☆Fly Me To The Moon & Let Me Play Among The Stars☆

[ghostinspacee]

For the self-shippers who see this...

If you ever feel like trying to get more in touch and connected with your f/o(s), you can always try creating a self-shipping journal. I'm in the on going process of making mine, and it's so nice and fun to do! It can be a fancy little notebook or a spiral notebook, doesn't matter.

I'll make a list of things you can add to your journal if you decide to start one:

- Write down how you and your f/o first met

- Add pictures, doodles or drawings of your f/o

- Add doodles of things that remind you of your f/o or relationship

- Write down any dreams or daydreams you have about them

- Write down a playlist or list of songs that make you think about your f/o

- Write down scenarios that go with a certain song

- You could buy cheap stickers of your f/o off Etsy or something and put them in there

- You could write about your s/I if you have one and how your s/I met your f/o

-Write letters from your f/o or write letters to your f/o

- Things you both enjoy doing with each other

Honestly you could do what you want with it but these are some of the things I've done with mine. It's fun to do cause if you're ever feeling down or anything, you could look at the journal and remind yourself that your f/o loves you <3

There's probably a bunch more stuff you could do so if anyone has other ideas, leave them in the comments/tags. If I think of anything else, I'll update the list. Hope you guys enjoy this idea! 😊

[fictionblast]

SOME of you are saying your f/os wouldn't love you. Stop that. They are thinking about you in a positive way as we speak. They love you because you are lovable, for all your unique talents and flaws and inner beauty, ok?

[kiawren]

Hey selfshippers, here's a reminder that you don't have to be immediately "compatible" with your f/o to validly belong with them. You don't have to have every ideal and perfect trait that would attract and work well with your f/o. Just the unique, weird blend of traits that you are is enough. Yk that saying that soulmates are not found but made? Becuz two people meet, like each other, and decide to put in effort to make it work, and grow with each other. That's exactly it, so if you have negative thoughts that you don't fit well with your f/o and they'd dislike some of your traits for whatever reason, and theyre too 'perfect' for you, stop thinking that! They decided to love you and grow with you, and make it work beautifully despite anything. That's true love :)

[theheroand]

OKAY POLL TIME BC I NEED TO KNOW

Selfshippers, have you ever interacted with anyone that worked on one of your f/os' sources?

I interacted with someone that worked on one of my f/os' sources

Someone who worked on my f/o's source knows my selfship exists

I've never interacted with someone who worked on one of my f/os' sources

My f/o is my own OC

My f/o is the OC of someone I know

Voting ended onJan 15, 2024

('Worked on' means actors, writers, artists, anything of that variety!)

PRO.SHIP DNI!

[kiawren]

Hey selfshippers, here's a reminder that you don't have to be immediately "compatible" with your f/o to validly belong with them. You don't have to have every ideal and perfect trait that would attract and work well with your f/o. Just the unique, weird blend of traits that you are is enough. Yk that saying that soulmates are not found but made? Becuz two people meet, like each other, and decide to put in effort to make it work, and grow with each other. That's exactly it, so if you have negative thoughts that you don't fit well with your f/o and they'd dislike some of your traits for whatever reason, and theyre too 'perfect' for you, stop thinking that! They decided to love you and grow with you, and make it work beautifully despite anything. That's true love :)

[xxdreamersdesirexx]

while kissing my villain f/o's head: you're a problem *smooch* you're a terror *smooch* you're a menace to society *smooch smooch smooch*

[carlosoliveiras-wife-deactivate]

a bit of a personal post. taps chin. because i've been feeling highly insecure for an unspecified amount of time and so i thought i'd make an appreciation post !

putting this in big bold letters: PROSHIP DNI

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shoutout to selfshippers with bottling problems and/or tendencies. to those of us who keep our feelings locked up inside until it pops and pours out when we least want it to. to those of us who bottle so much to keep others feeling happy. to the selfshippers who are so scared to voice anything about how they feel because they've experienced negative reactions from those they've trusted, just by voicing their emotions.

shoutout to selfshippers who can't properly gush because they often feel like a nuisance to others. whether it's the kinda gushing that's about your f/o's lore, your f/o in general, your selfships— to those of us who find it weird and at times a bit uncomfortable to gush because we're so used to feeling like a nuisance. or that we won't even be given the time of day to have our stuff acknowledged.

shoutout to selfshippers who are genuinely not understood. who's reactions at times are viewed as unnecessary or overdramatic or illogical for reacting the way we do when we're scared of opening up.

