#i do love rarepairs

[dokidokitsuna]

Goldilocks in Grimmland

This is so, so premature...but my muses have been with me from start to finish on this idea and I adore it, so I'm talking about it now! :D

So in the RWBY NeverFell AU, Yang's little mishap during the Vytal Festival actually follows her around for quite a while; with pretty much everyone but her closest friends whispering behind her back about what she did to Mercury. This is very isolating and frustrating for her, especially since she knows from Ruby's eye-witness account that Merc was definitely faking his injury. She's determined to figure out how and why she saw that illusion, and also kinda wants revenge against Mercury for low-key ruining her life. ^^; And her investigation eventually leads her back to him...except, he looks a bit different now. Shocked by his Grimmification and eager to know more, she dives even deeper into the mystery.

Unfortunately, by this time, Salem has arrived at Beacon, parking her giant whale outside the premises similarly to the way she did in Volume 8. ^^ And upon landing, it creates a Grimm-based ecosystem-- a dark forest that gradually spreads outwards the longer it stays there, only adding to the population of Grimm overrunning the area. That's a whole other issue, that the rest of Team RWBY will probably be helping with. For Yang, it's mostly just a giant hindrance to her investigation. She's got suspicions about Mercury (and knowing he's a silver-eyed warrior, suspicions about her deceased mother) and she's sure that the answers are somewhere in that Grimm-whale. But with the death-forest of Grimm surrounding it, it seems impossible for her to get there.

Until, she remembers she knows someone with a semblance that's perfect for the job. ^^

+++

There are several reasons why I love this idea: it gives Yang the spotlight for once in her life; it makes Mercury relevant; it provides an opportunity to get members of the main cast close to Salem.

But the biggest one is: IT GIVES ME AN EXCUSE TO USE REN!!!!! (≧∇≦)ﾉ

I've always loved Lie Ren; like Penny, he's one of those characters who's just impossible to screw up (in basic concept, anyway...). Across RWBY's many adaptations and spinoffs, he's always adorable and always looks cool in combat.

The only problem with him, and the reason I've rarely spoken about him, is that...people don't seem to care about him?? ;_; Specifically, in the source material, he's given so little to do that there just isn't much of a reason to care about him. He barely has any motivations that don't boil down to some variant of "protect Nora". Even Nora herself is given character connections and talking points outside of "her man", but Ren has no one and nothing else. He gets a couple episodes of spotlight in Volume 4, and that's it for the whole series. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I mean, just think about this: Ren is the only member of the main cast who doesn't have a character song. o_o Look it up, it's true. I had to look it up just to make sure, because I found it appalling...this is a character who was originally voiced by the creator of the show; why is he such an afterthought???

So I decided, if I don't like this, I gotta do right by him in NeverFell, somehow. And it was REALLY hard to think of a place to put him, until I suddenly struck gold with this idea. ^^ Yang's little 'detective story arc' had been a thing for a while, and although I wanted her to be separate from Team RWBY, I never really liked the idea of her being alone. A character like her works best with someone to bounce off, and Ren's coolness is a great contrast for her bubbly personality.

Plus, I think putting Ren in a position like this could service him, too: not only does it give me an opportunity to add his semblance, backstory, and maybe even a Nuckelavee fight to the plot in the absence of a V4 timeline; it could give him a chance to "flesh himself out" the way Nora did in V7. Y'know, allow him to really connect with someone besides Nora-- and then, maybe seeing how similar-yet-different Yang is to his childhood friend is what'll get him to realize that he's never done this before. That maybe he's stuck to the familiar dynamic of that early relationship for so long, that there are different sides of his own personality that he's forgotten about. Sides that are coming out now that he's on this new adventure, with a new friend~.

