#woc ships

[boeingboingboing]

Let's talk ships today.

I'm going to spit out some personal headcanons about them. Few inspired by cetaceans!

I believe that ships with their disadvantage of size and limitations to only being in water, in a hierarchy, they wouldn't be the 'dominating' vehicle. I feel like if there was like a hierarchy, cars would be on the top due to various advantages in terms of size and their build. I mean in WoC movies we've seen cars take up many jobs, and the buildings or the cities are usually to their liking and comfort of living. Anyway, back to ships!

-> First, Evolution and types: I imagine that ever since boats came into existence, they were relied on by other vehicles like cars and such. And that grew onto them and became their sole purpose. I believe they evolved according to the new demands to fulfill their purpose. Various ships developed, such as cargo, passenger, vehicle carrier, warships etc. The only change in them is how technological they are. Like sail-ships becoming ships operating with oil, which is a change they took in to keep up with the demands. Pretty much how oceanliners were quite literally forced to evolve into cruise ships. How do they evolve? Maybe for example changing their build, as we know vehicles can modernise themselves, and those genes being passed onto their offspring.

-> Adaptation & learning: They tend to adapt to changes quickly. They are made to resist all sorts of weather, adapt to new environments, and job changes (Like Langley being turned into an aircraft carrier from collier). In learning part, they have excellent memory and learn basics of anything if thought right. Their analytical skills and reasoning skills are pretty good in most ships.

- Most who are built are raised strictly to be best for their profession.

-> General view: Gentle giants! I love to think of ships being the utmost gentle, atleast most of them hah.

-> Eating habits; Ships can go on without eating for long periods, as long as they are regularly fueled. However they are capable of consuming most foods taken by smaller boats or vehicles which they could possibly enjoy after those long gaps of not eating lol.

-> Sleeping habits: Ships sleep for rather short intervals. Due to their work, they've adapted such habits. Most ships are capable of staying awake for days. Mainly due to the rough conditions at sea and such. In calm seas, i imagine ships taking short naps as the crew onboard monitor them. And with their extensive usage in war, some warships and other ships as well have been able to sleep with half their brain at rest (like dolphins and whales!).

-> Flexibility; ships are surprisingly flexible to a certain extent. Mainly in turning to their sides and their front have section up and down. Although they are quite slow when doing so lol.

-> Reproduction: While ships are built, they are capable of reproduction. How do they do the 'deed'? Well, male whales have quite the interesting member mechanism. The whale can literally control/guide it. So yeah, that concept but with ships lmao (I watched a documentary that's how I know 💀). The female's gestation period lasts 1 year.

-> Sensory organs; their sight and hearing is usually very sharp. Sense of touch is slightly poor due to their huge build and material. Sense of smell is the poorest of all sensory organs of theirs.

That's it for now. I mean that is kinda alot. Anyway if anyone has any questions, i would gladly answer hehh.

[jigsaw173]

i was just bored and like. hc that pissed off ships point their main turrets at others as a small gesture of like a "fuck you” or middle finger the ships shrug it off because they know its just for show but the crews of both ships absolutely shit themselves when it happens (because the ships can override to where the crew has no control at all) example.

[haunted-planes]

Concept art for a horror comic about boats and torpedoes.

[monarchteen]

fuck all romances except for whatever the brown/black girl got going on with her pasty ass white boyfriend

[cevansbrat0007]

I am of course wanting to learn more about Ari and his Bird because Sweet Renegade lives rent free in my brain 😍💖

10. Do they share any hobbies or interests? How do these things bring them together?

14. Do they enjoy PDA, or are they more private with affection?

10. Do they share any hobbies or interests? How do these things bring them together?

They actually share a passion for the great outdoors. Although our girl is every inch a bookworm, she does enjoy going on the occasional hike. Which is perfect for a nomad like Ari, who gets a little twitchy if he's forced to stay indoors for too long.

He's actually trying to convince her to go camping with him. Bird is thisclose to saying yes. Her Beast has dreams of teaching her how to fish, before building her an amazing fire to make them dinner, and then make love to her under the stars.

Additionally, they also love watching documentaries. The next one on the docket is season two of The Jinx.

14. Do they enjoy PDA, or are they more private with affection?

It's taken some time, but Bird has grown increasingly more comfortable with public displays of affection. She still occasionally tenses up when they're in town, depending on where they are and the time of day.

