#mudshipping

[ivebeencursedbygays]

Kai: But when all hope seemed lost, I had an epiphany! 

Kai, earlier: I'm going to throw myself into the sea.

Zane: Kai, you can do anything! 

Kai: Anything? 

Zane: Anything! 

Kai, holding a torch: ANYTHING?!?! 

Zane: Wait, not that!

Cole: Guess who just found out the difference between wax paper and parchment paper the hard way? 

Nya: Wait, what’s the difference? 

Cole: One you can use in the oven safely, and the other you can also use in the oven... if the thing you are trying to make happens to be fire.

Kai: Time sensitive question how flirt boy. 

Pixal: Throw rocks at he. 

Cole: Hot Dogs. 

Morro: Kill him. 

Kai: Thanks guys.

Nya: Clownery. Tomfoolery. Absolute fuckery, I am going to revoke your life privileges.

Pixal: You use emojis like a straight person. 

Kai: That’s literally the worst thing anyone has ever said about me.

Kai: Hey, random question, what are your favorite flowers? 

Jay: Peonies, why? 

Kai: 

Jay: Were you going to get me flowers? 

Kai: 

Jay: 

Kai: ᶦᵗ’ˢ ᵃ ᵖᵒˢˢᶦᵇᶦˡᶦᵗʸ

Jay: Wow, that was quick thinking on that phony sacrifice stuff. 

Nya: Oh, that was all real. 

Jay: Wait, you were trying to help them kill us?! 

Nya: If I’m gonna be sacrificed, I’m gonna do it right.

*The gang is about to do something dangerous* 

Cole: Shouldn’t someone give a pep talk? 

Kai: Go ahead. 

Cole: Be careful. 

Cole: Don’t die. 

Pixal: *Holds back a laugh* 

Kai: Great. We’re all bloody inspired.

Jay: FIGHT ME, YOU NERD ASS SLUT! 

Cole: At least try to sound slightly more sophisticated when you threaten someone. 

Jay: Oh, I'm sorry. I should ask; dost thou want to engage in a duel, my good bitch? 

Cole: Somehow that's worse.

Kai: I can’t believe my birth certificate says F... 

Kai: ...How did I fail being born?

Cole: Look at me straight in the eyes and tell me the truth, Zane! 

Zane: You can’t expect me to look into your eyes and be straight.

Pixal: You were wise to seek help from the world's most deadly weapon. 

Pixal: It's me.

Cole, in a room with Jay, Kai, and Nya: It’s calm in here. 

Cole: It scares me…

Nya: Fight me! 

Kai, standing behind them and holding a knife: *mouths* Do not.

Zane: Nya got into a fight. 

Kai: That’s bad. 

Kai: 

Kai: Did she win?

Cole: Jay, I don’t think I can handle any more of your tomfuckery. 

Jay: Oh yeah? Well I can keep going until you’re all tomfuckered out!

Kai: Is that a gun?! 

Jay: It's not what it looks like! 

Kai: It looks like a gun! 

Jay: Okay, maybe it is what it looks like, but in my defense, it doesn't have anymore bullets, so I technically can't shoot it anymore. 

Kai: ...ANYMORE?!

Kai, to the Squad: I’d die for you. 

Jay: Then perish. 

Pixal: You will. 

Nya: Please don’t. 

Cole: Cool. 

Zane: I’d die for you first.

Nya: If you got arrested what would be the charges? 

Jay: Theft. 

Zane: Disturbing the peace. 

Cole: Aggravated assault. 

Kai: Arson. 

Pixal: All of the above. In that order, probably.

Nya: You know what I asked Santa for Christmas this year? 

Jay: If you say me, I swear I’ll— 

Nya: You? What? No, I asked him for that cool Ninjago Lego set we saw in Target!

Cole, texting Zane: Zane there’s a moth on the outside of the bathroom door can you get rid of it? 

Cole: Pls hurry because I’m going to cry 

Cole: Zane 

Cole: Zane 

Zane: Zane is dead. You’re next. Love, Moth.

Pixal: A sprite is anything not static. 

Jay: A sprite is a variable object, be it 2d or 3d. 

Cole: A sprite is a fucking soda. 

Cole: You god damn geekass bastards.

