Idiots in Love is a great one, my current best example is Crowley and Aziraphel from Good Omens. They love each other so much and yet they just argue and refuse to admit that they are even friends.
A video about romantic fanfictions that starts with a cute music and a pink aestethics... CONTENT WARNING: ABUSE AND TORTURE! I know why that is, it was just a funny piece of unexpected absurdity. :D Also, my immediate pick for the Grumpy & Sunshine are Muriel and Eustace.
One of my favorite ship dynamics is what I like to call the Dumpster Fire, which is basically just a variation of the Star-Crossed Lovers where the reasons they shouldn't be together come from both the situation they're in and the characters themselves not being all that great for each other (think the 'I can make him worse' meme). Generally this is paired with a Hero/Villain ship, although it's at it's most fun when both characters are sort of messed up. The main ship that comes to mind for this dynamic is Lawlight, but there are definitely others that I just can't think of right now.
Of course! It's important to acknowledge all the different relationships that exist under the umbrella of "ship". AO3 hasn't given us a way to tag such relationships yet so I understand why you might not have read any yet. One day 🤞
One of my all time favorites ship dynamics is, (the fighter with brains x brains but they don’t fight alot but they will when they need to/bored) it’s interesting when played right and isn’t just a constant lag. One being the fighter with no brain to help themselves when alone with a constant need for the other, its just so played out and demeaning to me. ( brain x bronze dynamic 😒). While this one is practical, its a half of half. Their balanced. Which i love.
Always love a balanced dynamic 💖 Usually when I write character relationships, ships or otherwise, I like to give them different kinds of intelligence. In my completed longfic, one character was book smart, the other street smart, and another emotionally and spiritually intelligent.
Ship dynamics! I definitely have a preference for slow burn mutual pinning, but my current project has ship dynamic that is very special to me. It's based in Childhood Friends with the two having known eachother while they were younger, but they fell out of contact when one cut contact with the other. And when they met again in the future, they've both changed a lot, one for the better and one for the worse. While things start off awkward due to how their friendship ended, each wants to impress the other and both really missed eachother. It takes a while for them to warm up to eachother again due to their own reasons, but they have more of a Power Couple dynamic afterwards. A simple explanation of the details would be Character A has done everything they can to protect Character B, but when meet again, Character B doesn't need protecting anymore and is ready to prove themself as an equal, someone Character A can rely on, and Character A needs to accept that Character B is not the same person they once were.
I always seem to write codependent ship dynamics where one character is just like a normal healthy partner and the other relies on the partner for self-esteem. I guess it's because I'm not much of a shipper so normal and healthy ship dynamics aren't interesting enough for me, gotta have some angst, but I still want a ship that's healthy enough that it has a chance of sailing.
finally got back into writing fanfics since i was 15..i’m in my mid twenties now. super happy i stumbled upon your channel, for you’ve helped me so much already!! ❤
I want “Character A doesn’t want a hug and Character B happily respects their boundaries” I want “I’m willing to betray my family, friends, my dream just to be with you.” I want “Awkward first meet -> Traumatic event -> togoher forever.” I want “Lovers to Enemies” I want “Sadomasochist x Very uncomfortable masochist” I want “We’re consenting adults, we communicate like our age and solve our problems to the best we can” instead of *miscommunication* I want characters A and B to have contrasting personalities. I want “110% in sync!” I want “Lovers *and* Enemies” I want “Academic rivals x some guy that always intervenes in their fights” I want “Overdresses x Underdresses” I need “Serial Killer x Cannibal” but SK is traumatized of C for angst. I want “Platonic f and m besties that stay besties” I want “Royalcore x Cottagecore” I need a healing arc for any traumatized character. I want “Destiny keeps pulling them apart but they still end up together.”instead of “It was always meant to be” I want “Our love transcends time and death that the gods decided on getting us reincarnated” instead of “death is the end” I want “I see the wrong in my actions and I’m willing to make a change for the better… and also for you. Obviously.” Instead of “I can fix him 😍” I want “Yes, he absolutely loves me (he does not).” Instead of “I’m just his friend (you are not)!” Where can I find these?
