#im a multishipper and think that multiple dynamics can be interesting to explore

[grymmdark]

listen i know im a vashwood main but i also think that in stampede vashmeryl is a much stronger ship. like they're so much more to work with there and im surprised that stampede vashmeryl isnt significantly more popular.

i get that part of the reason stampede vashwood is so popular is because it's such a strong ship in the other trigun iterations as well as the stuff thats in stampede, but in terms of just stampede vashmeryl is stronger.

personally when it comes to stampede i think mashwood is best tho cus all 3 have very interesting dynamics, both in terms of in pairs and as a whole

[bestworstcase]

I remember reading about how Rapunzel has romantic jealousy when it comes to Moria and Cassandra. Reading this it made me curious on if if there's a specific relationship you are planning to, I guess the phrase im looking for is "set in stone". Is cassunzel remaining unrequited? Will Cass and Moira be a thing? Do you plan on making Cass remain single? (I hope this doesn't give away too many spoilers)

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more generally - one thing that rly interests me as a writer is examining how feelings can change or evolve or grow over time within a relationship, whether platonic or romantic; i think this is a big part of the reason why i’m not really a shipper in either the “this is my otp” OR the “this is my stable of ships that i like bc i’m a multishipper” sense. because what really interests me is the like… progression into, and out of, romantic feelings and the messiness of moving on or finding someone new or whatever, if that makes sense; ie if i have multiple ships that i like for a given character my tendency isn’t to go well i ship both, it’s to tell a story about the evolution of those relationships in the context of a singular narrative. and i like exploring crushes that don’t last / infatuation that fades vs love that is built / people who fall in love but actually work better as friends / messy overlapping unrequited or partly or complicatedly requited feelings / other dynamics like that. [it’s occurring to me as i type this that i have written a love triangle and AHDJDFXGSH]

i don’t know if that distinction makes sense alfkfjskf but yeah

so cass had a crush on rapunzel in benighted that largely was not returned and which she is sort of still nursing now but it’s being eroded by the current mess with rapunzel and also by the fact that moira is very blatantly flirting with cass and it’s making the gay sirens go off in cassandra’s head; and meanwhile rapunzel is, like i mentioned before, coming down from a magically-induced obsession with cass and that is mixing with her actual, genuine love for cass to produce a really intense crush that she is not able to identify as a crush; which means that the romantic feelings are technically sort of requited right *now* but cass is on a trajectory out of those feelings while rapunzel is in the thick of them still. and then there’s caine who is just. like. very much flirting with intent akdkgjdkd

and then things continue to evolve from there ☺️