#lets call the ship

[oobbbear]

I want to post this here too because I’ve seen it happen a few times

Please understand that there are cultural differences and language differences, if you see this happening let the person clarify what they meant, that person might just not be familiar with words the western side of the internet use

#bearz rambling tag #no it’s not really possible to let everyone who uses this term to change #because as far as I know this is the most common word with use on Chinese websites #I didn’t know that pairing are called ‘ship’ here #like why would I even know that #‘ship’ makes zero sense to me #it took me a while to learn the fandom language people speak here #it’s hard #give people time #shipping culture is very different too #Like on Chinese site you HAVE to clarify the Top and the Bottom of this ship in the ship name #it is very very important to them #people who like the same ship but with different Top Bottom preference will fight till no end #imagine how confused I was when I first got here #where there’s no top bottom differences #it’s not really a smut thing #it’s more a dynamic thing #AxB and BxA is very different #oh I can talk so much about the differences on fandom cultures #if ya are interested in more please feel free to ask #it’s very interesting to me #I wanna talk about it

[cherrirui-official]

I hope u guys don't mind me posting these au doodles while I work on things ahaha

I also gave JD slightly longer hair in these doodles as a funny haha but I don't think it's funny anymore he looks genuinely good with his hair like that ahahaha I hope you're not mad at me for changing his au design a bit

#first of all ahem DONT TAG THIS AS SHIP OR WHATEVER!!! ILL THROW ROCKS AT YOU!!!!! BITCH!!!!!!! #troIlcest (or whatever you call yourselves idk) DONT TOUCH my SHIT! Ty :] anyways... #For context I like to hc that when he was younger Bruce would always have JD brush his hair #and like... whenever lil Bruce was upset it would help calm him down i think ahhauysgjiodk do u guys see the vision?? #and since it's my au i can make reality whatever i want it to be sooooo :] #I like to imagine that it still helps Bruce calm down even tho they're older now.. Big bro brushing his lil bros hair to soothe him UUGH #Let JD be a good older brother pleeease #also gave JD flowers in his hair too bc he deserves them me thinks... Now him and Bruce are matching!!! #i dont have any specific flowers in mind for the ones in their hair i just picked a color for the flowers that looked pretty and ran with i #also saying it again i love love LOOOOVE the crayon tool in mspaint using it to make gradients is so!!!! UUUGHUHHH!!!! /pos #the pattern on JD's jacket fur will never be consistent shhhhh #trolls #trolls band together #john dory trolls #trolls john dory #bruce trolls #trolls bruce #beach bros au #cherris canvas #I made that last image btw #everytime i saw that screenshot of jd it made me think of the spongebob scene where its a pov of flats waking up #and the first thing he sees is spongebob waiting for him with flowers in his hand and smiling

[kaladinkholins]

Very interesting to me that a certain subset of the BES fandom's favourite iterations of Mizu and Akemi are seemingly rooted in the facades they have projected towards the world, and are not accurate representations of their true selves.

And I see this is especially the case with Mizu, where fanon likes to paint her as this dominant, hyper-masculine, smirking Cool GuyTM who's going to give you her strap. And this idea of Mizu is often based on the image of her wearing her glasses, and optionally, with her cloak and big, wide-brimmed kasa.

And what's interesting about this, to me, is that fanon is seemingly falling for her deliberate disguise. Because the glasses (with the optional combination of cloak and hat) represent Mizu's suppression of her true self. She is playing a role.

Take this scene of Mizu in the brothel in Episode 4 for example. Here, not only is Mizu wearing her glasses to symbolise the mask she is wearing, but she is purposely acting like some suave and cocky gentleman, intimidating, calm, in control. Her voice is even deeper than usual, like what we hear in her first scene while facing off with Hachiman the Flesh-Trader in Episode 1.

This act that Mizu puts on is an embodiment of masculine showboating, which is highly effective against weak and insecure men like Hachi, but also against women like those who tried to seduce her at the Shindo House.

