multiples of one name (for example, Heather in "Heathers"), there's a reason to it, usually to mock the hivemind-nature of the characters or establish a theme of putting people in boxes they can't escape from (such as in Steven Universe where every gem of one type shares the same name and remains stuck in one role for their entire existence).

In the case of Warriors, I feel that "rule" rings truest. To be entirely fair to the writers, they have hundreds of characters to name, most of them never even showing up in the books beyond being mentioned in the allegiances. A prefix or suffix is going to appear multiple times - that's just unavoidable, especially if you have rules in place for what names are allowed that limits your options. I can't blame them for that issue coming up a few times accidentally.

What I can blame them for is deliberately using names that have important characters attached to them barely a generation later. In a setting where you have to keep track of every name, even as a reader, it's going to cause nothing but trouble if Greystripe dies and in the next book there's a Greykit in the very same Clan. It creates a constant stream of Grey-, which can accidentally confuse readers, or at the very least trip them up for a few seconds - something you DO NOT want in a story, especially one aimed at kids, where things need to be clear and concise.

#ask #cydbys #i speak #naming #names #writing

[jovenshires]

💛Smoshblr December Asks Day 21💙

What are your top 3 favourite tropes in media and/or fanfiction? (can be as general or specific as you want)

Bonus: What are 3 of your fave fanfics? (can be smosh related or from other fandoms)

oh, easy - soulmates (specifically in fic tv just doesn't understand her the way we do), friends-to-lovers, and opposites attract/rivals-to-lovers. i like enemies-to-lovers too but rivals just hits different

im so glad that didnt end with 'of all time' bc i literally could not make a top three for you BUT here are the three that popped into my head:

the world: shaking, changing, and brand new by cydbys is a girl meets world larkle fic and probably my fave fic of all time. it is so simple but so beautiful and for my fave ship that gets no love....... its everything to me

the 'dates and times' series by beloved ao3 user stackofhay aka @snelwords - literally broke me down and rebuilt me. my top reread fic series of the year for sure. if i had an ao3 wrapped it would be embarrassing.

and finally ill throw in a fic thats long as hell - black to blue by puppetmaster55 is a voltron fic (do not judge me i will end you) that is part of a thus far unfinished series but as a character study enthusiast the first part delights me so. i love and miss them <3

#smoshblr december asks #stella #ask #asks #wallpaper inside my heart #fic #fic rec

[havocmadden]

when i get back from my trip i AM going to find a download of bfw and start making cydby gifs. or else

[amberpriceenthusiast]

Okay okay on tiktok I saw a post talking abt how fruity best friends whenever is, so obvi I started to rewatch it

And that post is so right, I’m on episode 2 and Barry/Naldo and Cyd/Shelby are very gay and very much in love

#best friends whenever #barnaldo #cydby #I do not know the ship names ! #barry x Naldo #Naldo x barry #cyd x shelby #shelby x cyd

[forget-me-nights]

do you love shipping cyd x shelby aka cydby

Had to look that one up too I'm sorry lol

But the whole "Our friendship is our superpower" WOW

That's-thats certainly .. cheesy and sweet I'm getting tooth aches

So if I'd seen it I'd probs ship them

Also Cyd is an interesting name!

Wait a second they LIVE TOGETHER ?? DAMN.. okay alright Sure

#cydby #best friends whenever #disney #cyd x shelby

[exysapphics]

a never ending list of my favorite ships 29/?

cyd ripely & shelby marcus

#cydby #best friends whenever #disney femslash #FAVORITE SHIPS

[mbavs]

hey guys i'm taking fic prompts !

#cydby #larkle #rilaya #disneys descendants #jori #baldo #ever after high

[illtalktoyoureyes-blog]

 tw: asthma

    So.

Shelby lives in this totally weird time continuum where she's like, constantly and at all times, realizing the depth of all of these stupid, complicated, gooey, terrible feelings for her best friend that have apparently been living at the bottom of her subconscious circa forever. It happens to her over and over again, right in the middle of dinner or when they're dragging themselves through 'study for finals' slow death or four seconds after Shelby makes the worst/best pun of all time and Cyd wrinkles her nose like she does whenever Shelby bastardizes/improves upon the English language and it's totally normal except for the part where Shelby can't breathe.  

Which is kind of inconvenient because in addition to needing it to live, she's kind of good at it.  She'd very much like to continue.

Cyd's laughing at her expression which Shelby's pretty sure looks regrettably similar to her "say what?" face but is actually "I've run out of air please help." Cyd keeps laughing and Shelby? Shelby needs to sit down. Preferably in a fetal position with the inhaler she hasn't used since sixth grade.

Oddly, the sixth month period Shelby's asthma symptoms flair up and devastate her world, (no stamina means no flag team means Shelby preemptively blows her entire allowance on five gorgeous flags she's subsequently forced to twirl in the sad stillness of her garage) turns out to be the Time Life collection of Cyd's best gym memories set to a soundtrack of Shelby's steady wheezing.

Mostly because she convinces Coach Collins that she has to skip all gym-related activities just in case Shelby suffers a respitory emergency and is unable to reach her inhaler. There's talk of "wrongful death lawsuits" and plunging West Portland Middle School into decades of shame litigation delivered with the big-eyed sincerity of a grand jury witness gently placing her hand on a Bible. Coach Collins doesn't believe any of it but a Ripley-free class is a gift so they spend the next one hundred and seventy-five days regulated to a blue mat that's layered with more dust than the entire gymnasium.

