I’m going to double down on my unpopular opinions.
If you’ve been here long enough, you already know:
this blog does not do safe takes.
A few days ago I wrote about Overgirl — how her alternate version of Kara felt sharper, more layered, more emotionally compelling than canon Supergirl ever allowed her to be.
So today we’re taking it one step further.
Let’s talk about ships.
And yes — I am about to say something deeply controversial:
I was more emotionally invested in Dark Arrow and Overgirl than I ever was in Oliver’s or Kara’s canonical relationships.
Three episodes.
That’s all it took.
Kara’s Canon Love Life
I actually liked Kara and Mon-El. I did.
But looking back? Their ending didn’t elevate her character.
If the intention was to show that Kara doesn’t need a relationship to exist — that’s a strong narrative choice.
But then you have to give her growth in exchange.
Independence has to transform the character.
And it didn’t.
She remained fundamentally the same.
The breakup felt like sacrifice without narrative payoff.
And that’s frustrating.
Oliver’s Canon Love Life
Unpopular opinion number two:
I never connected to Oliver and Felicity.
Not emotionally. Not structurally.
It always felt misaligned.
And in eight seasons of Arrow, it’s kind of astonishing that Oliver never had a relationship that felt both emotionally grounded and narratively inevitable.
Laurel didn’t fully work.
Sara didn’t stabilize him.
Nyssa was political.
Felicity carried weight, yes — but for me, the chemistry never felt balanced.
Which makes what happened in the crossover even more baffling.
Three Episodes. That’s It.
Dark Arrow and Overgirl appear briefly.
They’re villains.
They’re morally compromised.
They belong to a nazist regime.
And yet — narratively — their dynamic works.
Why?
Because it’s built on emotional intensity.
He wages war across universes to save her.
Not for conquest. Not for glory.
For her.
When she dies, he drops his guard. And he dies too.
It’s twisted. It’s dark. It’s dangerous.
But it’s emotionally coherent.
And the real shock?
Melissa Benoist and Stephen Amell had chemistry.
Not hypothetical chemistry.
Visible, on-screen, magnetic chemistry.
In three episodes, I felt more tension, more spark, more narrative charge than I did across years of separate canonical pairings.
And that’s not because I think Oliver and Kara would work in canon.
They wouldn’t.
They’re fundamentally incompatible in their original forms.
But that raises a bigger question:
Why did the alternate versions feel so emotionally effective, while eight and six seasons respectively struggled to give us relationships with that same spark?
The Arrowverse Comparison
In the Arrow–Flash–Supergirl trio, there was one couple that felt structurally solid:
Barry and Iris.
Iconic. Balanced. Aligned.
Clark and Lois-level mythic energy.
You believed them.
Which proves the Arrowverse could build powerful relationships.
So why didn’t Oliver or Kara ever receive one that felt equally inevitable?
The Real Question
This isn’t about wanting Dark Arrow and Overgirl canonized.
It’s about narrative impact.
If a three-episode alternate-universe villain pairing can create more emotional resonance than years of main-character relationships…
That says something.
So I have to ask:
Did you truly love Oliver and Felicity?
Were you fully invested in Kara and Mon-El?
Or did you ever, even for a second, look at Dark Arrow and Overgirl and think:
“…wait.”
And please — let’s leave Lena out of this one.
That’s a different battlefield entirely.
Apparently people like things I make involving Cookie Run Kingdom. That's fantastic, honestly. Cheers to you all for that.
Unfortunately, I also put up a poll. And the result of that poll is... Gonna be wild.
So, it looks like I'm doing this. I'll be trying to color code this, and I probably won't get everything in there, but I have a good few to get out there.
Obviously, this will not contain pairs like Moonlight Cookie × Sea Fairy, as I don't aim for canon pairs. I like to expand on possibilities outside of currently established canon.
Disclaimer: This is a list of MY ships. You can like them, you can hate them, but this is my list. If you have a problem with any of them, focus on the ones you like. If you don't like any of them, sorry, that's fine, it's my list, not yours. — Just be lucky I'm not including the yumeship I have on my list, or everything else would automatically be lower.
A lot of people call it BurningCheese, but I feel GoldenSpice is a more apt name for the dynamic — if given the opportunity, through her divine radiance, Golden Cheese could refute all of his flawed ideology and show him that Change takes time - with her help, he could become so much better than he ever was. In her radiance, by her side, even his spice seems like gold.