And that brings me to how Mizu's mask is actually a direct parallel to Akemi's mask in this very same scene.

Here, Akemi is also putting up an act, playing up her naivety and demure girlishness, using her high-pitched lilted voice, complimenting Mizu and trying to make small talk, all so she can seduce and lure Mizu in to drink the drugged cup of sake.

So what I find so interesting and funny about this scene, characters within it, and the subsequent fandom interpretations of both, is that everyone seems to literally be falling for the mask that Mizu and Akemi are putting up to conceal their identities, guard themselves from the world, and get what they want.

It's also a little frustrating because the fanon seems to twist what actually makes Mizu and Akemi's dynamic so interesting by flattening it completely. Because both here and throughout the story, Mizu and Akemi's entire relationship and treatment of each other is solely built off of masks, assumptions, and misconceptions.

Akemi believes Mizu is a selfish, cocky male samurai who destroyed her ex-fiance's career and life, and who abandoned her to let her get dragged away by her father's guards and forcibly married off to a man she didn't know. on the other hand, Mizu believes Akemi is bratty, naive princess who constantly needs saving and who can't make her own decisions.

These misconceptions are even evident in the framing of their first impressions of each other, both of which unfold in these slow-motion POV shots.

Mizu's first impression of Akemi is that of a beautiful, untouchable princess in a cage. Swirling string music in the background.

Akemi's first impression of Mizu is of a mysterious, stoic "demon" samurai who stole her fiance's scarf. Tense music and the sound of ocean waves in the background.

And then, going back to that scene of them together in Episode 4, both Mizu and Akemi continue to fool each other and hold these assumptions of each other, and they both feed into it, as both are purposely acting within the suppressive roles society binds them to in order to achieve their goals within the means they are allowed (Akemi playing the part of a subservient woman; Mizu playing the part of a dominant man).

But then, for once in both their lives, neither of their usual tactics work.

Akemi is trying to use flattery and seduction on Mizu, but Mizu sees right through it, knowing that Akemi is just trying to manipulate and harm her. Rather than give in to Akemi's tactics, Mizu plays with Akemi's emotions by alluding to Taigen's death, before pinning her down, and then when she starts crying, Mizu just rolls her eyes and tells her to shut up.

On the opposite end, when Mizu tries to use brute force and intimidation, Akemi also sees right through it, not falling for it, and instead says this:

"Under your mask, you're not the killer you pretend to be."

Nonetheless, despite the fact that they see a little bit through each other's masks, they both still hold their presumptions of each other until the very end of the season, with Akemi seeing Mizu as an obnoxious samurai swooping in to save the day, and Mizu seeing Akemi as a damsel in distress.

And what I find a bit irksome is that the fandom also resorts to flattening them to these tropes as well.

Because Mizu is not some cool, smooth-talking samurai with a big dick sword as Akemi (and the fandom) might believe. All of that is the facade she puts up and nothing more. In reality, Mizu is an angry, confused and lonely child, and a masterful artist, who is struggling against her own self-hatred. Master Eiji, her father figure who knows her best, knows this.

And Akemi, on the other hand, is not some girly, sweet, vain and spoiled princess as Mizu might believe. Instead she has never cared for frivolous things like fashion, love or looks, instead favouring poetry and strategy games instead, and has always only cared about her own independence. Seki, her father figure who knows her best, knows this.

But neither is she some authoritative dominatrix, though this is part of her new persona that she is trying to project to get what she wants. Because while Akemi is willful, outspoken, intelligent and authoritative, she can still be naive! She is still often unsure and needs to have her hand held through things, as she is still learning and growing into her full potential. Her new parental/guardian figure, Madame Kaji, knows this as well.

So with all that being said, now that we know that Mizu and Akemi are essentially wearing masks and putting up fronts throughout the show, what would a representation of Mizu's and Akemi's true selves actually look like? Easy. It's in their hair.

