Artes Prejoin: Day 3

[chuu]

Hello hello Artes! It's Chuu and I'm hosting today's prejoin event! Alas, it is another discussion post. Your Topic?

What pairings do you ship? Do you prefer romantic ships? platonic? some other type?

Answer this question and you'll get 2 random cards! This event will end when Artes officially opens.

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[tsuchidaruma]

HI CHUU

Ermm I like the master/servant (but not really) relationship that Guy/Luke has, so I totally ship them that way. Can't say no to good osananajimi characters, can I? XD

Also I ship everyone in ToL THEY'RE LIKE A SINGLE ENTITY, YOU CAN'T SEPARATE THEM IN ANY WAY... If one person goes away, the other 7 follows. I like that o3o

[chuu]

HI ELPHIE HIII akjsdna

I like that relationship!! *u* I have other pairs myself but LMFAO I haven't jumped into tales in awhile aaa

[griff]

Well my favorite ship right now is Milla/Jude but in general... I prefer family stuff over romantic pairings.

So you can probably guess what my favorite dynamic in Tales of Symphonia is... and also in Legendia (it's still hard for me to ship Senel and Shirley romantically, even though the game pushes it in that direction.) I also like how the characters in a lot of the Tales games end up becoming a big pseudo-family.

[chuu]

family stuff is cute I would think! it's stuff that people don't look over too much as opposed to intimate or romantic pairings...

[anesidorian]

I prefer non-romantic ships to romantic ones, in general. . . family or rival or bff dynamics are my favorites! Though that said, I do ship a little bit because it's impossible not to :'D Especially in Abyss (Luke/Tear, Anise/Ion, Guy/Natalia. . .)

SPEAKING OF ABYSS what a cute banner, eeeee.

[chuu]

oh my god you're going to kill me with this.... non-romantic or platonic it's quite interesting yes! AND THANK YOU it was one of the pictures I had in mind for this day event...!!

[baredick]

Welp. Raven/Rita pretty much explain my favorite types of pairing in general. But it's one of my favorites. Pretty much if its anything in Vesperia then I probably ship it tbh.

[chuu]

goodness kuri pls. does that mean i'll be hearing your fangirl when you lp on it

[kippi]

I like most positive dynamics, really! Hell, for the most part I don't even mind most of my romantic ships as platonic ones. Although, I'm not too fond of the whole ~rivals~ thing. (Okay, flynn and yuri are sort of an exception.)

What do you mean the question asks for specific examples? Well I guess as far as romantic ships go I ship Chaltier/Leon a whole lot. Kyle/Reala too. And lots of other things, like Rita/Estelle, Klarth/Milard, Richard/Asbel... I also ship quite a few things platonically as well! I love Guy and Luke's relationship, as well as previously mentioned Yuri and Flynn. And I most definitely adore all the sibling relationships we see.

[chuu]

Its cool, I'm not much of a rivals thing either |Da though flynn and yuri... they seem quite to be sync in the rival category.. !

[danybel]

Hi Chuu!!

I like all kinds of ships, platonic, romantic, hate-based, anything. I will always ship my favourite character with someone though, and I kinda ship Yuri/Jude even though they're not even in the same freaking game

[polizei]

AMEN TO THIS

[polizei]

i only exist to ship (and am also warden of gay baby jail), and i'm over here currently obsessed with alvin/jude from tales of xillia.

i really love pairings where the two characters really gel together, are close friends or they support one another through thick and thin. jude and alvin is a really... extreme example of this in some ways, but its an example none the less.

i also like horrible disgusting ships but we wont get into those...........

[chuu]

this is incredible shhhhh. it just makes me wish i had shipped more

[clonesakas]

I'm a rampant alternative shipping machine, so I love things like familyships especially of the sibling variety and friendships. Also team/group dynamics hnnn. Or I'll make up ship categories that don't even mean anything but they involve relationships like the "everyone needs to go be friends with Alvin" ship

But if I had to pick a favorite ship I'm going with my default crackship Spada/Estelle because I think they'd be cute and you can't stop my spotty logic :T

[chuu]

ksjda your icon is so cute- oh god crack ships. i barely do those but when i do, i can be pretty excessfully annoying

[needles]

I multiship like a mad woman. M/M, M/F, F/F, threesomes and moresomes, I have shipped all of these in some combination throughout most of the games I've played. In fact, it's hard for me to pick a Tales OTP^TM because I ship so dang much. Having just one ship is for chumps (crossed arms plurk emote) (I kid, I kid!)