Oh, yeah, some people won't like this one. I've heard the complaints before, and I solemnly swear... I don't care. They deserve to be happy. He is a man that is constantly battling with Resolution — so stubborn, so driven, so stalwart in his beliefs, that he will do anything to ensure that it is so. She is a woman that holds her oath to be sacred, and will do anything for her king. She understands him implicitly, and it is so obvious that she would do anything to make his every vision a reality. I mean, even her WEDDING OUTFIT matches his Awakened outfit. Like, don't even take my word for it;
Just Look At Them!
• 3 - ShadowMilk×WhiteLily — ShadowLily
Is it fucked up? Yes. Are they good for each other? Probably not. Does the nuance in their duality get the gears in my brain turning, imagining the kind of combo where one is always being careful and meticulous, while the other is spontaneous and curious? Absolutely. Honestly, I didn't see it, but some artists in the community brought it home for me. Borderline crack ship, but that's where the fine line is.
• 4 - BlackLemonade×Werewolf — LemonadeWerewolf
Insert obligatory LemonWolf joke here — but, no, really. The two of them have such immense vibes. Whenever they talk, she is so supportive towards him. I feel like she could be the music that soothes the soul of the savage beast that lies in wait within him. Always the helpful shoulder to lean on, someone who understands having darkness inside but learning to shine in spite of it. Truly, an electric pairing for me.
Yeah. Yeah, y'all should have known this would be here. There is a point in which I have to respect that I like me some complications with a pairing. There's a sort of subtext with a lot of their interactions that can be read a very specific sort of way, and I like the dynamic of "goodie two shoes that wants to help" and "loser loner who knows everything except how he feels". Maybe problematic, but I try to look for the silver lining with things, and these two got some sort of chemistry.
• 6 - BlackRaisin×PureVanilla — PureRaisin
Honestly, I think it's pretty obvious that the connection between these two is pretty up there. BlackRaisin goes out of her way for that man time and time again, but he is too much of a himbo to realize that that poor woman has feelings for him. It's kinda cute, and I feel like they really could work well together — provided the blind man can open his eyes to what's right in front of him.
• 7 - PureVanilla×WhiteLily — PureLily
Basically the same as PureRaisin, but this is basically doomed to fail, because both of these bitches are bottoms and too dense to realize that they love each other. But, provided that Vanilla is suddenly smarter thanks to the events of Chapter 8, or White Lily figures out her bullshit in Chapters 9/10, only time will tell. Until then, this ship is a hard 7th Place.
@charlottecbordeaux made probably the best piece of artwork that there is for the two of them, which settled me on the ship, even after all the subtext. (As seen up above — go follow, honestly, you CANNOT find their kind of work elsewhere).
• 8 - WindArcher×StardustCookie — AstralWind
I was galvanized into believing in this ship by the pure amount of propaganda. Plus, I believe that Archer would be more than capable of soothing the Wrath of the Stars more than almost any cookie on Earthbread, just in how attuned he is to all life in the world. The two of them have so much going for them.
I have never seen two men that give off such vibes of comfortable closeness. Cobalt is a close and trusted friend of Camillia's, and I get the feeling that they have been through a good bit together. Together, these two can face through most trials and tribulations that would obscure their path, with might and charisma in equal proportion. They really just work amazingly well together.
• 10 - BlackForest×WeddingCake — BlackWedding
Look. I understand that Black Forest Cookie loves The Witches. And I love me a fucked up love dynamic like that. But Wedding Cake Cookie and Black Forest Cookie are such a pair, I think the two of them could be literally perfect for each other. Even when transformed, Wedding Cake didn't bat an eye towards her state of being, and instead just told her plainly that she wanted her to be happy. I'm not saying that they should be together just based off of that, but Wedding Cake is one of the only cookies outside of the St. Pastry Order that actually gives a shit about Black Forest, and beyond that, she doesn't have the most likely nefarious ulterior motives of The Order. I just think that they could be cute together.
AND THAT'S ALL FOLKS!
Some people really won't like this list, and that is FINE.
As I said at the beginning — this is my list, and while it's not complete, I didn't feel like running this thing into a two hour long read, while searching through to find more pairs.
For the record, honorable mentions towards my yume ship pairings of
MagicTrick, FaeriesAndCream, and CreamWafer, which are OC×ShadowMilk, OC×ElderFaerie, and OC×Vanilla respectively.
Please, kindly, go and follow @rosycheekedwolly, my darling Wolly — they have such a brilliant mind, and beautiful art, and they deserve the attention.
I'll also have an OC×OC post coming in the near future, once I have proper artwork for that.
My favourite thing about the crossover so far is the rivalry between Oliver and Earth X Oliver. Here’s to night 2. 🏹 #arrow #flash #supergirl #legendsoftomorrow #4waycrossover #crisisonearthx #stephenamell #greenarrow #darkarrow
