Kind of in-depth opinions on some inside out ships nobody asked for but me just so I can delete it from my phone
Joy/Anger
I loved their chemistry in the second movie, they interacted a surprising amount when I first saw it. I noticed Joy is always touching Anger in some way, and unlike when the other emotions do it, he never seems to mind. I also loved the moment when he stood up for her while she was trying to convince those mind workers to go against Anxiety.
I think they go so well together because they're both action-oriented emotions. Instead of encouraging Riley to avoid things, they push her to act, and those two working together can do good for her. Whenever Anger is being carried by someone, it's only Joy doing it, minus that one time with Disgust in the first movie when she made him mad in order to burn the glass. I also think it's really cute how Joy is usually the one calming Anger down. Either it works or he just grumbles and goes along with it anyway, which makes it seem like no matter what he'll end up listening to Joy anyway.
(Last year there was a sweethearts deal for them during Valentine's Day on Disney Speedstorm, which I'm pretty sure needs to be approved by creatives first before being slapped into the game, and I can't stop thinking about that HAHA)
Joy/Sadness
I think they're cute. I love how much more Joy acknowledges Sadness in the sequel, especially during the scene where she takes her to the Belief System for the first time. She even encourages Sadness to come with her, which is such a nice contrast to how she treated her in the first movie.
They spend more time apart than together in the sequel, but I liked that Sadness was the first to join Joy in hugging Riley's Sense of Self. I also liked when Joy told Sadness she was strong before she went up the tube, so it's not completely off the table for me.
Joy/Disgust
I don't see much of this ship, but I can't see them as anything more than friends. I did enjoy the scene where they started fangirling over the high school coach, and I thought it was sweet when Disgust dusted off Joy's dress after she almost fell into the sarcasm. Those moments were fun, but that's about as far as I see them. There was that one short where Joy kept intentionally grossing Disgust out just to get her away from the console so she could make Riley eat the blueberry that she dropped, which was peak.
Joy/Fear
I feel like Joy would be the only one who's really good at bringing out a braver side of Fear, and I think she'd be one of, if not his first, go-to whenever it comes to issues regarding himself or Riley. Whenever Fear freaks out, he usually goes to Joy and frantically shakes her. But again, I think they work much better as friends.
Joy/Anxiety
Joy and Anxiety are very one-sided to me. I can see Anxiety having a crush on Joy, but I can't see Joy returning those feelings. If anything, I feel like Anxiety wants to be Joy's number one co-worker type of thing. It gives me a bit of a teacher's-pet dynamic, where Anxiety is constantly looking for Joy's approval and wanting to impress her, and of course Joy appreciates it.
Anger/Fear
They are really funny together, but that's about it for me, lol. Sometimes Fear grabs onto Anger and clings to him when he's scared, which is pretty wholesome. But then again, Anger also likes to beat up and strangle Fear, so uhh not exactly husband material, Anger. (Joking)
Anger/Sadness
There are so few interactions between them that I don’t really have a strong opinion on what kind of relationship they could have. The only moment that really comes to mind is when Joy was telling Sadness how she knew how to crawl through the tube because she had read the manuals, and Anger just nodded along with a small smile. Other than that, there isn’t much between them for me to form a solid opinion on.
Anger/Disgust
If I'm gonna be completely honest, this is probably one of the ships I fw the least, (aside from any ships with Envy or Nostalgia). They give off really strong sibling energy to me, and most of their interactions with each other are either somewhat negative or just normal, everyday interactions rather than anything that feels romantic. I'm also gonna ignore the fact that someone found art of them making out from a Pixar animator because that's a whole thing I don't really want to get into lmao.
I just feel like if they were actually dating, they'd spend more time arguing and bickering than bonding.
Fear/Sadness
Same with Sadness and Anger, they don't really have many interactions together. The only thing I can think of is when Fear pulled Sadness to the side when Anxiety appeared. But I will never forget when Fear shoved Sadness out of the way in that short clip of the emotions testing Anger's patience. That was so unnecessary ðŸ˜. They would play monopoly with each other for hours, though.
Fear/Anxiety
So my viewpoint on them kinda changed. I still think they're cute, and Fear obviously seems to like her, but after rewatching the second movie, I realized Anxiety really does not gaf about him LOL. They also just met, so it makes sense that there isn't much of anything between them yet. If there's anymore Inside Out content in the future, there could be more interactions between them and maybe get a better idea of how they work together.
Fear/Disgust
If they were to get together, they'd be the perfect example of girlboss x male wife hehe. Fear is always rambling, while Disgust is always unbothered. They have a lot more moments in the second movie than the first, like when Fear grabbed her hand when she almost fell off the balloon. After she looked back at him he pulled her up and brought her really close to him. Disgust was also in his lap after they landed, and you can see her still holding onto him, which is cute when you realize that's the first time Disgust held Fear for safety, from what's shown anyways. Fear even put his hand over hers when they were about to explode the dynamite, which could just be because he has really long fingers and nowhere else to put it, but STILL. As much as I like this ship, we only really see Disgust express romantic interest in Lance.
There was also an ad-lib of Fear confessing to Disgust in the first movie that didn't make it in. Amy Poehler even said they made sense when it comes to that kind of relationship LOL.
Sadness/Embarrassment
Sadness clearly has some sort of attraction towards Embarrassment, and he always acts bashfully around her in the short animations I've seen of them. Sadness even fluttered her eyelashes at him in one, so that says something. I'm pretty sure they're in the early stages of something, whether that be romantic or platonic, but aside from canon, they'd be very cute.
Disgust/Ennui
This is a pretty fun one. They would definitely secretly trash talk about anything together. One of my friends thought of this one and it's honestly valid af. Sorry if there's not much written for this one ðŸ˜.
Bonus: Disgust/Lance
Wild ship lol. I think they made Disgust have such a hard on for Lance because Riley is trying to tell herself that it's disgusting to have a crush on a video game character? or something along those lines? Idk I'm not smart, but this also kind of brings up the concept that emotions can feel attracted towards other beings that aren't them. Lance pretty much likes her back too, so I don't know if this was all just meant to be a gag or if Pixar is legitimately trying to push something between the two of them. I don't even see much art or talk of them, so I'm pretty sure everyone collectively doesn't take this ship seriously.












