#TWW ships

[sp3mily]

Top 5 niche TWW ships?

these are going to be in no particular order because I...can't rank them. I just can't. Without further ado, here are my top 5 niche TWW ships!

Sam/Ginger.

I think I might honestly be one of the most staunch Sam/Ginger shippers in the fandom. I think all of the assistants are great characters that honestly I would've loved to see explored more, but if you ask me my favorite, it's definitely Ginger. She's funny, she's smart, she's clever. I like that she's a ginger named Ginger. Sometimes I like to imagine that her name is actually not Ginger, but it's something like...Anne or something, so she prefers to go by a nickname. But I digress.

I think this ship is just...fun! I think they have pretty good chemistry, especially towards the end of season 3. When Sam brings her back the plate with moose on it and she says "I love moose" and he just replies "I know how you do" in that...sorta flirty way? I love that moment. And then in that exact same scene we get the whole conversation about the VHS tape and if it's p*rn or not. I just love these two and I really need to write a fic about what would've happened if it was p*rn on the tape.

2. Toby/Annabeth.

I had not given this ship even a lick of consideration a week ago, but a lovely friend pointed out the possibility of it and...yeah, I like it! I think their personalities are so contrasting, but it could work. I loved their banter and back and forth throughout season 6 and I think they would have at least a fun first date! Would it become anything long term? I don't know. But I think it'd be fun!

and for anyone interested in maybe seeing how that first date might come about and go... https://archiveofourown.org/works/63227671

3. CJ/Ron Butterfield.

I think this is the one on the list that I've given the collective least amount of thought to, but I do enjoy it! I think CJ's little "Ron, I haven't had a boyfriend in..." was really cute in Enemies Foreign and Domestic. I definitely think there's possibility for something to happen between them following Simon's death. Grief is a hell of a drug and they're both going through it. Once again, do I think this could be a long term thing? Probably not. They're both too dedicated to their jobs and neither of them have very easy schedules, but...they could have fun for a while.

4. Leo/Cliff Calley.

Listen, I know most people are probably looking at this ship in shock and horror...but bear with me. I think Leo McGarry should be allowed to have fun and if that fun is found in the bedroom of a younger man...so be it. They're both adults! We know Cliff isn't opposed to dating across the aisle! It could be fun! It could be Something!

Plus, imagine how funny it would be to see people tease him about it. Jed's absolutely going to call him a cradle robber if he finds out. CJ would definitely give Leo a Look if she found out (in my stupidity I forgot to put CJ/Cliff on this list, but know that would be on here two and these two ships together in a universe is hilarious). Josh would be mortified, so probably best that he doesn't know. Ainsley gets all the details from Cliff's side of things, which is so funny. And god, if Donna found out, that'd just be the cherry on top. Finding out that the guy you went out on a couple dates with is now dating your boss's boss (who is about 40 years older than you) is hilarious.

Also, Leo himself would be very taken aback by his interest in Cliff, I think. It's not something he expected at all and not something he's used to...but something that he is definitely feeling. That in and of itself is a good time.

5. Toby/Sam.

This one is admittedly less niche than the others, but niche enough that I think it still counts. Forgive me.

Once upon a time I said that I would never ship these two. And I meant it. I really truly meant it.

And then I guess I got struck by lightning or something because I do in fact ship them now. Sort of.

I just think that Toby and Sam could definitely be something under the right circumstances. They're definitely not endgame, they're not going to be this committed couple that holds out until gay marriage is legal and then gets married, but they're more than just two guys that hook up with each other too. It's somewhat complicated, but they both make each other feel safe and understood. They have this affection for each other that I just really enjoy. (Sam sleeping on Toby's couch in that one episode will forever occupy my mind). I can't exactly explain this one, but...It somehow works for me now in a way it didn't before. Though it does make me slightly worried about all the other things I said I'd never ship...

[sarathrimsa]

don't take it personally

[irenespring]

Maybe House has made me more in-tune to the secret unhinged side of my favorite characters but I'm watching SVU and Alex Cabot is a menace. (/pos)

"I have to enforce the law, and the law is not always about justice" except random times when she disagrees and will fully become the lawyer for an opposing party in full defiance of her bosses.

"Your honor I simply do not vibe with the law" and will say so in court to the point where she once got held in contempt.

Started her legendary string of "Go After The Large Company Instead of the Obvious Target" cases just because Liv asked.

She will actually do literally anything that Olivia asks...sometimes when she does something especially unhinged I go to check the scene before and 90% of the time she's doing whatever it is to appease some vague whim of Liv's.

