no, YOU DON'T GET IT!!!! YOU CAN'T BE THE RIPTIDE PIRATES WITHOUT ONE OF THEM BECAUSE IT JUST FALLS APART. WITHOUT CHIP, JAY AND GILLIAN DON'T HAVE THEIR MAIN GUY, THEIR MAIN REASON FOR DOING ANYTHING BECAUSE HE SAVED THEM. WITHOUT JAY THEY WOULD LITERALLY JUST CRASH N BURN AND ALSO NOT GET COMFORTED THE WAY SHE IS WITH HER BECAUSE SHE ISNT AFRAID TO SHOW HER EMOTIONS OR BE EMOTIONAL AROUND THEM. WITHOUT GILLION THEY JUST DONT HAVE HIS SILLINESS AND WHIMSY, AND ALSO LIKE A LITERAL ROCK FOR THEM. IN THIS ESSAY I WILL-
So brief intro for any one who is un aware what poly pirates is.
Poly pirates is the ship name for the ship of Chip x Jay Ferin x Gillion Tidestrider from jrwi riptide.
NOW
Why does this work????
Poly pirates as a poly ship is like the TOP TIER example of three traumatized people who just deserve to live together and have cats.
Chip and Gillion go together like two peas in a pod, largely supporting eachother and helping eachother, while still having problems like normal people do.
Chip and Jay coexist super well, Chip teaching her how to free herself and Jay teaching Chip how to forgive himself.
Jay and Gillion are parallels, Jay running from the chosen path, Gill being forced from it. Both had childhoods taken from them and Interact kindly. (Kindly as you can expect anyway)
Chip loves them both because he hasn't been ABLE to live properly before, but we see him find solace in two people who decide to stay for and with him.
Jay loves the others because they're two people who don't expect her to do everything right. Two people who do follow her unconditionally.
Gillion loves them because like Jay, he doesn't have to be the champion or perfect or amazing. He can be himself and make mistakes.
As you can see I am completely normal about them (lies)
In trying to make a quick joke in only five minutes, I have had to ask myself questions about colors, the recognizability of symbols, and my own photo editing skills. The polyamorous flag doesn't seem to have quite the same effect when faded over an image as the rainbow pride flag, either due to the saturation of its colors or due to just being less instantly recognizable.
Jay “I have soloed most of our battles and I will shoot you AGAIN.” Ferin VS her stupid boyfriends Chip and Gillion “We fight through our feelings plus anime references” Tidestrider