This shot on the left is the only time we see Mizu with her hair completely down. In this scene, she's being berated by Mama, and her guard is completely down, she has no weapon, and is no longer wearing any mask, as this is after she showed Mikio "all of herself" and tried to take off the mask of a subservient housewife. Thus, here, she is sad, vulnerable, and feeling small (emphasised further by the framing of the scene). This is a perfect encapsulation of what Mizu is on the inside, underneath all the layers of revenge-obsession and the walls she's put around herself.

In contrast, the only time we Akemi with her hair fully down, she is completely alone in the bath, and this scene takes place after being scorned by her father and left weeping at his feet. But despite all that, Akemi is headstrong, determined, taking the reigns of her life as she makes the choice to run away, but even that choice is reflective of her youthful naivety. She even gets scolded by Seki shortly after this in the next scene, because though she wants to be independent, she still hasn't completely learned to be. Not yet. Regardless, her decisiveness and moment of self-empowerment is emphasised by the framing of the scene, where her face takes up the majority of the shot, and she stares seriously into the middle distance.

To conclude, I wish popular fanon would stop mischaracterising these two, and flattening them into tropes and stereotypes (ie. masculine badass swordsman Mizu and feminine alluring queen but also girly swooning damsel Akemi), all of which just seems... reductive. It also irks me when Akemi is merely upheld as a love interest and romantic device for Mizu and nothing more, when she is literally Mizu's narrative foil (takes far more narrative precedence over romantic interest) and the deuteragonist of this show. She is her own person. That is literally the theme of her entire character and arc.

#blue eye samurai #mizu blue eye samurai #akemi blue eye samurai #blue eye samurai meta #just in case... im gonna tag this as #mizukemicritical #akemizucritical #though this post isnt actually criticising the ship itself but rather fanon's portrayal of the ship and the characters #for that reason lemme also tag this as #wank.mp3 #feel free to disagree of course but please be civil #and if you need to rant about how wrong i am without any convincing evidence kindly feel free to make your own post. peace and love <3 #fandom.rtf #meta dissertations.pdf #shut up haydar #edit: for full disclosure. i do rather dislike this ship. but obviously it's fine for anyone to enjoy it. please do! have your fun! #it's just that as usual! popular fanon and fandom around a ship is what has completely deterred me from any sense of enjoyment of it #it's a shame too because i was very open and even eager for some mizu/akemi romance in the future #but out-of-character fanon + the rudeness of certain fans has definitely soured it for me #but that doesn't mean people can't enjoy it obviously! ship and let ship!!! #plus it has its appeal which i DO STILL see and enjoy!!!! #i would even go as far as to call them soulmates because their narratives and characters are LITERALLY intertwined!!! #but. yeah. my gradual distaste for this ship is indeed very unfortunate.

[journen]

This was doodled a few days ago, inspired by a snippet from @theedwardianone ‘s fic they shared with me in our discord! We were talking about Soap & Ghost height difference 😳 , tippy toe kiss, and flustered Ghost, and it spawned this HAHAHVFHDVJDVSJA

And her fic is finished now, so if you wanna read it here’s the link!! :)

#call of duty #ghostsoap #seriously i live and die for the height difference and flustered Ghost #theedwardianone is so talented guys!! 🥺 #and yet another codywan to soapghost convert😭 WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS SHIP HAHA #cod #mw2 #thanls for letting me share this my friend! #modern warfare 2 #cod ghost #cod soap #soap #ghost #john soap mactavish #simon ghost riley #simon riley #art #comic #soapghost #soapghost art #ghostsoapart #cod mw2 #cod mw2 art #mw2 art #my art

[tippenfunkaport]

That viral post that's going around about how people who write "book quality" mlm fic are too "normal" to publish and have real jobs so only "weird" people publish their "shitty" fanfic is so completely out of touch with reality and I am giving a massive side eye to everyone reblogging it.

