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descendant-of-truth · 10 months

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Shipping is fun and all but I swear every single time someone makes a comment, whether as a joke or in a legitimate analysis, about there being "no other explanation" for a pair's interactions, I lose just a bit more of my sanity

Like, no, you guys don't get it. Romance is not about the Amount of devotion, it's about the COLOR. the FLAVOR of it all. a character can be just as devoted to their platonic friend as they are to their romantic partner, and they don't love either of them more, just differently.

But because the majority of people still have it stuck in their minds that romance exists on the highest tier of love, I'm stuck seeing endless takes that boil down to "these two care about each other too much for it to NOT be romantic" as if that's the core determining factor to how literally any of this works

In conclusion: stop telling me that I don't understand the story if I don't interpret the leads as romantic, I am TIRED

#analysis #meta #miscellaneous #fandom #shipping #media discussion #amatonormativity #lgbtq #I feel like tagging any of the fandoms I was thinking of when writing this would be a little mean-spirited potentially #Disclaimer: no one has actually been telling me personally that I don't understand any story in particular #It's just that the way people tend to phrase their analyses feels unnecessarily targeted at the reader and that's just. not great #even if I agree with every other point they make

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thesoftboiledegg · 11 months

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#tweets #extremely relevant to my fandom #'WAH WAAAH WHY CANT BIRDRICK BE PLATONIC WAHH WAAHHH NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE GAY'#lmao 99% of protagonists end up in a straight relationship even if the characters have no chemistry #we can't have ONE same-gender relationship?#this happens in other fandoms too #I saw a wednesday/enid ship post on facebook and the comments were an endless spew of 'wah wah why can't they be FRIENDS'#who the fuck said they can't??#you just don't like it because it's a WLW ship

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clown-owo · 3 months

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not pictured: Acht flashback to growing up hearing DJ Octavio say vaguely gay shit about the captain of the Squidbeak Splatoon

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 7 months

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The indescribable tension between an overworked and underpaid smut writer, and his biggest fan hater.

(for @frummpets)

#SVSSS #Shen yuan #shang qinghua #cumplane #Normally I don't tag with ship names but this one is a special case.#Confession time: When I first had SVSSS described to me I 100% thought the main pairing was between these two.#The dynamic is impeccable! Even if its 'just a fan ship' I stand by it.#Sorry to the people who like to think of them as handsome pretty boys. I don't.#These guys sit in their rooms and use the computer for 90% of waking hours. They are not looking after themselves well enough for good skin #They can be cute in their own way. People with acne and missed shaving spots deserve to have their romances too.#And sloppy hate makeouts <3 #Hi Sol! I truly did whoop and holler when drawing your name for the raffle!#You've been so kind and generous towards me and I'd happy to finally have the opportunity to give back some of that joy!#Thank you so much for all your support and the incredible fanart <3 You've made my day so many times!#I hope this silly mini comic is to your liking!#Playing around with colours for this one was a blast!

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grimalkhiindi · 2 years

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I hate you shipping discourse I hate you unnecessarily aggressive DNI banners I hate you dehumanization of those you disagree with I hate you harassment over ships or favorite characters I hate you purposeful lack of nuance I hate you false equivalencies I hate you policing how people engage in fandom I hate you actively trying to make fandom spaces hostile I hate you refusal to filter your feed I hate you making it everyone else's problem

#like no it's actually not ok for you to send death threats to someone because you don't like how they're shipping characters #ok to reblog #i hate you meme #anyway back to ao3 #because i think original context tends to be helpful to know #this post was about zadr. and by extension an//ti zadr.#but i know this applies to a lot of fandoms

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sabertoothwalrus · 2 months

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wait I'm trying to gauge something

#I have Thoughts and Headcanons about it and it seems like the fandom likes it? but idk if I'm an outlier here #I'm not like. trying to get anyone's permission to ship them or anything #but admittedly they don't have as much focus in canon as farcille or labru (or even kabumisu) <- I like all of those #but it makes sense to ME.#dungeon meshi #chilchuck tims #senshi of izganda #chilshi #polls

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two-wizards-in-a-trench-coat · 4 months

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replaying jfa

#aa #ace attorney #maya fey #phoenix wright #regina berry #my art #not tagging as a ship bc i don't actually ship them but the whole time i was like. maya get a hold of youself

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solroskajan · 12 days

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#I've been wanting to draw something like this #thank you for giving me the excuse #nuziv #vuzin #murder drones #my art #I'll get to the other requests eventually!#(except for the crossover and oc requests i'm so sorry but I don't do those right now)#again there are 3 requests that I really want to combine #I'll probably draw other things in between though #okay i'll just tag all the ships #nuzi #vuzi #envy #they give me so much joy #!!!#both uzi and v are going to die of embarrassment later btw #especially uzi

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anon-402 · 6 months

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They're married your honor

#pissa #qsmp shipping #qsmp philza #qsmp missa #my art #i still don't like it #but it's like 3 am rn #and it's now or never

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redysetdare · 2 months

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All this aroace character shipcourse has proven to me that a majority of people that interact in fandom cannot actually interact with characters and media outside of shipping and genuinely I believe you need to learn how to interact with media outside of shipping.

