I like to think that Dick Grayson’s type is either red flags or redheads. No in-between.

My favorite ship dynamic isn’t grumpy x sunshine, it’s sunshine x vitamin D deficient.

What can I say? They're my favorite.

…so which one’s the assumed gay and which one’s the debated gay?

Taylor: 🎵It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero🎵

Me: babe you have no idea 😭😭😭😭😭

It's not enough I need one or both of them to watch as the other dies and comes back leaving a permanent, life altering scar in their mind and on their soul

arguing is kinda like hanging out but the vibes are worse. it's not the opposite of a chill, fun time. it's a chill, fun time through a warped mirror. you are being together with this person. both of you are participating in the hangout/showdown.

Kaveh must say some horrible things when he's near-blackout drunk. things like "I'm ALONE, Alhaitham, don't you get it? Pretend you valued other people's company. Their faith in you. Their warm smiles. Now imagine those things slipping through your fingers—and it's your fault! It's your own fault. I have nobody to blame but myself." and Alhaitham puts a silent hand on this sobbing man's shoulder bc he doesn't know where to start. Kaveh is surrounded by people who adore him. he makes people smile with his art. he has the biggest, bloodiest heart. he has Tighnari. Cyno. hell, he even has Alhaitham, somewhat. how can Kaveh possibly feel so isolated?

Alhaitham thinks about this in the back of his mind, while he's scanning the shelves for the tome he wants and scrawling meeting minutes and stamping REJECTED across the latest pile of poorly filled-out document requests. he recalls that Kaveh lost contact with his parents at a young age. that his career affords him flexibility and freedom, but there are no built-in milestones; he is forever chasing his own sliding goalpost. perhaps the feeling of solitude overwrites a person's reality, after enough time. Kaveh is a starving man in a lush oasis. he eats the fruit, but cannot taste it.

so, Alhaitham thinks, why not give him some new flavors. give him a shove in place of a hug. camaraderie he hasn't grown numb to. something he can feel.

i think Alhaitham argues for his own entertainment first and foremost — but I think he's also establishing a tie to Kaveh. "Do we look like friends?" no, you don't, and somehow that is what makes you friends. you want something to connect him to the earth. a path down from the lofty clouds, back to solid ground. you saw that he needed someone like this. you decided it could be you.

dying for them? sorry, do you mean the bare minimum??

characters who usually appear dominant and intimidating on the outside/in public but are super gentle with their partner or even enjoy being submissive for them in private 🤝 characters who appear calm and shy in public but enjoy showing their more dominant side to their partner only

Were people mad about Marion x Sean not happening? I know it was popular during episode 1 but I feel like by episode 2 most everyone saw the writing in the walls with Marion and Jean obviously being into each other.

A refreshingly small number, honestly! It was one or two people in the main tags and maybe one or two more who said obnoxious things in the tags of my posts. I used that as an example because it was fresh in my mind and because that was genuinely such a great line in a fantastic arc in a fantastic series that closing yourself off to it is a miserable prospect.

Here is the thing about writing on the walls: there is a level of shipping where people will openly ignore it, eg: literally everyone who claims Beau and Yasha "came out of nowhere"; basically anyone who focuses extensively on microexpressions because that frequently goes hand-in-hand with ignoring Character A and Character B kissing each other in favor of how Character C blinked a millisecond too rapidly in A's direction; etc.

This also, honestly, isn't limited to shipping, though that's the most common case where I see it. I think part of why Campaign 2 hate is so bitter at times is because there are genuinely many, many people who watched all 141 episodes and who loved almost everything in 140 of them and then hated that the finale did not bring back Molly or did not have the ship they thought was "supposed" to happen appear - I was there, and people who claim Campaign 2 sucked were there too watching along throughout the whole thing; they just definitely thought the couples would all break up and rearrange in episode 141 for no apparent reason.

That's really my larger point: I think there is a certain kind of person who tells themself how a story "should" end, whether it's a particular ship or a particular story beat, and becomes furious when the story - which never made that promise - fails to deliver. Not only did Candela pretty clearly signal that Marion and Jean were into each other, it also told us inherently within the story and in literally every out of character interview that this was pretty much guaranteed to not end remotely close to any sort of happily ever after. It's funny - earlier in campaign 3 there was a lot of flack towards some fans' (of which I was one) frustration with the story on the basis of narrative/pacing, and I still see the inane "must stories have conflict" argument pop up. But those same people who get mad at those who talk about inconsistent themes or characterization or awkward pacing are, more often than not, people whose assessment of a story rests entirely on the incredibly narrow "did I get the exact ships and plot elements I wanted out of this and was my blorbo the coolest guy ever all the time," rather than the broad and inclusive "did this story capably deliver on an interesting premise."

"trigger warning: opinion" the issue isn't your opinion, it's where you choose to express it. if people are trying to have a good time and bond over something they enjoy and you willingly intrude the spaces where they do so just to say "uhm, actually, that thing sucks for the sole reason that I, personally, do not enjoy it", you are extremely annoying and you deserve to be told as much.

saying I ship them is not enough, I need to carefully and intricately explain exactly how their dynamic works and what they mean to each other and how they rely on the other in a detailed fashion that encapsulates exactly how their relationship effects me as a person. I need to put their relationship in a way that is more than just ‘I think they should kiss’ because kissing is gross and I think they should fight each other and fight for each other instead as an act of love. And because there’s so many ways to love, defining it through only a small selection of actions does it no justice. I need to explain the ways they care for the other, especially the parts that are never spoken. The intricacies of love as a concept that aren’t bound to a simple romance will be spilled once I get my damn hands on it

none of my business whether yall self ship with hazbin hotel characters or whatever, but since im seeing an influx of it (likely because of the new show) i'd like to remind yall to please boycott it (and pirate it if you must). it is being hosted on amazon, one of the BDS's pressure targets in the strike for palestine's cause– while it is acknowledged that you realistically cannot fully boycott targets like amazon (because of their monopoly over shipping), it will still be helpful to drop things sponsored by it that you ultimately do not need.

the self ship community has presented itself as an open and diverse community for years– prove it by being willing to stop giving profit to media that has a stake in hurting others.

support palestinian self shippers.

you've heard about sun/moon pairings but what about kiki/bouba pairings

not a long while ago,  i posted about wanting to explore dynamics more and build more long-lasting connections between the muses,  but as of late there’s also been another related thing circulating inside my head,  which is the topic of romantic shipping.  i always say i’m open to considering those and people should always feel free to approach me about it and then we can discuss whether it makes sense or not,  though something i’m not particularly a fan of is devoiding a dynamic between characters for the sake of shipping.  romance is not my priority and even when it happens,  most of the time those relationships still will be difficult because this is how i write and interpret leon and his approach towards it.  all i’m asking for is some more depth.  otherwise,  simply speaking,  it’s hard for me to stay excited or interested.

yknow its funny. my flower husbands poll made me realize that fh is probably a good model organism for other ships on this side of mcyt. and also a v interesting topic of study