#now this #this I might ship a little bit #i do love rarepairs #rwby #yang xiao long #lie ren #I LOVE how these designs came out

[shyhandart]

wives

#tempestjack #art #digital art #mlp #fanart #mlp g4 #mlp fanart #my little pony #mlp ship art #mlp apple jack #applejack #tempest shadow #mlp tempest #mlp tempest shadow #OK I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT THEM #i know theyre such a rare pair that nobody is going to love them like i do #but i do love them #and i can do what i want #rarepair #mlp rarepair

[lucky-fy]

For the Laicion nation (aka, me and three other people)

I had this illustration commissioned (a big thank you to @lunehowls) for my werewolf AU Laicion fic (still a WIP).

The general pitch is as follows :

AU in which Laios never got to meet his sister again, putting his life on a whole other path, a more desperate one. A military deserter with barely a coin to his name, Laios hitches a ride on a boat to one of the elven continents, where he learns about magical tattoos that binds one’s soul to a wolf’s, effectively making them artificial werewolves. Illegal magic be damned, this feels like the answer to… everything.

In the process, he learns about the existence of an illegal fighting ring in one of the elven cities, where beastmen gladiators gather. Freshly tattooed and without anywhere else to go to, Laios decides to head there, where he meets Lycion, an elf and artificial werewolf gladiator. If they first bond over a simple shared meal, by spending time together (sharing the same room in the barracks, maybe the same bed? gasp) they find that they have a lot in common, notably a shared distaste for the body they were born in, a dysphoria partially remedied by becoming a werewolf.

They bond :)

#dungeon meshi #laios touden #lycion #laicion #I'm heads deep in research regarding Ancient Rome gladiators... and loving it. Really fascinating stuff. #I bemoan the fact that most papers are locked behind a paywall (though I found one that gives a free pdf access) #(and no. Sci-hub is not an option. It's blocked in my country) #I'm also re-reading DunMeshi and taking notes to get a better grasp of Laios and Lycion as characters. Character studies if you will #and I still need to fully outline the fic #I know where I'm starting (struggling to choose a POV for that first chapter LOL) and where I'm ending so there's that #and a bunch of disconnected scenes (as we all do ahaha) #anyway. Doing all of this while studying for veterinary school. It's hard. I feel guilty whenever I'm not studying... #let's just say I don't expect the prep work for the fic to be ready before this summer (+ I need to finish the Kuro cosplay for Japan Expo) #hopefully; once it's done; I'll be able to set a schedule and write smoothly #werewolf #werewolf laios #rarepair #Fy posts

[winkle-pickers]

Dear Yugi, don't come to your own birthday party. we've baked an absolute dogshit cake. just completely fucked it up

#anzu mazaki #jounouchi katsuya #devotionshipping #super yugioh rarepair week #i love them sm #also love my completely baseless headcanon that neither of them can cook for shit #wayne grayson voice: BACK OFF I KNOW WHAT IM DOIN #but my god do they try #art tag

[whaliiwatching]

other lives and dimensions and finally a love poem…

#spider man: across the spider verse #spider punk #spider noir #hobie brown #noirpunk #siiighhhhh i love them so muchhhhhh #they’re in LOVE love did you know #the love for them may have died just a little bit #but 1. never big in the first place let’s hear it for rarepairs #and 2. couple of us are hangin on like CHAMPIONS #they gotta do the classic spiderman kiss…… sony make it happen #and yes that’s transfem hobie #(.. and that’s transmasc noir sue me but they’re not canon anyway i like exploring dynamics) #but you can ignore that if you want i guesssss and they can be lesbians #caption is the title of a bob hicok poem!! one of my old favorites

[epickiya722]

Hear me out, just hear me out! These two... 👀

#look y'all already know i find rarepairs fun #curious and miruko? THAT #you cannot tell me curious would love to interview miruko and enjoy everything she tells her #and vice versa miruko has someone interview her that doesn't bore her #also enemies and lovers??? HELLO??? #better yet unknown enemies and lovers???!!! #DO Y'ALL SEE THE VISION?! #just kiya's thoughts #bnha #mha #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #miruko #mirko #rumi usagiyama #usagiyama rumi #curious #bnha curious #mha curious #chitose kizuki #kizuki chitose #curiousbunny #chirumi #mirucuri #wlw ship #bombbunny

[tongues--and--teeth]

I think all of the coffee cookies need glasses. Comes with the territory.

