#this is probably the closest i’ve ever come to an actual unpopular take on cats

[jellicle-chants]

Everyone: Cass & Alonzo being a thing is practically canon, they’re always paired together for duets and they’re both tall and lanky

Me: they’re besties :3

[sage-nebula]

ooo how about keitor and ezarti?

Keitor — Ship It

What made you ship it?

Hmm, well, as I recall I started shipping it after season four—specifically, after Zarkon declared Lotor an enemy of the state and Lotor saved Keith’s life. Considering all the parallels in their characters and histories, the fact that Lotor saved Keith’s life, and the speculation that Lotor would join the Blade of Marmora given that he was also half-galra and thus spend a lot of time around Keith, shipping them was easy. After I began to further explore their characters and their potential, I was head over heels before I knew it. And you know? As much as I hate that show now, I’ve still never stopped shipping them, and probably never will.

What are your favorite things about the ship?

Probably the perfect ways in which they complement each other. They have a lot in common due to the way they parallel each other, but they each also have what the other lacks, making them perfect complements for each other. AJ LoCascio once said that Keith would “bring out the person in Lotor, and ground him,” and I think that’s true—but I also think that Lotor could do the same for Keith, in that Lotor has a lot of the diplomacy skills that Keith lacks, thus filling in for Keith’s weaknesses in that area. (Note: This especially true once Lotor is emperor and Keith, his husband, is emperor consort; Keith never really gets good at diplomacy, but thankfully, Lotor has that covered.)

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I mean, unfortunately the fact that I don’t see Lotor as a rapist / someone who would sexually assault Keith, nor do I see their relationship as twisted, abusive, or unhealthy in any way. Granted, I don’t know if that’s still going on, but I know it was going on a lot back in the day, and I was never here for it. I also never saw it as a “crack” ship, nor did I ship it as a way to make another ship happen, which was also really unfortunately common. 

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Ezarti — Ship It

What made you ship it?

I can’t remember the exact details now, but I do remember there being a moment in season four when Ezor made an insensitive comment (something regarding eyesight or the like), but then quickly turned and apologized to Narti, realizing that her insensitivity could have hurt Narti’s feelings. But far more importantly, at the end of season four, the person who was most upset about Lotor killing Narti was Ezor. She was the one who was scowling in her ship as they made their escape, she was the first one to call for mutiny against Lotor for what he did, and so on and so forth. She seemed the closest to Narti, or at least the one who cared the most, and so that was the spark for me to look deeper into what could have been in their relationship.

What are your favorite things about the ship?

Hm, probably how they’re a good example of “opposites attract”. Narti is mute (which doesn’t mean she doesn’t talk, of course—she talks through telepathy and sign language, but when it comes to the spoken word she’s mute), whereas Ezor runs her mouth a mile a minute. Narti has a very calm energy, whereas Ezor has a chaotic energy. Narti looks like she’d be scary and threatening and dangerous, and she can be dangerous if necessary, but she’s actually the kindest person in Team Revolutionary and would be a pacifist if circumstances allowed her to be. Ezor, on the other hand, is the one most often underestimated on Team Revolutionary given how bubbly and silly she seems to be, but is absolutely one of the most cutthroat and ruthless when it comes down to it (second only to Zethrid, and almost tied with her). Narti tends to be a fatalist and used to just accept that her life was going to be nothing but one bad thing after another, with no way to change it, whereas Ezor is all about change and fighting with every last tooth and claw to not only stay alive, but to get better things at no matter the cost, and when they come together they meet in the middle. 

Of course, they have similarities, too. They both love cats, for example (even though Kova is a grumpy old man who is not fond of Ezor’s chaotic energy), and they both like indulging in junk food. Narti is shy about dancing, but she enjoys it when Ezor grabs her hands and pulls her into an upbeat dance around the room to whatever bop is playing over the speakers. They both love kids, and post-war (and once everything settles down post-war, which takes a while) they have a few, who are raised with as much love as they can muster, if not more. They also do advocacy work post-war, with Ezor especially working hard against ableist attitudes that pervaded throughout the Empire—attitudes which formed policies that very nearly had Narti executed just for being who she was before Team Revolutionary found her and intervened.

But most of all, they’re incredibly supportive of each other. Even when others think Ezor is ditzy, Narti doesn’t agree, and in fact is the only member of Team Revolutionary who has never made Ezor feel stupid, even unintentionally. Ezor thinks Narti is the most amazing person she’s ever met, thinks that her abilities are magical instead of scary, and genuinely finds Narti to be beautiful. And at the end of the day, I like the fact that, well, Narti can’t see, because she’s blind. And there are times when Ezor can’t be seen, because of her cloaking ability. But Narti can always see Ezor, can and will always find her, because on top of her extrasensory perception, Ezor’s essence is the easiest for Narti to “see” and feel drawn to. And Ezor, too, knows that Narti never overlooks anything, and trusts in her insight 100%.