Ooh I love a good lovers to enemies! I'm writing a slowburn divorce subplot in my own fanfic. That's more of a C plot though while the B plot does have a lot of miscommunication earlier on (way before romance is in the picture though), so it might not be for you. Also overdressed x underdressed is literally my dating history 😂
My fav ship dynamic is that you see two characters, and you just sense that they should be together like i don't know why, but these two should kiss or i wonder what would happen if there two like kissed if they wanted to
i absolutely love rivals to lovers. they arent directly against each other, but there's still the shock value of "what?? you care about me?! golly jee im actually in love with you bro" its perfect edit: ah, yes, i also love those ships in the "how unfortunate, a building has fallen on me and you must save me or my blood will be on your hands" situations
I love everything in yoour background i want rhat star hat your closet is my whole entire dream - im a writer myself! Not necessarily fanfic (cannon characters scare me) but i love watching content about fanfic and the process :]
Ah yes that star hat! I got it from Strawberry Skies Designs and it's made of vintage kimono fabric. As far as I know, there's only two in the world, but if the designer is open for commissions then you could ask her to make you one! Also funny how you mention canon characters scaring you, because I'm almost ready to film a trilogy of videos all about how to write canon characters well. Keep a look out because it might just give you the courage you need ;)
Im here for my daily motivation and research owo (btw you managed to inspire me to finish and publish the next chapter of my fanfic when I've been stumped for months, I'm really thankful qwq)
Woo! I've found out the dynamics for my main "ship" in my Earthbound and Mother 3 fanfic (they're connected)! The story is about a girl named Clarisse (she's an OC), and she has to make sure to not abandon her childhood friend named Pokey (Earthbound and Mother 3 fans are familiar with this guy). However, she fails, and Pokey desends into madness. The dynamics are Childhood Friends and Hero X Villain (though there isn't actually any romance in the story, Clarisse has feelings for Pokey.) Anyway, that's the summary for my weird fic 😅
@@CoraMaria Thanks! I have a tendency to put a "twist" on popular tropes (for example, Clarisse is a "chosen one", however she doesn't fulfill her goal), or I mix tropes (like you mentioned). Also, in terms of genre, it's a combination of psychological horror, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, and drama
That's so great because my favourite ship is basically tall girlboss x short malewife lmao, but your version also describes how I imagine post-canon Adrienette perfectly
Before I continue, I gotta say girlys got a better wardrobe then me. But anyway, thank you for giving me some tips on shipping, I don't write fan fictions but I do want to be a show creator one day. Before watching your video I wasn't sure of my own charcter shipping choices, but after doing so I can proudly say it very much helped! Thank you random youtuber with a very cute and colorful wardrobe! 😊 ❤
You're so welcome! And thank-you, I am very proud of the wardrobe I have curated over the years 🥰 I wish you all the best with your show aspirations and all the shippy goodness that comes with it!
I'm glad I caught this one. I really don't know what categories to put my ships in, because my main character gets around. She finds her 1st love again at the end of the story. He was a slave. She ran away with him. They got separated. They found each other at the end. Basically, he's a bard & wooed her into being a good person. I'm still tempted to rename my story from "Webdancing" to "Teala Be Busy." Lol! I do have several characters that have several relationships in my fanfic, but they're a bit complicated. That's the name of the ships I have! Complicated! However, each character is their own type of character. I guess they're opposites in a lot of ways.
This video by no means covers all the ship dynamics out there, and most of the time, good ships DON'T fit neatly into said dynamics. It sounds like Teala is having the polyamorous time of her life!
I love to flesh out ships by slapping a bunch of ship dynamics onto it and seeing what works, then going from there. One AU I have has a ship that counts as; Hurt/Comfort Grumpy x Sunshine Friends to Enemies to Lovers and _just_ a pinch of Forbidden Romance
Thank you for all of your wonderful tips! You help me and a lot of other fanfic writers be better writers and I can’t thank you enough for it❤ I love your channel ^^
For chapter 4, I prefer the "I don't wanna confess my feelings" trope for already established romantic relationships, because while "I love you" isn't a big deal for me and a few others, it can be a *_HUGE_* step for some, and can make the relationship feel a little too "real" or "serious" My favorite oneshot fic with this is a PinkieDash fic called "No Matter What" I just love fics that give the main pair communication issues, and then resolves them in a reasonable amount of time while allowing the characters to explain their side of things to one another 💞
I never knew I needed this video until now (though I’m kinda bummed out that friends to lovers isn’t on this list, some say that childhood romance and FtL dynamics are the same but to me the execution and the outcome of their dynamics are too different for it to call it similar)
Hi!!! I watched ur fanfic vids and they're super helpful! A little question tho, i want to write a fanfic with a pairing that i love the most but my pairing is a super underrated rarepair and im the only contributor in that ship as the writer and artist. i wanted to write my fav ship but im worried that no one would read and enjoy,,, i have a few other pairings that i like and they have a bigger fanbase but im currently hyperfixating on this one particular ship!!! what should i do? should i go and write the fic as a self indulgence fic and hope that someone would read it or should i write other bigger fanbase ships that i like but not hyperfixating on for validation? please help!! :(
Thanks for watching! I totally get the worry of wanting to write something that people might not be as interested in, but as I said in a previous video, you should prioritise what is most fun for you. If you try to just write what's most popular, then it'll probably suck the joy out of you, since you're focused on pleasing other people over yourself. Writing the rarepair could make another lonely shipper out there super happy, and even if you are presently the only shipper, there are readers who will enjoy fanfic of any pairing as long as the summary catches their fancy. To get readers, I'd recommend engaging with your fandom community online more. Sometimes a fandom will run rarepair-related events, or you could do one yourself if you like. I definitely recommend joining a fandom Discord if you can, or even starting one. If you're on Tumblr, you can even write short metas about why you love this rarepair, which might even convince others to give it a go. Finally, the feedback may be slow to come, but it will make it all the more precious to you. Even if you get one commenter, reply to them nicely, show your appreciation, and they might keep coming back because of that. I hope this all helps, and good luck writing your fic!
