The Current Blorbo Collection

AIGHT I DONT WANNA HEAR ANYTHING FROM ANYONE JUST HEAR ME OUT.

If you've been on the same side of the internet as me for any amount of time, you know what I'm talking about. BUT to just sum it up, selfshipping is the simple act of imagining yourself in a relationship with a fictional character. This relationship doesn't necessarily have to be romantic, it could be platonic or familiar, but romantic bonds are by far the most common.

A lot of people use selfshipping as a way to cope with the stress of daily life, escaping into a world that isn't real and therefore can be anything you want. That, and imagining oneself being romantically pursued by an idealized fictional partner is appealing to a lot of folks, especially those on the younger side, especially those that are shy or struggle in social settings.

This isn't to say selfshipping is strictly reserved for teenagers or whatever. I'm almost 22 and I still do it myself, just because it's fun. I always like to imagine living in a world where things are different and way more exciting, y'know? ^^

That and selfshipping can be a fun, safe way to explore sexuality and what someone may like or dislike in a relationship. They can take in art about certain subjects or attributes they'd like to experiment with in their real-world relationships, with absolutely no risk of actual harm and the freedom to disengage at any point.

Now for a miniature rant- if ya don't wanna hear it then don't read this part, this isn't meant to berate any specific person or group of people, I just have some opinions I wanna get out there-

I think we've all noticed selfshipping becoming more accepted recently, not necessarily mainstream but it's become a bit more normalized in my experience, primarily under the term "yumeshipping" and a whole dictionary of new terms for those that identify as a "yume".

I know this is gonna be an unpopular opinion, but I don't really like this change-

It's cool that selfshipping is slightly less ridiculed nowadays, but now instead of non-selfshippers bullying us for wanting to kiss pixels because "oh they're not real" (YES WE KNOW THIS?), we have people in the community bullying each other and making what is SUPPOSED to be a hobby not fun anymore for everyone involved. :/

I've mostly seen this happen on twitter tho so it might just be a case of twitter being a dumpster fire as always, who knows

Also the term "yumeshipping" being the new widely accepted term just feels like the "thing, JAPAN" meme and I can't be the only one who feels that way-

No hate to people that use the new terms, I'm just personally not a fan and therefore don't use the terms myself, but if you do then that's cool. ^^

I'm not here to dictate how you participate in this hobby lol that would kind of defeat the purpose of my little rant

On a lighter note- back to what I like about selfshipping and time for me to overshare on main again :3

Ngl I've been doing it unintentionally for most of my life now, as long as I can remember really. It allllll started with a certain emo hedgehog with red highlights-

And uh yea I've been in the trenches ever since teehee. Mainly because I was a massive loner growing up, had very few friends, went almost my whole life without dating anyone and that deeeeefinitely didn't have an impact on my self esteem as a kid or anything. :3

And what better way for a shy, chronically online kid to cope with her lack of a social life than to just pretend she has one in her head, y'know?

I'm still not great at conversing in real life BUT I do have plenty of friends now at least, most of them also being in the trenches with me. We have fun here. :3

Imma keep playing with my silly blorbos like paper dolls and I cannot be stopped

The Cringe Gallery

(^these two are commissioned pieces, the rest were made by me!)