Tolkien Black

…and Tweek.

I drew Craig a wildebeest, Tweek an okapi, Token an ostrich, Clyde a serval, and Jimmy a flamingo.

Out of the following, how would you rank them from toughest to wimpiest in a fight?

Stan, Kyle, Kenny, Cartman, Butters, Clyde, Craig, Jimmy, Timmy, Token, Tweek, Scott

Shipping is something every fandom has in common. It is where you pair up two characters that aren't canonically in a relationship, and you put them in a "fanon" pairing. There is a lot of this in basically every community, like My Hero Academia and Bakudeku, Hazbin Hotel With Radiodust, Criminal Minds with Moreid, and so much more. If you are in a fandom, there is down-to-be shipping involved.

Now, what does this have to do with South Park? Well, South Park has its a fandom. Which, there is shipping in it. Let's talk about Shipping Culture in South Park!

Note, this is not my opinion on certain ships. Please don't go commenting what your favorite ship is. I have already gotten permission to post this, and this is mainly an essay on the culture of shipping and not what ships I think are good or bad.

What is Shipping Culture?

Shipping Culture is when the community of a certain subject pair two characters into a either romantic or sexual relationship. This can either happen in the way of cosplay, fanart, fanfiction, or more. It is most common in TV shows, Anime, or books.

What is the Shipping Culture of South Park?

South Park's shipping culture is like most fandoms. Though there is a lot of arguments that "The characters are kids and you are sexualizing them". Yes, people do tend to do that, but it really isn't that common.

South Park shipping is most common in fanfiction. There is mostly fanart of "canon" ships, and some "fanon" ships. One of the most popular or well-known pairing is "Creek" (Or, Tweek x Craig). The pairing probably started after the airing of the episode "Tweek VS. Craig"

After the ship became so popular, Matt and Trey then asked the community to draw fanart for the episode that aired in 2015, Tweek x Craig. The fanart would then be seen in the game "South Park: The Fractured But Whole". There was even a whole arc where the player had to help Craig & Tweek fix their bond.

What is Fanon?

Fanon means "A canon made up by fans". Examples could be Tyde (Token x Clyde), Style (Stan x Kyle), Kyman, (Kyle x Cartman), and Dip (Pip x Damien).

Some of these pairings can cause a lot of debates, the most 'controversial' being Kyman. This certain one because of people saying it's abusive, and Kyle & Eric's history together.

Probably the most popular fanon ship would be Style. Stan and Kyle have been best friends for the longest time throughout the history of the show. There was even an episode where Stan got drunk and told Kyle he "Loved him".

Style is popular all around the world, there are artists of it in Japan, South America, South Korea, Spain, Mexico, and more

What are some good things about shipping?

One good thing about shipping is that it can bring a group of people together to make art, fanfiction, and merch. It can also create friend groups and their own community for certain pairing. I know there are a lot of fan artists and artist groups for a lot of different ships in the South Park community.

What are some bad things about shipping?

The bad thing about shipping is that it can cause something called a "Ship war", which is basically people battling over which ship is better. It can also cause fights between groups saying either the other party's ship is abusive, or other things.

Another god-awful thing is "Child slash Adult" pairings, which is what you think it is. Every fandom has it. It's a huge age gap between two characters' relationships, and sometimes inc#st ships can pop up too.

Conclusion

As this essay comes to a close, I hope you learned some things.

1. Every fandom has a shipping community

2. What shipping culture is

3. The difference between Fanon and Canon

4. There's always going to be a bad side to shipping

Now, it is time for me, to ask you, the reader. What do you think? Do you like my points? Is there something you think I should have added? Let me know! I'd love to discuss this! Thank you for reading, Fuzzy is out!

Didn't expect this, a meme we threw in for fun in the Discord art channel became our first ever art collab on SPA! We have 8 boys doing a difficult stretch as in a group. I tried and could barely do the stretch it requires so much flexibility. I deliberately left out Cartman as he's too unfit.

Here's who drew who:

• Kenny - paperface

• Stan - eri

• Kyle - @Floyd413

• Craig - @Maguiiiii

• Butters - GundyPip

• Token, Clyde & Tweek + final compilation by me

With photo background:

Original photo:

As you can see, there's two South Park major console video games, and they both have themes; Stick of Truth is based on the Fantasy theme, and FBW is based on Superheroes theme. This next one, will be based on the Mystical theme. In other words, this one parodies and centers on religion as well as Greek and Roman mythology.

For starters, the whole crew of the Super Best Friends has a major role this episode. Even Seaman is not left out; he allies with Stan.

Kyle, along with the rest of the Broflovskis, since they're Jewish, become allies with the Super Best Friend Moses. Jesus, since he's technically Jewish too, offers them support. The Jewish society forms and they all form one fort, and they have frequent meetings in the Hall of the Super Best Friends. Kyle and his crew is antagonized by Cartman and most guys of the crew are bosses.

