Subject: I should not watch so much Monty Python.
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Posted on: 2014-02-23 01:55:00 UTC
Mostly because I'm getting this funny mental image of a person with two heads sitting at a computer arguing with each other on an online forum.
Who's up for some shipping?
As all (some? None?) know, next month will be the PPC Community Shipfic Fest, in which people write horribly OOC stories about each other and generally have a good time.
This is not that.
Rather, this is an attempt to make that more fun, by compiling a list of ships to laugh over. The story-writing - and the signing up to agree to be in stories - will happen in March, as scheduled.
When the very first Shipfest happened, it started with a list: a list of the pairings (and more-than-pairings) Bjam and BeautyID shipped on the Board. Of course, practically everyone on that list has since departed (seriously, looking down the list... the remaining people I can see are me, Kaitlyn, Dann, AW, Araeph... yep, I think that's it. And Kaitlyn never posts, and AW only just came back.)
So let's make another one. That way we can use it as a basis (and expand on it) for the Shipficfest - and can write it now without it getting tangled up in the stories-and-permission, er, tangle. (I'm... sort of assuming no-one will seriously object to seeing '[Their name]/[Someone else's name]: because [reason]'? Am I wrong?)
The rules... are simple:
-List your PPC Community ships - people in the PPC community (not organisation) that you totally think are/should be together.
-Give reasons for your ships. Otherwise it's just a random name generator.
-Revenge shipping is perfectly okay!
-Shipping someone with yourself - if you're not actually in a relationship - should be avoided; that's a bit creepy.
-No stories. This is just a list. Stories is next month.
-Have fun! It's a ludicrous exercise in ridiculousness, after all.
I'll post my list in a reply, to keep things neat. And I'll do so tomorrow, so that anyone who has vehement and violent objections to their name being listed next to a slash can speak up, in which case we'll just scrap the thread and do it in March.
hS
No, that isn't a challenge. Or is it?
Also, Bryn/VM/Miah, since they're the (newly expanded) returnbies club.
Tomash/Phobos, because neither posts a lot.
Mind you, these are the (mild) crackships. (I say 'mild' because that really long one Wobbles wrote with the penguins far outstrips anything else).
Neshomeh/Wiki, because reasons. No, seriously, there are reasons. With all the time and effort she spends making sure it makes its way towards achieving perfection...well, there must be something there, right? Right? /hides/
And, of course, Boarders/Shipping. Look how much fun we're having! Almost...too much fun, if you know what I mean...
(I don't think I've ever written so much innuendo in my life. No idea if it's even good innuendo, for that matter. Oh well.)
~DF
Since I've only been here a month (Wow, really? It seems a lot longer...), I doubt anyone would really care about crackshipping me with anyone else.
But I don't care! :D I'm gonna just do some ships based on names alone. The ship names are very important, after all!
Wozzektheclown: Just because it sounds funny. Seriously, that's it.
Lily WinterWorld-Jumper: Seen them interacting a few times, and I like how world and wood sound kind of similar.
*dons hard hat* This should get interesting...
... that are easily shortened into actual names.
hS
hS and Randa. Because she will drive you even more insane than any badfic. :3
Just for that I'm making a crack pairing comic of you and the sue we're going to kill soon....
Be prepared.
And just when I thought you could stoop no lower...
Hell, I could get freaky nasty with it too and you know it. But I wont because I love you -chu-
Mostly because I'm getting this funny mental image of a person with two heads sitting at a computer arguing with each other on an online forum.
Oh geez, if Randa and I were connected, I'd go insane. Seriously, she's shipped me with a SUE. That should tell you something.
Don't give up on the Pythons because of us!
Don't stop on our account. Monty Python is too good to give up.
(omg I gotta draw this though holy shit)
Desdendelle/theIrishSamurai/Dawnfire
Because so many other people have shipped their beta's I might as well go for it as well.
Or alternatively
Desdendelle/theIrishSamurai (first 2 beta's for my permission piece) and Dawnfire/sonofheaven176 (second two beta's)
....that I'm not on this list. *parties* Of course, now I just opened myself up to attack....
Anyway, I can't really think of many ships. Maybe Outhra/Huinesoron ?
KittyEden/Techno-Dann
Also known as the laser pointer ship. =]
...Araeph/Phobos because their baronies are right next to each other.
And, by implication, all the other neighbouring baronial seats (which is totally not the right term, but oh well).
