"Don't look up sonic x shadow, you'll regret it." "Imagine the shock of kids looking up the new sonic game and finding sonadow." "Go look up sonic x shadow, I promise you'll find totally normal images >:)"

What is wrong. With all of you. Why is it a gotcha? Why is it a trick to get people to find sonadow fanart? Why is it bad for kids to find art of cartoon hedgehogs gay kissing? It's 2024, have we really not moved on from the "wow aren't sonic fans freaks for gay shipping their little cartoon animals" mindset? Come on. Let's put down the homophobia now

I'm gonna sound a bit bitter for a sec so sorry for that, but i think the reason i can't get into most fyolai fics and such, in addition to a lot of ppl just straight up getting nikolai wrong as a character, is the flattening of their relationship in general and making it almost basic? or rather, i guess, just simplifying it, making it almost one sided at times

basically what i see people interpret them beyond what's in plain text is 1 nikolai is the only person to call fyodor a friend, thus making him stand out in his mind, and 2 they're both the same brand of weird/got the same quirks or sense of humor etc

which are both well and true imo. but my problem is, this is where it stops. this is what i mean by simplifying. it feels like it's only engaging with the tip of the iceberg of what they got going on, and it's a shame because their relationship can be so spicy

i think what makes fyolai interesting - in addition to the whole "i love him and that's why i want to kill him, i can't bear the thought of being tied to a person" - is that while fyodor is the first person to see nikolai, nikolai is the first person to outsmart fyodor

it almost feels like the reason people make fyodor like nikolai is for the sake of making a story about them happen and that's it. now, it's a romantic(?) fanfic, that's understandable, that's how most of them start. but it does feel unearned and at times even out of nowhere and pointless

nikolai is the first person to show fyodor that humans aren't as predictable as he thinks. that yes, he could read him, but not fully, not enough to actually manipulate him. that his method of cutting off all other possibilities is not perfect, and that at least nikolai will always get himself a way out. that's huge!! we've never seen anyone outsmart fyodor! the closest we got was whatever he's got going on with dazai, and he seems to be prepared for everything dazai throws at him anyway bc they're so equal. but honest to god going outside of his plan? ruining his plan, even? nikolai is the only one who could do it.

think about how that can impact fyodor's character! his world view! a blow to his pride that might actually change him as a person! this can be so interesting!!!!

i feel like this ship should be more about that. about how they're each other's special person - not because of titles of friendship, but because they truly challenge the way the other sees life

now, i will say, i don't expect fic writers to delve this deep into each character. it's just a hobby at the end of the day. let me emphasize, this post isn't to actually attack anyone, more like an observation with some bitterness about something i am well aware does not actually matter, bc i want to let it out and maybe change the way people see this ship if they agree. so i hope i made you see it this way, just like fyodor might show nikolai he's not as alone in the world as he might want to be, and nikolai can show him the same in return uwu

stop filling the fi tag with your ship art of a 13yo character and an adult. that's an actual child. sick of seeing this shit in fandom and ppl not realizing how screwed up it is. fix yourself

Oh cool, you're harassing me now too.

One: Fi is an actual adult.

Two: You are an actual moron.

But I digress.

I'm guessing you're pulling the excerpt from Hyrule Historia. The same source that said Fi has arms, and Ghirahim doesn't emote with his eyes whilst in sword form. We know for a fact that both of those things are false. You can't just pick and choose what's canon from the concept art to fit your narrative. And since the other things I mentioned are proven false by the game itself, then there's a good chance most of the concept art isn't factual.

Fi never seems like a child, and no characters ever refer to her as such. So why should we take that piece of concept art as canon? This is the same shit I see people pull with Hobie Brown. Saying he's an adult, just cause of early draft concepts that aren't even canon. Most of her designs in Hyrule Historia itself show an adult like figure. You'd probably have an argument if all of her concept art was childlike in nature. But they're not. So the 13-14 year old thing is more than likely a scrapped concept.

In game she's only referred to as being "youthful in appearance". Appearance alone does not a child make. And get away from me with that "Child-Coded" garbage. Short women with small busts exist. Get over it.

I also want to point out I'm not a proshipper. The closest I get is mirrorshipping, but that's because there's no way that could actually be a thing irl. So don't even try to accuse me of that.

I could also bring up that a lot of Fi's mannerisms could be linked to her being possibly autistic coded. And as an autistic person, infantilizing us is hella weird! But since that's only my speculation, I'll leave that as just a maybe, and take it with a grain of salt.

Good job hiding behind an anon btw. Too cowardly to show your face huh?

Idc if you dislike the ship. I'm not telling you to like it. But making baseless accusations that are demonstrably false and easily debunked, just to justify your hatred of a ship, is hella weird behavior.