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your f/o(s) wouldn't treat you like that. they'd listen to you oh so intently, to whatever you'd have to say.

if you've been bottling for so long, whether it's emotions or interests, your f/o(s) wouldn't let you keep that up. they'd gently encourage you to express yourself, even if it starts out small. they reassure you that they won't get mad about speaking your mind, that're you're not an asshole for how you feel, especially if your f/o(s) understand what cause your reactions and why you keep things inside.

your f/o(s) will do everything in their power to make you feel safe in being you, you who expresses yourself, just like every human should be allowed to.

[selfship-polycule]

i love dating FOs from different sources! i love discovering new characters to crush on! i love that i can find love in any universe! i love being a selfshipper and being loved by so many wonderful FOs!

[neon-junkie]

*talking about the worst man imaginable*

"he would treat me so right!"

[labselkie]

if it weren't for you, your f/o's life wouldn't be nearly as bright

maybe before meeting you they were doing just fine, and you coming long just lit up what used to be the monotony of their days

maybe before their life was rough. a life of villainy full of scars, a life of sadness full of pain, but no matter what you showed them something new to cling to

love

no matter what, every thought of you helps a fire burn brighter in their heart, and they wouldn't trade that for the world

[moving-to-dreamwinged]

one time on another platform when i was super new to self shipping i was like. how can you believe your f/o loves you back? and someone replied “don’t they bring you comfort? that is their love for you”

[solitaireships]

This one's for the self shippers who like the thought of getting to care for their f/o. They love and appreciate everything that you do for them, and every moment spent with you is something they cherish. You make their life better, and they don't know what they would do without you and your support. You make them feel accepted and loved more than they ever have been before

[moving-to-dreamwinged]

having an f/o is being constantly terrified that you’re gravely mischaracterizing them or manipulating their personality/character to fit your own desires without realizing it yet at the same time immediately going “yeah that’s wrong” to any perception or opinion of them that goes against your own

[rosemaryjmoriarty]

Hello everyone, there's something that I'd like to share with everyone here, because I believe it will help a lot of people.

For us folks who engage in imaginary worlds, with canon characters or our own creations, who have deep conversation with their faves in their heads or need their comfort character's shoulder to cry on, there is an unavoidable phenomenon which I took the liberty of naming "Character burnout".

"Character Burnout" essentially means that you have no energy in order to visualise your character(s) in your mind or engage with them on your imagination. I've come to the conclusion that it can be a result of an actual burnout (mental) or it can be irrelevant to mental state and your mind is overwhelmed. Simply put, it is the way your mind kindly asks you for a small break to charge its batteries. After all, picturing an entirely different reality needs a lot of energy.

Now, the reason I'm saying all this, is not for the sake of just mentioning it. I understand that a lot of us are extremely attached to our comfort characters/ f/o(s) or whatever you prefer calling them, myself included, and this situation can be very stressful. Personally, I panic, thinking that I've lost interest to my favourite characters or "grew out of it" to the point I become unable to function at all, but, after a small amount of time I can connect with them again.

So, when you experience this, please don't jump into conclusions or let fear overcome you, the connection will come back again as enjoyable as ever, you just need to be patient and give your mind the time it deserves to recharge in order to take you places again. It may take days, or weeks, but the love we have for our characters is never gone.

If anyone wants to talk about this, please do speak your mind, and I'm open if someone wants to discuss it with me as well.

So um that's it, and and sorry for the long post!

[tokimekiinversion]

if they didnt want me to fall hopelessly in love with fictional characters why did they make them so easy to fall in love with huh?????????? why did they make them so kissable and easy to care about and imagine a life with hmmmmmmmmm??????????

[dmclr]

dont worry if ur self inserts look extremely similar like give them all the same three hairstyles give them all the same color schemes!!!!! they are inspired by u after all!!!! give them the same design or make up a new distinct one each time, either way ur making an awesome self insert so long as it reflects u in a way that makes u happy!!!!!!!!!!

[anotherselfshipper]

psst hey...you wanna know a secret?

there's no rules about how your supposed to do self ship lore. you can't think of any pre-relationship stuff? jump right in to dating, heck, jump right in to being married! if you later come up with pre-relationship details, you can retroactively insert those into your lore! the reverse is also true! if you want to explore your and your f/o's dynamic pre-relationship, it's totally cool and valid to focus on that aspect and safe the relationship stuff for a later time! you can even change lore! as many times as you want! make aus for your self ships! make aus of aus! the possibilities are endless! including not really caring about the lore at all! self shippers who just want to imagine kissing their f/o(s) are just as valid as self shippers who have a ton of lore!