Ride or die for the SVU squad as a whole after working with them for less than a year and knowing that they have cost her like all her political capital (something that was very important to her...she says so in her introductory scene).

Exactly predicted fetal personhood legal issues 25 years before the Supreme Court overturned Roe.

Wanted to execute a woman for the first time in NY history for feminism reasons.

Spends like 80% of all work meetings, with other people in the room who are often actively talking to her, just staring at Olivia.

Always down for a Crazy Scheme (especially when she gets to deceive others).

She has a lot of moments of understanding the law as a weapon (ie how to I use it to my own ends as opposed to viewing it as a holy ideal) that is only now actually becoming a common philosophy in law school circles.

WAY more loose-cannon moments in general than I remembered.

Also I feel the need to reiterate just how many bridges she will burn and loops she will jump through for the slightest hint of approval from Olivia. Just...so gay.

Seriously just like how in House a casual viewer may get distracted by Wilson's "Definitely a Normal Person" disguise and miss how he is just as crazy as House, Alex is just as batshit as known exhibitionist-asphyxiation-in-the-middle-of-the-courtroom fan Rafael. And I love her dearly.

[politicalprocrastinator]

Toby ziegler 🤝 anakin skywalker

depressed icons that should've ended up happy with their wives and twin babies but the writers hate them

[somasoa]

The True Nature of the Ghost Ship: A Legend of Zelda Halloween Theory

This theory will be citing the gameplay changes and minor story retcons present in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

In The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, one of the most iconic parts of the latter half of the game is the search for The Ghost Ship.

 The Ghost Ship is a phantom ship that is present at night in certain quadrants of the Great Sea. The quadrant it appears in is dependent on the phase of the moon on that night - for example, on a full moon, the ship will be present at Crescent Moon Isle. It is translucent in appearance, with tattered sails and the spirits of the dead floating around it, and, without the Ghost Ship Chart, one can sail straight through it. When the Ghost Ship is present, a storm will start, and when getting close, an ominous chant can be heard.

それから、数百年・・・ あのガノンさえ、蘇らなければ このハイラルは永遠に 眠りから覚めることは、なかったのだ

Have you seen it? The Ghost Ship also appears in these seas… On the nights of the downward crescent moon...

Fishman (The Wind Waker) - Translated by Sidier

On Diamond Steppe Island, an island in the southwest of the Great Sea, there is a grotto that Link can enter. Upon delving inside, Link finds a ship graveyard - multiple ruined ships, filled with Floormasters.

Upon exploring this ship graveyard, Link finds the Ghost Ship Chart, which shows Link the location of the Ghost Ship is each night, and, upon encountering the Ghost Ship, he can now sail into it to actually board it.

We learn about the Ghost Ship Chart at an earlier point in the game, when Link encounters Lenzo. Lenzo informs Link that the Ghost Ship Chart was made by a man who sought the treasure of the Ghost Ship and wanted to document its movements. However, upon completion of the chart, the man suddenly died.

ある時、船が壊れてしもうてな わしは潮に流されるまま、海を 漂っておった・・・そんな時じゃ 海の彼方に見たのじゃ 幻のように透き通る不吉な船 そう・・・幽霊船の姿をな うわさでは幽霊船が出没する海域を 調べた男がいて、それをマップに 記したそうなのじゃが・・・ 書き上げてまもなく男は 亡くなったらしい ・・・おそろしや～ まあ、そのマップさえ手に入れば 幽霊船にのりこんで、中の財宝を そっくり頂けるかもしれんがの！

One day, my ship broke and I drifted along the seas, driven by the currents… That was when I saw something far away… A transparent, creepy ship, almost like an illusion… Yes… I saw the Ghost Ship… Rumors say that a man investigated the areas where it appears and wrote up a map, but… He died shortly after completing it… How scary! Well. If you can get a hold of it, you can board it and might able to take the treasures!

Lenzo (The Wind Waker) - Translated by Sidier

When Link enters the ship, he is transported into what appears to be another dimension. The ship appears very similar to one of the many other Submarines in the game or the bottom level of Tetra’s ship, but many parts of it are torn off, and through the gaps are inky black darkness, with the spirits of the vessel seen floating on the bottom floor of the ship.

After defeating the ghostly enemies present, a ladder drops down, which Link can then use to climb up and acquire the Triforce Shard concealed within the ship. An ear-piercing shriek rings out, and Link wakes up on the King of Red Lions, back on the Great Sea, now suddenly morning. 

While this is a fun and interesting questline, the ship actually doesn’t give us much to go on in terms of lore or story. However, this Halloween, I would like to propose a theory based on the limited evidence we have, and determine what exactly the Ghost Ship is and why it protects a Triforce Shard.