Fix yourself.

Hi! What are your thoughts of a child of Aphrodite trying to pursue a relationship with Clovis? I feel like Clovis would be really shy/blushes profusely whenever he’s around them or whenever they try to make a move on him and he would try to deny it but will eventually accept it (also happy to find ur blog-made me more curious about Clovis!)

hi hi!! so sorry 4 the late reply, i hardly ever check my notifs if im not on my laptop T^T

im actually a HUGE fan of exploring clovis and aphrodite cabin dynamics!! i even ship mitchell, valentina, and drew with clovis (not all together ofc but as separate ships!) :D

ok ok so on one side we have a demigod whose godly parent is the literal embodiment of love and the other side we have a demigod whose parent is the literal embodiment of sleep; i think it's a very goofy and cute dynamic!!

here we have a demigod whose godly parent is LOVE thus making their life very motivated, inspired, and directed/guided by love (of all types!), and a kid who is lucky if he even knows what year it is. imagine being someone who has had so MUCH LOVE front and center in their life and being surrounded by half-siblings that share this trait with you and then you try to flirt with clovis 💀

since clovis seems to be very "go with the flow" and more in the dreamscape than reality at any given time, i think that would make it all the more difficult to even get him to even consider the possibility that flirting is what's going on let alone someone flirting with HIM. like he went through the trouble of showing nico the counselor meeting and didnt seem to notice that gee nico is rlly rlly focused on will weird. he's so relaxed and unbothered that detecting social cues or picking up on subtleties and viewing things as anything other than neutral demigod-to-demigod interactions just isn't something he particularly excels at. why would he need to? he's usually sleeping, so that sort of stuff doesn't concern him all that much because why would anyone be interested in him romantically much less flirt with him??? that doesn't make any sense??? so it's not so much him being unconfident or hard on himself as much as it is just his "logic."

that's how he regards his interactions with people in general... now once more: this is the APHRODITE cabin. they're generally nice, and even if it is flirting, aren't they all kinda flirty by nature? (not accurate in reality ik just bear with me here)

and for a while, DREW ran the cabin. the same drew who literally called clovis "repulsive" and seems to have some beef or just general dislike for him. with her being the head counselor (and even when she steps down, she's still an older camper with influence in her cabin) and thus being who clovis might immediately associate the cabin with due to interactions as a fellow head counselor, it seems unlikely that anyone from that cabin thinks that highly of him. and if they did, could it be a form of rebellion AGAINST drew and not actual general interest? or just some sort of cruel joke or even just the easy way out of that weird old aphrodite tradition?

i also headcanon clovis as just. Chill. Unbothered. Not Aware of Social Norms in general. he's the type to hug/lean on his friends lazily, cuddle with ppl he doesn't even know all that well at the campfire bc they're comfy, offer to share his bed with someone who is having nightmares, etc. just bc he has far less experience with actual human interaction as opposed to dreams where he can control them as he wishes. who is he to say someone isn't just being friendly/polite to him or thats just how ppl act?

that all being said though, people wanting/trying to keep him up long enough to talk to him, get to know him, or hang out with him as opposed to just to get some sleep, help with dreams/nightmares, or info on gods and whatnot, IS something unusual enough for him to notice. so when a nice, pretty aphrodite camper visits him and asks to go strawberry picking or sits by him at the campfire or asks him about HIS dreams or compliments him with no hint of malice/dishonesty in their voice, THAT can be enough to catch his attention. and THAT is when the ✨️confused flustering✨️ occurs.

this eepy boy is touch-starved, friend-starved, all KINDS of starved AND honestly just taken for granted/neglected when it comes to living in a camp full of adhd kiddos with demigodly powers so when someone whose godly parent is LOVE starts showing affection and attention to him? WOWIE UHHHH WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO????? and i think that's a lot of what gets him so flustered in such new, intense interactions: the whys? and what do i do's? and even the how does this make me feels? and do i really deserve this's? getting all worked up with that sort of stuff in ur head is gonna stress ya out and stress makes ya... well... exhausted. sleepy.

i think it would def take a LOT of time and patience when it comes to anyone pursuing a child of hypnos romantically, and i think the aphrodite cabin is just the right type of ppl to take on that challenge. being experts in all sorts of different forms of love whereas clovis is mostly only ever by himself in the land of make-believe so to speak, they're the perfect types of demigods to help clovis explore uncharted waters and be gentle and kind enough to not be too pushy to make him uncomfortable but just pushy enough to make sure he knows that hey, im being flirted with, that's something that can happen and i am worthy of having happen to me, and help him figure out his love languages (while also enjoying the cute reactions during this process uwu).