Kai: *sighs* I have no friends... 

Jay: 

Jay: *coughs* Bitch, what am I? A roach?!

Zane: *tapping fingers on table* 

Cole: *taps fingers back furiously* 

Jay: …What’s going on? 

Pixal: Morse code. They’re talking. 

Zane: -.-- ..- .-. / - …. . / -.-. ..- - . … - 

Cole: *slams hands on table* YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

Jay: *finds half a watermelon at Whole Foods* 

Jay, holding it up for everyone to see: LIES!

Kai: Don't break someone's heart, they only have one. 

Nya: Break one of their bones instead, they have 206 of them.

Kai, singing: I don’t want a lot for Christmas, there is just one thing I need— 

Zane: A family. 

Cole: A better love life. 

Nya: Mental stability. 

Pixal: *clueless* Bagels?

Zane: Don't joke about murder. I was murdered once and it offends me.

Jay: I'm sorry. Please talk to me. 

Kai: 

Jay: Hello? World's most amazing person?? Sweet pea? Precious cinnamon roll that's too good for this world, too pure? 

Kai: 'Sorry' doesn't bring back my fucking M&Ms.

Nya: You think that’s cringe? Moms around the world wait 9 months just to end up naming their kid Jay. 

Jay: Hey, fuck you.

Jay: Of course I have a lot of pent-up rage, you fool! I've been the same height since I was twelve!

Pixal: Why is Kai crying? 

Zane: They saw a leaf on the sidewalk and- 

Kai: IT LOOKED SO CRUNCHY! 

Pixal: Please don’t say what I think you’re gonna say- 

Kai: AND WHEN I STEPPED ON IT THERE WAS NO CRUNCH! 

Pixal: NO, NOT THAT!

Zane: Hey, what have you two been up to? 

Nya: We were helping Kai write his vows, but he kicked us out because Cole was making inappropriate suggestions. 

Cole: How is “Jay, I love your sweet ass” inappropriate?

[goldensunartinitiative]

More Mudshipping

As a followup to last week's preview, here is a bit more of Isaac and Mia. These are part of the same set, drawn by Stephy again (4 images in total). Commissioned by and drawn for the Golden Sun Art Initiative.

We are excited to name drop the zine that these will be a part of as well. The stories and images related to intimacy will be compiled into a zine that will be titled, "The Golden Sun Pillow Book".

When released, the images will leave a lot less to the imagination, so stay tuned for that project to drop (we hope by early 2024). And enjoy this and other previews until then!

[katie100katherine]

Hey why didn't they call Cole x Nya "wetstone" back in the day, it would've been perfect

[thecrackshipawards]

Marika from Elden Ring x Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones vs Isaac x Isaac's Roof from Golden Sun

Propaganda:

Marika x Cersei:

Evil girlbosses should unite and take over everything.

Isaac x His roof:

This is a very old crackship from days long past. Back then the Golden Sun fandom was constantly at each other in shipping wars. Valeshipping vs Mudshipping was the main point of contention. But through the cries of valiant shippers thinking way too hard about a video game with a blank slate protagonist a voice rang out. And that voice asked "what if he fucked his roof?" And the fandom could be united under the absurdity of that question. What if he fucked his roof?

Also, for context on why his roof, the start of the game sees him trying to patch holes in his run down thatched roof. So, holes. But his friend Garet fell into not just one, but two holes. For that reason I did also say that Garet and Isaac's roof were cucking him. So that's another layer.

I don't expect anyone to care about roofshipping after all these years, but it's still the first thing I think of when I hear the term "crackship", so I had to submit it.

[sparkanonymous]

Trying to come up with Ninjago ship names is more difficult than I thought it would be. Like, especially names that haven't already been taken by other pairings or fandom spaces. The reason I'm talking about this is because I was trying to come up with a name for Geo/Zane lol. And Lostshipping kinda doesn't make too much sense if Cole and Geo are no longer lost.

For Geo/Zane, I was thinking Meltedshipping would work because it's the fusion of ice. I might start using that if I happen to start making art for just them, at least until there's... a better name?