To preface the theory itself, it is necessary to establish a running trend with the Triforce Shard locations that are found on the islands of the Great Sea.

The King of Red Lions establishes that when the Hero of Time crossed the boundaries of time and returned to his childhood at the end of Ocarina of Time, the Triforce of Courage from the Adult Timeline was split into 8 pieces and hidden throughout the Great Sea. 

時の勇者が時を旅してハイラルを去る時 勇者のもとを離れ、８つのかけらとなって各地に飛び散ったと言われている

It is said that when the Hero of Time left Hyrule on his journey through time, the Triforce of Courage left him and was scattered among the land in the form of eight pieces.

The King of Red Lions (The Wind Waker) - Translated by Jumbie

While it is never specified in-game if the Triforce Shards were hidden before or after the flood, facts in-game make it likelier that it occurred after the flood. For example, the fact that the majority of the Triforce Shards are found on the surface of the sea rather than needing to be pulled up via the Grappling Hook suggests they were hidden at a time when the islands were the only accessible land. In corroboration of this, the presence of Triforce Sea Charts that reveal the locations of the Triforce shards suggests that their locations were only concealed after Hyrule was already flooded and the world was divided up into maritime quadrants.

Because of these facts, it is very likely the Triforce Shards were hidden in a time when the flood had already occurred and Hyrule had been swallowed by the Great Sea.

Many of the hidden Triforce Charts and Shards are directly hidden behind locations that are tied to the Royal Family. For example, many of the Triforce Shards are hidden within caves that utilize the same type of architecture present in the Tower of the Gods and Hyrule Castle. Furthermore, they are also hidden behind the usage of the Wind Waker, a relic of the Royal Family. While Daphnes may have been in possession of the Wind Waker during the time between the flood and The Wind Waker, this does not preclude the descendants of Daphnes creating seals on the Triforce Shards that would require the Wind Waker to unseal them.

Given this shared architecture, as well as the importance placed on the Wind Waker, it becomes immediately clear that the hiding of the Triforce was done at the behest of the Royal Family, or what remained of it, following the flood. You might wonder, however, what this has to do with the Ghost Ship. 

Taking into account the totality of these factors, it’s likely the Ghost Ship was specifically made by the surviving Royal Family and its servants as a means of protecting a Triforce Shard, similar to how they hid the other Triforce Shards in locations across the Great Sea. However, it’s unlikely that the surviving Royal Family members and their servants created the actual Ghost Ship, given its supernatural origins, so it’s likelier they created the thing that became the Ghost Ship.

Returning to Diamond Steppe Island for a moment, I mentioned that there is a ship graveyard there, and it is in that graveyard that Link discovers the Ghost Ship Chart. However, there is something peculiar about one of the ships present in the graveyard; upon closer analysis (and a bit of clipping through a wall), it can be determined that this ship is just a broken down version of Tetra’s Pirate Ship, as it is identical in almost every way, including the figurehead!

A nigh identical ship graveyard can also be found one quadrant north, at Needle Rock Island, with the same ruined ship. 

However, what does that tell us about the Ghost Ship? Interestingly, the Ghost Ship is also nearly identical to Tetra’s Pirate Ship. However, there’s a noticeable difference; the figurehead is not that of the one found normally on Tetra’s ship, but of a strange figure, with what appears to be its hands clasped in prayer.

Despite this difference, it can be demonstrated that the Ghost Ship shares the model of the ship used by Tetra and her crew, a vessel of the Royal Family, implying that the boats are of the same make, similar to the destroyed boats in Diamond Steppe Isle and Needle Rock Isle.

Strangely, the figurehead of the Ghost Ship has a very strong resemblance to the figures that are depicted in the introduction tapestry of The Wind Waker who were praying to the Gods after the Hero of Time’s failure to appear.

What could this mean? Suppose for a moment these praying figures in the tapestry were servants of the Royal Family, and survivors of the flood - very likely, considering the Royal Family were the ones who had the tapestry created following the flood, given its presence in Tetra’s room on her ship. 

As we know from Diamond Steppe Island, multiple of the same model of Tetra’s Pirate Ship were made, and it’s likely that it was simply the ship style that was utilized by those directly affiliated with the Royal Family. Given the presence of the Triforce Shard on the Ghost Ship, it’s likely that, in life, it was a regular ship that consisted of a crew that protected the Triforce at the behest of the Royal Family. However, as we’re told in The Wind Waker, centuries have passed since the original flooding event.

