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My Immortal Shiptoast (Solution)

My Immortal Shiptoast is a puzzle that combines fandom shipping name blending with the Ship of Theseus thought experiment. Each paragraph contains clues to the two characters being “shipped” and a definition or hint to the ship name, which is generally a real word or phrase. Between each paragraph, one character is kept while the other is replaced:

Kept Character Replaced Character Definition / Hint Ship Name
Edward Cullen Bella Swan not sleepy yet, and I’m not sure I want to head in that direction BEDWARD
Bella Swan River Song final adventure SWANSONG
River Song Deadpool a nice, calming beverage OOLONG
Deadpool Coraline time limit DEADLINE
Coraline Solid Snake such a venomous name CORAL SNAKE
Solid Snake Jace Beleren comfort SOLACE
Jace Beleren Cheryl Tunt let out a loud burp BELCHER
Cheryl Tunt Cheryl Blossom come out and say it BLUNT
Cheryl Blossom Yogi Bear beautiful gemstone. Maybe an emerald or an aquamarine BERYL
Yogi Bear Hawkeye Pierce Eastern European dumplings PIEROGI
Hawkeye Pierce Red Foreman an overnight one [...] Leave in the evening and arrive the next morning REDEYE
Red Foreman Ana Steele a guy made of fortified iron STEELMAN

After each paragraph, an author notes that each of the ships includes some of their favorite characters. These notes indicate which letter positions from the answers are present in each of the ship names (although as the letters in the answer are not unique, a letter in a ship name can correspond to multiple positions). Using the collective information (or, in practice, a subset), it’s possible to logically determine which letters go in each position, yielding the puzzle’s answer: PYLON BUILDER.