If they're out grocery shopping at 5:00pm, Ari will settle for resting a hand on the small of her back or keeping a hold of one of her hands. But if it's later in the evening, say around 9:00pm, when the store is mostly empty, it's a different story.

The gentlemanly hand that is normally reserved for the small of her back now rests on her hip. And instead of lacing his fingers through hers, he uses his big body to trap her between himself and the cart as they shop. Meanwhile, she's too busy giggling and occasionally grinding her ass against him, to tell him to stop and sound like she means it.

That said, Ari and Bird are the most comfortable when they are hanging out just outside of town limits where nobody knows them. Now, when they're out exploring nearby fun, that same proprietary hand that was once reserved for Bird's lower back and hip can now be found tucked securely in the back pocket of her jeans.

When they feel free to be themselves, Bird has no problem pressing kisses to their clasped hands. The same way Ari has no problem sneaking up on his woman to nuzzle at the crook of her neck before whispering something dirty in ear.

In those moments, she doesn't ask him to stop - not even in jest. Instead Ari is treated to a soft, breathy moan followed by three little words: "tell me more."

[remusawoooo]

I'm all about curating my content and ignoring ships I don't like, BUTTTT

isn't there something so insidious about taking a character that was vehemently against dark magic and supremacy (to the extent of giving his life fighting them) and shipping him with a voldemort fanatic who couldn't wait to become a death eater.

[jesncin]

“if you hide your conservative opinions on women in cute progressive aesthetic you'd get away with a lot”- from what I have seen in fandoms, doing the bare minimum of avoiding sexist bullcrap in interpreting white characters means you can then indulge in the exact same crap regarding poc female characters with so-called progressive fans applauding you for it. These people love calling out sexism and racism when its from stereotypical dudebros; but when its from them, then its a natural response

Oh yeah! It's kind of wild how branding is essentially everything lol. Supposedly progressive fans will eat up a really conservative take on Lois (not an accomplished career woman, infantilized, her best accomplishment according to ep 7 is "being a good girlfriend", also "worst Lois in the multiverse") if you shoot enough characters with the diversity beam you'll have fans defend it. I've wondered before if Snyder's take on Supes would have been better received if it was presented like MAWS (because MAWS has repeated many of Snyder's bad creative decisions with far less fandom criticism).

It's transparent how differently fandom treats white male characters compared to WOC. If a writer wrote a bad run on their favorite white boy it's "grr this writer doesn't understand him! I ignore that take" but if a WOC is written lazily by a white writer, it's "I hate her she's awful when I catch you girlie, etc" and so little criticism is made for the racism of the white author who wrote her. They'll hide it all under saying they care about representation or feminism but it's clear that white characters with flawed writing are given way more of a chance and lenience in comparison to a flawed WOC character.

[lloyddahb0i]

Fanart of @haunted-planes characters in his comic "Lost Anchor" I can't wait to see what he comes up with next.

The character dynamic meme is made @animelionessmika

[punkeropercyjackson]

Atsv fandom make Gayatri content that's her as her own character and not just shipping fodder(Impossible)

@refrigeratedboombursts @thisismisogynoir

[theejael]

something something ah shit here we go again

[sukibenders]

Watching Hannah Dodd rave and gush about how excited she was to work with Masali and how she can't wait for the fans to see them together, only for some of them to act ridiculously in response. This is why we can't have nice things in fandom, because some of y'all don't know how to act.

[boeingboingboing]

I drew USS Nimitz instead of studying last night *chuckle*

Haha cringe camera quality as well :')

Anyway it was an experimental try and uhh he looks a little off because I ended up making him tinier because i drew him in a horizontal way instead of vertical in the book lol. His nose was literally to long to fit

Anyway, here's some hcs about my boy since i dunno what else to say:

-Is always seen bright and fine. He hides his feelings for others. Is calm and composed during stressful situations lol.

-Is very protective of his class ships. Is a father-figure for all of them

-Outgoing, determined, courageous, supportive, still wise, overprotective sometimes.

-Snores l o u d l y (credit to @thatonelightyear )

-Goofy guy, is capable of being more annoying than the naughty ones in his crew

I will got lotta think 'bout lol but yeah.