Not only is it completely, easily verifiably untrue (you cannot enter any professional writing space without tripping over a dozen grizzled scifi writers who got their start by filing off the serial numbers and publishing their Star Trek fanfic even going back decades ago??? it's a whole thing?? plus how can you look at the mlm category on Amazon right now and say with a straight face that people aren't publishing shitty Spirk and Stucky fanfic??? Oh, honey...) it's also the perfect example of this kind of sneering elitism that true artists would never sully themselves by seeking profit, they do it only for the purity of the thing that always somehow leads back to, "no one should be paid to make art, actually."

The only reason you're seeing more published fanfic right now has nothing to do with the idealistic purity of your hypothetical government employee written smut of the past vs the debased scribbles of those awful straights of today and everything to do with the fact that a) self-publishing has created a voracious readership that wants a ton of content so it's become a viable, flexible income stream for many, especially disabled people b) anyone can publish now with self-publishing tools so there are less gatekeepers and c) lockdown got a lot of people into fandom and therefore writing who never tried it before.

And if you really think there's no "shitty" published mlm and no "book-quality" m/f writing out there that started as fanfic, then you are clearly not a reader so why are you even talking about this?

#love how they manipulated people into spreading that post by making it seem like a cishet vs gay thing #when the real message is OP thinks trying to sell your writing is cringe and 'weird' and 'normal people' with jobs would never #which would of course never have flown on the fandom website #so they played into the queer shipping is purer than cishet shipping puriteen thing #and it worked! #because my god people are gullible #this is the direct pipeline that leads to AI thievery #''normal' people write for the joy of it anyway so why do you need pay? you are just greedy and 'weird'!' #'oh no this isn't about who we get to call cringe and who gets to profit from art it's about um... #(quick what's a hated m/f ship?).. oh uh 'shitty' REYLO #and not our super pure uh... (spirk is still popular right? lets throw in that avengers one too to make it seem timely) stucky!' #I'm sorry if I have no sense of humor about this but the year is 2024 and people are still way too ready to sneer #about writers trying to earn a fucking living in the shittiest timeline #and i need you to look deep into yourself and ask you why it's so important to you to tell yourself that only people writing what you like #are 'normal' with real jobs and to vilify everyone else as 'weird' and 'shitty' #for trying to make an income during a financial fucking crisis #i would say sorry for ranting about this but I'm not sorry because wtf #write whatever you want #publish whatever you want #there is no moral fucking purity in what the content is #and one thing certainly doesn't make you more 'weird' or 'normal' than the other #like there is soooo much shitty mlm that started as fanfic??? #that post is 100% OP made up some guys to get mad about and called them relyos for the clicks #writing #publishing #writblr #writeblr #i wasn't going to tag this anything but you know what fuck it I'm mad #i had like 5 more tags but tumblr cut me off which is fair 😅 #fan fiction

[pick-a-lane]

ghoap nap

a little soapghost doodle I did tonight.. can you tell I was also a bit sleepy lmao. I forgot about daylight savings so tomorrow I will be tired :( enjoy this little sketch though! (also these are new brushes yay very fun :) )

#call of duty #cod #cod fanart #simon ghost riley #call of duty fanart #ghost fanart #soapghost #john soap mactavish #ghoap #ghostsoap #what is their ship name #??? #they are eepy ok just let them be #I imagine them on a train… nice lighting… just got out of a pretty tough mission.. finally get to sleep!! #(there was also a faralex version of this too but it didn’t look that great so I won’t post it) #just know that it exists #ok ima go sleep now gn yall!!

[dangerousbride]

Big package 📦😳 || (Extra)

#devil may cry #danlady #dante #lady #dbrideart #office au #pls let's start calling the ship danlady i'm tired of it not having a proper name skjsakjsa

[crackers4jenn]

When Misha says something funny and Jensen stops what he's doing/saying and makes this face AM I RIGHT

#misha collins #jensen ackles #supernatural #cockles #this 'ship is called cockles okay? #let's pretend the screenshots are higher quality

[invadergrabass]

they are the grossest thing he's ever seen 💕

#iz #membrats au #grabby n ghoste #im not aware of a ship name for this #my partner and i call it #idiot sandwich #but lets tag #zadr #dibcest #just to be safe #mine

[elizakai]

Two birdies in a tree💞

CONGRATS ON 1K+ @forgettingcrowbin !!!

