Pagan Holiday Shipping Moodboard Project #3--Ostara Vaniro
So anyways I lowkey forget I was doing this and my dumb ass completely missed actual Ostara (March 20) like a total dweeb, so I did the next best thing and posted 2 days after Easter instead XD
Man, it was honestly such a debate whether to use Vaniro or Sweet Tooth for Ostara. I ultimately decided on Hiro x Vanellope because the cherry blossom motif in San Fransokyo (which bloom right around Ostara, IIRC) and Vanellope’s general sweets and candy motif just have a very early spring kinda vibe, idk. And Bunnymund’s whole “hope and new life” thing and Tooth’s kinda bright, summery personality can work for later spring too, so I’m saving them for mayday!
Also please don’t flay me for shipping this!!! D: I’ve seen Vaniro/Hirellope shippers get a lot of flak so I just wanna emphasize that I ONLY ship them in an AU where Van is aged up a bit and she and Hiro are the same age. Even their canon age gap, as I understand it, is only about 4-5 years (and even then, Vanellope’s age is pretty damn vague because she’s a video game character so who even knows???), which ain’t really a big deal later in life. I understand if you don’t like the ship--it’s not everyone’s cup of tea and that’s okay, I understand couples with canonically large age gaps can weird some people out. But please just blacklist the ship tags and move on, no need to bash when you can just ignore it.
Idk man I just feel like they’d have such epic chemistry and sass battles if they ever met (and again, this is in an AU where they’re around the same age lol), and I’m never NOT a sucker for those Smart Guy x Energetic Girl pairings (Hiccanna anyone?). That, and Hiro kinda needs someone to keep that ego in check, and Vanellope would never let him get too cocky XD Also I’m pretty sure I read in some BH6 supplementary material that Hiro canonically got bullied for his intelligence when he was in school, so he could relate to Van on the whole bullying thing too.
Also ALSO they could both be a bit autistic-coded imo??? I LOVE the idea of them connecting because of that. Valid if you don’t see it though--I think it’s pretty subtle for both.
Pic credits available upon request!