I just think they work really well together.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I think the fact that I ship it at all, lmao. I’ve never seen another person (besides you) ship it. Granted, that trash show killed her off after two bloody half-seasons, so I mean, I can’t really blame people, but still . . . it’s lonely on this life raft.

[myaekingheart]

kakashi for the ask game! :D

Oh this is gonna be dangerous xD (and also really fucking long I’m so sorry lmfao)

send me a character and i’ll list...

favorite thing about them It’s so hard to pick, but I think his resilience. Kakashi has genuinely been through hell and back and yet he keeps going. His character development in Naruto is one of my absolute favorite things, the way he starts out as this seemingly apathetic but deep down very guarded character who ultimately grows to love his students and make peace with his past and finally find some happiness. He’s the man who lost everything and still keeps going and maybe it’s just because I, too, am a depressed bitch but that’s always bee super comforting to me and felt very reassuring. Like if Kakashi can hit rock bottom but pull himself up out of that pit and find happiness and success, then so can I.

least favorite thing about them I don’t even know if I have a least favorite thing about him. I honestly love everything about him. I guess the closest thing I can get to a least favorite thing would be that I wish we saw more of him goofing off and having tons of fun like when he and Guy raced in Shippuden. Hearing Kakashi laugh and joke around was just so good for my soul.

favorite line Oh no there are so many, I can’t pick just one. My favorite contenders are: “Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu: One Thousand Years of Death!” “Behind this mask...is another mask! Pretty cool, huh?” “I’m telling you this because you don’t get it. You think you get it which is not the same as actually getting it, get it?” “Those who break the rules are scum but those who would abandon a comrade are worse than scum” “I won’t allow my comrades to die. I’ll protect you with my life. Trust me.” “It’s like an acorn.” “Sorry I’m late, I’m afraid I got lost on the path of life.” “Sorry I’m late, a black cat crossed my path and I had to take the long way around.” “For those who follow the path of revenge, it never ends well. You’ll only tear yourself apart and even if you succeed and you get your revenge, what will you get then? Nothing. Emptiness.” “So it looks like neither of us have led a charmed life exactly. But still, we’re not all that bad off. At least you and I have found new comrades to help fill the void.” “Calm down, Naruto. Slow your breathing down” (mainly because this scene just gets me every time as someone who has had severe panic attacks for twenty years lmfao) There was also another “sorry I’m late” excuse that I don’t remember exactly and cannot for the life of me find but it was from a picture I saw somewhere, looked like it was maybe from a video game? Where Kakashi said something to genin Naruto and Sakura about the path of love or something? And they’re staring at him flustered pointing insisting “That’s...a lie!” Like I can recall the image clear as day in my head but I cannot for the life of me find it.

brOTP Hands down Guy. I mean, I ship them, too, but I just really love their friendship especially. Guy just really brings out the best in him and provides this really nice foil to Kakashi’s personality. I genuinely think Kakashi would’ve been done for if not for Guy’s loyalty and optimism. Their friendship is so fun and the two of them together never fail to make me smile.

OTP Does my KakashixOC ship count? Because if it does, then that’s my OTP. I have spent way too much time and energy on their relationship for it to not be. That probably sounds super cliche and maybe a little Mary-Sue-ish but I don’t even care, Rei and Kakashi are my magnus opum and I love them. I’m also just really, really proud of the way I’ve written their relationship. So much of their bond is informed by my own relationship with my fiance, and I think my own experiences have really evolved my understanding of what real intimacy in a romantic relationship looks like. It’s not so much about flowers and chocolates and date nights as it is about caring for and comforting the person you love, spending quality time with them, making them laugh and smile, being 110% yourself around them, and providing for them in their times of need. I have never written a relationship so real and specifically raw before, and there’s a lot of intricacies that I’ve worked in as well, that just overall make me incredibly proud of the progress I’ve made on their story, and proud of the story I’ve been creating for them in general. But if an OC ship doesn’t count for OTP, I really like Kakashi with Shizune, Guy, Yamato/Tenzo, and Iruka.