-Aila
So Ima ship World-Jumper/Huinesoron. 'Cause thanks for leaving me all cold an alone, World-Jumper! =P
...I'm not gay, just so everybody knows. I'm fine with the shippings, because it's silly and for fun, but, still. So you know. *cough*
(Herr, I laughed for a good five minutes when I read that. Well done!)
...who would you guys ship me with? I'm not sure who I'd ship with one another, merely because I haven't quite thought about it.
Because you're both oldbies who I haven't spoken to half as much as I'd like, don't know half as as well as you deserve--y'know what, I'm not sure this misquote is really working, but that's the reason.
Ship it, chaps. Shiiiiiip iiiiiiiiit. :D
~DF
Pretzel/Kaitlyn, because Kaitlyn used to 'work' in a 'bakery', if you know what I mean. (I mean she used to work in a bakery)
Pretzel/Phobos - This ship brought to you by the letter 'P'.
Pretzel/Storm Hawke, because you're both so eager to be shipped...
Pretzel/the concept of shipping - because ferries. ;)
hS
A ship that's all about ferries!
Notary/Morgan
This is something of a one-sided hatecrush on the Notary's part, one that the poor dear's trying deeply to repress. =]
Wobbles/Sugar
"GET IN ME" -- Agent Wobbles
Huinesoron/Araeph
Because they're two great tastes that taste great together. =]
wobblestheclown/Neshomeh
Because she reads my first drafts without wanting to kill me. That's a sign of love, right?
Right?
...
I'll be in my trailer with my Nickelback albums.
Mostly because Notary/Librarian sounds so entertaining in-universe.
You're not supposed to ship yourself with anyone. It's a bit creepy, to quote the original post.
Must've missed that bit. Whoops. I'd excise it, but message board.
Following the rules in the future is good, though. {= )
In retaliation, I propose wobblestheclown/Ekyl/Desdendelle, who were totally all up in each other's business in that Gdoc.
Also wobblestheclown/Herr Wozzeck, 'cause I've recently beta'd for them both.
~Neshomeh
wobblestheclown/Sergio Turbo because they're my latest Beta clients.
That said... Wobbles, get out of my bathroom - the spiders called, they want their living space back.
(Yes, I have cobwebs in various corners of ceilings in my house. Atmospheric, plus the spiders catch some of the mosquitoes that would have otherwise bit me or my family.)
Tell 'em, Bugs.
Okay, let's see...
Desdomeh is the obvious portmanteau, for the reasons you yourself outlined. Deskyl is a more argumentative, Beatrice and Benedick-style affair.
I say affair because the only ship anyone should ever ship is Desdenelle/Rina/Randa/A vat of pureed watermelon/Clothing that seems to be primarily metal rings held together with thin leather or PVC belts/One of those strange Japanese body pillow efforts with a picture of a galloping horse on it/A small painted wooden duck/Seven copies of the Zambezi mod for Civilisation V/A stuffed penguin/A non-stuffed penguin/Neshomeh while dressed as a penguin or similar large seabird/A slightly used electric toothbrush/And some chap I met in the mess hall this morning called Bernard.
=]
... three women, two men, a sweet foodstuff, revealing clothing (and one penguin suit), a body pillow, two toys, multiple computer games, an animal, and a long thin buzzing thing.
I reckon that could work. Presumably the seventh copy of the Zambezi mod is for the cameraperson? (The sixth, obviously, is for the penguin). The most difficult aspect to fit in may be the duck...
hS
Desdomeh+Tea was already a thing last year.
This is actually supposed to be about community members, not our characters. They have their own game later in the year.
-Phobos
Kellysinaga/ThatThatShan'tBeNamed Because Newbies.
I, myself, am not much of a shipper. I find it a strange hobby to pair two people who you know barely anything about together.
That said, stuff like this is hilarious! So, let's break out the rum and skervy our dogs, 'cause we gots ships to sail!
Arrright, who do I be shippen togethar? Oi hav' in my personal fleet:
DawnFire/Karen - Day call demselves Brain Twins! Day arrre worken on an OFU togethar! Karen even wrote a poem for Dawn! Iffen dat aint enough resens for yeh, oi don't know what to tell yah.
DemonFiren/darklordaakmal - Because Dark Lords and Demons need somebody to brood with. Oh, wait, my accent. Um, Yar!
Herr Wozzek/sonofheaven176 - 'Cause dey were me beta readars, and oi thought oi'd pay dem back. By shippin' dem togethar!
And, 'o course: Jay/Acacia. Ye nevar said dey had to be active members, did yah?
Now, iffen yeh excuse me, oi got some ships to plundar.
