as if this subject hasn't been revisited enough, here's a plurk about shipping (positive/musings)

i feel like i'm very obvious about what my tastes are, but anywho there's three gateways for me and shipping (they're also not very Groundbreaking):
1. i can envision them as friends first
2. there's yummy sexual tension (positive/negative/toxic LMFAO)
3. they argue a lot

i do try to let things slow cook before i rip the band-aid off and confess My Affections for a pair, but i do try to be direct so i know whether i'm reading the room right

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i am very fortunate to have had many positive shipping experiences that greatly outnumber whatever negative experiences i've had, so i try to focus on the positives

it's easy to get anxious about shipping, but reminding yourself that this is all for fun and that your character's life doesn't end if they don't get to fall in love/an endgame ship is helpful

plenty of my characters are single and might always be and i'm content with that because i know that i personally lead an exciting and fulfilled life as someone who has never dated before

i also really love ships where interacting with their special person changes them (whether that's for the better or worse, both are yummy)

i.e. suzy making aimi want to try more despite the severe roadblocks they might experience, rieker opening nazanin's eyes to the problems the nobility have caused thru their arguments, idunn sticking around long enough doralee remembered how to have emotional attachments to people

sometimes it takes a reeeeeeeally long time for me to warm up to a ship, other times it'll be like aimi and suzy where i was like "haha aimi's in danger (of romance)" internally immediately

i'm really picky about my non-oc ships because a lot of media/fan content do things that are not especially compelling to me, but sometimes they get it in one gestures to 2b/9s (confession: unhealthy obsessions in fiction are kinda 'hmm yes' for me)

but at the same time, i shovel so much shoujo/josei into my mouth that is most certainly exclusively trope based and it still fulfills me

anyways, i'm not sure there was a point to this plurk besides rambling about stuff that's been drifting in my head while reading excessive amounts of manga/webtoons lol

if i think of more things to say i'll probably add to this. my current shipping status is i have like one or two pots on my stovetop i'm cooking, but they need more time to simmer before i decide whether This Is For Me

i really do on average need a boatload of interactions to make a decision LMFAO

i make it seem like my shipping crockpot is worthy of a teaser, but it really isn't a special process. i just start putting thoughts in and wait for it to finish so i can take a Sample

oh right and i have the obvious stuff i've already declared to the public but we already knew that

me reading this back and realizing this is absolutely not a unique phenomenon but i'm always compelled to slap a long winded metaphor onto everything

also having ocs that are poly makes my extra ass so pleased because i can hold so many hands and i'm able to confess quicker when i like a pair