u/Otherwise_Wonder9720

This is both a question & a ramble post because oh man

Personally I've been acknowledged by a show creator in the past but it wasn't to do with yumeshipping and I've also been acknowledged by a voice actor of a source one of my f/os is from because I posted fan art of my f/o and tagged him in it, wondering if he'd ever see it because he's honestly one of my favourite voice actors.

But holy shit my more recent one is the actual creator of Skatoony aka what I've been fixated on for nearly a month now and have 3 f/os from. The creator of it followed me just today on my art instagram WHERE I HAVE YUMESHIP ART WITH THE CHARACTERS and I'm honestly so nervous and mentally shitting myself rn because I know now that he's seen my ship art and has acknowledged me in some way 😭😭. What the hell are you supposed to do in this situation 😭

For anyone who's experienced the same, how was it for you? Give me the details because I'm genuinely curious :)

Sorry for the negative nature of this post I just don't know where else I can talk about this

I know there are many others with niche f/os, I know I'm not alone but it's been depressing me for a while now. I really don't feel that confident posting about my main f/os at the moment Chudd, Earl and Tony since Skatoony is a niche show and I don't know of many people who like or care about the show so I kind of just feel like I'm talking about them to a brick wall.

I've joined a server recently for the show and the people in there have been supportive and have enjoyed seeing my yumeship art, when I come here I feel like my art isn't that impressive and my f/os aren't interesting enough to post about and etc. It just makes me sad that I can't fixate on more popular characters because I know people would actually be interested in what I make then. I hate being autistic and fixating on the stupidest characters ever. I wish I had more normal f/os.

I'm just writing about this because it's been on my mind and bothering me and there's many days recently where I feel like I want to give up on posting here and sharing my art and yumeships with people. I feel like there's no point at all. I feel like an outsider in this community to be honest

Yumeshipping has just felt a bit depressing for me for a while now. My f/os bring me comfort but unfortunately I don't feel too great posting about them and I've slowed down on posting recently because of it. I worry that sharing my art and talking about my niche yumeships and f/os online hasn't been a good idea

I know that probably doesn't make sense but I'll say what I mean

I kind of want to yume with a character but he's also a character who treats another f/o of mine bad and I don't like how he treats him necessarily but I like his character for different reasons. Honestly he genuinely is someone I would've yumeshipped with years ago and am debating it now 😅

The problem is I feel bad about it at the same time and I feel like a bad yumeshipper and like I'm not a real fan probably of the one f/o who gets treated bad by him. He doesn't deserve me probably

Honestly I'm just tired right now it's early and for some reason my brain is making me feel depressed over stupid things. Am I a bad yumeshipper for this I don't know I just feel like crying kind of I wish I didn't get fixated on such stupid characters

Mods, feel free to take this down if this post is unnecessary. I'm just not sure where else to ask this.

Is it okay to post about a separate yumeship subreddit that you have made? I made my own subreddit but I don't know if it's okay to post about it or not. I don't want to break any rules.

A question for others who have f/os with different voices in different versions: do you like one voice more over the other?

To be honest I kind of just made this post as a ramble because I still have a hard time trying to like Chudd's voice in the Canadian version of Skatoony. I have tried watching moments of it but he just sounds so weird to me and it's a bit annoying because there's animations in the Canadian version that aren't in the original and he looks pretty cute in some moments but his voice is so Meh to me I can't get into it 😭

I watch the original/UK version and his original voice is so distinct and has more personality to it imo. Yeah his voice might be annoying for some people but it makes his character more charming to me honestly. I can't associate him with any other voice even though the Canadian version is more well known

I did originally make a post like this, but I also don't know if I worded it too great so I'll try again. Feel free to comment by the way if you can relate to this, if anything it's nice to know if I'm not alone in this. I will probably delete this later regardless.

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To be honest, yumeshipping doesn't entirely make me happy but at the same time it's a hard thing for me to give up on. It makes me happy in a way of I have characters that I love and I can imagine cute scenarios with them if I wanted. But it also makes me unhappy with the fact I have a few bad memories associated with yumeshipping.

I have felt left out many times over the years from tumblr to here over the fact I have f/os that aren't 'conventionally attractive' and may be from sources that others may consider 'childish'/'stupid'/whatever. Plus I have some very niche f/os too which doesn't help. Before anyone says, I'm very well aware there's many others here with 'different' kinds of f/os (not sure how to refer to them sorry). I'm just saying, from my own personal experience, I tend to feel unnoticed compared to other yumeshippers when I post about my f/os or ships.

