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Shiguang - Link Click ; Ship It!

1. What made you ship it?

I didn't hardcore ship these two until near the end of Season 2, for [NAME OF SPOILER WITHHELD] reasons, but I did start shipping them when they gave the Vibe of Something Going On one too many times throughout the entire show. I would answer this to its full length but I don't want to spoil stuff, so I'll summarise what a lot of Link Click analysers on this app have said: they have aspects of each other's... character(?) within the other. You can also tell later on that they both VERY MUCH care for each other and are so in sync a lot of the time, which I love in a ship, and as we all know, I can and will fold for that good old best friends / "partners" to lovers trope :3 (I hope you will see why I love them so much as you continue watching Link Click) I wish I could say more about them to you but I can't yet-

2. What are your favourite things about the ship?

I sort of answered this in my first answer... oops? 😅 But basically, there is so much evident love and care within Shiguang's relationship; it is by no means perfect at all but there is, without a doubt, love there!! (ik you're in the beginning of Season 2 so you might not see it yet but TRUST me please 🙏) *starts screeching like a cat* I also love how you can read Shiguang as platonic, romantic or... even secret third thing. In fact, queerplatonic Shiguang has my heart because I feel like their dynamic kinda gives me that Vibe of being in a limbo of "well we know there's Something there but we haven't exactly got round to doing anything about it because we have MUCH bigger issues here" ikywim? Not to say I don't like romantic or platonic Shiguang, because I most DEFINITELY ship them romantically, and I find it chill when someone sees them as platonic because YEAH I would also [NAME OF SPOILER WITHHELD] for a friend! I love ships where you can read as platonic (in a besties way), romantic or queerplatonically, and I think all interpretations of Shiguang are valid :3 (as long as we are all respectful and it's not genuinely problematic or missing the point or something like that, obviously) Unrelated but the scene where Cheng Xiaoshi's speech in the Season 1 finale about "I believe every person has something to live for" and there's the sequence where Cheng Xiaoshi is sitting in the shade, but as the light overtakes it Lu Guang and Qiao Ling are there?? (Not necessarily Shiguang since it's obviously about Qiao Ling as well) I have it tattooed to my brain; I love it so much!! The symbolism is fairly simple but I think the simplicity adds to it! Anyway that was a separate tangent but that is one of my favourite scenes of them. As for ACTUALLY Shiguang related things that are my favourite, I love how silly they can be, (the scene in the end of Episode 2 where Cheng Xiaoshi begs Lu Guang to go back to eat one last bowl of noodles and then tricks him into a dive LMAO) and ALSO! The scene where Cheng Xiaoshi deliberates as to whether he should go back in time to save Lu Guang when he thought that Lu Guang was dead in Season 2 Episode 1 but decides not to because that would be against Lu Guang's wishes?! It has my heart AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH <3

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

Uhhhhh idk I have no clue what opinions I have on Shiguang counts as unpopular 😔

Ivantill - Alien Stage ; Ship It! (the truth: *Facebook status* it's complicated...)

1. What made you ship them?

the DEVOTION Ivan has for Till is something I feel all too hard, even if it's not to the unhealthy and destructive degree that Ivan feels. In general, I do love how they both did genuinely care for each other, Ivan romantically, and Till? Well, that's a debate I do NOT want to start so um... I'll say that my take is that it's only mostly unrequited, BUT that there was potential for there to be the beginnings of romance on Till's end. (and that if they actually communicated they probably would've been just as codependent as Mizisua but that's unrelated) I think what made me ship them is the fact that they would've been together in LITERALLY any other universe; it was just not this original one, with the literal dystopia they were both born in. The actor AU and that one beach AU that's technically not canon has my entire heart <3 So yeah, I don't think I would want Ivantill to be together in this universe so technically I don't "ship" them ship them... but I do love their dynamic, and I definitely ship it in the other universes. So, yeah, It's Complicated... and I have no idea how to articulate my explanation; I'm sorry that this is such a mess- 😭