I kinda like Geodeshipping for Cole/Geo, since geodes come from the earth, but that was already taken by Cole/Jay fans, regardless of how I don't really think the name works for that pairing. So I'll just leave that be. (I'm not trying to be mean or anything. I've just always known it as Bruiseshipping, and it makes more sense in my head, and I have no idea the way people came up with it. All I know is that some people didn't really like Bruiseshipping as a name for the pairing and wanted something different.)

So, I was thinking about the fusion of dirt but couldn't come up with anything aside from Mudshipping, which doesn't really work. (Plus, that's too close to Mudshockshipping, and I think it's already being used for Cole/Nya.) On to interests. They're both artistically inclined, as is most of their little family. Geo seems to like making statues out of various materials, while Cole used to like drawing (I think), but since Cole no longer seems all that interested in that activity, I think his side of the ship name should be something else. Well, he really likes cake?

Here's what I got: Modelcakeshipping, Marblecakeshipping, Fusedcakeshipping or Cakefusionshipping

What was the point of this post? I'm bored. That was it.

[anonarat]

I have been tagged by @evelhak, and it has been a long while since something like that has happened, so let's go:

5 Songs - Gira Gira by Ado. It's on YouTube, please watch it with subtitles if you don't speak Japanese, it is worth it. Gunpowder Tim vs. The Moon Kaiser by The Mechanisms. It gives you a very good idea of what The Mechanisms are about. Birth of a New Witch by Luck Ganriki. My personal favourite track on the Umineko OST, and that's saying a lot because that OST is full of bangers. Song of the Ancients -Atonement- by Keiichi Okabe. Another song from a video game, justice for Devola and Popola! That's why I Gave Up on Music cover by Shiranui Flare. One of the first music tracks uploaded by Flare, and one of the early reasons why I became an elfriend.

Three Ships you Like - Gosh, there are so many to choose from. I think my first is Freezerburn (Weiss/Yang) from RWBY. They have a great dynamic, although content for them isn't exactly plentiful these days, I do believe that it is the best ship for both of them. Next comes KuroMayaNana (Claudine/Maya/Nana) from Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight. KuroMaya is good, throwing Nana in there adds some real spice though. Just think about the dynamic of Maya and Claudine both *knowing* that Nana was stronger than Maya throughout the auditions. Finally... Edeleth (Edelgard/Byleth) from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I will not defend my actions.

First Ship Ever - Mudshipping (Isaac/Mia) from Golden Sun. Golden Sun was my first true fandom, and mudshipping was the default, because at that point... there weren't many female characters that were as fleshed out.

Favourite Childhood Book - Redwall by Brian Jacques. This is where I fell in love with fantasy. Should I ever get a pair of pet rats, one would be named Cluny (the other would Ratimus Prime).

Currently Reading - Demonic Devourer Book 2 by Aaron Shih. Yeah this one is power-fantasy popcorn, but with the way things are, it lets my brain turn off for a bit during work. I'm not counting the untold half-finished books that I'll get to someday(tm).

Currently Watching - For the first time in a long while, I've been watching a fair bit of anime as it's released, so this'll be a bit long. The Apothecary Diaries best show from last season, though not as strong currently, the last episode was incredible. Shangri-La Frontier continuing from last season, and good mindless fodder. The Witch and The Beast which does monster of the week over 2+ episodes and is great. Both of the protagonists are incredibly compelling. Solo Levelling mostly because it's been hyped up. It hasn't impressed really, but it also hasn't been a tremendous let down. I'll give it the season, but if it doesn't step up its game and gets a second season, I'll probably drop it. A couple of others that I don't really have anything to say about.

Currently Craving - Things that interest me. That's all I ever really crave, because my primary positive to negative emotional spectrum isn't happy to said, but interested to bored.

No suggested number of tags, so if anyone else wants a go, feel free. I will, however, send a few tags out with no pressure: @mellowdarkness; @castaras; @shoujospirit

[oceanic-recollection]

tell me about mudshipers

<APIS> ...

<APIS> They're large fish. Some of the largest are around a kilometer in length. They were selectively bred and modified to carry large weights in water and on land.

<APIS> They're usually brown in coloration.

<APIS> They can take air from any source of water, including mud. This means that if they go on land, they have to stay around muddy areas.

<APIS> They don't live in packs, but are still social creatures who create friendships, even interspecies ones.

