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she cradles my face in her hands like i am the most precious thing in existence, i have never known a love so pure, so absolute, as the love she bestows upon me.

— Greg Santora

Nina Mclaughlin, from "Wake, Siren," originally published in November 2019

whats your favorite fucked up trope that you want to see more often (in whatever really)?

This is kind of vague and general, but something I’ve been thinking about lately is the idea of “love that corrupts.” I love a good corruption arc, but I feel like I rarely see a corruption arc that happens because of love. Fear, greed, anger, sure. But love? So often, stories frame love as this 100% inherently good and pure thing, and if a character does something bad in the name of love, it’s decried as “not real love” or whatever. Personally, I see love as neutral. It can lead people to do good things, absolutely, but it can also lead them to do fucking horrific things. And I love that. And I wish more stories played with that.

I want to see characters committing the most heinous acts and doing unimaginably awful things in the name of love. They convince themselves it’s good and right because it’s love, or maybe they know it’s wrong and they don’t care because the love is just so powerful. I want to see characters spiral down a dark path that they can’t come back from because of their love. I want to see their love ruin them or utterly corrupt them.

So uhhhh yeah. I’d love to see more “love that corrupts” as a dark fucked up trope, if that counts!! 🥰😇

Fun Selfshipping Activities!

Print out pictures of them to hang up on your wall!

If they wear jewelry, make it!

Make stickers of them! (There's tutorials on youtube of how to make stickers at home, or, you can get sticker paper on amazon for pretty cheap!)

If you do make stickers, put them on your sketchbook, journal, laptop, or whatever you feel like putting them on!

Make a google slides presentation on them! Alternatively, you could also write an essay about them.

If they don't have a canonical style of handwriting, find or try to write in a way they would write!

If they do, try making your own font of their handwriting that you can download and use. Or, try to learn how to write similarly to them, maybe write letters to yourself from their perspective.

If they have a birthday or there's a holiday coming up (irl or canonical), make a card for them!

Make them in the sims, or some other character creation making game. Or you could make a Minecraft skin of them.

Draw them as a character from another source. For example, draw them as a pony from MLP, or draw them in the style of a cartoon you like!

Make a playlist of Youtube videos you'd think they'd enjoy watching, and perhaps watch them again and pretend like you're watching them with your f/o.

Make food they canonically like, or you'd think they'd like!

Make a tier list as if they were making it! Like a fruit tier list, for example.

Compile an Amazon list or Pinterest board of clothes they would wear!

If you're able, buy snacks you think they would enjoy!

Name a stuffed animal after them or name a stuffed animal something you think they would name it.

Make yourself a sticky note as if they made it (like a doodle, a simple 'I love you', or something silly!)

If your f/o has a particular interest, look into it! Study it even, if you'd like!

Take quizzes as if you were them. Could be something serious, or something silly you find on uquiz.

If your f/o is romantic and you would want to have children with them, pick out baby names! Compile a pinterest board of baby clothes or toys you and your f/o would purchase together.

Build you and your f/os dream home in a building game (like Minecraft or The Sims)

Plan out a vacation of somewhere you'd want to go with your f/o. Maybe you could make a Google slides "brochure" to convince them to go.

If your f/o has a canon perfume or cologne they wear, or alternatively, their source created one for them (primaniacs website has a long list of series they've made scents for!) put the scent notes into fragranticas "search by notes" feature to find a dupe, or make one yourself you think they'd wear!

Compile a list of flowers you think (or know) your f/o likes, make them into a bouquet and maybe look up the meanings for each flower.

Compile a list of candles or body lotions your f/o would buy!

Imagine a rainy day, walking through the streets next to your f/o, while they put an arm around your waist. They hold an umbrella over your heads, and trace lazy circles on your back as they walk through town with you.

i just think it's important to understand that love is not the antithesis of horror in fact it's often the catalyst