and when it comes to teasing/flustering, the possibilities for silly pet names ("dreamboat/dreamboy", "sleeping beauty", "bedhead" (affectionately), etc) and cheesy pick-up lines ("you must be tired from running through my dreams all night" "I've never met someone as cute as you; pinch me i must be dreaming" "aren't you the sweetest dream I've ever had", etc.) are endless and hilarious. whether or not he actually picks up on it or it goes whoooosh over his poor sleepy widdle head, at least it's entertaining.

and in the end, i doubt there are truly many other significant others who would be as gentle, comforting, comfortable, thoughtful, and soft all the way around as the gods' eepiest soldier.

this is kinda lackluster bc im tired myself and i havent spent time actually sitting down and writing up concepts in YEARS so i might answer this question again sometime with a better response and better concepts and ideas!! my brain's all rusty lo siento T~T but thanks for the question!! I'm always down to talk abt my BOYYYYYY!!!!!

and aaaa that last part made me so happy u have no idea im always so grateful when i can remind ppl that Clovis exists or make them reconsider him as an important or special character 🥹💛

hi! 2, 4, and 8 for the fandom asks? 💕

thanks for the ask <3 i took too long trying to decide how "wild" i was gonna get for number 4 then thought. go big or go home.

2. favorite ship?

right now it's gotta be the ineffable husbands bc that good omens brainrot is still going strong. i do not think i will be less insane about them any time soon.

4. wildest ship?

funniest/worst possible question you could pick bc i have had sooooo many "wild" ships over the years - side effect of just being on tumblr for over a decade and having an irl friend from middle school who was completely unhinged about everything. like, i was one of those weirdos in middle school who shipped the cartoon kid and the demon triangle. shounen anime guy and the personification of his own sword (not a euphemism) who isn't actually his real sword. a skeleton and robot tv star, but only from one very specific fanmade AU. anime disney villain high school boys that are actually centuries-old fae both individually inspired by different aspects of maleficent. teenage boy and the millennia-old game-obsessed ghost that only he can see (this applies to two ships actually). to my dawning horror i am also invested in the quasi-romantic tension between a cringefail evil scientist and an anthropomorphic secret agent platypus from a kids cartoon and found (then deleted) youtube comments proof that this apparently went back to when i was 12 (??????). more relevant to my blog theme - i was SUPER into eleven/ten when i first watched day of the doctor, lmao. that irl friend i mentioned earlier was a massive selfcest fan in general and i think it rubbed off on me. if i was even tangentially in a fandom and that fandom had a somewhat-well-known-within-the-fandom weird/controversial/crack/"ppl rly ship this????" ship, >50% chance of me shipping it bc i do not fear god, god fears me. as she should. this got long sorry.

tl;dr i can very easily be convinced to ship just about anything. but if i had to pick one single ship it'd probably be that time many many years ago in the hp fandom where everyone shipped draco with a green apple?

8. how many fandoms?

at a time? usually like, 2-3 max. currently that's good omens (death by s2, will not recover any time soon) with doctor who on a semi backburner until the 60th anniversary specials come and ruin my life i assume. less than 3 months left until my doom.

in total, ever? too many to count, definitely. honorable mention shout outs to fandoms not yet mentioned go to percy jackson (my first ever fandom), guardian/镇魂 - priest (first fandom i wrote fic for), and nbc hannibal (There's Just Something About The Murder Husbands, Man)

this site is so sensitive when i mention tae and jk together. like i even saw a tiktok naming their fav pairings and for everyone it was fine but when it was taekook they had to disclaim it was (pLaToNiC) was that not implied by the rest of your list?? ppl are so scared to mention them at all but if he's with another member its fine. its annoying and ppl are so transparent

i actually don't think tumblr is a primary suspect among the list of platforms where people move weird about taekook,.. but i'm speaking as someone in a little bubble of mutuals who are normal people lol. i also have never ventured onto the hellscape that is the bts stan side of tiktok so i can't speak on that either (besides seeing screenshots of people on there calling normal behaviors from jungkook 'red flags'... oof.) most of the bullshit, in my experience, stems from twitter where, like you said, even a simple mention of them hanging out together can end up with people accusing you of being a 'shipper' or a 'diet solo.'