それから、数百年・・・ あのガノンさえ、蘇らなければ このハイラルは永遠に眠りから覚めることは、なかったのだ

Centuries have passed since then... If Ganon had not revived, Hyrule wouldn't have awakened from its endless slumber.

Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule (The Wind Waker) - Translated by Sidier

Like all mortal men, the crew of this ship dedicated to the protection of a Triforce Shard were doomed to die, whether it be through old age or some other unforeseeable disaster at sea. However, given the presence of the Ghost Ship in the modern day, still protecting the Triforce Shard, is it likely that those deceased souls - the ones who survived the flood, and who protected the Triforce Shard - then went on to continue roaming the Great Sea in the form of an undead crew on their supernatural ship. This would be reinforced by the fact we see a ruined Royal Family ship in Diamond Steppe Isle, which, coincidentally, is also the same location we find the Ghost Ship Chart. We know that the Ghost Ship Chart was made by a man seeking the Ghost Ship’s treasure; is it possible the Ghost Ship killed this man somehow, as a way of protecting the Triforce, and hid the chart in Diamond Steppe Island? If this is the case, it’s likely that it is capable of moving other objects, and is likely the reason the ship graveyard exists in Diamond Steppe Island in the first place.

From there, it is also possible, then, that the ruined Royal Family ship we see in Diamond Steppe Island is actually the “corpse” of the Ghost Ship, and the phantom ship we see roaming the seas is the spirit of this ship transformed, with its figurehead now resembling the praying figures who survived the flood - the servants of the Royal Family, who now, in death, continue protecting the Triforce Shard. However, it’s also possible that the Ghost Ship’s original ship was just an unseen fourth ship separate from Tetra’s, the Needle Rock Isle ship, and the Diamond Steppe Isle ship.

Regardless, this interpretation also explains why the ship disappears once Link acquires the Triforce Shard; the purpose of the ship and its crew was to protect the Triforce Shard, which they would continue doing even after shedding their mortal coils. But now, with the appearance of the one true Hero and his acquisition of the Triforce Shard, they can now leave the Great Sea and move onto the afterlife, their ultimate purpose finally fulfilled.

In summary, the Ghost Ship was a ship that consisted of servants of the Royal Family who survived the flood. The surviving Royal Family hid the Triforce Shards throughout the Great Sea, and one of shard was hidden amongst a group of these servants who had their own ship. However, eventually, the ship was destroyed somehow, and its ruins either sunk to the seafloor or possibly even found their way to the Diamond Steppe Island ship graveyard, either via natural or supernatural means. The Ghost Ship, the twisted and warped spirit of this ship, continued sailing the Great Sea, with its undead crew still protecting the Triforce Shard. A man seeking to acquire this treasure created the Ghost Ship Chart, and dropped dead upon completing it. The chart was then placed in Diamond Steppe Island, somehow, likely related to the Ghost Ship’s supernatural abilities. Eventually, the Hero of Winds stumbles upon the ship graveyard as well as the Ghost Ship Chart, and upon entering the Ghost Ship, he puts its undead crew to rest and acquires the Triforce Shard, allowing the Ghost Ship to end its reign as terror of the seas.

However, there is still much about this ship that goes unexplained. Why was its chart on Diamond Steppe Island? Why does it favor certain islands on the Great Sea based on the phases of the moon? While an answer to questions like these would explain practically everything surrounding the Ghost Ship, perhaps it’s for the best that this phantasmic ship still has some mysteries left unanswered...

[hollygl125-tww]

so do those two people from CSI get together or are they just like that?

This is such a totally delightful ask! (I mean, who doesn’t want an excuse to talk about their OTP! But also this is undoubtedly way more than you wanted to know, because who doesn’t want an excuse to talk about their OTP!) Thank you so much, @andmethefivefooter! 💛

Although it probably goes without saying, this answer is spoiler-laden.

Very short answer:

They were just like that for a really, really, really long time. Then eventually they got married. Then they got divorced. Then they got married again.

Slightly longer answer:

These two rival Josh and Donna in the length of their slow burn. It was quite a roller coaster ride. 🎢

She showed up in the second episode of the series as a nebulously-defined “friend” of his from San Francisco. (They’d met about two and a half years earlier at a forensics conference. I say they slept together at the conference, but that’s headcanon.) They were eye-fucking by the third episode. She tried to get him to go to dinner with her in season 3; he shot her down. But season 4 confirmed what we all knew: that he was just as into her as she was into him.

We found out at the end of season 6 that they’d gotten together at some point (later revealed to be about a year earlier). Season 8 confirmed he’d loved her the whole time (just as she had him). They got engaged. A few episodes later, she left the show, and we finally saw them kiss onscreen for the first (the first!), ever-so-heartbreaking time. Then he left the show in season 9, and they reunited in the Costa Rican rainforest (and kissed for a second—much happier—time!).