(And HAPPY BIRTHDAY🌸🫶)

(sorry to post so late, i scrambled to color this thing in like 30 mins T^T i really hate the end product but i wanted to participate 🥲💞 love you crowbin🫶)

#crowbin1k #utmv #traditional art #ut au #undertale #sans aus #afterdeath #geno sans #reaper sans #reapertale #aftertale #au sans #sans ships #grrrrrr #art block and life plans really got to me sob #my art #lets call it abstract LMAO #i love them though eueueu #also hoky shit the tumblr quality is coming for my ass

[anonymouscheeses]

Chaggie human AU except Charlie is a demon Vaggie summoned.

Yknoww??? Stars??? Cuz morningSTAR??? Okay I'll stop *sob*

Here's most of the body design. This is my actual first drawing of them, I made the vest for Charlie a darker yellow but for now feast your eyes upon the minion lookin ahh 😭 (The cape was supposed to be yellow and the vest/suit thing was blue but it clashed with Charlie's hair and shoulder.... things.)

Dw abt the shoes, Charlie is shown later and Vaggies is just black Jordan's cuz she cool like that ig 😭

Angel Dust is the crackhead who sells drugs. No money? Get ready for a beat down brutha he about to 🔥 serve 🔥 a punch. (I'm gonna def change his clothes eventually to something else but I like everything else ngl I kinda ate 😍(no i didnt))

Human form Charlie! She looks like Shldon Coper if he went through a furry phase...... that was a HORRIBME comparison what am I on bro 😭..... uhhh just think of any teenage furry who isn't edgy, that's Charlie.

Hey wait a second, Chaggie angst? With ooc Vaggie/Valerie?? Unreal 🤯

PLEASE ASK ABOUT THIS AU IM SO DESPERATE. ANY CHAFACYER DESIGNS OF ANY CHARACTER YOU WANNA SEE (IF THEY ARE IN THE SHOW OFC), ANY FRIENDSHIPS, SHIPS(search for my shipping rank to see what I like or uncomfy with), DYNAMICS, WORLD BUILDING. I HAVE SO MUCH IN MY MIND RIGHT NOW AND IM GOING TO STOP BEFORE I RAMBLE TOO KONG... uhhhhhh, MY ASKS/REQUESTS ARE OPEN. PLEASE. IM IN LOVE WITH MY AU AND NEED PPL TO BE INVESTED AS MUCH AS I AM (ILL STILL MAKE ART BUT PPL NEED TO BE INTERESTED OR ITS LIKE TALKING TO A BRICK WALL)🙏🙏

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel charlie #hazbin hotel vaggie #hazbin hotel angel dust #hazbin hotel lute #hazbin hotel adam #hazbin hotel art #art #fanart #artists on tumblr #digital art #hazbin #hazbin vaggie #hazbin charlie #hazbin angel dust #hazbin lute #hazbin adam #chaggie #rainbowmoth #varlie #i heard people on tiktok saying the new ship name is fallenstar or somehtn like that are we gonna have to poll like we did for chagg*ly 😭 #first time drawing adam and lute sorry if they look wonky 😭😭 #hazbin hotel au #hazbin au #hazbin hotel human #their town is like the vers of heaven its called Haven. sooo... #it would be called haven high school probably #i want to ramble guys. let me ramble. i have no friends that are jnterested in myy shit i only got my girlfriend 😔 #will probably change lutes name but keeping it doesnt change much. its not as noticeable that its a short ver of lieutenant. #UNLIKE VAGGIE WHO IS LITERLLY JUST NAMRD VAGIAN??? THAT IS N O T OKAY. I H A D TO CHANGE IT. HER DADS WOULD NEVER NAME HER AFTER TAHT

[elzarth]

Why does Laios, the largest dungeon lord, not simply eat the other two?