Idiots in Love is a great one, my current best example is Crowley and Aziraphel from Good Omens. They love each other so much and yet they just argue and refuse to admit that they are even friends.
Oh those two are an _excellent_ example 😂
A video about romantic fanfictions that starts with a cute music and a pink aestethics... CONTENT WARNING: ABUSE AND TORTURE!
I know why that is, it was just a funny piece of unexpected absurdity. :D Also, my immediate pick for the Grumpy & Sunshine are Muriel and Eustace.
Haha gotta cover my bases somehow. The fanfiction I write is pretty much the opposite of my cutesy aesthetic 95% of the time 😂
YESS
@@CoraMariaFR
I never thought ship dynamics could be best presented though kitten pictures. Thank you.
You're welcome~!
Im a sucker for "teasing-gone-wrong." It leaves plenty room for character development too.
YESSSSSSSS
One of my favorite ship dynamics is what I like to call the Dumpster Fire, which is basically just a variation of the Star-Crossed Lovers where the reasons they shouldn't be together come from both the situation they're in and the characters themselves not being all that great for each other (think the 'I can make him worse' meme). Generally this is paired with a Hero/Villain ship, although it's at it's most fun when both characters are sort of messed up. The main ship that comes to mind for this dynamic is Lawlight, but there are definitely others that I just can't think of right now.
Ooh if you're interested in Zelgan, then you might love 'Fire to Fire' by ctj, who is the author that got me into that ship 😈
I love that you take in consideration queerplatonic relationships, even though I haven't the chance to read any yet...
Of course! It's important to acknowledge all the different relationships that exist under the umbrella of "ship".
AO3 hasn't given us a way to tag such relationships yet so I understand why you might not have read any yet. One day 🤞
One of my all time favorites ship dynamics is, (the fighter with brains x brains but they don’t fight alot but they will when they need to/bored) it’s interesting when played right and isn’t just a constant lag. One being the fighter with no brain to help themselves when alone with a constant need for the other, its just so played out and demeaning to me. ( brain x bronze dynamic 😒). While this one is practical, its a half of half. Their balanced. Which i love.
Always love a balanced dynamic 💖 Usually when I write character relationships, ships or otherwise, I like to give them different kinds of intelligence. In my completed longfic, one character was book smart, the other street smart, and another emotionally and spiritually intelligent.
did you mean to say fighter with no brains? you said fighter with brains
I agree! I accidentally made best friends with that dynamic lol!
@@august8679 they meant that
Ship dynamics! I definitely have a preference for slow burn mutual pinning, but my current project has ship dynamic that is very special to me. It's based in Childhood Friends with the two having known eachother while they were younger, but they fell out of contact when one cut contact with the other. And when they met again in the future, they've both changed a lot, one for the better and one for the worse. While things start off awkward due to how their friendship ended, each wants to impress the other and both really missed eachother. It takes a while for them to warm up to eachother again due to their own reasons, but they have more of a Power Couple dynamic afterwards. A simple explanation of the details would be Character A has done everything they can to protect Character B, but when meet again, Character B doesn't need protecting anymore and is ready to prove themself as an equal, someone Character A can rely on, and Character A needs to accept that Character B is not the same person they once were.
That sounds like a great premise for slowburn childhood friends! The getting to know each other again, the internal struggles, everything 💖
That’s so cool!!
I always seem to write codependent ship dynamics where one character is just like a normal healthy partner and the other relies on the partner for self-esteem. I guess it's because I'm not much of a shipper so normal and healthy ship dynamics aren't interesting enough for me, gotta have some angst, but I still want a ship that's healthy enough that it has a chance of sailing.