[justalovelyblackgf]

black!chloe sullivan: kelly rowland

x

clark kent: tom welling

note and disclaimer: if you don’t know i love the ship between clark kent and chloe sullivan in smallville. their relationship is so complex, yet it’s comforting and raw. i was having a conversation with @yugiohio, we agreed that if pete ross wasn’t casted as an african american, we thought that chloe’s role would’ve been filled with a poc actress to add ✨diversity✨. let me tell you chloe’s bob, clothing style, personality, and chemistry with clark were off the chain. i felt deep in my soul she would’ve been black (my opinion/head canon) and her character would’ve had some substance. so we came up with the hc for black!chloe.

even though chloe’s character is portrayed by a white actress and i love her too! she falls in that sad trope of (mostly poc) female best friend of a male mc that’s written to be undateable to him even though she’s known him for years and she falls for him because they have been through so much in life together as it is. with that type of friendship and trust, there’s gonna be some feelings that are beyond platonic! then that line is crossed and it fails miserably or that line is never thought of because the mc would be considered out of that female character’s league because she is a poc…that’s where the ball is dropped sadly.

so in conclusion:

this is a HEADCANON/AU/WHAT IF! if you don’t like it, get off my blog. i pay the bill on this phone and i’m gonna say what i’m going to say. ofc ik chloe sullivan isn’t black canonically, neither is pete ross in the comics, so i don’t wanna hear that shit. stay tuned because i got more ocs and hcs coming.

[haunted-planes]

Boats upon ye!

[shhhhhiminsidesaitamascloset]

((for woc/poc))

Your f/o loves your short kinky hair. They're amazed at how curly it gets with just water and/or gel. They show you photos on Pinterest of styles you could try.

If you have a night wrap up regimen, they think youre adorable in your night bonnet. And if you wake up with a bed head, they dont care as long as they see you.

They embrace the fact you wear weave, extensions, or faux locs. And dont care if people care that its real or if youre "bald" they love you nonetheless ✩

[cevansbrat0007]

Hey Britt☺️!! Hope you’re having a good weekend and are relaxing/getting plenty rest🌸! So from the list of questions I have two:

First for Duchess and Beast, describe their first date (I’m not sure if this has already been discussed👀). Or if it’s a potential spoiler, then I completely understand if you don’t want to answer and then pose the follow up question, what do they dislike about each other most?

Of course I can’t leave out my other fave couple, Babygirl and Andy so my question for them would be what do they love about each other the most?

Describe their first date:

Well, if you listen to Bird, then she and Ari's first date took place at Sloane's Tavern, which is a little bar down the street from her house. I can't go into a lot of specifics because that particular fic is coming up very soon (provided I continue weaving in new prequel chapters into the current storyline), but I can tell you that Ari vehemently disagrees.

He DOES NOT want that to be their first date. Which is why he's been working very hard to plan something special for his lady before he goes away on a job. Unfortunately, he suffered from a particularly bad night terror the evening before the big date, so now he feels like he has twice as much to prove.

That story will also be coming down the pipeline relatively soon. You can expect it to fall after the fic, Worthy of You.

What do Bird and Ari dislike about each other the most?

At first, the fact that Bird could be a little uptight initially bothered Ari. That is...until he discovered just how much he enjoyed showing his girl how to unwind. If he had to pick something, it would probably be the fact Bird tends to run late. Constantly. Drives him up the wall.

Meanwhile, Bird has to resist the urge to strangle her man every time he misplaces his phone, wallet, keys, etc. Not because she's never done it, but because it happens all the time. She's even tried things like putting several hooks by the front door. And when that didn't work, she upgraded to a decorative bowl on his kitchen counter, as well as his nightstand.

It still doesn't stop him from bugging her about their whereabouts while they're trying to get reading in the morning. If she's being honest, she has no idea how he's survived on his own for this long.

What do Andy and Baby Girl love about each other the most?

Even though he sometimes acts like he doesn't, Andy adores his sweet wife's sense of humor. While it's true that she can be a bit of a brat at times, his life is never boring with her. Not only does she make him laugh, but she is also able to get him to laugh at himself. Which is something he's struggled to do in the past.

He also loves her cooking. That's a big one as well.

As for Baby Girl, she loves that Andy makes her feel safe. She can be her most authentic self with him and never feel judged for it - which is part of the reason she feels free to be such a goofball.

She also loves how he manages to smell ridiculously good like all of the time.

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Thanks for playing the Ship Ask Game!