#text #fandom #aro #ace #aroace #aromantic #asexual #this became extremely obvious with Encanto - where the main message of the movie was ignored #and people were so desperate for shipping they started shipping background characters or even the family members....eugh #like at some point you must understand your inability to interact with media outside of a narrow romantic scope is an actual problem #at some point you need to accept you don't ACTUALLY like the media you're interacting with #like genuinely can you say anything else that you like about a piece of media besides the fact you want two characters to kiss?#genuinely i do believe the way some of you interact with things needs to change because it's made fandom spaces literally unbearable #also it has severely limited some of your guy's critical thinking skills #if you want content based around shipping then look at the romance genre it's literally right there for this very reason #shipping just needs to stop dominating fandom discussions and interactions. shipping should not be the main focus of every genre ever ffs #that or y'all need to literally start tagging your shit so that people can actually block it out and find the posts that they want to see

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retquits · 7 months

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zolu sillies for the anon who asked abt them!!!

(bonus phone wallpaper version under the cut)

#my art #one piece #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro #zolu #like i said before i don't personally ship it #BUT i strongly support their shenanigans #and no disrespect to anyone who does ship it ofc!! love y'all too 🥰

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jq37 · 3 months

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Ivy Embra catch these hands

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #ivy embra #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #fantasy high spoilers #dimension 20 spoilers #spoilers #I already didn't like her #now I REALLY don't like her #aelwyn would NEVER #like she'd murder a ship full of people but that's beside the point

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batpersik-art · 10 months

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how are we feeling fronnie nation

#fronnie #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #fnaf ruin #ruin dlc #fnaf security breach #glamrock freddy #glamrock bonnie #freddy fazbear #bonnie #ruin spoilers #guys. guys.#fronnie literally introduced me to the concept of shipping in like 2015 #AND NOW IT'S CANON?????HELLO?????#LIKE WHAT DO YOU MEAN GAY PEOPLE ARE REAL #AND ALSO??? RUIN ITSELF WAS SO GOOD I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT #I'M SO INSANE RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND #thank you steel wool i will never be normal again #my art

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coffeecatcraze · 4 months

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The fact that Vaggie knew it was a HORRIBLE idea for her to go to Heaven because there were so many things that could go wrong and so many bad memories there, but her girlfriend needed her and she couldn't say no to her cute face; the fact that the headstrong, optimistic, determined, powerful Princess of Hell knew she couldn't handle taking this huge step alone and the only one person she could imagine being by her side in that critical moment was Vaggie.

The fact that even when she felt so hurt, heartbroken, and betrayed and tried for a second to deny it, Charlie never stopped loving Vaggie, still referred to her as her girlfriend, and had full faith that she was completely succeeding in her task (getting detailed sensitive information from a weapons-dealing Overlord) while Charlie herself was struggling and failing with her own.

The fact that even with Charlie so upset that she intentionally threw a painful commentbat her (a comment with a subtle double meaning, though Charlie herself was definitely NOT thinking clearly enough to realize that implication and only meant to make a jab at the secret-keeping), Vaggie still wanted so desperately to protect Charlie out of love that she regrew angelic wings despite having been in Hell for years.

The fact that one gesture from Charlie told Vaggie everything she wanted to say to her, and that mutual understanding was so complete that she didn't hesitate to run to her knowing she would be accepted because her girlfriend still loved her and forgave her.

The support, love, and intimate understanding these two share even when things are hard and painful is so beautiful. They've been together for years; they've been through so much; and it's wonderful to have that respected and portrayed canonically instead of dipping into that easy, fan-craved trope of dramatically heavy relationship angst. I'm glad they left that angst itch to be scratched by fanworks instead, because these ladies aren't that type.

They are powerful; they are determined; they balance and complete each other; and most importantly, they are so head-over-heels and experienced in their love for each other that it took one day for Charlie to deeply consider everything and fully reconcile with Vaggie, who never doubted her even for a second. Their relationship isn't just established; it's stable, and I love to see that for a wlw couple. <3

#hazbin hotel #chaggie #vaggie #charlie morningstar #i usually caption my gifs but i am Tired and wanted to post chaggie appreciation on valentine's day #so have this before i fall asleep! <3 #not all queer couples need long dramatic relationship angst arcs!#we need more queer ships like this <3 #and don't get me wrong i love a good angst fic!#there are some really good post-s1e6 canon divergent ones on ao3!!!#but honestly this is their canon dynamic and i love that the show stayed true <3

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hajimedics · 10 months

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A BEAUTIFUL MARRIAGE WITH NO DIVORCE

#NOT SHIP ART. PLEASE DON'T TAG OR INTERPRET AS SUCH #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #julie joyful #frank frankly #senjart #the idea that playfellow co is trying to get frank and julie to be together romantically instead of just best friends #and how the queer identities they have is getting suppressed by the company #like how frank and eddie has to act ''distant'' because of the fear of being watched and not putting their relationship at risk #I feel it's getting stronger.#esp with the period the show was set in. gah!!!!!!

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davestriderpostscratch · 5 months

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KARKAT: IF WE WEREN'T ALL ABOUT TO DIE, I'D DEDICATE OUR WHOLE TEAM TO FINDING A WAY TO BRING YOU BACK TO LIFE.

they make me bananas kinda

#my art #homestuck #karkat vantas #aradia megido #you can tag as ship if you like i don't care

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