One day, we need to have a serious conversation on how Nao has got to be one of the most fumbled female leads in cardfight vanguard history and how she got stripped of her own agency just to be watered down and relegated to a mere accessory for the main protagonist.
I'm all for akinao but she was not even turn into an accessory, she was COMPLETLY SIDELINED LIKE ???? And now she's fighting Gab for whaaaat? to give Akina ANOTHER motivation when he already has plenty??? we don't even know much about her, I bet not even Akina does and this is what we get??
How many vaseshipping accounts are there on tumblr nowadays? I barely see them!
Hi!
I’m not super sure I’m the right person you should be asking this. I am hardly on the app since Uni is a pain but I’ll answer as best as I can.
From what I’ve seen on my time on Tumblr is that @vaseshipghost is still active but they’re mainly Yugioh (with occasional Vaseshipping) content! Also @marbere occasionally posts Vaseshipping content in English & Spanish (plus she’s the author of incredible Vaseshipping fanfics)!
@askvaseshipping just came back from a long hiatus. So HOOORAY for that!
@merej-et is the OG Vaseshipper in the clurb. (lol in the clurb we all fam) They created an entire Vaseshipping website in the early to late 2000’s. However they’re not as active anymore. Occasional reblogs once in a while. But they did address this specific question of yours.
Are you still active? D:
Both yes and no.
Interest in vaseshipping started around 2005-2006, when the "Dawn of the Duel" season was finish
@vaseshippingformywholelive was very active on this app for a long time however their last activity was seven months ago so 💔
Hopefully they come back.
I try to be active on my end but Grad school is absolutely destroying me. It’s like I can’t even get a day off to just relax. I’m literally typing this as I eat my dinner at 12 AM cause I finally found time to eat. Just give me some time- end of June I believe- then I’m free. Just let me finish my coterm unless my coterm ends me first.
Hehe i am indeed very alive, it's just that smt happened on 2023 that made me drop yugioh and vases overall but now I'm back yay! I also found an old piece of mine abandoned on google drive so I figured I might as well post it right? 🩷
Here it is.
Hopefully i can find a few others and/or inspo to write smt completely new!
Hace años, una amiga y yo teníamos un amor inigualable por la franquicia de los Monstruos Digitales, Digimon. Pero no fue hasta hace poco que nos dió un golpe de nostalgia y decidimos crear nuestro propio fanfiction con una historia y personajes nuevos. Aunque no somos expertas en el lore ni nada, hemos puesto todo nuestro corazón en cada página. Así que, ¡te invitamos a esta aventura de amistad, misterio, acción y, por supuesto, digimon! ¡Todo apoyo, críticas constructivas y comentarios son bienvenidos!
¡Muchas gracias por su atención!
Nadie sabe cómo ni por qué, pero para cuando se dieron cuenta de lo que estaba pasando, la Tierra y el Mundo Digital ya...
So, I've had this idea(? for a while now. As someone who hasn't read the manga and just finished the anime I didn't know where this was getting at, so I only have like 4 chapters and Idk if I'm going to continue it, but here it is ch 1 and if you're interested, I might post the other ones :)
«Petra Ral suddenly woke up in a forest. She doesn't know how she got there, she doesn't know what these giant anthropomorphic monsters are, and she doesn't know how to explain to those who call themselves the Survey Corps that she's basically from another world.»
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Petra must admit, chains weren't her thing.
Well, she means, kind of. She'd done it before and was always open to experiencing something new…
But right now, when she was inside what seemed to be a jail… Yes… it wasn't right.
Petra put a hand to her head.
She had woken up in the middle of a forest with trees tall enough to cover the daylight. From what she saw and perceived she hadn't hit her head or anything like that, even her clothes were still the same that she decided to wear to go to college that morning.
However, Petra had no recollection, not even a clue, as to how she got there in the first place.
And the worst came later.
A monster. A giant anthropomorphic monster leaning against a tree. It was naked, but had no genitalia. Its expression was that of someone bored, but it didn't seem like that was really the case.
Petra stopped her steps when she saw that thing. She had refrained from calling for help for fear of dangerous animals appearing and had only been walking hoping to find her way out of the forest. Well, she had found it and that giant was obstructing it.