(And now one that I made for a God-awful joke:
Huinesoron/Phobos - While they're both permission givers, some nights, they're fine with receiving.)
Though I am perfectly content to be included in the Shipfic Fest this time one may remember that I wasn't last time, please remove Herr/SOH176 from that list. I don't play that way!
I'll just leave Herr over here. Alone. Loveless. Without his angel to comph-
OK, I'm going too far. Sorry about that, I should have checked that list of people who did not want to be shipped.
Though I am perfectly content to be included in the Shipfic Fest this time (one may remember that I wasn't last time), please remove Herr/SOH176 from that list. I don't play that way!
Are you asking that your ship with Herr be removed from the list, or that a note be added in March that you don't want shipfics written with you and other men (or just with Herr)?
Any of those is fine, but I cain't do it unless I know.
hS
Please, no M/M shipfics involving me. Thanks for understanding.
Let's see what I can come up with.
hS/VM - I ship the two-letter abbreviations.
firemagic/wobblestheclown/darklordaakmal - No capitals? Words slammed together? I'd ship that.
Storm Hawk/SeaTurtle/99Hedgehog/Sevenswans - So many animal names to ship.
Huinesoron/Lily Winterwood - They do seem to be enjoying each others' company further down the thread. This ship is totally not a revengeship. Nope.
-Phobos
LOL.
...that your objection stems from the fact that it is only a threesome. In order to address that, I give you:
darklordaakmal/Herr Wozzeck/KittyEden/Ailavyn Siniyash/World-Jumper/Storm Hawk/Lily Winterwood/Ekyl/Dann/firemagic/Kaitlyn - This one goes to eleven.
-Phobos
Also seems rather complicated if they all ended up in one room. Hmm. I'll have to have Kaitlyn fill me in on how they resolve the inherent difficulties.
hS
..But seeing as it isn't mentioned anywhere, I offer to you, boarders of the PPC a challenge *takes off imaginary glove and throws it onto the floor*. Who would you pair me with? Yes, I am fully aware of what I'm letting myself into and no, I really don't care.
Storme Hawk
'Cause you've both got bird names.
I admit it'd work better if you could just helpfully translate your name into Elvish, Storme Hawk.
and, err I tried to find an elvish translation of Storme Hawk, but the best I could get (after five minutes searching Google) was Hurofion in Quenya. Knowing my luck, I've probably murdered the entire language by doing that but hey.
Fion is definitely-probably 'hawk' in Quenya, but I'm not sure what 'huro' is meant to be... for 'storm', you'd want raumo (the sound of a storm) or ucco (rain, with etymological links to 'bull' - so probably heavy). If you want 'Hawk from the storm', you'd use an ablative ending -llo, which gives Fionraumollo/Fionuccollo (that looks kind of faux-Italian). You could also have 'Hawk of the storm'/'Storm's hawk', which would take the genetive, which vanishes - so Fionraumo/Fionucco (or, indeed, Uccofion/Raumofion). Or the possessive, which gives Fionraumova/Fionuccova.
Out of all of those, probably the most pleasing to Elvish ears is Fionraumo, though Fionucco also works, sort of.
And Sindarin? Well, alagos is 'storm of wind', but there's no known word for 'hawk'... you could be an eagle, but I've done that already. A crow? That's corch, or craban if you want to be an evil one. Or, rather delightfully, you could be a kingfisher, heledir.
Thankfully Sindarin doesn't use cases much, so we can just mash the words together: Corchalagos, Crabalagos, Alagorch, Alagraban [These two because c mutates to g in compounds], or with the kingfisher, Alacheledir, Helediralagos. A lot of those are too long, though - I'd probably go with Alagorch.
... yeah, I'd stick with Quenya, really.
hS
If I ever need an Elven name for some reason I'll use 'Fionraumo'
For some reason Huinesoron/Neshomeh seems like a really good brotp. Mostly because of the wheelhouse joke. And the number of times they've backed each other up.
Has anyone done Neshomeh/Phobos? Because that's canon.
And I might as well take this time to say that IntelligentAirhead and I are in that fuzzy place between a relationship and friendship (it's the distance thing), so yeah.
I honestly thought it when I was a newbie.
Which means I have to also ship Kaitlyn/Phobos, so they can comfort each other over their lost loves.
Huinesoron/Kaitlyn/Neshomeh/Phobos. The ship name is 'married bliss'.
Lily/Neshomeh, because you clearly have an obsession with her - look at the number of ships you've just made with her in!
hS :P
I should get that checked before Phobos comes after me.
Other ships, though:
firemagic/Sergio Turbo, because the two of them have collaborated on anime-related missions.