[chuu]

Lita you're too funny I swear. Man if I had that shipping power, I'd probably ramble on and on about them so thumbs up uuuuu

[vilya]

Ships. Ships.

We can go by game if you'd like.

In Abyss I mostly sail the Peony/Nephry ship because they are tragic and cute and would have been really great for each other. Also Frings/Cecille. But we don't go there.

In Symphonia it's Zelos/Sheena as both a romance ship and a truly epic friendship.

I think I could be persuaded to ship Jude/Milla and there's a bit of a naughty streak over there in the corner that ships Alvin/Leia but not with any kind of actual content or substance. Just that it would be spiffy to watch them work through their issues aboard ship. So to speak.

That's about it for standout romantic-ish ships for me. I am way more interested in how friendships develop and pretty much any two characters getting more development together is pretty great in my book.

[chuu]

I don't mind!

Peony and Nephry seems like the case ;u; Without spoilers, I think I would want to hug them if possible!! haha

Oh god I've seen that ship a lot despite the fandom being all akjsdna

I don't think there's anything wrong with friendships because they count if you would like to list them! Very optional though so...!

[cautiousardent]

I could talk for 100 hours minutes about pairings, both romantic and platonic.

I've only played a few games, but I'll talk about my otps and friendships I love from Vesperia, Graces, and Xillia!!

My Vesperia otps are def Yuri/Flynn and Rita/Estelle u/////u Their relationships are p dynamic and I love their types of relationships, anyway. Especially Ristelle! Both those pairings are so cute. Friendships-wise, though, I have to say everyone's relationship with Estelle, definitely! I just love Estelle, HAHA

My Graces otp Richard/Asbel and Malik/Hubert because I love their relationship (big surprise) and their interactions throughout the game. My favorite friendships are jUST EVERYBODY'S they're a huge friend-family thing and I just love it a lot tbh. Especially Sophie's relationships with Asbel, Richard, and Cheria and Hubert's with Asbel and Pascal.

My Xillia otps should be fairly obvious if you know me. If not, well. It's Alvin/Jude and Gaius/Wingul HAHA. I'm a weirdo who likes large age gaps, and Alvin's just so clingy to Jude. Also That One Scene. And Gaius/Wingul is gr9 because I just love their dynamic and they're just huge asshole dorks together ok. My favorite friendships are Jude and Elize's, Jude and Milla's, Jude and Leia's, and Milla and Leia's! But everyone's frienships are also great in this game. HHHHHHH. I am also getting more and more endeared towards Milla/Leia.

OBVIOUSLY the romantic ones are just otps and not like. The only things I ship from the games. I like other pairings, too, but these are the ones closest to my heart tbh. And I didn't talk about the two other games I've played, but I didn't want to go on 5ever about this KLJSDKLFJA MY POST IS ALREADY THE LONGEST ONE, SO ...

[chuu]

ITS OKAY MAL I love you for this!! I just wish I had more to say since my knowledge of Tales is really slim ;u;;;;; I'VE SEEN THESE PAIRS AROUND A LOT THOUGH SO ITS SOMETHING I APPROVE OF AT LEAST?? People can ship what they ship, no hating, just shippin

[shinsengumi]

Things from Tales that I ship:
- Kratos/Zelos (OOPS) (but it's so horrendous and attractive and violent and volatile) (magic swordsmen unite) and a little of Zelos/Colette
- Malik/EVERYONE but especially................ Sophie.................. AND HUBERT. Apparently I wrote the first bit of Malik/Hubert in English/on Ao3, oops. Also Malik/Hubert/Richard is a great threesome, do approve.
- Gaius/Wingul because how can you not.

