Newt's Self Ships

disclaimer: these are things that may or may not be applicable for you, but rather my own personal list of things that I can only hope it will be of help to you, but I just wanna share them and keep an archive in general in case I forget one of them. HOWEVER, one thing to note is that I will try to keep this as inclusive as possible, so you won’t have to worry about your f/o not being popular enough to do any of these things! I will not bring up merch or anything officially licensed like that so rest assured.

— study your f/o’s lore and source material: it’s especially important to do this if your f/o shares a different cultural background. learning more about the things that differs from your own experiences is a very interesting process. if there isn’t much lore to your f/o to quote-unquote “study”, then all the more power to you; make stuff up! you have a lot of creative liberty here so put that to use! I like to keep a physical diary for noting down things, so if you enjoy writing by hand, please do that, it really helps to remember.

Dear nonblack + white selfshippers, implore you to do proper research on your black f/o’s and interact with black selfshippers this month.

Listen to black selfshippers when we talk about the racism we face in this community. Don't speak over us or derail our conversations. Instead uplift our voices! Reblog art from black artists, black writers, black editors, etc.

Those with black f/o’s please make sure your research on antiblackness in your relationships. Don't whitewash your f/o’s. Lightening the skin isn't the only form of whitewashing; loosening tight curls, removing black features such as big noses and big lips. Learn how to draw those features correctly.

if your f/o has ever done something in canon that hurt you, upset you, or disappointed you, they want you to know they're sorry 🤎

even if they're not the kind to verbally apologize, you can tell they're remorseful by the way they treat you now

maybe it's something they said or did, and maybe they even DID mean it at the time. either way, they hope you have it in your heart to forgive them. they know they're flawed, yet they're very grateful you decide to love them still 🤎

proship dni, please

1. collect or find rocks, beads, stickers, overall trinkets that remind you of your yumeship or f/os

2. make a literal gacha music video. nobody can stop you!

3. combine your yumeship with your favourite media to make an au

4. find accessories that remind you of your f/os, so you can wear them to feel more connected!

5. analyse your f/o because you get them better than anyone else😔✊

6. if you have a serious f/o, imagine their embarrassing youth

7. spend some time sitting around on prompt generator websites (non-ai!) you can find those by simply searching for “otp prompt generator”:

8. make a pinterest board for the outfits that fit your f/os, and you can imagine them in those…

9. listen to orchestral music and imagine you and your f/os dancing gracefully to it

10. redraw goofy memes as your yumeship

Imagine this. It's 9:40 pm and it's thundering outside, you're cuddling with your f/o in the dimmest of lights and their touch and warm. You never thought you'd feel this safe in your life, yet here you are. Their hand pets your head and holds you close as they hush you sweet nothings.

Things really do get better, it's just that the future is scary until we're in it. Your f/o is so proud of you, and you should know it. They'll always love you no matter what.

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Their friends are your friends. Their family is your family. Their house is familiar to you. Their city/neighborhood/village/whatever are streets and walkways you know by heart. Ya know?

however, im also stupid

if you notice that i accidentally reblogged anything ai generated PLEASE let me know so that i can delete it and block the blog