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #laios touden #marcille donato #sissel #laicille #laiosissel #laimar #yeah let's call it ship art. cannibalism is a metaphor for whatever you want #[this is a repost of old art] #dungeon meshi spoilers

[evignonita]

“What do you think about friends kissing?” —yes.

They are kissing in 88 road to nowhere, behind the toxic pool ***

THEY ARE IN LOVEEEEE 🙌❤️

the kiss is censored because idk how to draw kisses ok....

↓DRAWING WITHOUT FILTER↓

#i drank a liter of coffee for this i am tryhard #let's appreciate the saturated colors please......... saturated colors are the best in the world... #sims 2 fanart #ts2 #the sims 2 #the sims 2 fanart #simblr #strangetown #ts2 premades #the sims 2 premades #nervous subject #pascal curious #pasnerv #nervscal #whatever this ship is called #pascal curious/nervous subject #nervous subject/pascal curious #pipipi #fanart

[eulyin]

With all honesty, I do agree herrscher Seele is beautiful, magnificent, gorgeous n so on, but… at the same time, I cannot NOT SCREAM about her SKIN! I mean… SEELE PLs wear more cloth will youuuuuu 🗣️🗣️🗣️

(Also please blame richarano for this blanket wrapping)

#honkai impact 3rd #honkai impact #always not sure about tagging but let's try #seele vollerei #“seele” #veliona #should i tag her herrscher name... #herrscher of rebirth #my drawing #I can't find or think of EN ship name for them... so let's use #双希 #just in case I see a ship name as a convenient name to call the chara combination #not specifically must be romantic #Tho I avoiding use a ship name for some that might cause problems/misunderstanding (ie. Genshin's Ei n Makoto)

[ingravinoveritas]

Not Radio Times writing an entire article focused on Michael and David kissing and adding things like this. I see you, Radio Times...

#david tennant #soft scottish hipster gigolo #michael sheen #welsh seduction machine #good omens #let's also remember that they called Michael and David a 'handsome couple' the night of the NTAs in 2021 #why does it feel like RT lowkey ships them #curiouser and curiouser #i would just love to know what in the hell is happening here #but either way i'm vibing #there is no heterosexual explanation for this #ineffable lovers #discourse

[inklessletter]

👉👈 I was wondering if you would be kind enough to draw some Eddie/Jason

"Are you the devil?"

@ebbiemunson

OH-KAY.

Something new, something unusual.

I've got to say that I'm impressed of how fast I've loved this ship, that haven't even considered before. Before I started drawing I thought of some Jason headcanons, who, if I'm honest, I have neglected. I like to think about what I'm drawing just to find myself comfortable doing something new.

I started thinking about Jason, raised so righteous, under the laws of God, so good himself following rules, being a good young man. Obedient and pure hearted. And the universe listens and pays attention of how good he is, and responds. He's team captain, his girlfriend is the most gorgeous and kind girl in highschool and he's respected.

And then he sees Eddie, entering a room, owning it. All eyes on him. Chaotic man, an atheist, taking Lord's name in vain, funding that satanic club, Hellfire. He bothers him, someone so impure, so far from God's path, and it angers him, makes him furious that Eddie isn't even trying to find his way back. He's wild, and obnoxious, he's wrong.

Jason's eyes always spot Eddie in the hallways, laughing to hard, carefree, Jesus fucking Christ always on his mouth like it means nothing. He wants to pray for him, because there's still enough kindness in between the tornado of rage inside Jason, a speck of hope. But then again, something shifts, something happens and he keeps thinking of Eddie and those thoughts are staining his good heart.

He can't find himself pure anymore, his mind always turns those thoughts that sometimes goes violent and physical, and he's sweating and he doesn't know how to stop what he's thinking next.

And Jason knows right then, that Eddie Munson must be the devil.

There can't be any other explanation.

He's poisoned him.

#inklessletter #ebbiemunson #trust the process #fanart #stranger thing #st fanart #ink's art #digital art #artists on tumbr #eddie munson #jason carver #i don't know the name of this ship but let's call it helltiger #helltiger