As a general rule I ship things that are aesthetically pleasing, things that are canon, things that make me laugh, and things that people don't approve of. Also Jade/me. oops.

[chuu]

THE DYNAMICS OF THE SYMPHONIA SHIP is so hot it's on fire oh my god o////o And yes to Gaius/Wingul, it's pretty difficult to see them apart

haha i ship myself with characters all the ti- /punted

[adurotum]

I enjoy rival-ships, bro-ships, and mentor-ships most. So examples are Gaius/Wingul, Yuri/Flynn, and Milla/Jude. I SHIP A LOT OF STUFF THAT DOESN'T FALL UNDER THESE THREE CLASSIFICATIONS but those are the types I tend to ship most often.

... I'm not going into all the Tales things I ship though that is way too much.

[chuu]

it's the first I've heard someone mention bro-ship though!! bro-five, man. brooo-five!!

[lewin]

i only have two tales ships that i really adore which is presa/alvin and yuri/flynn;; (also in the game game)

but, i do like a lot of other romantic ships and then platonic. i really like alvin/elise as friends because they can learn a lot from each other, and then there's sophie/richard for the same reason!

[chuu]

those two ships seem really cute!! i never played the game myself for the former or latter but i've seen lots of pictures!! nice choices.

[meria]

I ship a lot of things, but especially pairings with ages differences because I'm a horrible, horrible person. Milla/Jude is the least awful example. All the others are terrible and shameful ;-;b But I'm a big fan of platonic intergenerational friendships too, like Elize and Rowen's.

Really I'm a sucker for any cute friendship uvu

[chuu]

i've shipped those types before c: Elize and Rowen's platonic relationship is actually pretty adorable from what i've heard!

[boywonder]

HOLY CRAP NO I will be here all day if I go into what I ship bc I ship like everything
but most of it's gay like me soooo there's that

UH also I like any potential for seriously messed up kink but I don't want you all to be like "ew this guy" so idk

My all time favorite Tales ship is Van/Asch which really tells you everything about me that you ever needed to know!

/slides away slowly

[chuu]

I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT BUT YOU CAN TRY.

i like gays tho and well that pair seem pretty probable (in fact i can see it happening what)

[bats]

UH.........A LOT. I like REALLY TERRIBLE ROMANTIC SHIPS and, well, everything else. I guess my main ship is Gaius/Wingul so..... you can see how my usual preference is... though I can get behind almost anything.

It's basically "What will cause Katy the most pain? There you go."

[chuu]

I would too... how I wish I can play Xillia but what's trying to afford it ;; Gaius/Wingul is very hnngh however, I'd dive into it

[harmonium]

Arche/Chester. My all time favorite OTP of any Tales game!! They're stupid tsunderes that are really cute with each other and they have a bit of a bumpy road but they work through it! Arche and Chester later have a kid, too. :x In a spinoff official novel, I think, but—their relationship is also a little sad because Arche's a half elf and Chester's a human so ALONG WITH LIFESPAN there's also the fact that Arche has to wait 100 years to even see Chester again but she does wait and. '^'

[chuu]

sknkjdna I love tsunderes, and their relationship seems along the lines of what I'd be into despite not having played the game.. you describe things quite well!!

[feh]

Mieu/Largo, Mieu tops.

No, that isn't serious. Uh. Ships. I actually don't do a lot of shipping in this series, so I'll...try...I don't have any ships for Symphonia, just ships I avoid. Nothing in Innocence. I ship Asbel/Cheria in Graces, but nothing else. I ship Asch/Natalia in Abyss...it's a good pairing. Anise/Ion is really cute but alas. I actually don't have any Xillia ships, either.

It's weird because I love gay slash a lot but in all of the popular pairings, there's just a character who I don't enjoy.

[chuu]

Mieu is the best topper by far anyway i mean-

I've had those moments where I do avoid popular ships, since I tend to just ship based on what I like despite popularity or not... Asch/Natalia is really is a cute ship as is Anise/Ion *u*

[dialga]

i'm a huge sucker for huge, family type dynamics! that's part of the reason i love xillia so much, the cast has this great family vibe that i'm a sucker for.

that being said, i don't... ship a lot of 'canon' tales of ships, and instead ship everything else. right now i'm most into alvin/jude, milla/leia and leia/agria! that should be enough of an indicator of the ships i like.