<APIS> They can live for up to 50 years.

<APIS> ...any questions?

[hrodvitnon]

Oh, been a while since I did one of these.

Three Ships:

Godzilla x Mothra Elisa x Charlie/The Asset Shepard x Garrus

First Ever Ship: Explicitly from a fandom standpoint? Isaac x Mia from Golden Sun, which we call Mudshipping. Which is funny, because GS wasn't exactly known for gripping Final Fantasy-level character or relationship writing. This ship also got torpedoed with Dark Dawn, so yeah.

Last Song: "I Really Want to Stay at Your House" from Cyberpunk 2077 (but lbr we all associate it with Edgerunners now)

Last Movie: Rurouni Kenshin (2012 live action)

Currently Reading: Game guides

Currently Watching: Netflix Castlevania (prepping for Nocturne)

Currently Consuming: Peanuts and Brisk ice tea

Currently Craving: Onigiri... also sleep

Eyo! @shadowblade217, @tardisspacemug, @lordofthefans, @zerm2v0hg, y'all wanna share? Only if you want to, though.

Nine people you would like to get to know better

Tagged by @cursedvibes 💙 Gotta admit your recent posts about Houseki no Kuni have got me prettyyyyy curious about it.

Three ships: Yuuji/Gojou, Yuuji/Nanami, and Yuuji/Choso based on the extent of my current interest, but if I had to pick one per fandom, it'd be Yuuji/Gojou, Ichigo/Grimmjow, and Steve/Bucky.

First ever ship: I...have no earthly idea. I got into fandom by accident, read anything and everything, and at some point, I got really into shipping, and then it became my favourite form of fandom engagement (which is hilarious because I'm aromantic as all fuck). But I can't remember how/when it started.

Last song: STITCH ME UP by Point North

Last movie: Last one I saw in a cinema is Everything Everywhere All at Once, I think. Might have watched something later on my laptop but can't remember.

Currently reading: Keeping up with the JJK manga and, as always, ripping into academic texts for a living

Currently watching: The weekly eps of JJK S2 and Bleach TYBW

Currently consuming: Nothing

Currently craving: I just ate so the stomach is closed for business

Tagging, no pressure, @possibleplatypus, @joeys-piano, @stilllostinthedaydream, @calamitouskings, @eusuntgratie, @nylazor, @backwardshirt, @sorrythatwasamistake, @creepydai

[alternative-elements-au]

Kai: What if... we kissed? No homo tho

Cole: Kai we've been dating for three months

[cinnamonkittenz]

mmh yes, cole brookstone, 20 something, very heterosexual man

[buildingrelationshipsinanarchy]

QIM Model | Dekoship Series | Phadship Series | Seroship Series

*As per uze, you dont have to read anything beneath the infographic itself, but I’m gonna try to add some theory to explain why this one excites me the most in the model*

So some significant people in my life and I have been discussing Anarchist theory lately with all of the uprisings and discussions of abolishing police. And while blogs like @queeranarchism​ and @hater-of-terfs​ are so much better read and have better takes on anarchism, direct action, current events, and politics in general, than I could hope to provide, its by those blogs and others that I’m inspired in the ways I am.

Mudships are just affinity groups you built to do some direct action. What is direct action? The link is to CrimethInc’s work Recipes For Disaster, and its intro is a good primer on it. To paraphrase it (who doesn’t like blockquotes?): 

Practicing direct action means acting directly to meet needs, rather than relying on representatives or choosing from prescribed options ... it most properly describes actions that cut out the middleman entirely to solve problems without mediation. 

Need some examples? You can give money to a charity organization, or you can start your own chapter of Food Not Bombs and feed yourself and other hungry people at once. You can write an angry letter to the editor of a magazine that doesn't provide good 72 coverage of the subjects you consider important, or you can start your own magazine. You can vote for a mayor who promises to start a new program to help the homeless, or you can squat unused buildings and open them up as free housing for anyone in need.

...

The opposite of direct action is representation. 

