Have a little something I wrote up for Valentine’s Day, AKA a Very Good Boy’s birthday!
This takes place in the universe of my merman AU, also known as Saltwater Melodies, and is set in the past, before the events of the fic. The year is 2013 and Chris has just turned 17!
Rated T for language. Happy birthday, you beautiful Swiss Adonis.
@artsyfartsywhatnot and I were discussing San Francisco AUs (because why the heck not) so here I present: BOHO BARISTA HAKUBA and his LOYAL TRASH DOG, Oscar!
these discussions just
get out of hand ?!?!
I said that if Hakuba were to move to the states that he would actually wear jeans
like what???
@artsyfartsywhatnot and I were discussing San Francisco AUs (because why the heck not) so here I present: BOHO BARISTA HAKUBA and his LOYAL TRASH DOG, Oscar!
these discussions just
get out of hand ?!?!
I said that if Hakuba were to move to the states that he would actually wear jeans
like what???
people on the train were staring at me drawing this.
people on the train were staring at me drawing this.
I drew these a while ago, but decided to make them public since it’s Shinichi’s birthday today and I love him.
The top one is from a storyline that I’m doing with pixel-witchy, the rest are from SPACE AU, which yukitsukihana and I invented and I am developing into a graphic novel (eventually).
BUNNICHI is one of my favorite things in the world. <3 Happy birthday, Shinibun!
I drew these a while ago, but decided to make them public since it’s Shinichi’s birthday today and I love him.
The top one is from a storyline that I’m doing with pixel-witchy, the rest are from SPACE AU, which yukitsukihana and I invented and I am developing into a graphic novel (eventually).
BUNNICHI is one of my favorite things in the world. <3 Happy birthday, Shinibun!
still understand and respect that a particular character wouldn’t be into the relationship at that point in time or ever
accept it if the characters never get together in canon
be completely fine with other people not shipping it
not hate the characters’ canon relationships or romantic/sexual partners
realize that being in a sexual/romantic relationship with the other character(s), or with anyone at all, might not be healthy for one or both of the characters
if the characters are already in a sexual/romantic relationship with each other, acknowledge that there are things about that relationship that are fucked up and unhealthy
admit each character’s faults honestly and not excuse them (understanding =/= excusing)
differentiate between what you want to see in canon and what you want to write/read about in fic/see in art
understand that ships serve different needs for different people; not every ship or representation of a ship is about healthy, loving romantic relationships. Some ships are about unhealthy codependency; some are about hatesex. Ships are a way of working out fantasies that we can’t and sometimes shouldn’t fulfill in real life, or about working through real-life fears, hopes, and pains. Writing something is not tantamount to saying “this is 100% awesome”. Sometimes we have to indulge our ids, and that doesn’t mean we get a free pass to not think about issues of representation or ensure that the people reading our fics know what to expect, but it all comes down to, for me, the fact that life is too fucking short and painful to have to feel like shit for what goes on in our heads so long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else.