For a moment it reminded her of a movie she had seen… Or was it a book she read? The one where there was a giant too who became some kind of hero to normal humans in a weird island. Yep. Nope. Petra had been sure that that one there was definitely not a hero.
Then the giant jerked its head in her direction and Petra froze with her legs trembling. She tried to formulate a "hello" to try her luck. Maybe it could understand her? But the monster didn't even think twice before lunging at her.
Petra had screamed. She screamed as loud as her lungs and throat would allow, and when the monster tripped over one of the huge roots, she took the opportunity to run once more into the forest, assuming that she could at least hide in the bushes and undergrowth.
The monster hadn't hesitated to go after her.
Petra watched herself inside the safety of that cell. She was still wearing the same clothes, which amounted to shorts, a white blouse and sneakers. Of course, the blouse was no longer white, much less the sneakers. And her legs… she probably wouldn't wear shorts again if she ever found herself running from a giant monster again.
Then two men and a woman appeared. All uniformed. Uniforms that Petra couldn't recognize from any country that she knew of though she thinks she's seen them before.
"You're awake, I'm glad," said one of them. A blond, well-built man. He had a calm expression, almost showing a slight smile that was probably there to make her feel calmer.
"Have been for the past few minutes," she answered only to look at his companions.
The woman, who wore glasses and had her hair in a messy ponytail, had the most relaxed expression and posture of the three. She wasn't smiling, but she seemed very willing to listen to what she had to say.
The last one, black-haired, however… Petra watched him sideways, though she was sure he was fully aware.
With his back against the wall and his arms crossed, he gave the impression of being indifferent to what was happening, but Petra was clear with the hostility and suspicion with which he was treating her. Ready to attack or protect at any moment if the opportunity presented itself.
It was a different image than the one she had of him when he saved her from that giant in the forest, using those cables that made it look like he was flying…
The giant's body had fallen to the ground, right next to Petra. Smoke began to rise from it and he landed on the giant's head, looking at her with a feeling that seemed to go from confusion to distrust and from distrust to confusion quickly.
With a scowl on his face, he said: "Who the fuck are you?"
She must have passed out, since between that scene and the present everything was blank.
"Going outside the walls is a crime for anyone who isn't part of the Scouts," mentions the blond-haired one and Petra realizes that he must be the leader, or at least the most important person there. "So tell me, what is your name and what were you doing there?"
Petra frowns.
"Walls?" she repeats. What walls was he talking about? She almost died and now she was the one imprisoned? It doesn't make sense and soon a wave of questions makes its way down her throat. "Wait... What's going on? Scouts? Who are you guys? Is this some kind of joke?"
She presses her lips together and draws her legs closer to her body, as if that will make her feel more secure. Suddenly, she knows that everything that has happened is real. It suddenly doesn't feel like a dream anymore.
"Hm…" the woman puts a hand to her chin and examines Petra from head to toe just before looking back at the blond one. "Is it amnesia?"
"It's a possibility," he replies, narrowing his eyes, as if something is going through his mind.
"Or she's acting," adds the black-haired one, looking up.
Petra swallows hard. Faced with confusion, stress and uncertainty, she feels that she is going to start crying just because of the simple fact of not knowing what to do. She senses that she is in trouble, but doesn't know what kind. She can't defend herself, because she doesn't even know what's going on.
With one of her hands, she squeezes the fabric of her blouse and wrinkles it between her fingers. Petra looks down.
"I… I really don't know…"
Her expression must have revealed her sincerity, or the blond man is a mind reader, since soon he's glancing, almost glaring, sideways at the other man.
"Levi," and he says sternly, giving him a warning.
This Levi only responds with a tch before appearing indifferent again.
The blond man sighs, then, as if he has no solution, and looks directly at her again. This time Petra notices that his eyes, in contrast to the woman's, are clear as the sky.
"For the moment I'll assume you're telling the truth," he says and proceeds to introduce himself. "My name is Erwin Smith, commander of the Scout Regiment. These two are Squad Leader, Hange Zoe," the woman smiles and waves a hand. "And this is Captain Levi of the Special Operation Squad," he doesn't do much more than look at her stoically. "You are inside the walls now. To be precise, you are inside the Survey Corps headquarters, in Trost, the Rose wall."
