#polyshipping

Speaking of yuri....

Even if you don't like it, you WILL look at it.

Look at my super polyamorous sims...

Without further ado, my grand polycule/ship web!

It's absolutely ridiculous. I know. But I can explain any one of these.

One thing I would like to address off the bat is that I view branching relationships as fairly commonplace in the Pokémon world; a place where people regularly travel, join up, and split apart for their own ends. Bonds are aplenty, and overlapping ones are accepted more readily.

A relationship might not mean lifeplanning together, or much beyond "we have strong chemistry and like spending time together." Intensity and life arrangements vary. There's no one core at the center of this.

Ash has the most because he's my shipping bike and the main character. This is NOT, by any stretch, a harem thing. I hope the map makes it clear that everyone here has their own lives & priorities.

[ID: Text in the center says Polyam Shipping Day, 14th of every month, June 2026 - Hand Holding. Below Polyam Shipping, and to the left of Day, is a red infinity sign that finishes in a heart on top. Surrounding the text are rows of stylized hearts in the colors of both versions of the polyam pride flag (black, red, bright blue, light green, dark green, light blue, navy). /end ID]

June 14th 2026 is our 56th Polyam Shipping Day!

For this month, our optional prompt is 🤝Hand Holding 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

There are many reasons for hand holding, both romantic and platonic. It could be affectionate or supportive. A light tentative hold, a caressing touch, a grounding comfortable gesture or a tight grip of desperation or pain. A hold pulling someone up from certain death or away from other danger, or tugging towards something good, onwards to adventure! How do the characters feel about hand holding; do they assume a certain meaning that could lead to misunderstandings? Is it something negotiated or an important relationship signifier? If it's a first step on a date or with a crush, who initiates and how do they decide to take that risk? This is also perfect for the 'X has two hands' meme/trope.

As per usual, you’re welcome to create for any of our previous prompts as well!

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We’ll be tracking #PolyamShippingDay, and keeping an eye out for any @polyamships mentions too. We will reblog any polyam-positive fanworks featuring polyamorous ships of any configuration/type from any fandom. All ratings are welcome but anything nsfw/triggery should be warned for and behind a read more, as should very long tumblr fic.

You can also submit works directly to the blog or send us asks to let us know to check your blog for a post. If you’re posting on AO3, our collection name is ‘PolyamShippingDay‘ and you can post to the collection here. Only fanworks submitted/@ us on tumblr or in the official AO3 collection, or fanworks posted to our Dreamwidth community, are guaranteed to be included in our roundup. Please also let us know what prompt you created for, if any - people are always welcome to create for past prompts instead.

We have a Discord - invite here - if you want a place to chat about your ships or what you’re creating for them. We also have a Bluesky account if you would like to post any works there (although we cannot guarantee they’ll be on the tumblr roundup, we’ll definitely share them on the Bluesky account.)

Welcome, welcome! It is that time again! We are coming back with a vengeance for 2026.

Four or More 2026 Pride Event

AO3 collection

This is a limited time Ficathon where the only requirement is to have your work be Pride-themed.

What’s Pride-themed? Anything from actually loudly attending Pride to quiet coming outs to family. Celebrating mixed orientation relationships or watching people’s sexual orientations and genders change and evolve within the polycule. Gender fuckery in the sheets or in the streets. 

We will not be policing works for one definition of Pride

Our Four or More Bingo will be officially launched on June 1st, but you can combine this event with the Four or More Bingo (or any other event that allows it) for an extra challenge.

This event will run exclusively from June 1st to June 30th.

This is a low-stakes, personal challenge. There's no penalty for not finishing, you just won’t make it to the Pride collection.

GUIDELINES

Any medium! Any rating! As long as your work focuses on a relationship with 4 or more people, it's allowed!

All works must be your own and not previously posted. AI generated works will be deleted from the collections.

You may combine these with other events, as long as the other event allows it (examples are @polyamships polyamshippingday, lyricaltitles challenges, etc)

Small fandoms welcome!

Don't forget to comply with the community guidelines.

MEDIUM SPECIFIC GUIDELINES

Minimum wordcount for fics is 100 words. There is no maximum

Minimum for art is a sketch on unlined paper (figure sticks allowed!). There is no limit to the quality or effort you want to put in your fills.

Minimum for moodboards is a 3x3 grid (9 images individually or edited in one image). Maximum is given by the place where you decide to post. On tumblr, the maximum is 20 images, but on AO3, you're free!

Minimum for podfic is a 100-word fic. There is no restriction on maximum length or sound effects.

Minimum for fanvids is 30 seconds. There is no maximum.

Other mediums don't have a minimum. Do you want to make an in-universe magazine for your ship? A cross stich pattern? A sculpture? Go ahead and do it! I look forward to all the things you can create.

FAQ below the cut

Yk what would be fun? Making up some random polyam ships. So here’s a list of what I thought of (some I actually ship, most just crackships) in no particular order. No I do not ship most of these