Rohandrius
12/13/12 11:03PM
My apologies on the shipping chart if the images aren't seated right. Google changed the algorithm for their positioning I guess, and every time I close and reopen it, everything looks messed up.
In other news, lots of new hyperlinks on there. Currently working on Sollux.
honeycomet
12/13/12 11:37PM
I think Doomed_Hearts would be a better ship name for Dirk/Sollux than Mac'n'Cheese. Just saying. (where do you even get mac'n'cheese as a ship name for them from? seems pretty random if you ask me.)

Also BeeBee_Gun2 honestly looks horrible with the random 2, can you remove it?
rikalous
12/14/12 02:09AM
Ran across Strongsad for Equius/Jadesprite, to go with Strongmad and Strongbad.
nobooks
12/14/12 03:29AM
honeycomet said:
(where do you even get mac'n'cheese as a ship name for them from? seems pretty random if you ask me.)


Probably comes from their colours.

Doomed_Hearts is pretty good.

Shipping directory has been updated.

Also, trop, you caught on to Olive_Garden's existence pretty fast. I made it the night before you noticed it.
Beelzebibble
12/14/12 05:21AM
Speaking of Sollux tags, wouldn't "milk_and_honey" be better than the rather boring "techbro2"? LOMAH was a land of X and Y *before* it was cool.
Rohandrius
12/14/12 07:06AM
I endorse "Milk and Honey" for the same reason that honey said: Numbers on the end of a ship tag look awful. This is much better.
"Doomed Hearts" on the other hand... Covers classes I guess. Better than a portmanteau.
Tropylium
12/14/12 06:42PM
EDIT: @Tropylium, rika hit it right on the money. Though, have you looked up what snake wine really is? It's messed up!

Ohhh, right, it's that thing. I was thinking it was some kind of a pun on "snake oil" somehow…

nobooks said:
Also, trop, you caught on to Olive_Garden's existence pretty fast. I made it the night before you noticed it.

Probably because I was going to create "Furry_Friends" for the same on that shiptag run.

Techbro2 > Milk and Honey seems pretty OK, though usually I prefer "personalized" tags to just juxtaposing some stuff the shippees are known for. It's probably that "final numbers look bad" thing, yes.

And speaking of randomly juxtaposed features, we need a better name for Karkat/Eridan I think… "Prince and Knight" is pretty damn generic and doesn't seem to have any link to their particular dynamic (if anything, that might work better for Dirk/Dave).

(Also yes I'm aware Spacetime for Dave/Jade has the exact same problem but that's pretty much a fanon standard, so)
Beelzebibble
12/14/12 07:44PM
Tropylium said:
Techbro2 > Milk and Honey seems pretty OK, though usually I prefer "personalized" tags to just juxtaposing some stuff the shippees are known for.

But "milk and honey" is a thing. "The land of milk and honey" is a thing. It's a phrase.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/land+of+milk+and+honey

That's when juxtaposing stuff becomes a fruitful source of ship names: when the juxtaposed elements actually have harmony as a pre-existing phrase or reference. Otherwise I agree it would be lame. After all, I opposed "Skulls and Spiders" for Jake/Aranea.
Beelzebibble
12/14/12 07:45PM
(Also, yeah, I never liked "Prince and Knight". I'm with you there.)
Pie
12/14/12 08:16PM
Something to do with how grumpy the two usually are sounds like it potentially could be a good ship name

(the ship definitely needs a name though)
Rohandrius
12/14/12 10:55PM
While we're discussing names, I never understood where "tropicshipping" was derived from...
nobooks
12/14/12 11:09PM
Tropics of cancer and capricorn.

Tropicshipping is the biggest name used for Gamkar that isn't gamkar and is actually a ship name that is in use in fandom though.

ploe
12/14/12 11:15PM
Where did spidermoth come from? Kanaya? Moth? What?
Rohandrius
12/14/12 11:18PM
ploe said:
Where did spidermoth come from? Kanaya? Moth? What?

I'll field this one. Combo of their lusii, Spidermom and the virgin mother grub (who looks a lot like a giant moth).

nobooks said:
Tropics of cancer and capricorn.

Got it. Thanks!
nobooks
12/14/12 11:20PM
Also for Erikar, they were gossip buddies, that was a thing. Perhaps something can be made from that.

The only other ship name I found when I originally made the tag was Crab_Sushi. Which I didn't really like? But that's a thing I guess.
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