#rarepair shipping

[hepalien]

Hey rarepair shippers, I'm about to change your lives.

The AO3 Primary Ship Search add-on for Firefox (it's called AO3 First Tag Search for Chrome) adds this little checkbox to the AO3 advanced search page

And if you check the box, the search only returns fics where the pairing you entered is the first one tagged. This is better than the otp:true operator imo because it will show fics with secondary/background pairings too as long as your preferred ship is the main one.

You can even use the add-on in Firefox or Kiwi browser on Android mobile.

Have fun 😘

(more ao3 tips here)

[ozziethegreat]

more ship requests yayy :3

I <3 rarepairs

Bill belongs to Hwamyong (?)

I have no flippin idea who 404 belongs to

Dream and Nm belong to jokublog

Swap belongs to p0pc0rnpr1nce

Ccino belongs to black-nyanko

tone belongs to shirokappa

Epic belongs to yugogeer012

Ink belongs to comyet

Blueberror belongs to crayonqueen

[fanby-fckry]

Checking rarepair AO3 tags like I’m checking the fridge to see if it has food I want.

[aprosin]

fuck it, *jumps into the rarepair moment because this ironic wholesome/slice of life*

Inspiration on the right!

Mike has punched a man so-

[s-c-g-s-c-g]

Friday Fic Recs

Today, I bring a smattering of assorted Tim Drake rarepairs. The most common of which has a little over 250 fics in its AO3 tag and the least common less than 10. These are arranged in ascending order of wordcount and all feature some pining and/or feelings realization.

The Day Tim Figured It Out by Overanalyzer - Tim/Bart Allen

After Tim came out as bi, this was bound to happen. This one entertains me greatly. A little over 1.2k words of Tim freaking out over the fact that Bart is, apparently, hot. Not only that, he's been hot! for awhile! I love Kon's begrudging crisis support and Tim's suffering. A lovely work!

what you think you know by corvidspectre - Tim/Bart/Kon-El

The question: When you're crushing on your best friends, who do you talk to about it? Tim's pining, Bart's pining, Kon's pining, they're all pining! This one's cute! I love how exasperated everyone who isn't named Tim, Bart, or Kon is. Everyone can see it except them and I really enjoy the different types of support demonstrated here. It's very entertaining!

ARIA MATH by NEOCULTUREDAUS - Tim/Sebastian Ives

Tim, for all his time as a detective, has a sinking horrible realisation that he’s fucked up. Big time. This fic really makes me smile! Robin meets Sebastian Ives and learns something Tim Drake isn't supposed to know. Tim and Ives are genuinely adorable here. I love Tim's perspective on everything and his screw up is really endearing! It's very cute!

[metangblog]

[hewwo, I made this mini comic a while ago and I barely finished it, the problem is that I don't remember the dialogues, so...Fill in the bubbles?? Please]

[the sillies-]

[owchie-wowchie]

[Digging nails into the ground, crunching the bars of my enclosure with my teeth, screaming and throwing up] do you wanna hear about my rarepair?

[ozziethegreat]

OH MY GAWD I THINK IM DYING XP /ref

Anyway yay more requests :3

Murder belongs to Ask-Dusttale

Reaper belongs to Ren

Epic belongs to yugogeer012

Killer belongs to rahafwabas

Fresh and Geno belong to CrayonQueen

Nightmare belongs to Jokublog

Greaser belongs to Radsee

[yum-zlurplie]

regretevator ship ideas i have not/rarely seen LETS GO!

also NONE for gnarpy. gnarpy is still a minor in my eyes even if xe is not a minor in canon anymore

(+will be constantly added to if i think of smth new, +tell me if you want me to add a rare ship +four for each character +QPR (queer platonic relationships) at the end!!)

DrRetro x... ships:

DrRetro x jeremy

DrRetro x pest

DrRetro x Poob

DrRetro x. wallter

unpleasant x... ships:

unpleasant x fleshcousin

unpleasant x mark

unpleasant x infected (surprised there isnt much abt this one)

unpleasant x wallter

wallter x... ships:

wallter x DrRetro

wallter x mach (both tall QUEENS!!!)

wallter x pest (🤫🤫)

wallter x spud

mach x... ships:

mach x DrRetro (is this a rarepair? idk i dont see a lot of fanart of them)

mach x split (again i dunno if their a rarepair)

mach x jeremy (i think they would work together and mach would like.. help him capture people and would like.. buy jeremy new skirts and hats)

mach x no one (aroace mayb? if that fits into ur hc!!)

2 b continued!! (tell me who i should do next.. im tired of thinking-)

[zuzsenpai]

In the span of an hour, two different people have liked two of my decade-old posts about two different rarepair ships…. And it delights me to think they might be sitting around suddenly remembering they ship a really old rarepair. They go into the tag and somehow find joy in my ancient post that I have no idea how they found. It’s something that happens to me on occasion and it’s wonderful. Please never stop suddenly remembering your rarepairs. They need you

[dazedwebbings]

(rarepair!!!)

Hear me out guys. Two characters who were/are ignored by the main characters a lot. Call that nobody’s eye. Wingedmistake. Glitchyfeathers. Idk.

[apandainoveralls]

Hiiii… can you draw pepper x candle…/nf

IM SO NTOMAL ABOUT THENEN UNBSI SNORNSKAP IM NORMAL IM MOTZ,A; IM DO JOTMSL I]DO NOTMSL SO MOT SL I DONT THINK SBIUT THEM EVERY DAY EVERY SUNGLE DAY EIXMHSSJKSJSJSKSHEKD EVERY SIMGLE SEVONF THEY ARE THERE IN MY MIND

I'd never heard of this ship, but this was so fun!!

[s-c-g-s-c-g]

Friday Fics Recs

Now that the first four months of my 2024 are decidedly filled with Star Wars rarepair fic updates it feels appropriate to rec some rarepairs! Each rec features a different Star Wars rarepair from the prequels/clone wars era. They're listed in descending wordcount order which also happens to more or less put them in order of placement in the timeline.

The Soldier, the Queen, and the Hunter: Truth and Fiction by kj_keyburn - Padmé/Jango/Obi-Wan

Padmé and Obi-Wan arrive on Kamino and discover the clones together, it changes a lot. I love creative fix-its and this one's genuinely really fun. I love the way it flips back and forth between truth and fiction, it's really engaging and effective. Alpha-17's narration and inner thoughts were delightful! Overall, a very engaging and entertaining read!

In Which Anakin's Soulmate is a Lot Like Him, But More, and Worse by phoenixyfriend - Bo-Katan/Anakin, Padmé/Asajj

I think the title says a lot about this one lol. I love when soulmate AUs have some fun with the match-ups. Bo-Katan and Anakin work really well together here and I very much enjoyed the development of their relationship. Padmé and Anakin are wonderful disasters and I had a lot of fun with their support and encouragement of each other. I had a great time!

Your heart is in danger by blackkat - Padmé/Fox

“My brain is about to leak out of my ears,” Fox mutters, and the urge to bang his head back against the wall is incredibly strong. Padmé is pretty and competent. Fox's perspective is both delightful and entertaining, especially as he starts to realize he's doomed. I love their dynamic here and how Fox falls for her. This one's a delight through and through!

[metangblog]

[Happy family! Drawing them in sonk style!]

Feng: Waaahhhh!! Dizzy... A lot of attention they need... Waahh — He falls to the ground while his eyes are spirals.

Nic: Is mama okie?

M. sonk: Is no mama and idk

Nic: mama dizzy