I do wish sometimes that I had f/os from more popular media, because I know others would be more interested that way but I don't really. I know yumeshipping shouldn't be about the attention by the way, I've just always struggled with comparing myself to others and that definitely doesn't help at all.

I've never felt like I've really fit in in any yumeship/selfship community. I did have some nice people appreciate my ships when I used to use tumblr but I also got made fun of by a few people through discord and one of them pretending to be me on a separate site, pretty much mocking me and my taste in f/os.

This community has been nice mostly in comparison but I still feel uncomfortable sometimes to this day posting about my f/os and yumeships. It honestly makes me sad that I can't genuinely enjoy this because it should make me happy.

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By the way I do appreciate the people that have been nice to me and my yumeships.

I might take a break from posting about my yumeships I don't know. If I could I'd take a break from the actual subreddit but I do enjoy seeing others yumeships and some of the questions you guys post. I admire your creativity.

What does it mean to be nonsharing if you have platonic or familial f/os?

Does it mean you don't want another yumeshipper to want to be friends with your platonic f/o or you don't want another yumeshipper to have a familial bond with your familial f/o?

I understand it with romantic f/os but I've never really understood it with f/os that are platonic or familial. Also I don't mean any hate by this and how I don't entirely understand it, I'm just curious.

Can someone explain? I want to understand it better

I got the implant for the first time back in 2023 and knew of the possible side effects but I'm still getting one of them years later when I thought it would probably ease over the years. During my time on Nexplanon, I've had very irregular periods, I've even had two or more periods in the span of one month multiple times and I've had multiple periods that have lasted for weeks.

Is it normal to still have very irregular periods even 3 years later? I've seen that it can ease for some people and it shouldn't be as bad years later but it's still affecting me and it worries me. I've gone to a doctor about it in the past and I had a test for it but results came back normal.

Some people might say Nexplanon may not be for me with the side effects its given me but I don't like the idea of the pill method, sometimes I've forgotten to take pills when I should so I wanted to get some form of birth control that I won't have to worry about forgetting about it. I actually had my Nexplanon replaced a few days ago, I'm still quite bruised from it and I know it'll probably still affect my periods but I feel like this is the only good birth control method for me. I am not comfortable with getting the coil either.

I feel like there isn't much else I can do but be stuck on this I guess, even though it doesn't make me feel too great sometimes. If anyone else has been through this or is still going through it, I'm interested in hearing your experience. I'm hoping I'm not alone in this

How would your f/o deal with a heatwave? Or if you want, feel free to respond with how you would both or how your OC and f/o if you do OC x canon deal with a heatwave?

Where I'm at, we have a really bad heatwave and I've felt like shit for the last few days because of it so why not make something out of it.

Does anyone else feel like they can't comment on interactive posts much because they feel like their f/os are 'too weird' to talk about 😅

Personally I don't think there are f/os that are 'too weird' with other people's yumeships but I always feel that way with my own and its frustrating, I just want to talk about my f/os in peace and not feel embarrassed :,)

Kind of vent/rant sort of post I guess

Okay so my main f/os at the moment are The Earl and Chudd from Skatoony. Their source is a kids show but it also has a lot of toilet/gross out humour in it and because of that I feel embarrassed having f/os from the show but also just talking about them and the show they're from.

I wish I could get over the feeling of embarrassment I have when posting about them but I don't really know how. Is anyone else in the same sort of situation where they're embarrassed to talk about their f/os because of their source? Idk I just feel really stupid when I gush or just post about them in general.

It makes me kind of sad how much I love these two characters but I'm not entirely sure what to think of the show they're from itself. I think I honestly would like the show a bit more if it didn't have so much gross humour in it :,) it's kinda annoying because it's a somewhat fun idea for a show, combining animation and live action. It has the same sort of premise as Ruff Ruffman but I'd say Skatoony is a lot weirder, plus I've only seen a bit of Ruff Ruffman but even then that show didn't really have gross moments (at least from what I remember).

I know I shouldn't really have to worry about what others think about my f/os and ships, I've just had bad experiences in the past tbh of people online making fun of previous f/os of mine and even to this day I still feel very self conscious whenever I post about my f/os that are from more 'weird' or niche sources and etc.

By the way yeah I know ofc it's gonna have toilet humour since it's for kids I just feel kind of embarrassed being an adult fan that's all lol