#spicella

Last year, I held a shipping event for the following five ships, and I hope to do it again soon!

First off, there's Unimabel, or as I'd like us to start calling them, Major Princess. It's an OC x Canon ship. As the princess of the Unikingdom gets older, she gets a taste of teenage love when she meets a maple tree set on becoming the greatest drum major Central Unikingdom High School has ever seen. I thought it would be a cute way to explore how Unikitty would navigate something that happens to many high school-aged kids, now that she's one.

Foxodile and Frock, the two Canon x Canon ships from the show, are obviously canon, of course. Master Frown and Brock are still boyfriends, and late into Big Bright World, they become fiancés and then husbands. As for Foxodile, I'm portraying them as an intimately platonic kind of ship. It's a ship where, even though you don't like your partner in a romantic sense, you still want to have a very special connection with them.

Spicella, aka Golden Sun, is an OC x OC ship in this AU, involving a pair of merfolk who swear to love each other and stand by each other no matter what. They love each other unconditionally with absolute abandon. Treymogen is another OC x OC ship that also involves teens exploring new and confusing feelings, plus a lot of cultural clashes. That's because someone from a diaspora is getting together with someone living in the nation their heritage comes from.

I should probably start sharing playlists on Tumblr more often 🤷‍♀️

Especially, of course, if I make a drawing like this for them:

Unikitty and Puppycorn’s dad in this AU, Pericorn, is omnisexual.

I gave Mabel a pan dad and a bi mom.

Trey is bi, but that doesn’t make his relationship with Imogen any less queer, like I said.

And in Spicella’s case, Spike is an unlabeled person.

[Image Text: Big Bright Ship Week, September 23-29, 2024

Day One, September 23- Foxodile:

Danger in the Kingdom

Long-Kept Secrets

You Can Do This!

Day Two, September 24- Frock:

The Very Best of Friends

Playing Video Games

Our Childhood Memories

Day Three, September 25- Unimabel:

Visual and Performing Arts

Prom Night

A Perfect Sunny Day

Day Four, September 26- Spicella/Butterspike:

Passionate Kisses

Singing on Stage

Protecting You

Day Five, September 27- Treymogen:

Scavenger Hunt

Awkwardness

High in the Sky

Day Six, September 28- Free Space

Day Seven, September 29- Free Space

#bigbrightshipweek

/End IT.]

Since I have five big ships going on in my AU, I thought it would be a fun idea to dedicate a week-long event to them. This, folks, is Big Bright Ship Week.

If you guys would like to participate, but you need more time to prepare, I can move this event to November 13-19.

Foxodile and Frock are canon ships, Unimabel is an OC x Canon ship, and Spicella and Treymogen are OC x OC ships.

You don’t have to be a longtime follower of Big Bright World, or have my OCs’ entire lore memorized to participate. You can use their fake wiki pages as references:

Mabel

Spike

Marcella

Imogen

Trey

You also don’t have to do all three of the prompts I listed for each ship. Those prompts are just to help give you inspiration; they’re possible ideas that you can do. You don’t even need to do any of those- you can come up with your own ideas.

The last two days are both free spaces. On those days, you can do anything else you want with the five ships listed above, or you can draw any of your other Unikitty ships (like Eaglecreeper, for instance). Or, you can show me which of the other characters in Big Bright World you ship, if anyone. I’d love to see your headcanons for them!

You can submit anything you’d like. If you’re drawing something, you can use whatever style you’d like, whether it’s the show’s style or your own.

There are, of course, a couple of don’t’s…

No NSFW. That won’t go over well.

No pedophilia, incest, or ships with large age gaps.

No ships that glorify or romanticize abuse or non-con.

No shipping Swanna, Celina (Spike’s mom) or Pepper with anyone. Swanna and Celina are both aspec, and Pepper wants to stay single.

Tag your posts with #bigbrightshipweek so that I can see them!

[Image Description: A drawing of Mabel and Unikitty. They are in Mabel’s room, which has brown wallpaper with a triangular pattern near the floor, light yellow carpeting, and a dark reddish-brown chair that Mabel sits at to practice. It has a purple sheet music stand in front of it, and her light purple clarinet case with pink zippers next to it. Unikitty and Mabel are in front of Mabel’s practice chair laughing together. Unikitty’s arms are wrapped around her stomach while Mabel’s palm is on her forehead. Unikitty’s sparkle matter consists of suns with smiling faces, hearts, stars, tiny sparkles, butterflies and light blue music notes. Mabel’s sparkle matter is made up of light bluish-green music notes, hearts, sparkles, white flowers and bees. On the bottom, “Fluffuary- Laughing Together” is written. /End ID.]

