#rarepair ships

[the-random-creechur]

My BFDI Rarepair!! ^w^

Pie X Blackhole

Ship name is Piehole (plz dont make fun of me)

Also is it just me or does the blue look like eyeshadow :0

Reblogs are appreciated! :D

#bfdi #bfb #bfdia #tpot #art #pie #black hole #bfdi black hole #bfdi pie #pie X blackhole #black hole X pie #rarepair #rarepair ship #ship #ship art #ships #Rarepair ships

[hepalien]

Hey rarepair shippers, I'm about to change your lives.

The AO3 Primary Ship Search add-on for Firefox (it's called AO3 First Tag Search for Chrome) adds this little checkbox to the AO3 advanced search page

And if you check the box, the search only returns fics where the pairing you entered is the first one tagged. This is better than the otp:true operator imo because it will show fics with secondary/background pairings too as long as your preferred ship is the main one.

You can even use the add-on in Firefox or Kiwi browser on Android mobile.

Have fun 😘

(more ao3 tips here)

#ao3 #archive of our own #ao3 tips #rarepair #rare pair #rare pairing #femslash #rarepairs #rarepair shipping #ao3 extensions

[purpleyin]

Do you ever have those rarepair fics that you are so proud of but only a handful of people are ever likely to read? And it makes you sad to think it's never going to be well-read.

Except maybe there's well-read (in quantity of readers) and well-read, in how much those readers adore it, beloved and reread by a precious few it is precious to, too. Maybe it doesn't need so many to appreciate it when those that do appreciate it so intensely.

#shipping #fandom #fanfic writing #fanfic reading #rarepair #rarepairs #rare ships #rareships #rare shipping

[kazoosandfannypacks]

#shipping #fanfiction #archive of our own #kazzy's memes #ao3 #ffn #rarepair #memes

[paesthethyc]

🐟💀

#paesthethyc's art #one piece #op brook #op jinbei #brook #jinbei #jinbrook #? #i think thats their ship name #anw this is 100% out of character for them #im nowhere near their parts in the manga #very self indulgent #this and lusopp are my rarepairs i love them #fishbones #thats it #thats the name!

[odetokeons]

congratulations to ineffable bureaucracy for being the first queer couple ever to plan to run away together and ACTUALLY succeeding at it!

#a huge WIN for the gays and the niche rarepairs enjoyers #turns out that the 'quiet gentle and romantic' was about THEM all along #people who started shipping them YEARS ago when all they had was one canon interaction are the true winners of this season #blessed by agnes nutter with the gift of prophecy fr #ineffable bureaucracy #gabriel x beelzebub #archangel gabriel #lord beelzebub #good omens #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #good omens s2 #good omens spoilers

[bluechanas]

gal pals :3

#babe wake up new rarepair just dropped #one piece #vinsmoke reiju #tashigi #my art #idk the ship name

[soappox]

dogboy 4 dogboy☝️with tongue

#dunmeshi #laios touden #lycion #laicion #my friends keep dragging me in every rarepair ever #dunmeshi shipping #delicious in dungeon #dungeon meshi #dungeon meshi spoilers #for the anime onlies. character appearances and all #various images by yours truly

[batbabydamian]

hihi! i’m the anon that asked what your damijon looked like! AND THEY WERE SO CUTE OMGMG, but i’d also like to ask what your super sons damijon looks like as well? 🥹 tyty 🙏

hii thank you for that ask, and i'm glad you liked it!! here's a super sons ^^

#ask #damian wayne #jon kent #damijon #jondami #idk if this is shippy enough for these tags but also jic for muting purposes #i checked the last time i ever drew something shippy and it was 2021 asdfgh #it was nice to shake off a bit of the rust so ty again!! #i struggled deciding to keep an older Damian in the Robin suit but i just couldn’t think of anything else he would wear 😭 #so my interpretation is this is around his later teens when he would give up Robin #…my last ship art was velmilla if anyone knows it LOL my beloved tales rarepair… #batbabyart

[emmafrostyyy]

y'all sleeping on Astarion/Lae'zel bc this moment is so...the way the flippant demeanor drops and he doesn't hesitate to call her out for sticking with her version of Cazador like their relationship is so underrated fr...

sitting down writing this bullshit like let me peel it like an onion a bit and elaborate why this pairing is fascinating to me

It's really interesting how during the most cathartic, life-altering moment in Astarion's questline, the reactions of the other companions are more about the moral wrongness/guilt of sacrificing innocent lives. Lae'zel doesn't do that and instead relates to his hurt.