[chuu]

pffff yeah same.. I think I tend to go for most non-canon ships myself ;; tales or otherwise! it's a lot more exciting to think of possibilities than trying to see what the story has laid out for the "main ship".

[gomenforthesuffering]

I ship everything. One huge Tales orgy.

8D




But ok um ummmm umumumum...

I love friendships / platonic ships, but there are some ships that I just really love "romantic" in all their fucked up glory. I am pretty open to shipping whatever, because sometimes it's a fun challenge to see how you can plausibly come up with a way for two characters to icly or at least only slightly AUly be together, you know?


anyway so pairings that I ship like burning include:

Jade & Peony (platonic, romantic, whatever man these two are life partners; Peony is Jade's moral compass, and Jade's got Peony's back so it works out), Jude x everyone, but no seriously Jude & Milla, Jude & Alvin, Jude & Gaius, Milla & Jude & Alvin, older Elize x Jude, Teepo x Jude's Face....., Alvin x Presa ( ;o; ), Gaius x Wingul (aww yeah catty schoolgirl Wingul I mean um), Sheena & Zelos, Lloyd & Colette, Jay & Jade comedy duo (no ok I just want to see them be terrible to someone together), Jade & Zelos Viva La Tales Of Hosting Duo (basically I just want these two to forever be hosts of Viva ok), Peony & Nephry, Natalia & Asch, Guy & Noelle, Anise & Ion, and -- ok no I will stop now. I have LOTS OF SHIPS and can keep going....

[chuu]

8D
orgies are good

And omg those ships are from the games I've either played or watched or knew about before posting so it's like mmmmmmmmmm do like omg?? I'D SAY KEEP GOING YES I would just have no idea after that I'm afraid ;u;

[commandant]

WELL I MEAN YOU KNOW ME, As far as traditional shipping goes I only have a few, but I am absolutely insane about those few.

BUT MY FAVORITE IS OF COURSE KING MOCHA AND HIS SPACE ALIEN BOYFRIEND. I have a huge weakness for characters that have been together 5ever, romantic or otherwise, and I just love them both individually as is SO YEah hahahahah let me die. Also Alvin with Milla and/or Jude wow perfect 10/10 would ship again.

And then there's also Raven/Flynn which is really just my guilty pleasure because I just love their dynamic a lot HAHAH don't look at me.

Really though I just love the games where the party ends up with a cute family dynamic THOSE ARE THE BEST.

[clonesakas]

alvin and milla

[aestivalis]

Alright, pairings! As much as I try to pretend otherwise, I'll always be a shipping sort of person. I certainly don't need shipping to enjoy something, but it's definitely an aspect I always look for and enjoy.

My most long-running Tales related pairing is Zelos/Lloyd. I'm not really as actively engaged with it as I used to be, for various reasons, but it's absolutely a pairing I am always going to have a tremendous amount of tender feeling toward. Lloyd did such a huge amount for Zelos just by being such a dopey sincere idealistic fool, and whether you go for a happy or a sad ending with that storyline doesn't make a great deal of difference to me - it's just gorgeous to engage with. I can't help it, no matter how much time passes, I just love them together. They can be adorable dorks or they can be arguing and misunderstanding and clashing, and none of it is wrong. There's just so much to work with when it comes to them, so many scenarios to explore, and I just don't think I'll ever exhaust it.

Besides all of which, they are just adorable (light NSFW I guess), adorable is always good right.

