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Basketgolf is the femslash ship between Basketball and Golf Ball from the Battle for Dream Island fandom.
Canon[]
In Battle for BFDI, 8-Ball invites Golf Ball and Tennis Ball to Basketball's team because they're balls. For the challenge, Golf Ball's plan involves using 8-Ball and Basketball to lower the flying basket down. Later when Golf Ball asks her to cushion Blocky's fall, Basketball does so but ends up bouncing him back up. She runs away and says she is too bouncy.
Basketball pesters Four to revive Golf Ball after getting killed last challenge. When she is reunited with the team, Basketball informs her that she has been replaced by 8-Ball as the team's leader.
As Golf Ball is shocked that the team listens to 8-Ball's commands rather than hers, Basketball reminds her that they don't listen to her anymore.
After 8-Ball apologizes to Golf Ball for nearly costing them a challenge, Golf Ball tries to bring the team's attention to this. Basketball makes a comment to Blocky implying that the two still haven't forgiven Golf Ball for disrespecting Grassy.
When Basketball asks 8-Ball how they should stop Four's abuse of his power, he directs her to listen to Golf Ball's plan. She, along with the rest of the team, end up following through with it.
Golf Ball and Basketball work together to control Remote using Robot Flower while their team is stuck on the moon.
During Cake at Stake, Golf Ball and 8-Ball are at risk of being eliminated. Basketball calls out that she wishes their team leader isn't eliminated, to which both Golf Ball and 8-Ball assume she is talking about themselves. Golf Ball tries to shush 8-Ball and asserts that Basketball was referring to her.
In the impostor challenge, Golf Ball is unaware that Basketball's mind has been swapped out. Investigating each of her team members, Golf Ball asks her who the team leader is. Hearing her say that she is, Golf Ball puts Basketball in the clear and asks her to investigate the other members. She compliments her singing abilities when she hears Basketball respond affirmatively. Later when Blocky points out that Basketball is the fake, Golf Ball is shocked as she sees her transform into Puffball, the one posing as Basketball.
After Basketball wakes up from a nap, she approaches Golf Ball and asks her for their team's plan. Golf Ball denies and informs that she's not high enough in the "managerial hierarchy" to trust her. Basketball gets the plan from Tennis Ball after she gets him to ask Golf Ball for it. She goes over to Grassy and complains that Golf Ball suddenly doesn't trust her anymore. TV points out how she was the impostor last challenge, despite her having no control over who was chosen to be one.
Golf Ball takes the emerald from Basketball so she can be the one to turn it in to Four. Later as Golf Ball constantly runs through and creates dead patches of grass, Basketball figures it's her idea of fun.
During team forming in The Power of Two, Golf Ball reluctantly accepts when Basketball asks to join her team. When the team becomes full, Golf Ball complains that it has too many useless people in it. Basketball is offended by this and walks away to form up a different team. Golf Ball is unbothered by her departure, instead happy that the team has a free slot so TV can join. Basketball walks away with Grassy and Robot Flower, the latter complimenting Basketball on how she was able to stand up to Golf Ball. After Basketball realizes that Snowball must join her team as he is the last one to be picked, Golf Ball laughs at her face and says she's stuck with Snowball. Basketball growls back at her.
When Golf Ball gathers Tennis Ball back to his team when he gets caught up in a discussion about shapes with Basketball's team, Basketball teases Golf Ball by saying she doesn't care about shapes. Golf Ball takes offense to it and Basketball smirks as Tennis Ball drags an angered Golf Ball. While with her team, she walks around in circles and talks to herself that she does care about shapes.
Basketball approaches Golf Ball and sarcastically asks if she would like to join her shape-hating club. Golf Ball panicks and immediately puts on her teleporting bracelet when she hears her.
While Basketball is showing her team the breathable bubbles she's crafted, Golf Ball mocks her and boasts about the robotic fish she's built. In the middle of explaining what it does, Golf Ball is shocked to see that Basketball and her team has taken it hostage and drives off with it, warning that Golf Ball should have not been cocky. As Golf Ball's team figures out how to do the challenge without the fish, Golf Ball begrudgingly resorts to using Basketball's breathe bubbles. While under the water, Golf Ball complains about Basketball stealing her inventions and having to use the bubbles. She takes out her anger on Pen and bounces him away when he tries to get her to feel greatful for them.
Golf Ball observes Just Not's trading strategy and compares it to when Basketball stole their team's robot fish. Later when her team groups together in the hotel, Golf Ball compliments Tennis Ball for taking glue from Basketball.
Fanon[]
Basketgolf is somewhat popular through the Battle for Dream Island fandom. Even with their rocky introduction and later expansion towards rivalry, shippers of the two enjoy taking their moments in an enemies to lovers sense. Appreciation of their dynamic is often in the forms of memes of people insulting each other out of love, as well as fan art often showing them flirt by teasing. Outside of their enemy ship, fans enjoyed their brief friendship as well in Battle for BFDI. The ship has collected clips of their moments uploaded to TikTok as well as discussion and art on Twitter and Reddit. The pairing is rivaled by other ships mainly from The Power of Two, such as Tengolf (Tennis Ball x Golf Ball), Golfpuff (Golf Ball x Puffball), and SnowBasket (Snowball x Basketball).
On AO3, the ship has two works on both the romantic and platonic tag. It is the second most written ship for Basketball and the fourth most for Golf Ball.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Basketball/Golf Ball tag on AO3
- Basketball & Golf Ball tag on AO3
- FAN ART
- Basketball and Golf Ball search results on DeviantArt
- TIKTOK
- Basketgolf posts on TikTok
- TUMBLR
- Basketgolf posts on Tumblr
- Basketgolf posts on Twitter
