SO I've decided to make a What's the Best Lesbian Baited Ship in Media contest thingy.
I have a few ships in mind but obviously I want more from fandoms I'm not in.
The ships I have so far are:
Wenclair (Wednesday x Enid) from the Wednesday tv show
Glasshearts (Red x Chloe) from Descendants
Shinomitsu (Shinobu x Mitsuri) from Demon Slayer
Sensbel (Sense x Ubel) from Frieren
Arkco (Agott x Coco) from Witch Hat Atelier
PUT YOUR YURI SHIPS IN THE COMMENTS!!! (please)
Also, no judging people for what they ship, as long as it's not super weird (incest, pedo, abuse, etc)
Anyway, of course I have guidelines for what ships count, guidelines below the cut.
Must be lesbian (person identifying as female x person identifying as female)
Cannot be cannon (no dating, marriage, actual getting together, getting freaky, etc)
Must be characters that are in the same universe/can physically interact (so no cross universe shipping)
No pedophillia, massive power imbalances, big age gaps, or incest (big age gaps are okay if all characters in the ship have a non-human life span like vampires or smth)
Must be fictional, irl people being shipped doesn't count
No cannon character x OC/self insert, even if the ship is popular
CAN:
be animals/creatures (no animal x human/zoophillia).
Be poly
Have kissing
Be from any book, show, movie, anime, manga, comic, webcomic, etc etc
Be doomed
If anyone has questions about specific ships/the guidelines just ask me.
I'll probably add more guidelines as time goes on.
Would Nona (The Locked Tomb) have a Nanea Mitchell doll?
Yes!
Maybe?
Nah
Voting ended onMay 10
Alice Nanea Mitchell didn’t want to be the baby of the family anymore; her and her best friends were working hard to find a way to prove themselves mature. But she has to grow up a lot faster than anticipated when Pearl Harbor is bombed, and her family and community are ripped apart. With everything in chaos, Nanea grounds herself with the ones she loves, and works to find a way to help where she can.
Nanea was first released in 2017.
Propaganda: I recognize the irony of giving Nona a doll that’s technically made by Mattel. However! Girls on the beach! Being affected by war! Also I think Nona would love a doll
Identity: Gay, explicit
Notes: Directly described as gay by himself and other characters, and shown in multiple relationships with men.
Propaganda: "he can steal a scene in about five seconds. he’s effortlessly funny, kind of smug, fully aware that he’s the most put-together person in the room, and somehow manages to be both a total bitch and one of the most likeable people in the series. he just has that exact supporting character magic where every time he shows up the whole thing gets better. he also stands out because he gets to be cool in a way gay side characters so often weren’t, especially in stuff from that era. he’s not written like a joke, or as someone the audience is meant to pity, or as a lesson in tolerance. he’s just sharply funny, socially competent, and very clearly cooler than scott on every level. that alone makes him memorable."
vs. Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb)
Identity: Lesbian, explicit
Notes: Repeatedly states attraction to women in-text, and explicitly referred to as a lesbian by Tamsyn Muir.
Propaganda: "Sword-wielding butch with big muscles <3"
Identity: Trans man, explicit
Notes: Referred to as trans by Taash in an in-game note.
Propaganda: 1. "He’s in love with his double boss, an in universe equivalent of both batman and the pope"
2. "tarquin is a really meaningful one to me because he shows a version of trans manhood you genuinely almost never get to see. obviously pre-transition and non-passing trans men matter hugely too, and they should be represented, because that is a real and important experience. but it is still SO rare to get a trans man in media who is fully read as just some guy unless you actually learn more about him. tarquin has that. he has the beard, the presence, the straightforward masculinity, and the game does not frame him like a walking lesson the second he appears. you find out he’s trans because it’s part of who he is, not because the whole design is built to announce it from across the room. that matters a lot, honestly, because trans male representation so often gets stuck in this really limited visual lane where characters are only allowed to be visibly “in process” to the audience. again, there is nothing wrong with that, but it is not the only trans experience. seeing a character where you could meet him, think “oh, that’s just a man,” and only later learn that he’s trans feels unusual, especially in games this big. there is something really validating about a trans man being allowed that kind of ordinary, complete, unquestioned maleness on screen. so he stands out not just because he’s trans, but because he represents a kind of trans masculinity that barely ever gets depicted at all. that makes him memorable in a way that goes beyond “points for inclusion.” he feels like an actual expansion of what trans men in games are allowed to look like."
3. "he talks about how his gender and transness intersects with the culture and community he was raised in in a way that's really illuminating about both things!!"
vs. Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb)
Identity: Lesbian, explicit
Notes: Repeatedly states attraction to women in-text, and explicitly referred to as a lesbian by Tamsyn Muir.
Propaganda: "Sword-wielding butch with big muscles <3"