She came back to the show starting in season 10, and we found out they’d married offscreen. He never came back, though, so the incredibly unimaginative writers (very poorly) split them up during season 13. They ultimately reunited in the TV movie series finale that followed season 15 and literally went off into the sunset together on his (soon to be their) boat.

They returned together for the first season of CSI: Vegas, and it was confirmed that they’d remarried. They were flirty and loving and kind and supportive and beautiful and perfect and basically a shipper’s dream. And, at the end of the season, they finally kissed for the third (yes, third!) time (on a roller coaster, no less).

(This is my best GIF-set for an overview of the first fifteen years of their onscreen relationship. This one shows every time—yes, all three!—that they kissed.)

So, in sum, that’s something like the equivalent of eight full seasons of TV they spent onscreen together, and there were all of three kisses, two marriages, and one roller coaster ride. But, anyway, they’re amazing, and I love them. 💕💕💕

[wavebiders]

Jaina brought her baby brother along!!

[arokel]

WOODWARD

OH THIS IS TOUGH because I ship Woodward with,, everyone

NOTP: Ben Bradlee (I could see one-sided Bernstein/Bradlee but not Woodward for some reason)

BROTP: Uhhh probably 80s and later Dean/Woodward with their dueling political bestsellers

OTP: Bernstein, of course

Second choice pairing: Mark Felt!!! Woodward's crush on Deep Throat is basically canon

Fluffy pairing: I can't imagine Bobcest (Woodward/Redford) as anything but sweet, so.... them I guess?

Angsty pairing: MARK FELT ARE YOU KIDDING. BREAKUP OF THE CENTURY

Favorite poly ship: Man I kind of see Woodward as so monogamous that I'm not sure i HAVE any poly ships for him....

Weirdest pairing: Woodward (real person)/Danny Concanon (not real person) for sure. YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND MY VISION.

[rapturemctro]

The fact they brought Flynn Fairwind of all people back in War Within, the noise of absolute feral excitement that just left my body when I saw him again was on another level. I have so many questions but I’m also so excited!! Hello my husband!!!

[bartletslesbians]

I continue to have so many questions around the twins' conception and one day I'm gonna write out my own headcanons/develop them more into one succinct post bc I've been talking about it so much with @onekisstotakewithme and it's just so extremely interesting.

This is all under the assumption the twins are the result of IVF, not 'freshly squeezed'.

Like... at what point did they make the decision to continue doing IVF after the divorce? How did they each make that decision? Did either of them ever regret that during the pregnancy? (And what kind of grief and guilt would come with that?) Were the twins the first IVF attempt after the divorce, or were there failed attempts during earlier seasons that we just never saw? How did they have the custody in mind and to what degree does that reflect how it actually played out? How did they talk about that before and during the pregnancy? To what degree was the IVF something they continued doing together and to what degree was it something they both contributed to but Andy mostly handled by herself? What calls were made when and how?

Just !! It is so deeply interesting to me. There is so much there, and a lot of it can be read and added to in so many ways, and I love it so much. We see Toby worried about her to the point of controlling on airforce one, but at the same time not knowing (or caring, but I'm gonna say not knowing) about the 12 week rule. Remarrying is never brought up before the pregnancy, so is that out of love now sudden given more reason, or is that more of a sense of moral obligation? How does this change if there've been failed IVF attempts before after the divorce vs if this was the first attempt post divorce and it immediately worked out this time? Did they plan on more of a shared custody arrangement initially, or did they plan for the twins to be with Andy most of the time with Toby being there as much as wanted and needed? How does that change the context of their conversation in The Supremes? How is that affected by the degree to which they did the IVF rounds together or more of an individual experience? There is So much and I love all of it

[skymagpie]

Am I allowed to enjoy Khadgar now? Blizzard won't pull that "he is actually Xal'atath" bullshit right? It won't snatch the rug from under me?

[i-have-zero-chill]

so we all agree CJ and Toby fucked right? like that’s how they knew each other

[flaming-toads]

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[triviareads]

Alex Claremont-Diaz has big Josh Lyman energy.

[sniperct]

that most rare bird, anduin having chemistry with a woman

[goldieclaws]

Since I remade Ghirahim's hairstyle during parts 4/5 of my Skyward Sword AU/self fic, I thought I'd also remake one of my favourite drawings of him and Nathaniel.

(Nathaniel uses he/they)

Reblogs appreciated, thank you! 💖✨

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