#doubtshipping

Made for @deathandnonexistentialdread

I go over some super-niche poly ships this time for the fun of it. As always, please reblog with ship propaganda and fic recs! And you're welcome to request any ships that you like!

Mumbleshipping: Seto Kaiba x Ryou Bakura x Duke Devlin

My ride or die OT3. They make so much sense that I've already written a ton of propaganda for them, so suffice it to say that I think these three nerds with daddy issues balance each other perfectly.

Rollshipping: Ryou Bakura x Duke Devlin x Joey Wheeler

Ryou loves a dice-based game, Duke invents a dice-based game, and Joey uses dice-based cards. That's the origin of the name: they all roll dice. I love the idea of Joey healthy protecting his pretty boyfriends from all their admirers.

Doubtshipping: Ryou Bakura x Marik Ishtar x Seto Kaiba

I think this could be really cute in a setting where they're all trying to break and move forward.

Dandelionshipping: Ryou Bakura x Joey Wheeler x Yugi Mutou

Ryou and Yugi both wished on their Millennium Items for friends, and Joey fulfills that wish.

Carryshipping: Ryou Bakura x Joey Wheeler x Tristan Taylor

Joey and Tristan take turns carrying their puffball of a boyfriend when he gets tired.

Hauntedshipping: Ryou Bakura x Yugi Mutou x Seto Kaiba

These are the three modern characters with the most significant past incarnations from Egypt, and the entire show is about these three being haunted and hunted by those past selves in different ways.

Scholarshipping: Ryou Bakura x Ishizu Ishtar x Seto Kaiba

Yes, I made this one up, because I like to think of Kaiba keeping these two weirdos as pets in his mansion. They understand each other when it comes to the occult and spiritual stuff they're interested in, and then they've got Kaiba to find their research and give them headpats.

Teaseshipping: Joey Wheeler x Seto Kaiba x Ryou Bakura

I like to think that Ryou would end up teasing both of these boys for their opinions on ghosts/spirits.

Petshipping: Joey Wheeler x Duke Devlin x Seto Kaiba

It's got all the fun of Joey and Kaiba's rivalry with all the fun of Duke and Joey's (brief) rivalry.

Entrepreneurshipping: Seto Kaiba x Duke Devlin x Siegfried von Schroeder

@rain-love-poetry sent a bunch of their rarepair fics, and though I am suspicious they’re more interested in Malik/everyone, here they are in order of how much I enjoyed them (tho they’re all p. good).

Bubbles - Kaiba/Ryou/Malik

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7707994

powerful sugarbaby vibes coming off of Ryou in this one, but i’m down. besides, what self respecting Kaiba shipfic doesn’t get a little sugary?

Make Love, Not War - Alister/Malik

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7996981

never gave the Orichalcos villains enough thought to consider them in a ship, tbh, but I like Malik’s characterization here.

Desert Rose - Malik/Zigfried von Schroeder

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7996861

bro i’m onto you i know you’re only in this rarepair game to spoil malik using various rich proxys and i dont even care i DONT even CARE 

i feel like i want to write zigfreid now, considering how violently german he is

i indentify highly w/ him because my personality is also comprised of taking baths and being Deutsch

@rain-love-poetry also snuck some thiefshipping in, so here’s that! 

Life’s Too Short - Malik/Bakura

Title: Almost Real Life

Rating: G

Ship: Seto Kaiba x Ryou Bakura x Marik Ishtar

Words: 427

Tags: Fluff, Short One Shot, Established Relationship, Crossover, Pokemon, VR Game

Fic Summary:

Kaiba is letting his boyfriends beta test a VR Pokemon game that KaibaCorp is making. They all love it.

Oh, nice picks! I actually do have fics for both of these ships!

FILLERSHIPPING: I ship it!

1. What made you ship it?

So, years ago when I first started fanfiction on FFN, I had a "Miscellaneous One-Shots" fic (you can still check that out on FFN if you really really want to) where I would take Yugioh ship requests for just about everything from anybody. Somebody requested Fillershipping, and I was like, "Oh, that's cute! Two big brain kids from wealthy backgrounds with big egos who would probably bicker and bond at the same time!" So I wrote this one-shot for it. Then @worldendercharles requested a sequel, and I absolutely went ham on it. A huge long story formed in my head, and maybe someday I will write out the continuation, because it will be full of drama and heartache. Lmk if you guys want further info on that fic and where the story would go, I'll happily divulge it all. (Please ask me about how the rest of that story would go, but after you read the fics, cause it won't make sense otherwise.)

2. What are your favorite things about this ship?

Their potential for advancement and the fact that they are potentially some of the few people that can truly understand each other on a deeper level. I think Rebecca would also be good at teaching Noah to be human. Once her grandfather's California estate is rebuilt, she would take him camping there. They would ride horses and breathe in the fresh air and look at the night desert sky and he would feel small for the first time ever and it would be so refreshing. They would just connect.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have about this ship?

Nope, I think they're perfect together. Power couple. I want a world where they end up together. Robot-body, android-body, human-grown clone, I don't care how. Make it happen.

DOUBTSHIPPING: I ship it!

1. What made you ship it?

I took my gay dolls and made them kiss. (I was very into Angstshipping and Euroshipping at the time that I discovered poly ships.)

2. What are your favorite things about this ship?

The magic ties Marik and Ryou together, and it's what this ship has that Mumbleshipping doesn't: Ryou and Marik dragging Kaiba into the Shadow Magic against his will, maybe even telling them about the Giant Rock ™️ that Ishizu showed him. They will force this stubborn man to confront his heritage and his past, against his will, and they will use their bodies against him, and they will all be torn apart and rebuilt in the process.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have about this ship?

[Bakura Ryo/Marik Ishtar/Kaiba Seto]