While things can get intense the more confident you get practicing direct action, my purposes here are in regards to relationship building and mutual aid. In the ABC’s of Anarchism, Berkman has this beautiful little quote (you ready for another one?):

If your object is to secure liberty, you must learn to do without authority and compulsion. If you intend to live in peace and harmony with your fellow-men, you and they should cultivate brotherhood and respect for each other. If you want to work together with them for your mutual benefit, you must practice coöperation. 

The social revolution means much more than the reorganization of conditions only: it means the establishment of new human values and social relationships, a changed attitude of man to man, as of one free and independent to his equal; it means a different spirit in individual and collective life, and that spirit cannot be born overnight. It is a spirit to be cultivated, to be nurtured and reared, as the most delicate flower is, for indeed it is the flower of a new and beautiful existence.

So when I talk about monogamy and capitalism, it isn’t to shit on people who do monogamy, its discuss how the cultural institution of monogamy is a social relationship. It’s to discuss not that practicing monogamy is the problem (although you’re not gonna catch me doing it), its to discuss how our culture perceives doing monogamy correctly and how that makes it worth critiquing if we were to imagine building a different society and attempt to make any meaningful steps toward it.

If doing monogamy ‘correctly’ is ‘investing’ time, money, emotional intimacy and sexual attention into one person, its obvious that it leaves so many people out of our lives that could add depth, joy, fulfillment, challenge, and transformative growth and change for us. Margaret Thatcher has a terrible quote: “There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families.” I bring up this trashcan quote by this woman with dumpster politics to critique the idea of Family as well. Monogamy leads to nuclear families, not all of the time, but enough of the time for most of us to have that experience.

But what is Family? Blood ties to people and access to their material resources? That’s how inheritance works, which has torn a part families by fighting over the resources by who gets what. Familiy also has colloquially meant familiarity with certain human beings thats developed or long periods of connection and time. How many of us have found people in our lives who have loved us deeper than our parents and siblings (if you still have, or ever had those)? My father passed a few years ago, and I’m virtually estranged with my mother and younger sister. Family in my life has been the partners and friends through the years who’ve had the patience, grace, and concern for my joy & well-being, it is them who has shared their time, energy, labor, money, food with me when circumstance would steal the ground beneath my feet. To discuss monogamy and family from the lens I’ve constructed is to talk directly about which social relationships become culturally validated and socially encouraged, and with it who gets access to what materials and why we watch others refuse to share it.

I talk about mudships as being relationships built around Mutual Aid and Solidarity, that whatever little circles we’ve built around ourselves don’t interrupt the ability to be charitable and generous with people outside of it. The individualism that’s reinforced by capitalism affects us by separating people from their communities, by leveraging human need against human values, by turning the world outside of our homes into a place ‘full of people who will take advantage of your naivete or good heart.’ This isn’t just some ideological or abstract concept, this word encapsulates why I have the current over my head that I do. It every much discusses how I’ve been able to keep an old roommate afloat after he was laid off of his job and couldn’t claim unemployment; and that was before COVID and its Lockdowns & Quarantines erased a huge chunk of the economy.

I don’t just say this to just encourage sharing. I say this as part of a larger conversation about how we’ve been encultured & propagandized to believe that some people don’t deserve access to healthcare, addiction therapy, housing, food, clean water, this list goes on. I want to start a conversation about building the social relationships that allow us to trust the people we’re sharing money, material resources, and labor with, in our own lives and to inspire the desire to get excited about helping those you may know are in need. 

We have so much need and so many stoked, yet unfulfilled desires that capitalism fuels and feeds off of, but does that mean we can do nothing about it? Does that mean we have to hope another Bernie Sanders shows up? I don’t want the quality of my time on this earth to be suffering in ways I can actively resolve or prevent. But I can’t do that alone, trying to do so is impossible. It isn’t a moral failing to not be powerful in a world separates you from the source of connection, inspiration, and depth, all of which exists in the hearts and potential of others.

Don’t let yourself forget that we always better connected than alienated. 

[kachimera]

Wee tag game time!