nOTP Oh god I have quite a few. I really don’t enjoy focusing on negatives nor do I want to start ship wars so I’ll keep these explanations brief. I can’t stand Kakashi and Sakura, the mere thought of it makes me *this close* to puking. I take big issue with ships in general between characters that met when one of them was a child and the other an adult, though. It just comes off incredibly pedophilic to me and makes me nauseous. The other big ship I take issue with is Kakashi and Rin but that’s more of a personal issue because their relationship, and Rin’s character in general, hit way too close to home (in a very warped and psychotically symbolic way) to some really traumatic stuff I dealt with in the past that took me years and lots of therapy to deal with, and it still trips me up to this day. It’s not anything that anyone in fandom has done or anyone who ships Kakashi and Rin with each other, it’s just a matter of me noticing parallels between the ship and my own trauma that make it incedibly hard for to tolerate content of it. Just to tack these on, as well, but I also really dislike him with Hanare from the filler episode and with Kahyo from the book Lightning in the Icy Sky. The romance with Hanare just felt really disingenuous to me like I can tolerate it, but it’s not my favorite. And as for Kahyo, I blame bad writing. The fact that the book was referring to her as “the woman who has Kakashi’s heart” literally within like two pages of them meeting really pissed me off. I couldn’t even finish the book so I can’t even speak on the rest of the relationship but I just got so turned off by the entire story in general because the romance was so unbelievable and abrupt. I feel like anyone who has read my fic, though, likely has picked up on my opinions on these, though. Not that I’m writing ship hate or anything because I’m not, but there have been little plot points here and there that have kind of touched on my feelings on these ships.  

random headcanon I have way too many but here’s one of them, I guess, though this is more a musing than a headcanon. I think, when the war is over and Kakashi can finally catch his breath, he goes through a bit of an identity crisis as he comes to terms with the fact that he no longer has his sharingan. After all, he had Obito’s eye for almost twenty years. Learning to function without it is going to be incredibly difficult but not only that, so much of his identity was founded on his secondhand sharingan. Who even is he without it? Does he even recognize himself anymore? And how can he ever live up to the reputation he’s garnered over so many years now that the source of all of his power is gone for good? Yes, he was a prodigy before the sharingan and he is still capable without it, but it’s going to be a big change and take a huge toll on him and his perception of himself.

unpopular opinion I’m glad Kakashi has never been given an explicitly canon love interest. Honestly, I don’t want him to have one. As much as he deserves to find love and start a family with someone, from a fandom perspective I much prefer him being open and available. It creates a much more flexible interpretation of him and his love life so that we, the fans, can write him however we damn well please and I think that’s pretty fantastic. I think it’s safe to say that Kakashi is one of if not the most heavily shipped character in the fandom and everyone has very strong opinions on who he belongs with and even how he idenifies from a sexuality perspective. I can only imagine the uproar that would come from finally giving him a canon love interest because you absolutely cannot please everyone. In a way, I feel like Kakashi is just a character who belongs to all of us. He is something different for every single person in fandom whether that’s someone to look up to and seek guidance from, someone to protect and root for, someone to relate to and find comfort in, someone to love and/or lust after. Or in my case a precious emotional support ninja husbando. I don’t know if he would’ve had quite the same effect on fandom if he had been canonically shipped with someone from the get-go, but I’m grateful that he never was and I hope he never will be so he can continue playing the role in fandom that he has been for so many years. That probably sounds selfish, though, but I just really want him to remain a character that belongs to all of us and is not inhibited by canon in terms of who he loves and how he identifies.

song i associate with them Again, there’s so fucking many so I’m just gonna list some of my favorites. Sign by Flow Friendships by Pascal Letoublon Hospital for Souls by Bring Me the Horizon SCARECROW by My Chemical Romance Disguise by Motionless in White-- this is a big one, especially the line “sick of wearing a mask, sick of hiding my face, sick of every motherfucker that is in my way, sick of digging for answers while you bury the truth, fuck your method to my sadness, I will bury you” like it just reminds me of ANBU Kakashi specifically, but overall his character development in coming to terms with his past and crawling out of his depression, too.

favorite picture of them Again...there’s multiple x_x

[powerfultulips]

*inhales* red orang yello gween bloo purble ,magenta turquoise fuschia cyan sea gween violet ambur awkwa pink beige black coral grey/gray maroon rose charcoal claret copper cream salmon enoby indigo emerald lavender erin mauve fulvous coconut frost porcelain fawn gold honey rust ginger cherry wine mahogany blood hot pink plum lilac amethyst mulberry azure teal denim sapphire mint pecan penny ash jade grape umber chestnut prussian blue aquamarine brass mustard silver rose quartz im out of space a

red: describe your favorite shirt

its black. and. it has karkat vantas on it. yknow. from homestuck

orange: if you could, would you change your eye color? why? to what color, if so?

i dont think so

yellow: name of an artist you think is underappreciated

castien dowling!

green: do you have a favourite flower?

tulips!!

blue: preferred type of weather?

cloudy and cool

purple: a poem you think describes your closest friend

i wrote them a love poem for their birthday, does that count?

magenta: do you keep your fingernails long or short?

short!

turquoise: favorite sea animal?

um. dolphins?

fuchsia: favorite land animal?

do you even have to ask? it’s rabbits

cyan: are you religious? spiritual?