2. What are your favourite things about this ship?

How Ivantill are both so, so wrong about how the other perceives them: Ivan believes Till doesn't give two shits about him so he's just resorted to using Any Possible Method Necessary to gain attention and acknowledgement from him, as well as doing his best to ease his pain, which resorts in him sacrificing himself for Till without feeling that guilty. *shakes Ivan by the shoulders* sigh... 😞 anyway, Till's perception of Ivan is that Ivan HATES him, since Ivan is prone to provoking Till and starting shit with him, generally being strange, and being contradictory towards him; he never knew Till The End (HAH... sorry I'm not funny *insert sad ant with bindle meme*) about Ivan's love for him. It's just tragic, and I know I love that 😎 I also enjoy how silly and goofy they can be (*insert literally any comic of them as kids*), and just... there IS much love between them, even if you're an unrequited Ivantill truther, because I WILL die on the hill that Till definitely loved and cared about Ivan platonically! (Like... his survivor's guilt literally manifested as hallucinations of Ivan, and Ivan was ON HIS MIND throughout Round 7 as he actually tried to win ALNST for Ivan! Plus! Ik it's not canon but in Karma when kid! Till grabbed kid! Ivan's hand as they were falling and gave him such a big, genuine smile that was so full of love?? YEAH 😭😭💞💞 excuse me for a moment while I sob /pos) And ofc, like I mentioned, I LOVE the AU content made of them; it is very much healing from the angsty canon :3 There's more I could go on about but yeah! Love Ivantill; they're so angsty and complex <3

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

Ig I don't think of Ivantill as fully requited OR unrequited. I also have no idea if this is unpopular within the fandom but! I see quite a bit of "Till doesn't like Ivan; he likes Mizi!" or "Till only admires Mizi; he likes Ivan!", and to that, I say (if I'm arguing the idea that Ivantill was fully requited): "Till had feelings for both of them that were extremely differing". Till liked Mizi in a way that was quite shallow and because he needed someone as a muse for him to keep persisting; he himself is not too interested in getting to know her better, and is content to be fairly distant, as his motivation of continuing to keep going is basically based on the idea of her. Mizi was a symbol for hope to Till, and once he got away from ALNST, he no longer needed that idolisation to keep going, hence why he states "he's not in love with her any more", seven years later in a comic. Till had both feelings of love and resentment towards Ivan, due to the contradictory nature of their relationship. If there were any romantic feelings, they never got to fully develop because they never communicated properly. Idk if I articulated that well, but basically what I'm trying to say is, I believe that just because Till liked one, doesn't immediately cancel out the fact that he didn't like the other, since you can have feelings for more than one person! TvT Hopefully this makes sense..

Testbulb - Inanimate Insanity ; Ship It!

1. What made you ship it?

Personally for me, it was you! :3 If you didn't talk about it a lot, I probably wouldn't really consider the ship all that much. But as for what actual elements that made me ship them, the opposites attract and how their personalities complement each other well is definitely a big factor! (you can see how I love the opposites attract stuff with how much I adore Shiguang :3) I might not ship Testbulb in the same way as you, but it's definitely an underrated ship and I like it! :D

2. What are your favourite things about the ship?

Again, I sort of answered this when I answered the first question- 😅 My favourite thing about Testbulb is how their relationship evolved in the episode where they became friends <3 (forgive me for not remembering the name of the episode 😭) That specific arc just felt great to watch! To conclude: they're silly, they have good chemistry as characters and they should kiss! RN, IN FACT!!!

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I'm not in the II fandom enough to know what counts as an unpopular opinion, but I DO know that Test Tube should be allowed to be shipped with Lightbulb and other non-Fan characters without comments being like "Fantube is canon btw" or something 😔 I really don't think this should be an unpopular opinion and I have no idea if people still do this so I completely retract this statement if people don't do this any more, or if this isn't an unpopular opinion.

Silvertaco - Inanimate Insanity ; Ship It!

1. What made you ship it?

Once again, you! A wonderful peak freak4freak ship I never would've considered if you didn't ship it :3 But again, the elements of the ship itself that made me ship Silvertaco are how these two would just be so fun to watch interact, and how they'd match each other's freak >:3

2. What are your favourite things about the ship?

I can just feel the chemistry they'd have as characters coming off of them. They'd be so fun to put in Situations, regardless of whether the situation is fluffy, angsty or something else in between/completely different. I think I'd very much benefit from watching them interact, and ig they'd benefit 😒 (/silly for that last part) Once again, them being freaky is wonderful, as is the headcanon of Silver Spoon being transfem and the ship being yuri. :3 (live laugh love transfem headcanons and yuri ‼️)

3. What is an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

The fact that it even is something I ship /j ok but on a more serious note, I don't think that there's enough of shippers (unfortunately) for there to even be popular or unpopular opinions about it yet-