If the man, Erwin, expected that to ring a bell in Petra's head… it does, but she's not exactly sure why. She's even more confused now.
"Now can you tell us your name?"
Petra slowly nods, knowing that she really can't object.
"Petra. Petra Ral," she replies.
Commander Erwin nods once and Squad Leader Hange writes it down.
"Do you know where you're from?" he asks and Petra parted her lips.
She clearly wasn't from there, it was so obvious that she knew they knew that too.
"No… not from here, I think?" she replies and looks around once more. There is a small window that lets in light, but from that angle she can only see the sky and hear a little of the sounds from outside. "But I don't know where exactly 'here' is, either…"
"What can you tell us that you do know?" he asks once more. Petra thinks he wants her to give him a specific answer, the thing is, she doesn't know what he wants to hear.
Because of that, Petra runs out of words faster than expected and just shakes her head no and shrugs.
Then the Squad Leader steps forward.
"Petra, right?" Petra nods and Hange Zoe quickly continues. "Listen, the thing is, you were found outside the Rose Wall, within the Maria Wall, in a location you wouldn't have been able to reach on foot, much less survive the surrounding titans alone and with no ODM gear. What can you tell us about that?"
"Titans?" Petra frowns and tilts her head. The first thing that comes to her mind is that giant she was running from, but it seems like a curious name to her… and then she gasps. Wait a minute. "Look I…I just know I woke up there, okay? I don't know how I got there, I don't know if someone took me or brought me… I don't even know where I am, okay?"
She hopes she doesn't. She really does.
Hange nods and adjusts her glasses, then looks at Erwin. They have a kind of silent agreement, for Petra it was more than obvious that they had known each other for a long time.
Erwin sighs.
"Where do you live, miss Ral?" he asks once again.
Petra doesn't know what the question is about, she had told them something already, but this time she decides not only to give the name of her city, but also her address.
Then Levi, who had been keeping quiet, hits hard on the metal bars. Petra basically jumps. That had startled her.
"Oi, don't tell such obvious lies."
"Lies? What—?" she feels slightly offended at being accused so suddenly, but seeing the faces of the other two, she knows something is wrong. "It's not a lie!"
"Miss Ral, there is no such place here," Erwin interrupts. Arms crossed, expression hard, but Petra can hear some impatience in his voice. "Are you sure—?"
And she gets exasperated too. Her lips tremble before she answers.
"No! I don't know! I really don't know what you're talking about! Titans?! Walls?! What the hell! I don't even know what you all mean by walls! I just want to go home!"
It's only when she's finished and panting that Petra realizes not only had she raised her voice but remembered that there's something about titans and walls that she's seen before.
Isn't that impossible, though? She thinks. There was just no way.
Anyway, Petra instantly regrets her actions, fearing that she will be punished, but doesn't lower her head. She would think about it later. What else can she do when even Captain Levi has stopped leaning against the wall to watch for any unnecessary moves she might make?
And, of course, Commander Erwin's seeming unflappable didn't help her at all.
"Levi, Hange," the commander calls out to his subordinates and starts walking towards the exit.
"Huh?" Levi doesn't seem to believe it at first. Was he just leaving like that?
"But Erwin," and Hange hesitates. However, they both follow him with no complaints.
Petra cringes in her place even though she's glad she's alones now. The chains on her wrists jingle cheekily and she exhales. It's impossible. Titans, walls, Scout Regiment… She had heard those words before. She'd heard them in a sentence before too. Her brother had told her about it so many times…
A video game. She was in a video game.
Now how the hell did she end up there?
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"What do you want us to do?" Levi asks once they get out of there. His voice is not loud, but it is firm. Especially since he believes that Erwin doesn't want the matter to be known yet.
"Check the information," Erwin orders. They may be his friends but he needed them to know that he was serious.
Hange takes a few steps ahead of Levi to keep up with Erwin. "But Erwin, we know there's no place called like that," she says. "Perhaps in the towns farthest from the capital, but I really doubt it."
And she wasn't the only one. Levi rolled his eyes.
"What are you thinking? That she really comes from outside—?"