this is going to be rambly so i'm putting it under a read more for the sake of not clogging people's dashes, but here are some of my thoughts on fandom culture/shipping in general:

oh real quick for for transparency sake, i'll start this off by saying: 1. i don't care about the relationship status of any of the bts members. they're single to me unless they officially and publicly state otherwise without any privacy invading force involved. 2. i have no problem with fans thinking/implying bts members are queer. lgbt fans finding comfort and comradery in their favorite people isn't a bad thing. :)

now for the actual post~

the fan dynamics on twt are so different and if you even mention taehyung and jungkook in the same sentence or say that they're very obviously close friends, you might end up on some of those 'defend [insert member here]' accounts where they encourage people to block and report for the slightest of 'offenses.' and like you mentioned in your post, that's over people talking about them platonically!! or over people who simply read fic without ever insinuating they think they're actually dating.

the puritanical culture that exists in very large parts of the bts fandom (and was present in the 1d fandom as well) is so weird to witness. we can all have differing opinions on whether or not rpf is 'good' or not, but unless someone is sending fanfiction to bts personally... it is harmless. and it will always exist. you will never enter into a fan space where independent, 'non-canon' content isn't being created by fans... and why would you want to? so much of fandom culture and history is about creation (and is also super lgbt centric!!)

in my opinion, the only people who still get up in arms about shipping discourse in 2023 are those under 18 or those who have no previous fandom experience. after stanning harry styles since 2012, i have heard the 'gay rumors made them drift apart!!!' argument so many times that it is genuinely nausea inducing. (and my opinion on that is... if you are that turned off by people possibly thinking you're queer to the point where it makes you end an important friendship, you either weren't very close to begin with or you're homophobic. likely a combination of the two. gay rumors are not, and never will be, offensive. they are not something you need to protect your fave from. why is this the argument so often touted by fans? why would you WANT your favorite person's self image to be so fragile that they end friendships over rumors? and that's not even getting into the fact that skinship and performance is built into the literal DNA - lol - of kpop...)

like. maybe i'm just too old to care now but i genuinely could not give less of a fuck if people think jk and taehyung are in a relationship. i do not care. they're both beautiful people who are clearly fond of each other. do any of us know how deep that fondness runs? nope! and we never will! and that's more than okay because these are grown men with personal, private relationships that we will never be privy to... as it should be. as long as boundaries are respected, i don't care what people think to be true.

can shippers get overzealous? for sure. do the people who analyze their every move need a new hobby? most definitely. but i think it's more than obvious now that the people who go to insane lengths to invade their privacy are stalkers or people trying to dredge up dating rumors between them and women.

it gets especially transparent when you have videos and rumors online about bts members dating people they've never interacted with publicly (using 'liskook' as an example, there are youtube videos with 10million views about them. one posted ten hours ago has 52k views) but i never see them condemned with the level of vitriol i see people using when it comes to jk and taehyung. is that not weird?

idk man. there's no concise ending to this post. fandom culture just intrigues me which is why i have so much to say about all this. it's especially interesting to me how it intersects with queer culture - or directly opposes it.

actually i don't think people realize how actively biphobic they are when denying so adamantly that lexi could be anything but straight. wanting to erase the sole possibility of lexi having been in love with rue or having arbored feelings for her at some point is something i can seldom tolerate bcs even if to me it was OBVIOUS she had feelings for her, it was never explicitly stated. but then to be so set on lexi being straight solely bcs she's in love with fezco???? like bi women can't love anyone steadily????? so what, does her possibly also liking women makes her any less loyal or reliable????? is it the idea you can be attracted to more than one gender makes you untrustworthy or incapable of settling with someone you love???? i don't get it.

and lexi is anything but unloyal, for what we have seen, even at rue's worse her feelings and longing for having her friend back never withered, even when in love, her emotional availability was still present for rue, and people think it would be coherent for her character to just ditch fezco completely after basically making him a part of her life from morning to night for some months????? probably feeling more listened to and supported than she had felt in years???? stupid. lexi being bi or queer doesn't change or erase the immensity of fezco's importance in her life. some people need to shut up.

it's one thing to just have diff. interpretations of lexi's behavior towards rue in s1. i personally can see it through a romantic AND a platonic lens (and i would love to write a post on that if anyone is interested lol)

but yes i agree. it's one thing to simply think lexi doesn't have romantic feelings towards rue, but it's another thing to think lexi can't have romantic feelings towards girls at all because of fez, and using that as justification for why lexi can't like rue.

and i know the rebuttal to that is just gonna be "it's a show" and it is, and shipping wars are stupid, but this isn't about a shipping war imo. it's literally just spreading a harmful narrative that a bi woman's affection towards a man is not as important because she likes women (and others) too.

i joke about how shipping rules, rexi, and fexi all at once is confusing but it's honestly not that weird lol? i just appreciate all the ships for diff reasons and have diff beautiful things going for them. there's also just a very uncomfortable habit of some ppl to degrade wlw ships in favor of straight ones or expect wayyy more out of wlw ships to be 'valid' but yes i very much agree with your frustrations <3