I love other relationships in Symphonia as well. I think I mentioned Zelos and Colette in passing on the first post, the relationship between the two Chosen. I can ship that, or I can see it platonic, or they can OT3 with Lloyd that is fine too I will not say no to that. But gosh, they just have such a special unique relationship and the game doesn't shine a huge amount of light on it but what we get is just so fascinating. I also do ship the absolute mess that is Kratos/Zelos GET OUT ZELOS YOU'RE IN ALL OF THESE, but damn it magic swordsmen are such destructive mirrors of one another and how is that not brilliant? They both have such reasons to hate themselves (sigh, idiots), and they see so much of that reflected in one another and refracted by one another, and it's just such a toxic relationship? But there's also that very vague father/son aspect, where Kratos has undoubtedly seen Zelos grow up and Zelos has been so deprived of parental figures, and AHHH layers, all the damaged layers. It's probably a bit inappropriate to be like 'it has familial tones and damaged tones and sexy tones' to which I say, oops...

I probably shouldn't keep typing much longer, this answer is already long enough, oops. For Xillia I didn't ship a great deal, although I do seem to have adopted something of a soft spot for Leia and Agria together, haha. For Tales of Destiny I ship Stahn and Rutee like nothing else, for reasons that often are quite similar to Lloyd and Zelos except with slightly less severe stakes I suppose! But darn it, I love seeing these cynical types won over by idiot country boys, apparently. Rutee is my darling, goodness me, I am looking forward to her deck, hahaha.

What else, ahhh, well I love Malik/Hubert, I can't even believe the fact it doesn't seem to be hugely popular. They have great comedy together, they mesh well together, they just have. fantastic chemistry all round, really. I love seeing them as two of the more cautious, cynical party members, the two to become suspicious of Emeraude and such, the two who are just generally more susceptible to that harsher kind of thinking. But then Malik is such a troll, and Hubert is such a great straight man to that, hahaha, so easily abused by it, and they're just. so fun! They're such fun, haha. I think Hubert can't help but respect and admire Malik, is a bit taken with Malik, and Malik sees that and kind of teases around that and sees this too-serious young man who'll probably grow up well, and that mentor side of him can't help but pluck at that and nurture it all at once. And when it comes down to it, when things fall out badly with Kurt and such, Hubert's words in particular pull Malik back to himself and what he needs to do next. They are just! Really good for each other! They are such a sweet match, such a comedic match, and I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FANDOM IS, I DON'T GET IT. Wow I never talk about this pairing, don't start blathering on self.

Richard is hilarious with both of them as well! I mean, I ship Malik/Hubert most, but throwing Richard into that in any combination is pretty excellent, hahaha, OT3 or trolling with Malik or being a huge huge nerd with Hubert, it is all good for me. I also love CHERIAAAA and that actually makes me kind of inclined to ship Asbel/Cheria a little, hahaha. All in all I think Asbel does come through in that regard in the end, and darn it there is nothing in this world I ship more than Cheria/Happiness and if Asbel is named Happiness then DARN IT, THAT IS WHAT IT'LL BE.

I ship Anise with Ion, Jade, Luke, Sync, Peony... oops......

THAT IS ENOUGH OF THIS, I'LL GO AWAY NOW....

[chuu]

DONT WORRY ABOUT IT. Man if I had those kind of writing skills I would tl;dr all the way, flaunting it all maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan. Zelos and Lloyd give a great dynamic I'm sure and so does Zelos and Colette (I've watched the animation of ToS so in a way, I found it a bit adorable for both chosens to interact once Colette is back to herself I think!)

[jenybear]

It depends. For me, I like a lot of the bromances/platonic, but there are some romantic ships that I can see being canon (like common Asbel and Cheria). I definitely love rival ships though...they're always full of chemistry its hard not to love them.

[liberalism]

ah man, back in the day, Sheena/Lloyd were my OTP. Sheena's crush was adorable and Lloyd being all oblivious was really cute! In about 10 years though, I've kinda shifted to being all about multiships so I've liked Colette/Zelos, Zelos/Lloyd, whatever really. I also really adore Rita/Estelle ajldkjasd I actually don't ship that much in Vesperia other than that pairing... When I first played the beginning, I thought Yuri/Estelle were gonna be endgame so I was shipping them casually but then Ristelle took my heart~ I'm not sure if I ship Yuri/Judith romantically but I like their I MUST FIGHT character dynamic. I also really like Yuri/Flynn, especially with the movie and all... Aw man, I just like everyone/everyone ;A; But what I really want to know more about is Richter/Aster ;A;