Selfship Vocabulary Guide!
Selfship: To ship yourself or a self-insert with a character, whether it be platonic, romantic, or familial.
Yume/Yumeship: A different word for selfship. Short for yumejoshi (feminine), yumedanshi (masculine), or yumejin (gender-neutral).
F/O or Fictional Other: A character that you ship yourself with.
S/i or Self-Insert: A character you created that represents yourself in the world of a series, movie, book, video game, etc. They usually (but not always) have similar personality and features to their creator.
Romantic F/Os: Fictional characters that you feel a strong romantic attraction to. You may imagine yourself being in a relationship with them.
Familial F/Os: Fictional characters that you feel are like your family. This could be characters you consider your parents, siblings, kids, etc.
Platonic F/Os: Fictional characters that you consider to be your friends or feel a platonic love towards.
OC x Canon: Shipping an original character such as a self insert with a canon character in their world.
Canon x Canon: Shipping two canon characters with each other. This may be canon in the story or not. Many selfshippers feel uncomfortable seeing their F/O in these ships.
Y/N or Your Name: Mostly used in fan fictions, it’s meant for you to insert your name into the story like a self-insert.
Comfort Character: A character that can bring somebody comfort without self inserting. (Or just in general)
Doubles or shared: F/Os that you and another person may have that are the same character
Sharing NG: “Sharing Not Good” this person is uncomfortable with sharing their F/Os or interacting with people that have the same ones
Let me know if there’s any I missed/should add!
Edit: WHY IS THIS BLOWING UP HELP 😭😭❤️❤️