She knows what's he's feeling, the lack of control, the unfairness of being powerless for too long. This is a woman who just found out her entire life purpose was built on lies, discarded and hunted by her own people after outliving her usefulness, and groomed to basically die for an insane power-hungry lich queen. She knows all too well that power isn't always real freedom. Her first instinct is to empathize with Astarion to steer him away from his hate and resentment.

Astarion/Lae'zel is so interesting to me because they're such a classic "can we make each other worse or make a better person out of the other?".

They both have genuine appreciation for violence and respect each other's ruthlessness. Astarion was used as a weapon of seduction while Lae'zel was of warfare. Sex with people is meaningless and not real intimacy for them, and while both have little understanding/experience of interpersonal relationships beyond the physical, they still feel and love very deeply. They have no frame of reference for things like friendship and warmth, but they badly want all of that and more, even if they don't know it yet.

In-game they can sleep with each other, which is basically the foundation of the normal Tav/Astarion romance. Lae'zel saw him during combat and got horny, who knows. Astarion who's used to luring people with his charms, takes up Lae'zel's blunt offer because she's a strong hardened warrior that can provide protection and be a worthy ally, and he doesn't know how to say no. Navigating the complications between one who wants to be seen beyond as a sex object, and one who comes from a totally alien culture with no concept of love/family/connections and only sex is honestly really compelling to me. It's a transactional, mutually beneficial thing with no emotional expectations. Once you get past the skeevy rockiness of their early relationship, I really like the idea of them slowly seeing something past the exterior and realizing they may have harshly misjudged the other, an unspoken friendship blooms, and in comes the realization that they are essentially loners longing for kindness and a comforting touch in the most desperate of situations.

Lae'zel is prideful, direct, has no sense of courtship talk, and doesn't hold back her thoughts the slightest--she's not sweet/agreeable and what you see is really what you get, which I imagine would be disarming for Astarion who's used to vacuous flattery and has difficulty trusting others. But she's also insanely protective, passionate, loyal, and an initiator-- every romance scene is triggered by her first and she's always showing effort towards her relationships, which would mesh well with Astarion who does need someone to nudge him.

She doesn't purposely suppress her feelings, she's just simply at loss at how to express them sometimes due to her wildly different upbringing. She stops the sparring match you agree to and an easy vulnerability slips instantly out of her: "I don't want to hurt you. I want to protect you, and for you to protect me." and "Thus far I've taunted you, devoured you, battled you. Now I want more than anything to soothe you." are romantic as fuck and Astarion of all people really needs to hear that tbh.

Astarion is also someone who struggles with reinforcing his boundaries, and a key theme in Lae'zel's romance is that she encourages and wants you to challenge her and learn to stand your ground. It's not gentlest method, but hey, relationships are about having to make an effort to learn each other's language.

I think he also would take pleasure "educating her on the matters of Fay-run" (I believe there's a whole banter with him teasing her and teaching her pet names) and would get a kick out of coaxing Lae'zel out of her shell with her shyness at showing public affection, and making her blush. Also it simply would be fucking funny to see Astarion who's used to easy seduction, trying to pass a persuasion check just to get a smooch and generally having to work to earn regular kisses from Lae'zel lmfaooo

Lae'zel also initially struggles to see her chains as chains. When she learns about Vlaakith's betrayal, she copes instantly through denial and shuts it down. Astarion is NOT having it and calls her out, he knows her well enough to recognize that she would value blunt honesty above all.

I imagine he also despises her lack of self-preservation, the way her entire identity is tied to duty and being in service of others, and doesn't understand her desire to still help/liberate the people that want her dead and are hunting her down. He wants to make this duty-bound soldier realize that looking out for herself, and putting herself first may not be the worst thing in the world.