I don’t think I’ve ever described what my characters’ Sparkle Matter looks like… I should do that at some point…

[Image Description: A drawing of Imogen and Trey. They are sitting together on the roof of a house in Charm Valley and looking up at the sky, which is beautifully illuminated with stars. Trey is sitting with his legs crossed, and Imogen has her hands on where her knees would be. Both of them are blushing and smiling, and a magenta heart is popping up right above their heads. The background is a forest, and the pointy trees are darker shades of green the further away they are. In the very back, there’s a cluster of hills in shadow. On the bottom, “Fluffuary- Night Out” is written. /End ID.]

Imogen’s favorite things include cloud watching, flying kites and stargazing. She’s gonna meet an elf who loves doing that last thing.

[Image Description: A drawing of Dr. Fox and Hawkodile. They are baking cookies together in the kitchen of Unikitty’s castle. There is a hot pink heart between them. On the counter in front of them, there is an open can of magenta frosting, a jar of sprinkles, a tray of finished cookies, a whisk, a bowl of cookie batter, and an egg carton. On the right, Dr. Fox is holding a spoon with batter on it in one hand and a cookie from the tray in another. On the left, Hawkodile is holding a frosting spreader with frosting on it in one hand and another cookie from the tray in the other. He’s taken a bite out of his cookie; there are frosting and sprinkles around his mouth. On the top, “Fluffuary- Cooking Together/Sharing Food” is written. /End ID.]

Can you tell this one was inspired by Perfect Moment? (I have a really bad habit of spelling things out…)

[Image Description: A drawing of Spike and Marcella. They are in the main hall of the Castle of Marevi. There are four arches behind them with sea flowers and grass growing out from some cracks. On the rightmost column, there is a sign pointing out directions to the library, steam hall and garden. The hall is illuminated with lovely purple and yellow lights, and there are some golden lights floating around Spike and Marcella. Spike is passionately kissing Marcella’s forehead; one of his arms is around her back, and one of her hands is on his shoulder. Marcella’s other hand is holding Spike’s while it’s cupping her cheek. There is a red heart over their heads. On the top, “Fluffuary- Forehead Kiss” is written. /End ID.]

Normally, it’s Marcella who initiates or gives a kiss. But Spike, being the romantic guy he is, WILL gladly start or give one whenever he’s feeling it.

[Image Description: A drawing of Master Frown and Brock. They are in a pit that looks like half of a gigantic geode. Above them is a bunch of pointy green trees poking out and a pretty sunset. On the right, Brock’s body is bent in a way that makes him look like he’s down on one knee. He is holding a blue ring box that has a blue ring with a green gem on it inside. On the left, Master Frown is surprised. His hand is almost covering his mouth, and tears of joy are swelling in his eyes. Lime green exclamation marks are above his head. There is a large red heart and two smaller hot pink hearts between Brock and Master Frown. On the bottom, “Fluffuary- You Changed My Life.” is written. /End ID.]

“Doing things with you is the greatest thing I’ve ever gotten to do. You’re one of the best people I know. And, I really want that to last the rest of our lives. So, uh… will you marry me, dude?”

Man, our trip is going by so fast. Here we are at Day Four!

[Image Description: Spike and Marcella are at a dinner theater called The Painted Shoal. Around them, there are bioluminescent fish of various shades of blue swimming. They are glowing as they swim. Marcella is dressed in a dress that is somewhat similar to traditional Marevian robes. It has a peachy top with a long, dark golden pleated skirt. She is also wearing a hairpiece with a large light yellow sea leaf on it, and two golden pearl necklaces. Her hair is styled in a folded updo. Spike is dressed in a dark gray suit with a bow tie made of a yellowish rock and orange sea leaves. The button on his suit is a small bluish-gray rock. He is also wearing a long brownish-orange skirt that’s parted towards the right to match the leaves on his tie. Spike is up on the stage singing with a bright spotlight on him. His mic is on its stand, and as he sings, he is looking towards Marcella. She is seated at a blue stone table, gazing up at him lovingly. She is thinking of the two of them dancing together with their arms spread in different directions. They are against a purplish-blue backdrop, and there are numerous curving lines behind them that emphasize their movement. To both their left and their right are fronds of green, swaying seaweed. /End ID.]

We’ve now reached the days centered around the OC x OC pairings seen in the Big Bright World AU. Today, we’re diving down into Marevi to see Spike and Marcella, or Butterpearl, as she’s colloquially known. Their ship is what I like to call Spicella, or Butterspike.

How many more times can I draw Spike performing someplace while Marcella looks on? But yeah- I did the Singing on Stage prompt, because Spike loves to sing for Marcie. She’s sitting at a front-row table at The Painted Shoal, a dinner theater, nightclub-type restaurant that Spike and his theater friends like to perform at. Marcella’s made time to see him after a long, fun day of adventuring, and she’s imagining them dancing together. I took influence from Sway, the latest addition to my Spicella playlist. Marevian dancing heavily emphasizes the arms.