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So, I had promised myself I would write a ship manifesto for my favorite Bungou Stray Dogs love triangle, and then polyamships offered to write manifesto about polyships.

Write a manifesto for your ship (or ships!): why should get into it? what sold you? any particular tropes that are classics for your ship?

I had to stare at my own soul: you say you ship them as a love triangle, do you actually ship them as a poly situationship?
Me: *looks at the fic I'm writing* Ha ha. Ha ha ha. Let's say I'm at least very invested in Akutagawa getting to like both Atsushi and Dazai at the same time. And it's not like you could disentangle them. I think the answer is yes.

(Also, unrelated to what I actually ship, no one will make be believe Dazai can be monogamous.)

TW for themes of manipulation and abuse. To be fair, the manipulation is a big part of what I love in it, so warning for this too.

( Why do you think Dazai wanted us to work together? )

The comm polyamships is having a small event, and for now I have only answered in the comments, but you know, I don't post things these days because I'm blocked in writing, so I'm gonna share it too! And if it advertises the cmmm it's even better!


What is/are your current favorite poly ship/s? Want to share a little bit about them with us?

I have reread the whole of Girl Genius since the beginning of the year, and I've been sold again to the possibility of Agatha/Gil/Tarvek



They're all mad scientists, my Girl Agatha is trying to survive as her evil dead mother wants to possess her and everyone in Europe wants to kill her because of the possibility her dead mother comes back. Gil is a badass adventurer and the son of the tyran of Europe (whom I love, by the way) and thinks she's the most incredible woman he ever met (he's right). Tarvek is a brilliant schemer who kind of betrayed the side of Agatha's mother for her. Tarvek and Gil were childhood friends until both their family secrets separated them, making each of them believe the other was the asshole.
Technically they're a love triangle, but there have been many hints that Agatha should just date both (and even if it's not the canon endgame, which would be sad, we'll always have fanfic)

They're my happy healthy(ish :D ) poly ship for now. That I hope will become canon. <3



How did you discover poly ships? What makes you write/read/draw them?

When I was young, before discovering Internet fandom, it was hard to me not to ship things that weren't canon or canon-adjacent.
So my first poly ship was Hikaru/Lantys/Eagle in Magic Knight Rayearth, which is... kind of implied.




And I think the second was Jack/Rose/Nine in Doctor Who after they all kiss.

I don't have that many poly ships, compared to two-people ships, but I still have far more than at the time, and... I don't know what makes me ship something. Once again, it's not only true in poly, it's true in general.

( Le Sang de la Sirène, Anatole Le Braz ) 7/10

( The Dispossessed, Ursula Le Guin ) 9/10

( La Russie fantastique ) 8/10

( La prophétie des soeurs-serpents, Isis Labeau-Caberia ) 7/10

( Train de nuit dans la voie lactée, Miyazawa Kenji ) 7/10

( The Bog Wife, Kay Chronister ) 7/10



Progression : 29/52
"Risques de lecture" : Le sang de la sirène, The Dispossessed, La prophétie des soeurs-serpents, Train de nuit dans la voie lactée, The Bog Wife -> 20/26
Bingo-livres : 23/25
Reddit fantasy bingo : 6/25