IntelligentAirhead/firemagic, because the two could then discuss things in a bubble of logic.
DawnFire/hermioneofvulcan, because Star Trek and rambling.
DawnFire/Outhra, because good ideas (they often have them)
And since why not: DawnFire/IntelligentAirhead, because 1) name structure, and 2) if we were the Star Trek triumvirate, Dawn would be the Kirk to my Bones and Intel's Spock.
I believe it was World-Jumper who brought it up. Still, it holds true this year. After all, she inadvertently convinced me to get into the Avengers and now I have an emotionally unstable Norse god living in my brain. So there's that.
I would revenge ship you with Dawn, but it has already been done and it's hardly a revenge ship if you're totally fine with it.
And speaking of things that have already been done, way ahead of you on hs/Neshomeh. If you look up last year's shipfic fest, you'll find something I wrote. No, I'm not linking it. I wrote quite a bit and looking back it's all very embarrassing and weird. But still, I ship it too.
At the time, you two were chatting up a storm, getting each other into fandoms and planning secret things. What sort of secret things, I do not know, but secret indeed. Whatever it was,you two were (and probably still are) the best of internet fiends. I had to ship that in my first shipfic games!
Heck some of the suggested ones on here I ship myself. Just a tiny eensy-weensy bit. In the I like you let's write together sorta way.
I have long since lost the need to embroil myself in ship wars.
I have achieved shipping nirvana.
(I'm not exactly sure how you're supposed to respond to someone achieving nirvana.)
... Lily Winterwood/DawnFire/IntelligentAirhead: crew of the star 'ship Hedonism. We don't want to know what you get up to.
hS
It involves a lot of space.
No, not that space, the final frontier space.
Since people have started posting, holding mine back makes next to no sense. Therefore: if you strenuously object to your name appearing, say so, and the Nameless Admin will remove all instances of it.
I'd forgotten that fic.
Brb introducing your progeny to the delights of the Bilbo song.
IRL, VM / Dann is happily sailing through the molasses sea: things are going slowly but sweetly.
-Dann
Well, hopefully you two'll have classier jokes and better life expectancies than those two :)
...but I think I'd better brush up on my humour! I still think that this
is the pinnacle of funny.
Source: XKCDTHIS PROBLEM MAKES ME ANGRY FOR NO REASON
Just pulling your chain, no worries (my posts aren't extremely long...).
Doctorlit/Neshomeh: because I can't say "the wiki".
(You've started shortening them in recent weeks; when I first wrote the list around Christmastime, it was absolutely true)
hS
I'm not offended or anything, just wasn't sure if I was being sniped at.
(I don't remember if I was particularly doing anything here around Christmastime, but you're right, in the past I have tended towards wordiness.)
Again, not an actual objection, this post's just clarifying. :P
Let's see...
Lielac and Rin because of that tilde thing
IntelligentAirhead and Lily Winterwood because they're writing fic together now.
Wow, a quick crtl-f turns up 3/4 of those usernames haven't popped up on the first page of the Board...
I ship VM and Bryn because they're both returnbies who returned to the Board recently.
They couldn't have planned their returns better. :D
Though you're forcing me to remove that one from my list... ;)
hS
Someone already said that, but it bears repeating: Sergio Turbo x Firemagic OTP :P
DawnFire x Firemagic because fire.
Sergio Turbo/desdendelle because you're in the consecutive time zones and play World of Tanks together.
I retaliate by closing the circle with desdendelle/firemagic.
You've just been in the same shipping thread, after all...
~DF
Sergio Turbo/firemagic/Desdendelle.
A cuddly sandwich of anime and magical girls and bespectacled folks.
Dawn Fire/Desdendelle, because they lived in the same country once and everyone loves a soldier. ;P
Lily Winterwood x DawnFire, because DF is part Canadian and Lily has Winter in her name.
DawnFire/Time Engineer. They know each other IRL, I hear.
I would also suggest DawnFire/DemonFiren because that sounds awesome but I haven't seen the latter around and it would be awkward, so no.
...which one are you seconding?
~DF
...Lily Winterwood/Desdendelle, because you've both just shipped me with people.
(In terms of DemonFiren, I've been told that our names get confused with one another's before. Do with that what you will.)
Also, totally shipping Lily/Outhra, because they've collaborated in the past. Also, Pretzel/Kittythekatty, because I saw Pretzel's name up earlier and know Kitty and I have no memory of them ever really talking. That's an awesome basis for a ship, wouldn't you say? :P
~DF