"Levi?" Hange cuts him off, confused, probably because she senses the acidity in his voice.
But Levi ignores her. "Oi, you know that's not possible."
The three arrive at Erwin's office and he takes a seat at his desk. Levi and Hange stand still, even though there are other seats.
"And yet, it's also nearly impossible for a civilian to get to that location alone," Hange counters before sighing heavily and putting a hand to her head. What was the punishment for people who went out? Gallows?
In fact, when was the last time someone had gone out on their own account? Hange couldn't remember, and anyway, she didn't feel comfortable thinking about what would happen if what she said was right.
"For the time being we won't say anything," Erwin orders and then laces his fingers in front of his face. "It wouldn't be wise. Both for us and for Miss Ral."
"And what do you suggest we do? Should we investigate secretly?"
"No," Erwin exhales and leans back in his chair. Levi raises an eyebrow waiting for an explanation. "Hange will investigate. Find any family with the same last name and ask about her. Levi, you'll keep an eye on Miss Ral."
"For what?" Levi crosses his arms. "As far as I knew, being a Scout didn't include being a babysitter."
But Erwin just shrugs.
"It does when necessary. There are eyes and ears everywhere, and in the worst case scenario, she's not just a civilian."
With that last said, Hange and Levi are dismissed. Hange can't help but shiver with excitement.
"This is so interesting!" she exclaims, unable to control the volume of her voice. "Just imagine the possibilities, Levi!"
But Levi doesn't share her excitement. To begin with, he isn't a man who gets excited easily, he had lost that ability years ago.
"Tch, keep it down four-eyes," he exhales and shoves his hands in his pockets, thinking that now he not only has to postpone handing out paperwork but also order and explain training sessions to Eld.
"Aw, come on, Levi," Hange gives him a friendly elbow on the shoulder. "Anyone would think you regret saving her."
Levi wasn't sure about that.
"I just did what I had to do. I thought it was one of the new recruits left behind."
But they both knew that wasn't true.
Hange raises an eyebrow in proof of this and Levi tries not to pay attention to her smug smile.
The minutes before saving Petra Ral had been, to say the least, catastrophic. Once again they had not been able to go further than usual —they weren't even close to the Maria Wall—, losing the lives of many of their companions. The place was so full of steam that they could hardly see and it was when they could no longer keep on that all or most of them heard something similar to thunder and a spark lit up the cloudy space.
The titans they were fighting froze for a few seconds, they really don't know why, and Erwin took advantage of the moment to order a retreat.
Levi was in the rear when he heard her scream. Strong, sharp, terrified. Even Hange was surprised when he quickly fired one of his ODM gear's hooks at the nearest tree.
Now, Levi didn't like to play superhero. If he could save someone, he did it and if not, then he looked for other priorities to focus on. With a job like theirs, they all soon had realized that sometimes some lives were worth more than others. Therefore, he himself didn't understand when out of pure instinct he activated the gas mechanism and flew towards where the scream came from.
Perhaps it was because he naturally recognized that it couldn't be one of the recruits, but of course he didn't expect to find someone wholly different from what he would have expected.
Starting with the clothes, which weren't from anywhere he'd been before —and he'd been to many places— to how only that titan kept moving even when the others had strangely and miraculously gone numb.
Erwin couldn't blame him for mistrusting, but at the same time he was right about one thing: the walls have ears, and many people saw her when they returned to the safety of the Rose wall.
"Anyway," Hange continues after a while, just before they have to go their separate ways. "Whether it's what Erwin suspects, or what it actually is, do you have any idea how she got there?"
Levi thinks about it for a few seconds, or so he tries to do since nothing really comes to mind.
Although, that's a lie.
Petra Ral's face pops in his head and he remembers the first thing he thought when he saw her. Her slender and small body, clothes so thin that they had torn from just running through the bushes, the expression of not only utter terror but also perplexity on her.
Yeah… there was no way a person like her would survive on her own outside.
"I don't," Levi replies, and after a farewell nod he and Hange go different ways.
Only to hear gunshots.
Dammit. Levi absolutely loathes it when Erwin is right.