i honestly don’t know, i think i believe in something but i don’t know what

sea green: can you fold a fitted sheet?

i can fold a lot of things

violet: are you a part of the lgbt+ community?

i’m queer as fuck babey

amber: what's saved as your phone's lockscreen?

a picture of my friend’s cat, mar mar. she is very cute. i have been thinking of changing it to a selfie of my lover, but i don’t want to get rid of mar mar

aqua: do you thrift?

not as often as i’d like to, i don’t shop very often in general

pink: what's your natural hair color?

light brown, some people have called it blonde but they’re wrong

beige: have any pets? what're their names?

no i do not

black: would you ever try going vegetarian or vegan?

if i had access to enough food options, for sure

coral: an animal you wish hadn't gone extinct

[looks up a list of extinct species] i guess the aurochs? because of my friend Pop

grey: how many languages do you speak? do you want to learn any more?

like, one and a half maybe? i’d like to learn more, or at least finish learning the ones i’ve started

maroon: do you care for clothing brands?

i hate brands

rose: favourite scent on a person?

i’m actually not sure, but @literally-an-envelope always smells like home to me :)

charcoal: have you ever been camping?

a few times, i’d love to go again

claret: do you play an instrument? do you want to learn to play any?

i sing, if that counts. there’s several i’d love to learn

copper: gold or silver jewelry?

silver

cream: any piercings or tattoos? do you want any?

one tattoo, no piercings yet. i would love to get a bunch more

salmon: how many pairs of sunglasses do you own?

one

ebony: would you ever want to play a game on television? (jeopardy, family fued, etc)

definitely. i’d probably suck but it would be fun

indigo: have you ever lived on a farm?

nah

emerald: if you had the option, would you choose to move and live in another country? which one?

yeah. australia or new zealand would be nice, maybe canada, sweden, or finland? i can’t pick, but i’d probably choose new zealand

lavender: relationship status?

very, very happily taken, and engaged to my favourite person in the world <3

erin: what was/is your best school subject?

english or math

mauve: any unpopular opinions?

i really don’t know what qualifies as an unpopular opinion, especially not on this hellsite

fulvous: another name you think would suit you

i already have a bunch of names, but i like the name Hannah

coconut: a subject you enjoy learning about

psychology, i suppose

frost: a -core you enjoy

trendercore!

porcelain: an tv show you used to love

phineas and ferb

fawn: any interesting family stories?

shrugs very hard. i don’t really know that much about my family

gold: do you wear your socks mismatched?

no???? why would anyone do such a thing

honey: your thoughts on magic- does it exist?

hell yeah it does babey

rust: form of art you enjoy doing?

writing, drawing, doodling, singing

ginger: any sideblogs?

several! should i link them

cherry: YouTubers you enjoy watching?

jon bois, fairbairn films, calebcity

wine: do you have a 'type'

i.... i think i do, yeah. although right now, all i can think of is my baby

mahogany: your sun, moon, and rising signs

aquarius/libra/gemini

blood: twin beds, queen, or king?

the bigger the better

hot pink: did you/do you had/have strong feelings against the color pink?

pink is a good colour. love that one

plum: a food you've never tried

pad thai

lilac: dogs, cats, or fish?

kibby

amethyst: do you collect anything?

baseball cards, and stuffed animals

mulberry: earbuds or headphones?

headphones all the way

azure: jean jackets?

that’s not a question, but yes

teal: have a job?

god no

denim: kill the spider or take it outside?

play a very passive-aggressive game of chicken with the spider, refusing to acknowledge its presence until it dies of its own accord

sapphire: do you think you can sing well?

i think i’m a pretty good singer, yeah

mint: favourite flavour of gum?

probably spearmint

pecan: shuffle your playlist, what's the first song that comes up?

“lust” by grumpster

penny: icecream or cake

ice cream!

ash: can you do your own makeup?

no, i’ve never even tried

jade: ever written fanfiction?

unfortunately yes [pensive emojey]

grape: how many blogs do you follow?

243

umber: do you brush your teeth before you eat?

not usually, no

chestnut: type of phone you have

iphone SE (2nd gen)

prussian blue: what's your first choice at the vending machine

sweet tea, or water

aquamarine: beach or pool

pool

brass: least favorite food condiment

soy sauce

mustard: how much sugar in your tea/coffee?

so much

silver: ever broken a bone?

a few times

rose quartz: rings or necklaces

rings :3

onyx: do you still play Minecraft?

never have

burgundy: ever ridden a motorcycle?

no

scarlet: favorite holiday

idk. trans day of visibility?

apricot: opinion on 3 in 1 body wash/hair wash

that’s a lot of purposes. what do you need all that for

platinum: do you follow politics?

unfortunately, i live in a society

magnolia: your Instagram handle?

my main is pockmarkedplanet, my spam is olive_pile