A little bit of toxicity is generally necessary to make the plot go, so I getcha!
finally got back into writing fanfics since i was 15..i’m in my mid twenties now. super happy i stumbled upon your channel, for you’ve helped me so much already!! ❤
Ahhh thanks so much! I started writing when I was 13/14 and now I'm in my mid-twenties too. Here's to around a decade of being a fic-writer!
I want “Character A doesn’t want a hug and Character B happily respects their boundaries”
I want “I’m willing to betray my family, friends, my dream just to be with you.”
I want “Awkward first meet -> Traumatic event -> togoher forever.”
I want “Lovers to Enemies”
I want “Sadomasochist x Very uncomfortable masochist”
I want “We’re consenting adults, we communicate like our age and solve our problems to the best we can” instead of *miscommunication*
I want characters A and B to have contrasting personalities.
I want “110% in sync!”
I want “Lovers *and* Enemies”
I want “Academic rivals x some guy that always intervenes in their fights”
I want “Overdresses x Underdresses”
I need “Serial Killer x Cannibal” but SK is traumatized of C for angst.
I want “Platonic f and m besties that stay besties”
I want “Royalcore x Cottagecore”
I need a healing arc for any traumatized character.
I want “Destiny keeps pulling them apart but they still end up together.”instead of “It was always meant to be”
I want “Our love transcends time and death that the gods decided on getting us reincarnated” instead of “death is the end”
I want “I see the wrong in my actions and I’m willing to make a change for the better… and also for you. Obviously.” Instead of “I can fix him 😍”
I want “Yes, he absolutely loves me (he does not).” Instead of “I’m just his friend (you are not)!”
Where can I find these?
Ooh I love a good lovers to enemies! I'm writing a slowburn divorce subplot in my own fanfic. That's more of a C plot though while the B plot does have a lot of miscommunication earlier on (way before romance is in the picture though), so it might not be for you.
Also overdressed x underdressed is literally my dating history 😂
@@CoraMaria oof 😅😭
My fav ship dynamic is that you see two characters, and you just sense that they should be together like i don't know why, but these two should kiss or i wonder what would happen if there two like kissed if they wanted to
it's the ✨ c h e m i s t r y ✨
i absolutely love rivals to lovers. they arent directly against each other, but there's still the shock value of "what?? you care about me?! golly jee im actually in love with you bro" its perfect
edit: ah, yes, i also love those ships in the "how unfortunate, a building has fallen on me and you must save me or my blood will be on your hands" situations
I love everything in yoour background i want rhat star hat your closet is my whole entire dream - im a writer myself! Not necessarily fanfic (cannon characters scare me) but i love watching content about fanfic and the process :]
Ah yes that star hat! I got it from Strawberry Skies Designs and it's made of vintage kimono fabric. As far as I know, there's only two in the world, but if the designer is open for commissions then you could ask her to make you one!
Also funny how you mention canon characters scaring you, because I'm almost ready to film a trilogy of videos all about how to write canon characters well. Keep a look out because it might just give you the courage you need ;)
Hello, fellow fic-writers! I hope you enjoyed this video. Are there any ship dynamics you'd like me to cover in a Part 2? I'd love to know 💖
Enemies to lovers >:D
And uhhhhhhhhh
All that immediately came mind lol
Im here for my daily motivation and research owo (btw you managed to inspire me to finish and publish the next chapter of my fanfic when I've been stumped for months, I'm really thankful qwq)
Waaaaaaahhh I'm so glad I could help! 🥰
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@@CoraMaria you always do!!
Woo! I've found out the dynamics for my main "ship" in my Earthbound and Mother 3 fanfic (they're connected)! The story is about a girl named Clarisse (she's an OC), and she has to make sure to not abandon her childhood friend named Pokey (Earthbound and Mother 3 fans are familiar with this guy). However, she fails, and Pokey desends into madness.
The dynamics are Childhood Friends and Hero X Villain (though there isn't actually any romance in the story, Clarisse has feelings for Pokey.)
Anyway, that's the summary for my weird fic 😅
Ooh childhood friends to enemies to unrequited love is an interesting combo I haven't seen before! Wishing you all the best with your fic 💖
@@CoraMaria Thanks! I have a tendency to put a "twist" on popular tropes (for example, Clarisse is a "chosen one", however she doesn't fulfill her goal), or I mix tropes (like you mentioned). Also, in terms of genre, it's a combination of psychological horror, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, and drama
That sounds so cool!!
@@OneOfFourLucasMainsohhhhh amazing!