1. Three ships: maleon, grovyle/dusknoir, and mudshipping (i love using diff nomenclature spontaneously this is ineligible )

2. First ever ship: Red x Gold/Ethan (pokemon games specifically) (yes i started w a rarepair lol)

3. Last song: pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of sky temporal spire (godly ost go listen to it)

4. Last movie: the 3 musketeers (a life action serious toned version but idr the name waah)

5. Currently reading: nothing, need to start a new book man

6. Currently watching: nothing

7. Currently consuming: some ungodly abomination made out of corn flour, cooking oil n sugar (the kitchen is occupied n i gotta make due)

8. Currently craving: an actual arepa w cheese 😭

I cant tag ppl bc then i fear i'll be midly inconveniencing them and i'll explode into a shower of gore so. Do this if you wish to :)

thanks for the tag, @tremendouskoalachild!

3 Ships: cherik, harry august/vincent rankis, clintasha

first ever ship: i think it might have been neo/trinity

last song: чорне полум'я by ignea

last movie: sunshine (2007)

currently reading: a bunch of comics at the same time, really. which is likely the worst way of getting into comics to begin with, but I digress. more specifically, i'm focusing more on black widow (2010) (natasha <3). I'm also reading crisis on infinite earths some other dc stuff.

currently watching: jessica jones, sort of? I'm not really watching it, but it's the series i'll keep watching the moment i do watch anything.

currently consuming: tapioca with nutella

currently craving: rice and beans, salad and steak :D

tagging: @heavilycaffeinatedmuffin, @cowbutches, @mayuris-basement-dweller if you want to, and whoever else sees this and wants to :)

[mg549]

part three of a big character design project i took on about monsters living in three different towns. STOOD, from a beach city in florida, stand out and band together

part 1 / part 2 / part 3

my commissions are open!

(bonus art under the cut!)

[swampythesweetsketch]

Beta AU funfacts!

Blake is a cowboy

Blake rides a walloper as his steed of choice

Blake/Aya is canon

yes, beta Conya/Mudshipping is canon in this AU

the ship is called Blaya or Ayake OR DustyWind

beta Zay/Technoshipping is canon and is called Woe or Pit or ThunderSnow

Whit (or Wynn) is not a nindroid. Poe is

Whit is a surfer like originally intended

Ash has wild bed hair (like his og hair style in test scenes) but gels it down to look normal

Aya stays the samurai and never wants to reveal her identity

[alternative-elements-au]

Kia and Cole singing "no homo" before their together is officially Canon XD

Dude they still do it afterwards XD

At the wedding:

"Kai Smith, do you take Cole Brookstone as your husband?"

Kai: Yes! No homo tho

[buildingrelationshipsinanarchy]

I’ll be dropping the last infographic tonight. I keep thinking about to do it best and how to link all these resources, but I realize I’m letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

This last one, I like to consider the final piece of this puzzle. Because this model is deeply anti-capitalist, I’m wanting to crystallize sentiments that are pro-community building, that center mutual aid as the way to fight back feelings of alienation and the despair of individualism.

And while the neighbors of the houses next to mine aren’t who I’m imagining doing mudships with, that doesn’t stop me from dropping cash in some Venmo’s once my own bills are paid. It doesn’t stop me from building online relationships with people who are willing to engage in the struggle of unlearning the shit our culture raises us in.

Obviously, I can be a bit more optimistic than the current state of the world looks. But it’s exactly in that space that I want to inspire and challenge myself and others to really believe we can change the world toward a better direction.

Hearing about the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone the other day was the best news I’ve gotten in a while. I’ve got a best friend with his first kid on the way, and trying to help him build up some savings. Another friend of mine is needing refuge from his family and wants to grow food with my housemates in the backyard, so we can give it to Food, not Bombs.

The parts of Anarchy that sing to me are the ones that say Humanity is capable of things greater than history has shown us. That believing you can a make a difference is just a sentiment for gift cards. That believing and taking up the tasks for building a better world is something I can do in my own backyard; that I can build trust in a world that tries to paint everyone as demon or an opportunist; that the simple act of taking my own feelings seriously and moving without permission can be revolutionary the longer I do it.

I want to bake that into this model, that’s a mudship. The people you link up with and say, ‘I hate this part of reality, let’s do something about it.’ In CrimethInk’s Recipes for Disaster, their first section past the intro is about what they call ‘Affinity Groups.’ Emma Goldman pops off about how all great achievements of the modern era were done by small groups of intelligent and compassionate people who wanted to see the world become something better.

That’s what I want to inspire, that’s what I want to build.