@marbere I’m probably being too optimistic for my own good now as well, but this being official art gives me some hope for Athrun and Cagalli: https://fxtwitter.com/SEED_HDRP/status/1719127038055813199?s=20
Can someone recommend slice of life fanfics? Like, no war, no royalty, no deep plot... Just Levi and Petra in an modern alternative universe doing nothing but mundane things with a touch of drama? Maybe falling in love? Possibly a smut? Pretty please?
Hi. I saw your post about the emptiness of Reiai. I love them too and Im so sad that it’s not as well known😭😭😭😭. They are adorable and actually have a healthy relationship (it helps that they don’t come from a war torn era). Idk if you’re still into them though😵💫.
anyways, I’m glad to see another Reiai enjoyer
Omg I'm so happy you saw that!! Ofc I'm still into them, it's just that I've been really busy with finals and stuff, but I do wanna write fics for them in the near future, they're so cute and you're so right about their relationship!
What do you think woulda happened with damirae had apocalypse war not occurred like they had just gone on in their normal lives and everyone had lived and not had lost to darkseid like when do you think they woulda admitted their feelings to one another? What would they be up to now had they not made another flashpoint and the universe was still going minus the tragic ending of that universe? Would love to know ur thoughts on this 💜
Random thing to add I heard that they were rushed to make apocalypse war the last dcamu film as they had another teen titans film they had to scrap cause of wb unfortunately we never got that film thanks wb 🥲
So in this hypothetical world, I'm imagining the war with Darkseid still happens in a sense, but the League's original plan works. Darskeid is unprepared for their attack, it's a close call and some people sustain injuries but Apokolips is destroyed and everyone makes it out alive. End of Story.
BUT THEN DAMIRAE
So after the battle, I imagine Damian and Raven as being best friends/confidants, but being completely and totally unwilling to share their feelings with each other. They both love each other, but they're scared. They don't want to ruin the best friendship either of them have, and are terrified that the other doesn't feel the same way. They might be superheroes, but their still just teens nervous that the person they love might not love them back.
So they don't confess. It's obvious to everyone around them (cue shenanigans caused by the Titans/Batfam to try and get them together as well as having tense romantic moments and pining), but the two of them are just so scared.
Some highlights of this era in my mind would be Damian teaching Raven to fight with a sword, Raven teaching Damian to meditate, always looking at the other when they think they're not looking, protecting each other during battles, late nights just talking on the roof, mocking the other titans together, raising Titus. And horribly romantic dialogue.
A couple months down the line during some big intense battle, I imagine that Damian gets brutally injured. Not fatal, but incredibly painful and debilitating. Raven offers to heal him right away, but Damian won't let her. He doesn't want her to see what's going on in his head, doesn't want her to see his feelings for her. Cue another tense moment ("Damian, please. I hate seeing you in pain- please just let me help you-" "NO. I said no Raven. Just leave!" "Oh, fuck you") And then Raven heals him anyways.
She sees all the times he had looked at her when she wasn't paying attention, felt the conflict tear at his heart as he confessed his feelings for her to Dick, felt the admiration he held for her when she was in battle, felt the adoration he had when he once carried her to bed after she fell asleep on the roof, and she ultimately just felt an overwhelming wave of love. For her. Damian loved her.
But of course Damian saw a bit inside of her head too. He felt the way her breath caught whenever he pinned her down in sparring, felt her pride when he protected innocent bystanders in battles, felt the way she craved his warmth by her side at moments both waking and asleep, felt the sheer protectiveness that coursed through her whenever he discussed the League of Assassins. Raven loved him.
And they both knew.
Raven kisses him first. Lightly, romantically, before pulling back. All the Titans awwwww. Then Damian kisses her in a way that is NOT THAT and all the titans start complaining because "really?" "In front of everyone?" "Now I need to bleach my eyes."
This made me think that Damirae can only happen if Apokolips War (with bad ending) happens, thus, if it doesn't happen or they win, then Damirae won't happen, and that bc their feelings for each other are all they have left after everyone and everything is gone and thus they're not willing to lose those as well... As if that horrible scenario was the only trigger for their romance... AND IT DEEPLY HURTS ME BC WE ALL KNOW THEY WILL ALWAYS CHOOSE EVERYONE'S SAKE OVER THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