The real reason Cappuccino isn’t here

#‘oh espresso wouldn’t have a beard’ This man is not shaving every day. #he sleeps in his work clothes and brushes his teeth twice a year he is NOT shaving #Guess which one is my favorite character #it’s painfully obvious lmfaoooo #I could not draw his silly ass #I do also think Affogato does not HAVE glasses I just think he needs them #Not a very serious drawing tbh but I’ve been strangely artistic lately #crk #teethart #I did technically draw this two days ago but whatever. posted today. #cookie run fanart #cookie run kingdom #fanart #affogato cookie #cappucino cookie #I mean. he is there. #crk affogato #my art #espresso cookie #espresso crk #latte cookie #latte crk #coffee siblings #anyway? Latte trans femme lesbian who’s dating alchemist because the schools/colleges they work at are figuratively next door #I love my womnen rarepairs. they’re great.

[sunnibits]

not to sound like the most annoying cunt ever but I do think it’s really funny that I’ve seen multiple people since the new clip dropped being like “wow I never even considered fang/izzy until now but they’re really cute!!” bc like,, bitch I’ve seen the Vision™️ since day fucking ONE. ever since I saw THIS fucking image for the first time vvv

this has ALWAYS been the vision besties. they have ALWAYS been here. not my fault y’all are blind as fuck lmao

#to clarify this is all lighthearted teasing but it is so funny to me #like have you?? NOT seen this picture before???? #did you not watch the whole ‘love tug’ interview???? #they have been the cutest ass rarepair in existence for over a year now y’all just couldn’t see the grand plan #in all honesty though I do genuinely hope the new s2 content inspires more ppl to engage in fangizzy #bc I really think they have so much potential and they could be SOOOO cute #but there is a currently a critically low level of fic for them 😭😭 rip #izzy hands #fang #ofmd

[starflungwaddledee]

kirbytober 2023 21 + 26 : fav characters + ship [ prev || next ]

putting this at the top because it's extremely important but i received a message implying that some folks headcanon these two as drastically different ages. you may headcanon whatever you like of course, but in my work i firmly think that they're both full adults who are at least 25+. this is abundantly clear in my work. i'm not interested in headcanoning any of them as literal children and i would never touch that shit. dni if you think that sort of ship would actually be okay. don't be a freak. thanks.

very typical to take your favs and then also shove them together but isn't that the point. anyway i have literally never seen anybody else ship them (if you're out there... hello... 😭) despite them both being very main characters and i don't know why?? they could be so cute i think...

they are both industrious adventurers, prolific hard-workers (team task doers), and a little cheekily competitive!

i think that bandee is no stranger to a wide variety of close and intense relationships; he's beloved by many and loves them all equally but distinctly in turn. magolor on the other hand has been sooo isolated and lonely for such a long-ass time, he barely knows how to be friends let alone really care for someone. bandee is smart enough to be suitably wary but kind enough to give him a chance despite that, which i think would knock him off his non-existent feet instantly. in reply, magolor could give him something unique by loving and prioritising him utterly singularly, in a way bandee wouldn't even have realised he was missing

in awtdy (pictured in the sketch page; if you see a tattered looking magolor in my art it's probably this au) in particular they are both thrown into the angst soup together and come out insanely trauma bonded at the hip. their friendship/relationship is central to the plotline; together they're working on a solution to the timeline anomaly, while also hiding that they even really know each other the whole time

