#selfship journal

I don’t have a lot to say about every scan, but I do have a few comments :3c

These two are some of the first pages, and the first draft of Ace’s backstory!! It’s still technically follows this storyline, I’ve just expanded it a bunch, so it’s still kinda outdated. This was also back when I wasn’t really a R.icky fan 😅 I like him more now dw

More scans under the cut!!

I’ve been having a lot of fun with a journal dedicated to selfshipping, and I saw a couple people saying they wouldn’t know what to do with their own version, so here are some ideas for a selfship journal and what you could include!

write down how you met your fictional other

sticker page of things that remind you of your f/o! (you can start them mostly blank and add to them in the future if you don’t have a big sticker collection)

collage of images of your f/o

if you enjoy art, draw your f/o and doodle some things that you associate with them

playlists for your f/o: if one song is especially meaningful, you could write it out in full

make a list of things you love about your f/o

make a list of things you would like to do with your f/o

poetry or quotes that remind you of your selfship

print out a shipping template, glue it in and fill it out!

list of favourite quotes/moments from your f/o

collect a colour palette for your f/o

use the notebook as a journal, but write from the perspective of your self-insert in their universe

design some fankids and what they would be like

brainstorm what relationships you have with other characters in your f/o’s universe (friends, enemies, family members)

if you have dreams about your f/os, write them down! or you can write down what you would like to dream about, and try to manifest it

letters to your f/o (or from your f/o)

use an OC template to write details about your self-inserts

wedding plans, if applicable

use the journal to explore some AUs for your ship

review the media your f/o is from (do you like it? do you recommend it? what do you think are the themes and how well are they explored?)

collect photos of fashion you think your f/o or your s/is would wear

use the journal to vent to your f/os and write down what you think they would say to comfort you

list the things that remind you of your f/o: smells, sounds, activities, locations, colours, foods, anything at all

if you ever gets stuck, you can always use a selfship ask game and fill out all your answers in the journal as well!

Jester’s journal spread!

I got so exited seeing the idea of a self ship journal, I started with jester because I assume she would be easiest!

So, I FINALLY got my dividers earlier this week so I could start actually organising and separating my sections! And I've just finished the base of my first section dedicated to Masato, so I thought I'd share what it looks like so far!

So yeah, this is it! Peek my DIY laminating on the divider, I had to do that for most of them bc the glue was sticking to the page before 😅 Then we start with my most favourite selfship/yumeship intro template, followed by Kazuki's ref sheet and his and Masato's relationship lore as far as English translated canon has got, which is copied from what I wrote for Reddit a few days ago. Then we get onto the art, I might do some prompt answers on the flip side of them since those spaces are empty. I'm not too sure why I put lined paper on the page with the Hold My Hand YCH, but I think I might do prompts related to PDA on there? And then we have my flat merch; postcards, bromides, pashas etc., I have some more coming into my proxy for both Sato and Narumi, but I think I might wait until the SUPER EXCITING pre-order I accidentally hosted a group order for arrives, bc I think should have enough storage time to wait, plus it'll give me time to find some other bits...

ANYWAY! That's update 1, idk what'll come first, prompt answers or Narumi's section, but I hope you enjoyed this!