They're so similar to each other but are also polar opposites in some ways that make a more equal, balanced romance I think. It's not a simple, one-sided, feel-good "she/he can fix her/him" fantasy because both of them have to earn each other's love, actually cut through the other's flaws, and actively motivate each other to be better versions of themselves.

They're not at all the other's ideal guiding hand. It's rough, jagged, and imperfect, but that's how healing goes. It's so far from being the healthiest relationship -- but even if their belief systems differ, their moral compass does often align. I imagine it's a slight relief for them to have a partner where there would be less shame and judgment when they expectedly, occasionally slip up and fall into their bad habits.

Also, man, the "You showed me the betweens and beyonds. Beyond war and peace, beyond passion and obsession, most importantly, you showed me freedom.", "First you were my wound, now you were my cure.", "But you saw something else in me - someone else I could be. Someone who could break the cycle of power and terror that started centuries ago.." lines really hit hard when applied to them.

Of course, they can also make each other worse, feed into the other's negative traits that will bring out the worst part of themselves. It's this duality of their pairing that is very interesting to explore, the way it can steer in either direction because it's an intense, fraught relationship at its core.

#when he gets called by omeluum “child of the dark” and her “child of the stars” like yeah..the squid man is being literal but he Gets It fr. #lae'zel #astarion #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 meta #astarion ancunin #astarion x lae'zel #lae'zel x astarion #the rarest of rarepairs they dont even got a ship name...this is so tragique we need to discuss the pathos and potential of this pairing #bg3 lae'zel #bg3 astarion #also im a sucker for stoic knight/court darling trope and whatever variations of it yeah #bloodbruise

[ifmymomknew]

you'd think you saw the last of me ? nope, brain still damaged by AA repairs

#ace attorney #klavquill #klavier gavin #simon blackquill #tho simon is right for the first sketch #if you do like gavin and are actually of german descent youll get skin cancer #rare ship #rarepair

[rubikor]

would you hold my face softly and tell me it will be alright?

#genshin impact #scaramouche #wanderer #furina #in my head they are already domesticated #very much in a romantic sense #i don’t see why people need to comment besties/siblings so badly #rant time #like you don’t need to ship them but this is my art and i very much ship it #so if you don’t see them that way you can interpret my art that way and go on your merry way #at this point it’s just annoying bc i could never imagine someone commenting siblings on my yantao art #i don’t mind if you see them as best friends i can also see them like that #but you don’t need to announce it #as if your integrity is in danger #im sad i can’t tag the ship bc it’s a rarepair and i’m not sure what the name even is #welp if anyone read this you can totally forget about it now i'm over it #sad scararina hours letsgoo

[ylieke]

#my art #silm art #the silm fandom #silm elves #melkor #feanor #silmarillion #the silmarillion #silmarils #morgoth #rarepair #I wish I knew how this ship is called but whatever #shipping #melkor x feanor #gritty #erotizm

[courtmartialme]

SURPRISE @patron-saints !!! i'm your secret santa for @fmasecretsanta this year ^__^ here's some lustriza~ i hope you enjoy it as much as i did drawing it for you!!!!!!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS🫶🫶🫶

#fma #riza hawkeye #lustriza #lust the lascivious #i was so happy when i saw i got to draw riza rarepair for secret santa hehehe love drawing riza ships always #merry yurimas !!!!!

[astrozure]

i'll give you everything i have

#naruto #shikanaru #WE ARE SOOOOO BACK #uzumaki naruto #nara shikamaru #shikamaru #narushika #welcome to zures draws his fav ship ever that is technically a rarepair for some reason so he gotta draw lil crumbs #zures art #i have nothing else to say #goodnight tumblr goodnight #theres one mistake i dont wanna fix bc im lazy tbh #shrug

[john---baptist]

working hard, hard at work, (hardly working)

#loz #botw #totk #gesane #karson #DO I LABEL THIS WITH A SHIP TAG??? THESE ARE RANDOM NPCS #bridge bros #dear followers: sorry for my delusional npc rarepair posting. i am really sorry. however i will not be stopping this #do these two interact only once? yeah. do i care? no lol #anyways happy belated yaoi day! #myart