#kirbtober #kirbytober #bandana waddle dee #magolor #my art #my hcs #awtdy au #yelling 'hello' into the void like the voyager probe hoping to reach another living creature who speaks the bandeemagolor language #i tend to ship in a kind of qpp way just for clarification. i kinda just don't think amatonormative romance exists the same on popstar #that said they are like... utterly unwell about each other. insane. i just am not sure they are “Dating” yknow? i dunno how to explain this #but if you are arospec and you Get What I Mean then you can say that they're in love and stuff. if you get it yknow?? yknow. #mental illnesses shaped like each other. #i know bandee is 'the normal guy' but i think he can be a little mentally unwell sometimes too; as a treat #anyway.... that's it that's the rarepair. maybe its up to me to make this a thing. do you wanna be sold on this pair?? i can do it probably #they *don't even have a tag name* but i will make up one so that people can filter it out if they want to mute it: #bandee x magolor #🍎

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Thank you for feeding us the laughingstock <3

you're so Welcome! its entirely Voluntary! i have Every Choice On The Matter!

#ive said it before and ill say it again: theyre holding me hostage in my own head #i swear to god i meant to scribble more outfits tonight... i Didnt... #I FUCKING WONDER WHY!!!!! #but yeah no yeah seriously tho i love them and i love Providing #this pairing is a heavy weight on my back but by fuck i will carry it #i am honestly hoping for crumbs in the update lmfao #theyd be platonic crumbs of course but ough any would be so so tasty #i will take any interaction they have! any tidbits! and i will cherish them! #& like. theyre a rarepair and i do not believe for a second that they have canon merit #but hey! a guy can dream! #and if one day the impossible happens and it turns out i Sniffed Out A Canon Couple. goddamn. id be unbearable. id never shut up about it #yall would have to kill me. #rambles from the bog #laughingstock #scribble salad

[transdunbar]

vampire theo/slayer liam/vampire isaac - for @outcastpack (from an au that will be published soon!)

“Is the hunter still there?” Shit. They knew he was watching. The standing vampire turned and made eye contact with Liam, who covered his mouth in order to stifle any noise he made and felt his heart stop in his chest. The vampire smiled at him, looking like the cat who caught the cream or drank the canary or whatever. Liam’s skin prickled at the lust swirling around in his eyes. Moonlight flashed on curly hair and glinting fangs as the vampire grinned. “He’s still there.” He sounded breathless, and Liam felt his nails digging into the skin of his palm from how hard he was clenching his fists. “Good,” said the kneeling one, “then he can watch you come on my face.”

happy birthday jay!! i know this is my au technically, but you are responsible for it becoming even more filthy and angsty than it was before, and you're the sole reason thiac exists in the first place, so i figure i'd give you this <3 there's definitely more on the way!

#theo raeken #liam dunbar #isaac lahey #thiac #theo raeken X isaac lahey X liam dunbar #teen wolf #teen wolf rarepair #thiam #thisaac #whats the tag for liam and isaac? idk #JAY I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS!!! I LOVE U SO MUCH #im not gonna post the au yet (mostly bc its not finished) but you will be the first to know when i do #also those pics are definitely how i view them in the au #slayer au

[lotus-pear]

i am being so forreal right now, if you talk abt soukoku on my kunikidazai posts i will actually tear your spine out with my bare hands. do NOT.

#“oh i love skk but knkdz is ok too!” SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DONT CARE!!!!!!!!!! #DO I NOT PROVIDE ALL OF YOU WITH ENOUGH SKK CONTENT???????? GO TALK ABT THEM UNDER ONE OF THOSE POSTS #BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DO NOT FUCKING MENTION CHUUYA UNDER A KNKDZ POST. #KNKDZ IS ALREADY A RAREPAIR. LET ME HAVE THIS. LET ME HAVE JUST THE BARE MINIMUM OF CONTENT OF THEM #WITHOUT HAVING SOUKOKU SHOVED DOWN MY THROAT THE MINUTE I TURN MY HEAD #sorry i had to get that out bc it’s been bothering me so much lately #this all stems from having to receive asks abt why i hate fucking soukoku when i talk abt knkdz in a nice way #like i’ll be like “knkdz is much healthier :)” and not even a minute later i will receive an ask like “what do you have against skk” #just shut the fuck up #bsd #knkdz #skk

[yutaan]

The first of two illustrations I did for the MDZS WIP Big Bang! I’m paired with the upcoming fic "If I Should Fall Behind" written by theladyscribe, in which Lan Wangji and Wen Qing enter an arranged marriage! 

