self-ship frenzy

Only self-ship positivity. Because, in all honesty, we need it.

[selfshipfrenzy]

Hi! You can call me Astrid. I'm a girl, an ♠️, and I have multiple f/os. This is my side blog and self-ship safe place. I'll mainly share my experience with self-shipping, and maybe some tools and strategies I come up with.

Feel free to come here and gush about your f/os, I'll be happy to interact with the community. Needless to say, I'll blatantly ignore any hate I'll get in my inbox. ✨ Ain't nobody got time for that ✨

I have multiple f/os but I'm not comfortable with the idea of saying who they are, at the moment. Maybe I'll change my mind later :)

Peace! ✌

[justfrankie3]

To any selfshippers feeling sad about their f/o not being real don't worry cause your f/o is right now wishing you were real in their universe 💕

[comfort-character-central-deact]

I think there is something so beautiful, so innocent and sweet about spotting or discovering that f/o or comfort character. Looking into them and having that warmth grow within you, where you just know they're gonna mean something so significant, they're going to hold so much importance.

I feel like we get so caught up in cringe culture, we get so wrapped up in how "embarrassed" we're "supposed" to feel.

But I don't think selfshipping is embarrassing. I think that finding a character that makes you feel so comforted, finding happiness and appreciation in that connection you'd share with them is genuinely so heartwarming. And I feel like that isn't talked about enough.

If you selfship, if you have comfort characters or f/os, you're not embarrassing. You're not any of the mean, shameful things other try to make you feel. You're a person who is passionate and full of love for that passion, and that's okay. You're valid and you deserve that peace.

[vergils-beloved]

Things to do instead of talking to your f/o on c.ai:

draw something with them

write something with them

make an edit or other graphics of them. screenshot edits where you add your headcanons or other changes to their design are great too even if you don't commit to the new design

revisit your favorite scenes or even reconsume their entire source

go hunt for pictures of them you didn't save yet

go look for new fanart, fanfics, or other fan content made by others

gush to other people about them

talk about them in general even if it's not a gush. share your favorite fun facts, talk about their source, or share some headcanons

find someone to roleplay your f/o for you

make a journal page dedicated to them

write them a letter (and maybe write a response letter from their perspective too)

listen to songs that remind you of them. you could also make a 2010s style AMV of them with that song

[vergils-beloved]

selfshipping is cool when you're 13 and it's also cool when you're 40. everyone should selfship forever

[sellkiie]

i want to kiss him (the fictional man) so bad

[yamikakyuu]

[selfshipfrenzy]

IMAGINE YOUR PIRATE F/O...

-Holding you close while you're on the deck looking at the stars, at night

-Staring at you with soft but greedy eyes while you're together with the crew and nobody else can notice

-Secretly following you in the hold to give you a kiss where no one can see you, making you jump in surprise but also burn in desire for more

-Unexpectedly confessing you how much he loves your dignity, your strenght, your determination

[angis-filthy-corner]

Fun things to do with your selfship!!

for when you want to do some fun stuff with your f/o and have no idea what.

Make yourselves on the SIMS 4! The game is free on Steam, and there's a whole modding community where you can find lots of fun (and sometimes kinky) things to play around with. :3 You can just make each other and have fun watching you interact in a domestic environment! Orrr torture the shit out of them in game. /l-h

Make moodboards! This is really fun to think about and you can spend hours looking for pics online. What objects are important to you and your F/O? What colors define you? Is there a specific aesthetic that you two fit? Etc.

If moodboards are not enough, make stimboards! Yeah! Selfship stimboards! You can look for stims here on Tumblr, or on YT if you know what you're looking for, or cool niche products on Etsy and the like. If your selfship reminds you of a starry night sky, or about a creepy storm at sea, you can find and gif those things and have fun!

Make SMAUs! SMAUs are the shit these days lmfao. Either write how you and your selfship would interact on Twitter, or silly convos you'd have over text, I can assure you these are addicting and stupidly fun to make. There are plenty of sites and apps that let you create these, depending what social media you are looking for.

Make online collages! (Thanks bae for the idea) You can use something like Picsart with their huge free sticker selection, or import your own images and just throw a bunch of things together that remind you of your F/O!

Make PicMixes! Kinda like collages but with gifs lol. Just go to picmix.com and have fun creating!

Make a playlist! You can get inspo for character-inspired playsts, POVs that align with your selfship dynamic, using YT or Spotify or whatever app you use for music.

Anyone is free to add to this with their own ideas. :3 Just have fun!!

[ssunship]

cute things you can do when you have an f/o !!!

inspired by deathdetermineslife’s posts!

make/purchase a bracelet, necklace or some other piece of jewellery with their initial on it.

make a toploader/photocard of them with loads of stickers.

print a photo of them and put it on your wall, in your diary, in your phone case.

make you and them in a two-person picrew.

frame a photo of them & put it on your desk, in your room, on a windowsill, etc.

you could also make a custom keychain of them.

make a playlist of songs you’d like to listen to with them or that you’d recommend to them! also a love songs playlist <3

…or even a make out playlist

make a shrine for them, online or physical.

make a colour palette that reminds you of them.

make a pinterest board of aesthetic pictures that remind you of them.

write yourself a love letter from their perspective, or you could write them a love letter!

collect recipes you think they would like and try cooking some of them.

if you can, buy yourself flowers and display them somewhere, pretending they’re from your f/o.

write down a list of reasons why you love them.

write them a poem or song.

make memes about you two.

make them a card on national boyfriend/girlfriend day, or valentine’s day! you could also make yourself a card from their perspective.

pick up a hobby they have or research their job, or one of their interests!

take yourself on a date and imagine they’re there - go to the cinema, for a meal, go on a long drive, a walk, or even just imagine them holding your hand in public.

[the-bar-sinister]

Nothing will stop me in my quest to date some of the most reviled or ignored characters in all of media.

[addox]

selfshippers we need to be making more 'marysue' selfinserts. im talking crazy powers im talking loud designs im talking having at least 8 canon characters in love with them. im talking crazy backstory im talking canon-breaking storylines im talking earth shattering plot twist catalysts. like. seriously who is going to stop you the f/o police? yeah ok bud try me ill make them one of my unrequited lovers too.

pr*ship c*mship etc dni.

[deer-ribcage]

what do you mean he's fictional, we sleep in the same bed every night

[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”

[selfshipfrenzy]

Any thoughts on why so many people keep falling in love with TF2 mercs, up to this very day? Not judging, just curious. I'm actually very happy so many people still do. I've been loving one of them for 10 years and don't regret a single second of it.

[cyancherub]

the hatred ppl have for x reader is so funny

[cyancherub]

[streimiv]

[selfshipfrenzy]

For those of you whose f/o is from a different era

Just picture the two of you:

Sitting in front of the fireplace during winter, when it's the only heat source in the house;

Riding a horse together, maybe they teach you how to ride or vice versa;

Not being able to phone or text each other and just being genuinely surprised to finally see them come home / seeing their eyes glimmer when they see you come home;

Sending letters and small messages to each other: choosing a fragrance to spray on the envelope, being able to see their handwriting, saving your best paper sheets & cutest envelopes for them, keeping all their letters into a precious box.