On the Greek mythology side, we have several of the kids dress up as the Olympians, and are the main allies for combat. The Olympians are:

• Token is Zeus

• Stan is Poseidon (which explains his alliance with Seaman)

• Kenny is Hades (instead of Hermes, as Hades makes more sense since he's the God of the Dead)

• Cartman is Ares (which is by far the most accurate)

• Scott Malkinson is Hermes

• Wendy is Amphitrite (Poseidon's significant other, and in actual Greek mythology, she's the sole non-Olympian in the squad)

• Clyde is Apollo

• Heidi is Artemis

• Nichole is Hera (Zeus's significant other)

• Francis is Ceres

• Kevin Stoley is Vulcan

• Annie is Aphrodite, and finally

• Nelly is Hestia

The Olympian meetings are held at Token's mansion

On the Christian-Satanist side, we have the other guys, most of them which defend the Church:

• Red is a Satanist (the Dark Angel), and fights to avenge Satan, ultimately becoming ManBearPig's foe

• Timmy is a Catholic Pope (and is not playable)

• Priest Maxi is also not playable, but does give out missions

• The Choir Boys are: Butters, Craig, Tweek and Bradley. They require missions to be completed to be unlocked and fight on the Olympians' side.

• Jimmy is the Friar, he'd also require missions to be completed to be unlocked and fight on the Olympians' side

• Bebe is Medusa, and is one of the bosses early in the game, but once defeated she can become an ally

• Medusa Bebe's companions: Millie, Kelly Gardner, Jenny Simons, Jessie, Kal and Powder all fight on your side in the final mission. Jessie and Kal are also featured in a DLC

• Mr. Garrison is not playable, but gives out quests

• The other SBFs (Joseph Smith, Krishna, Muhammad (who is censored), Buddha and Lao Tse) all fight on Kyle's side, but Smith and Buddha eventually defend the church. Smith is featured in a DLC

The bosses are:

The old Superheroes, Bebe, the 6th graders, Gerald (there's also several references to SkankHunt42), Randy and Towelie (antagonized by Stan, Towelie can become an ally later on), Mr. Slave, Vampire Kids, Sheila, Ike (twice, the second time he's on hormones), the police force (antagonized by Token), Heather Swanson, ManBearPig (Red is unlocked as an ally), Cyclopes (throughout the game), Moses and finally Kyle Broflovski and his minions. Eventually conflict between the Christian-Olympians and the Jews is resolved by Token and Jesus.

The New Kid can choose what God (or Goddess) they want to be, provided it's not one taken by the other kids, for example I'd choose Tartarus (God of the Deep Abyss), and the New Kid would be known as Tartarus for the whole story. The New Kid also has basic speaking lines, mostly said throughout combat, but not a very advanced vocabulary.

The main social media parody platform, was Facebook for Stick of Truth, and Coonstagram for FBW. This time, it will be a parody of Snapchat, and many people will be able to be added friends on the app, including the entire squad of the Olympians (and Wendy).

About 50% of the side quests in the game have something to do with religion. The religious ones are mostly issued by Seaman, Bebe and Priest Maxi. The non religious ones are mostly issued by PC Principal, Strong Woman and Mr. Garrison, for example defeating Mr. Slave and Heather Swanson, who turns into a cyclops mid-combat, but reverts after being defeated.

As for the DLCs which I mentioned, they involve stuff that parodies episodes and scenes from the past, similar to how From Dusk Till Casa Bonita did:

• The Kal-Jessie DLC features Spoiled Stupid Whore (which is pretty ironic) and a freshly restored South Park Mall, and they have to take down Wendy's father, who's threatening to destroy the store. Bebe's there to help

• Smith's DLC involves defending Mormonism

• Other DLCs include helping the girls with a mystery (similar to Stick of Truth but a different plot)

Finally, similarly to the Human Kite and Super Craig in Fractured but Whole, Friar Jimmy and the Choir Boys will require missions to be completed so they can join alliances with the Olympians. This would include defeating Jimmy's nemesis' Nathan, as well as helping Tweek and Craig reconcile (they've been having arguments 24/7 lately; Butters and Bradley can't break it up, but will help the New Kid in completing it).

So there it is, my ideas for a new South Park game. Sorry I made this post so long, but what do you guys think?

Its a trend in south park for the most random side characters to get big roles, and this is why ANY 4th grader could suddenly become relevant for at least a episode.

Lets start with the two obvious ones:

• Heidi- Had an entire arc dedicated to her and Cartman.

• Bradley- Was revealed to be Mintberry Crunch, a alien from another planet.

• Karen- Was a prop for Kennys family, but got episodes all about her and Kenny.

Then we can go even further:

• Clyde- Was a minor character in early seasons.

• Token- Was a background character in early seasons.

And the most obvious one:

• Butters- Used to be a background character and now has the same amount of screen time as Kenny.

This means literally ANY minor character can get some big focus, but that's just a theory.

A few notes. One, “neutral good” is supposed to contain Kyle as well, but I screwed up. Two, the “chaotic neutral” thing is in strict reference to pre-T*****y Randy. Current Randy would be Chaotic Evil.

Feel free to agree or disagree on my rankings below. This is also sort of a test run before I post it on Reddit, so thoughts are especially appreciated.

Token

Biography

She is a superhero ego of Nichole Daniels she is in the freedom pals team

5 more days until Christmas! Here’s an early Christmas present: Some very cute tiny children.

Everyone (especially @Applebaby12 , who was counting on it) I’m very sorry for not updating the countdown the last few days. While I’ve still been active, I’ve been stressed out with my schoolwork and my mind was somewhere else. To partially make up, today has three pictures. It’s currently 16 more days until Christmas.

A nice picture of Craig’s gang vibing.

Stan and Kyle don’t look too happy here, but Cartman and Kenny seem entertained.

And a Woodland Critter Christmas picture. (Warning: I have several of these, so expect slight repetition.