"Your ship isn't canon!!"
And? That's the point. You think I don't look at their non-canon status and don't see a goldmine for angst potential thanks to this? You think I'm weeping, but I'm rubbing my hands like a greedy little man, thinking up scenarios to make others cry.
"They don't get together." Maybe that's the point, Jerry. The tragedy of the "what if" - not knowing what road their love story could have taken, but knowing the chance of it blooming in the first place is forever lost. Or maybe it isn't and it takes many years to see the chance once again and this time not losing it. Or maybe losing again-
Creating a story where they do get together is understandable and isn't this awful thing that should be forbiden, but sometimes embracing the non-canon status isn't that bad. Sometimes I want to create a story where instead of getting together, I explore the love and how it affects the characters.
Unrequited love, one sided love, falling in love after it's too late, denial of feelings etc. You name it and I want to explore it.
Canon ships can't provide me that. Them being non-canon isn't well...canon. It can exist in one fanfic but they're still canon.
Not all love stories between characters, who were or weren't canonically in love, not ending up are automatically bad. Non canon ships can also tell a story. And I'm not just talking about well known, popular non-canon ships btw. This includes lesser know ships and crackships as well.
Sometimes I like a ship and them not being canon is the point.
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oooo is td gonna have an IDW situation where it's like Leo's dark Leo split personality by the aftermath? Maye that;d be cool
I'm not going to do that.
I know you have good intentions, but as the host of an OSDD system, I want to tell you that this isn't right.
I have a lot of feelings about IDW's whole Dark Leo situation after the events of City Fall story arc. Though, even regardless of those feelings, there are very few situations where giving a character an evil alter sits right with me (which is to say, I've seen good hypothetical story ideas from other systems, but never one from a notable published work).
In the way you're suggesting, this is not one that sits right.
This is a tired, harmful trope that I do not wish to include in my work.
I am not saying you are a bad person who meant to inflict harm. I simply wish to inform you as someone who has been harmed by the various misconceptions relating to those like us.
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NEW CHARACTER ALERT... everyone say hi to OMAR!!!!! spotted cuscus, 19, any pronouns, jamie's friend and santiago's roommate
more info and doodles under the cut
so originally i made her just cus i wanted a spotted cuscus oc. and who can blame me these are fucking cartoon animals
but i have ALSO been wanting to develop jamie and santiago more... i originally made santiago as just 'jamie's nice new boyfriend' and didn't develop him further than that which made me bored with him. i have retooled him a bit and he will get his own post soon. but all that is to say that omar is now the reason jamie and santiago met. omar and jamie became friends in freshman year cus they're both in the animation program, omar becomes santiago's roommate in sophomore year, jamie meets santiago at their place and by winter break they're already dating
ok now for more about omar herself. they're a visual artist doing album covers/promo stuff for some in-universe digicore group. think something like webcage but with a smaller roster. i have to draw what his artstyle actually looks like at some point but just know it's very silly and geometric. she is also both a geccer AND a drainer to represent the several people i saw with "DRAIN THIS ⬇️ GANG THAT ⬇️" shirts at the 100 gecs concert i went to
and here are the doodles. omar is 4'9" which means jamie continues to be the smallest mfer in this cast LOL
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you don't have to sibling code people if you don't ship them you can just like them as a friendship there isn't a branching path that says "siblings or dating" as a stepping stone to every duo platonic relationships can be just as deep and meaningful and significant as familial or romantic ones please i am begging you for the love of god
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