“The wedding was not what he had imagined, on those rare occasions Lan Wangji thought of his marriage. Wen Qing stood at the top of the steps, red veil dancing lightly in the wind. Red and gold suited her: a crimson gash on the white marble. Her stance was rigid, as if she, too, would rather be anywhere other than here, fulfilling the wedding contract made between their clans some ten years ago. A small comfort that perhaps he was not alone in this. * A wedding, a war, a friendship, a home.”

The fic will be posted later this month! :D Please keep an eye out, lovelies!

#mdzs wip big bang #lan wangji #lan zhan #wen qing #the untamed #mo dao zu shi #RAREPAIRS RAREPAIRS ♥️ #zhanqing #(...?) #zhanqing friendship agenda anyway #I confess I don't know their ship name #but I DO know I love arranged-slash-political marriage fics #and I am particularly intrigued when the married couple's bond is the focus but not necessarily a romantic one #and since wwx IS assured to be in the story I cannot WAIT to see how the three of them all fit together!! #will there be EMOTIONS??? You betcha #arranged marriage au #comics #my art

[quinns-art-box]

rarepair week day 1: cookies/cupcakes they're having a nice summer tea party :]

@dr-rarepair-week-blog

#danganronpa rarepair week 2023 #dr rarepair week 2023 #iruougoku #gokuirouma #gokuiru #kokichi ouma #miu iruma #gonta gokuhara #danganronpa #i love them <3 a lot #just a really funny trio with wildly different energies and they do come together in canon and Ough The Tragedy #the way miu works together with kokichi.. i feel like they could build a trusting relationship even if it looks Not to everyone else #and gonta gentleman.... treating miu niceys and she has NO idea how to respond to it but gonta doesn't mind #ougoku of course. tragic buddies what if i really loved you for real haha just kidding Unless... #also the ot3 has the energy of like. gonta just exists and it drives the other two a little wild and i love that

[justablah56]

you guys ,,,,, I love terrickrow so fucking much .,.,..,.,

please click for better quality you guys there are a few Things on this one

anyways polycule sleepover at Terry's house bcs he has the biggest best bcs he desperately needs one tall enough for him <333

#my art #no i didnt spend 3 times as long on this as i usually do with my art hahaha why would you say thar #anyways #i love devoting hours to a rarepair that me and maybe 5 other people actually ship <333333 #but literally you guys i care about them so much #im going to get people to see my terrickrow vision dammit #dndads #dndaddies #dungeons and daddies #terry jr #terry stampler #terry jr stampler #nick close #nicholas foster #nicky close foster #sparrow oak garcia #sparrow oak #why do they all have so many fucking names #terrickrow #terrow #lovesong #terrick

[jestroer]

One of my favourite fun things to do related to Hermitcraft fandom is going around on AO3 playing with filters to find the weirdest most uncommon rarepairs out there. Or just finding them in the wild.

If you could think about one, there is a real chance there are at least like 2 fics of any random ship you can think about. And i think this is beautiful.

Like, idk who thought first about like Jevin/Bdubs(Jdubs?) or Cub/Mumbo (...cumbo) but i love that they did, that's what fandom is all about

#also usually those two-three fics you find on them are fucking good #absolutely love doing that #would love to draw some of those rarepairs i think they are very fun to be honest #like if you think about it long enough you realise that this is the realest ship ever why isnt it more popular and you know youre in troubl #hermitcraft is a great fandom if kinda wild as fuck #its fun finding some wild shit to be honest #not that i will read it #but you know #hermitcraft #hermitshipping #shitpost #tbh those presented are not the best examples of wildest ships but my memory is short sorry everybody #maybe at some point i will post about my fave ones