Rude, demoralizing fifty minute sessions dedicated to the execution of dodge ball survival strategies and the construction of countless silent deals with the universe promising to become better people in exchange for some form of intervention (be it divine, environmental, or The Rob deciding that the Portland public education system has failed to meet his needs and that his only recourse is to pull the fire alarm) magically becomes a symposium on the gentle art of lying on their stomachs, the Zen of headphone-sharing, and the technical aspects of throwing gummy worms at each other, yelling encouraging (Shelby) and discouraging (Cyd) things at their classmates, snapchatting Barry and Naldo, planning their post high school backpacking trip through Tokelau, playing increasingly absurd rounds of Would You Rather?, putting the finishing touches on the 2025 Marcus/Ripley presidential campaign, and in Shelby's case trying really hard not to die.

Eleven-year-old Shelby is successful.

Fifteen-year-old Shelby isn't sure she has the lung capacity to survive this.

"You okay Shelbs?" Cyd asks from across the dinner table or with her face muffled against her European History book, or standing in the kitchen with her hand halfway to Shelby's shoulder.

Her nose is still wrinkling appreciatively from whatever stupid thing Shelby's brain decides it would be a great idea to say  and  hey look the dim energy-saving light bulbs are making the dark depth of her hair shine like those optical illusions from the seventies Shelby's dad's still obsessed with. Which okay, Shelby's not a monster. Cyd's hair is totally within its legal right to shine. It should feel more than free to get in her eyes and stick up at odd angles and reenact L'Oreal  commercials and be used as a mustache and look like the shiniest, softest, most heroic collection of dead skin cells since Joan of Arc. And yeah her cheeks are flushed, shoulders shaking, nose mid-wrinkle but that's only because for Cyd laughter is an event, a phenomenon. Shelby's pretty sure no one enjoys laughter the way Cyd does. No one enjoys anything the way Cyd does.

And that's-

"I'm good, Shelby says, feeling her breath seize up in her lungs, I'm totally cool."

Cyd grins. It's not a big deal or anything, but she's kind of glowing.

Shelby can't breathe.

#tw: asthma #best friends whenever #cydby #shelby x cyd #as an asthmatic person I want to make it clear that I am in no way romanticizing asthma #it's terrible #Shelby is comparing her feelings for Cyd to the only other thing that has genuinely robbed her of breath #one of those things is awesome #the other is asthma #in which shows I like get cancelled and I write ridiculous drabbles to comfort myself #so #yeah #just...ugh early morning tumblr #Shelby's in love and metaphors suck

[borahaes]

Okay, that was scary. Thanks for not fear punching me and you are not Cyd.

#i still thank the bfw gODS they let rucas crossover #and the moment i actually started watching bfw #bfwedit #cydbyedit #rucasedit #best friends whenever #bfw #cydby #shelby marcus #cyd ripley #rucas #riley matthews #lucas friar #my gifs

[lab-trash]

Hey, so uh....

How would you guys feel about a little Best Friends Whenever and Lab Rats Elite Force crossover fic?

#im only thinking about it #nothing is set in stone #lab rats elite force #lab rats #mighty med #best friends whenever #kase #barnaldo #barry x naldo #cydby maybe? #the uncle-neice relationship between cyd and douglas

[arsuns-ramblings]

«- Say something Shelby would say » « -I love you Cyd »

LIKE C’MON AND YOU ARE TRYING TO CONVINCE ME THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE STRAIGHT??

#best friends whenever #bfw #cydby #cyd x shelby #shelby x cyd

[redux-iterum]

I'm reading all your blog for funsies, and I have a question about how cats won't reuse a prefix until everyone who remembers the event is dead. So, does that mean that if Tawnypelt does go to ShadowClan and doesn't know about Tigerclaw at that point and randomly decides to name her kit Tiger, would she be able to do so? How about if a random cat who doesn't exist yet, let's say Whitewing decides on Tiger, how do they tell her no?

So long as there's someone alive that remembers the original prefix user, it's considered essentially banned in the native Clan. You can get grey situations where it's a single, ancient elder who will let it slide, but usually names wait a couple generations to be reused anyways. You won't get two Mouse- cats in the same Clan until the elder Mouse- has been dead for a while.

The thing to keep in mind is that the Clans very much value their children's prefixes being special and unique to them. Renaming is very rare and considered in poor taste, even if the cat being named for was a swell guy. To name someone after a very bad individual requires a specific kind of stupidity and blindness to your own culture.

Now, it's not really banned in other Clans. If you name your kit Morning-, only to find out there was a Morning- that murdered someone else in your neighboring Clan...well, how were you supposed to know that? Crimes are kept on the downlow from everyone outside of the community. You can't be held accountable for that, even if your neighbors twitch uncomfortably when you introduce your son to them.

#ask #interesting questions #crimes #prefixes #i speak #cydbys

[warnicornscholar]

I like the fact that in the context of Best Friends Whenever friendship is literally 'magic'. The origin of Cyd and Shelby's abilities is technically scientific, but the time travel itself is fueled by their ridiculously deep devotion\affection for each other Their friendship breaks the laws of physics.

#best friends whenever #cydby #bfw #otp: no one's ever gonna come between us #in which friendship is magical realism #high-fives and slamritos #space-time found fam #all the shows I love get cancelled