YESSSS THE FIT SLAYS AS ALWAYS
LOVE THE THAT YOU MADE A CONTENT WARNING
I NEED THIS VIDEO
One of my personal favorites is Short girlboss x Tall malewife, For example: Tennisball and Golf ball from Bfdi
That's so great because my favourite ship is basically tall girlboss x short malewife lmao, but your version also describes how I imagine post-canon Adrienette perfectly
Before I continue, I gotta say girlys got a better wardrobe then me. But anyway, thank you for giving me some tips on shipping, I don't write fan fictions but I do want to be a show creator one day. Before watching your video I wasn't sure of my own charcter shipping choices, but after doing so I can proudly say it very much helped! Thank you random youtuber with a very cute and colorful wardrobe! 😊 ❤
You're so welcome! And thank-you, I am very proud of the wardrobe I have curated over the years 🥰
I wish you all the best with your show aspirations and all the shippy goodness that comes with it!
I believe in you!!
I think 3rd Person Rotating will work best for me. Thanks for the info. 👍
No problem! It's what I've been writing my WIP in and I've been really enjoying it 💖
I'm glad I caught this one. I really don't know what categories to put my ships in, because my main character gets around. She finds her 1st love again at the end of the story. He was a slave. She ran away with him. They got separated. They found each other at the end. Basically, he's a bard & wooed her into being a good person. I'm still tempted to rename my story from "Webdancing" to "Teala Be Busy." Lol! I do have several characters that have several relationships in my fanfic, but they're a bit complicated. That's the name of the ships I have! Complicated! However, each character is their own type of character. I guess they're opposites in a lot of ways.
This video by no means covers all the ship dynamics out there, and most of the time, good ships DON'T fit neatly into said dynamics. It sounds like Teala is having the polyamorous time of her life!
@@CoraMaria Yes, you could say that! Lol!
I love to flesh out ships by slapping a bunch of ship dynamics onto it and seeing what works, then going from there.
One AU I have has a ship that counts as;
Hurt/Comfort
Grumpy x Sunshine
Friends to Enemies to Lovers
and _just_ a pinch of Forbidden Romance
THAT SOUNDS SO COOL SEJBEJSBS
Thank you for all of your wonderful tips! You help me and a lot of other fanfic writers be better writers and I can’t thank you enough for it❤
I love your channel ^^
For chapter 4, I prefer the "I don't wanna confess my feelings" trope for already established romantic relationships, because while "I love you" isn't a big deal for me and a few others, it can be a *_HUGE_* step for some, and can make the relationship feel a little too "real" or "serious"
My favorite oneshot fic with this is a PinkieDash fic called "No Matter What"
I just love fics that give the main pair communication issues, and then resolves them in a reasonable amount of time while allowing the characters to explain their side of things to one another 💞
Literally made the >:) face when I saw this posted
>:)
I never knew I needed this video until now (though I’m kinda bummed out that friends to lovers isn’t on this list, some say that childhood romance and FtL dynamics are the same but to me the execution and the outcome of their dynamics are too different for it to call it similar)
Friends to lovers is great! I consider childhood friends to be a type of friends to lovers, but not all friends to lovers is childhood friends.
Hi!!! I watched ur fanfic vids and they're super helpful! A little question tho, i want to write a fanfic with a pairing that i love the most but my pairing is a super underrated rarepair and im the only contributor in that ship as the writer and artist. i wanted to write my fav ship but im worried that no one would read and enjoy,,, i have a few other pairings that i like and they have a bigger fanbase but im currently hyperfixating on this one particular ship!!! what should i do? should i go and write the fic as a self indulgence fic and hope that someone would read it or should i write other bigger fanbase ships that i like but not hyperfixating on for validation? please help!! :(
Thanks for watching! I totally get the worry of wanting to write something that people might not be as interested in, but as I said in a previous video, you should prioritise what is most fun for you. If you try to just write what's most popular, then it'll probably suck the joy out of you, since you're focused on pleasing other people over yourself.
Writing the rarepair could make another lonely shipper out there super happy, and even if you are presently the only shipper, there are readers who will enjoy fanfic of any pairing as long as the summary catches their fancy.
To get readers, I'd recommend engaging with your fandom community online more. Sometimes a fandom will run rarepair-related events, or you could do one yourself if you like. I definitely recommend joining a fandom Discord if you can, or even starting one. If you're on Tumblr, you can even write short metas about why you love this rarepair, which might even convince others to give it a go.
Finally, the feedback may be slow to come, but it will make it all the more precious to you. Even if you get one commenter, reply to them nicely, show your appreciation, and they might keep coming back because of that.
I hope this all helps, and good luck writing your fic!
If you’re the only one writing it, then you WILL have an audience of people STARVED for that ship!!
It’ll help you find your peoplee
F yeah Zelgan!!!
WOO ZELGAN!
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