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[divine-shaymin]

Interact with this post if you want my new account

No, this isn't an April Fools joke. I'm actually moving accounts.

[divine-shaymin]

After about a week of taking a break from the self shipping community, I realize how much this community means to me... It's hard for me to exactly leave it- not only because I still self ship, but also because I miss my friends and supporting people's self ships...

Should I rejoin the Self Shipping Community once I move accounts in April?

Yes

No

Voting ended onMar 26, 2024

[divine-shaymin]

Taking an indefinite hiatus from the Self Ship Community

After some long thinking; I decided I'm going to take a indefinite hiatus from the Self Ship Community.

This wasn't easy to do because I made so many friends over the years and I loved to see other people's self ships! Hence, I always asked if people in this community were interested in gushing to me about their self ships! (You might've remembered those "Gush to me about your F/Os!" from my past accounts)

The toxicity and drama in this community has gotten far out of hand. I get some of these things needed to be talked about, and I'm glad they're being talked about! But, the toxicity towards others needs to stop!! Bullying is never the answer!!!

I'll be making a new account since I know a lot of you guys followed me for self shipping reasons, that will be made in April. Until then, I'll be taking a break from Tumblr (somewhat, I'll be on Tumblr and be responding to messages and such, but I don't know if I'll be posting often)

I'll miss you guys very much, thank you for all the wonderful self shipping memories!!

[avas-wonderland]

Decora Sasha

(Reblogs are encouraged, pr0ship/c0mshippers dni)

[divine-shaymin]

hey reece! i just wanted to reach out and let you know that i understand feeling that way about the selfship community. i feel there's just been a lot more toxicity popping up lately, and while it's good people are talking about the important things that need to be brought up, it's still VERY scary for those of us that struggle with paranoia and similar things as everyone is just so... well... toxic, i suppose, and you never know if a person will be kind or not, which is SUPER bad, ESPECIALLY if you're prone to paranoia. i think that if you feel it's the best course of action for your mental health to take a break (or even step away entirely!!) from the selfship community, that's completely fair and an okay thing to do. <3 i also think it's okay to keep your selfships but leave the community!! a lot of people like things but stay away from the related communities, so i think that would be okay as well if you don't want to part with your f/os! overall i really hope that you end up feeling better soon, please stay safe and make sure to take care of yourself as much as you can!! <3

Yeah... I'm glad you understand how I'm feeling @friendly-jasprr ...

You're right, I should step away from the self ship community for a while....It's just so hard when I've made tons of friends in the community and I feel like I'm failing them because of me being mentally and emotionally unstable..

[divine-shaymin]

I understand your stress about this whole thing! Friends are here to help if you need to talk it out

Thank you so much, @ava-ships ;~; It means a lot to me that I have you guys as my friends!

[divine-shaymin]

I think I might leave the self shipping community...

It's so toxic to the point people are constantly making rants about each other...bullying each other... ect ect.

It's making me terrified of being in the community now... like I can't ever do ANYTHING without the constant paranoia biting at me...

I know a lot of people who are following are self shippers, hence I'm making this post in the first place.

I just...don't know what to do..

[divine-shaymin]

Might be retiring from Romantic self shipping??

I don't know if this counts as a vent because I'm not really sad about it- but more confused about it!

For the past few weeks I'd say- I haven't felt any romantic feelings towards any of my Romantic F/Os- even when I tried to force myself with Tammy and Sasha from Animal Crossing and N from Pokemon (all three were short lived)

But at the same time I'm still uncomfortable with sharing them Romantically for some reason?

I'm really confused, is there some way I can spark back the relationships I had with my Romantic F/Os? Or should I just retire from Romantic self shipping and file those Romantic F/Os I had under Platonic or Queerplatonic?

Please help a shaymin out!

[canon-can-fight-me]

I have nothing to say just look at the them

I wanted a new pfp so I made one!! Just something simple because I have serious art block currently 🧎🏻

[divine-shaymin]

I wouldn't say that what Tammy said was entirely indicative of how you should self-ship; I know that Animal Crossing with it's game mechanics definitely tries to look at everything through a lens of friendship, but even so I think it could be totally valid for your romantic F/O to refer to you as a best bud or an amazing friend; romantic F/O's are like friends who love eachother, no? And perhaps you could even interpret it as wanting to be romantic but being nervous to say it outright.

I just wanted to say this as someone who has an animal crossing villager F/O who is very important to me; it's important to remember that it's how the developers programmed them, and any romantic love you and an F/O may have transcends what the devs might program them to say sometimes. Hopefully my approach to this can give you some comfort, I wouldn't want you to feel like lines of dialogue such as this would invalidate your ships and such, I think many people who have F/O's that are or are similar to villagers can relate in this regard. Have a wonderful day <3

You're absolutely right! It could certainly still be romantic and I can still have romantic self ships with Animal Crossing characters!!! ;v;

Thank you for this kind message! It really made my day!!

I'm going to rethink Tammy and I's relationship before I jump back into romantic, but I'll forever keep this in mind for all the characters I meet in Animal Crossing (and other games too that have similar mechanics!!)

[divine-shaymin]

I reread what Tammy said here and realized she only loves me as a friend!! I'm so sorry Tammy you're my QPP F/O!!! ;v;

[divine-shaymin]

I took a breather and started fresh on my ACNH island! Welcome to Overgrowth Island! An island with...a rather mysterious story to it. But we'll come back to that when things settle.

I kept getting Tammy on my islands, so I now officially welcome her as a Romantic F/O!! I love you Tammy 💞 (will make a post in the future about her)

Second villager is Bam! I'm still unsure how to feel about him (it's a mix between Romantic and Platonic right now) so I'll be sure to talk about him more too in the future!

[divine-shaymin]

I deleted my Island again

I've been getting really upset over Animal Crossing, and I think I figured out why.

I always choose the same themes, the same villagers, I don't explore as much as I should in an Animal Crossing game.

So I deleted my island and decided I'm going to make a new island when I feel ready- because right now I'm emotionally and mentally unstable for handling one, plus I want to play Fire Emblem: Engage.

[prismfawn]

fairy type pokemon little moodboard ₊˚⊹♡

[dragon-queen21]

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[mintchocolatemagic]

BRING ON THE DESPAIR!!!

Finally finished a drawing of my fangan's Mastermind, Misato Yoshido!

[divine-shaymin]

I reset my island because I really disliked the name of my last island, so I tried again with the name I often use for my minecraft worlds, Overgrowth!

Overgrowth will be an kingdom full of plant life (as the name suggests)!! I'm excited to start this island ^v^

My first villager is Tammy! I'm so happy I got her again since I had her on my last island! I...I think I'm in love with Tammy romantically but I'm not sure yet. Living life with her will be so amazing!!! >////<

My second villager is Bud! He basically adopted me as his younger sibling with what he first said to me (in the picture)! So Bud, I accept being your younger sibling ^v^