In light of recent douchebaggery I’ve decided that I have had enough of the rival shipping that goes on in the SvtFoE fandom. Pretty much every fandom has its duds, but its at the point where I feel that if Star or Marco could see how some people are acting, they wouldn’t touch those ‘fans’ with a 50 foot pole. I can’t change how other people behave, but I think all of us are a little guilty of buying into the ‘them vs us’ mentality and I for one don’t want to participate in it anymore. Its not enough for me to just keep ignoring it. So, I’ve decided that from my position as a lowly trans headcanon Tomco shipper, I’m going to use what little viewership I have to promote different artists and writers from every corner of the fractured SvtFoE fandom.
The rules I am setting for myself are as follows:
1. I will promote creators who have posted within the last month at the very least
2. I will not prioritise creators who share my headcanons over creators who don’t.
3. I will include every ship I can find, and promote creators who make an abundance of content for each specific ship.
4. I will not promote any creators who have, within the past year, harassed or bullied another creator regardless of apology.
5. I will promote creators of any skill level, preferring to select them based on their enthusiasm for their work and love for the show.
6. I will not include ships that encourage pedophilia, incest, or canonical abuse
@celestebutterfly is actually the main inspiration for this list. While I was perusing the Starco tag to see what This Discourse was all about, I came across this adorable little comic can can be seen here. Upon looking the artist up to see what their deal was I found that they’re actually pretty new to the fandom. Welcome, Larimarinne! Even though they dont have a lot of work up at the moment, pretty much every single piece of art uploaded to the Celeste Butterfly blog is absolutely adorable. I mean…
If you’re a fan of Starco or heckin’ adorable Starco babies, go ahead and check them out!
@tomco-headcannons was one of the very first tomco creators who I reached out to in the fandom, and is the creator of a fanbaby I use in my own canon, Annie:
Though they do reblog a lot of tomco art, they are primarily a fanfiction and drabble writer. And jeebers, they are commited to tomco. I think they write more random one off prompts in one week then I have in my entire life. If you are not a fan of tomco, Tomco-Headcanons has a diverse collection of AUs, multiships, and drabbles that they have written just through sheer creative force. I don’t know if they will ever stop writing on the blog, but if they do I can only imagine it is to pursue a professional writing career. They are a rare talent and a blessing on the fandom.
The obvious choice for this one would to be Starfan18, seeing as how she was the center of discourse as of late. However, the priority of this list is to find and promote amazing artists within the fandom I would have not come across otherwise. So with that said:
@starry-winds has my favourite next generation baby thus far. Her linart resembles that of the show, but her usage of colours is subtle enough to make her content her own thing. I’m a huge fan of Venus’ goth style, as I’m always a fan of steampunky lolita, and am excited for what that aesthetic can bring to the AU they’ve created. Like Celeste they seem to be relatively new in terms of their sideblog, but I still suggest checking them out just to keep tabs on where the AU is going, or to join the open Tomstar discord they promo’d in their blog.
@janstar-for-the-soul is a prompt writer in the same vein as Tomco-Headcanons, and seem to have collaborated with them at least once. I’m actually stretching the rules with this one, as they have not seemed to properly posted in some time, but reading through the work they have submitted was such a great time I cant not include them here. Whatever you’re currently up to, I can’t wait to see what you write next!
I’ll admit, this one was hard for me. Out of all the ships, I think I have the most predisposed prejudice towards Jantom shippers due to the abundance of Starco shippers who seem to just half-assedly stick these two together without a second thought.
However, @thedoodlingnoodle makes an excellent case for them, and depict Janna in a way I can actually find myself enjoying. Not to mention this image of their oc cracks me tf up:
There isnt really all too much more I can add about this artist, because honestly just the sheer fact of making me ship Jantom is such a huge achievement that I’m actually kinda stunned as I write this. All else I can think to say is where is the rest of that Greatest Showman AU give it to me!
something about thew way @chibicmps draws Tom makes me very, very happy. They seem to really care about who the supporting characters end up with beyond whose matchup would make a good love interest for their starco child. While subtle, Chibi has obviously put some thought into Tom and Jackie’s relationship, and I’ll admit that they’ve seriously won me over here. I love the way they mix Tom’s hot n’ spikey look with the more mellow Jackie style, eventually meeting halfway with this mellow socialite aesthetic as adults.
I definitely look forward to plunging face first into the ‘Lunaverse’, and seeing what other great creators I can find who contribute to it.
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