Shipping Stuff

So, I don't tend to really do a lot when it comes to shipping, but I suppose since I've been ending up in a lot more social circles these days (and consequentially getting more eyes on my site), I figured I'd speak briefly about shipping & my habits related to shipping. I figure if it's all in plain text on here, it'll be easier for people to reference at any point, rather than me explaining my stance repeatedly. Basically, this page is for people that I interact with moreso on Discord than anything.

For the most part, I'm very chill with shipping. While I don't tend to really use a lot of the terms out there for self identification (such as "fujoshi," "yumejoshi," etc), I do tend to ship a lot of same sex romances, as well as do my fair share of OCxCanon ships. I tend to be private about most of this, as I just don't really tend to bring it up in conversation unless we're personally close, but I don't mind sharing to a degree (I will block yumes that make me uncomfortable with how they handle themselves over shipping). I tend to be multiship, don't really care about order, and things like the genders or sexualities of characters are always something I treat as up in the air unless it's explicitly stated. As for Pro vs Anti shipping: I find both sides annoying. If you act like this or identify with it too much, it doesn't matter which side you're on, I will block you. I find people who are way too into these identities just use it as an excuse to either post incredibly triggering content without warnings, be edgy, or just straight up harass people. It's annoying.

I don't really ship (or even like) anything all that problematic I think. If I find the content you ship distressing, I will block usually, but most times things don't phase me, and most people tend to censor problematic content in spaces I'm in so I'm just like idk, chillin. I am of the mind that "Don't like, don't read" is the mentality that needs to come back in fandom spaces. If people post things I dislike, no matter how problematic it is, as long as it's within the realms of fiction and it is not related to actual living people, I am fine to look the other way. Even if it's content I don't like. I don't believe that being a dick over fiction I dislike makes any difference past making others miserable, and I don't wish to contribute more misery in the world, especially in today's day and age where the mere presence of LGBTQ people is being censored. Puritanism hurts everyone. Stop giving into it. Learn to filters to keep you from seeing content you dislike, rather than actively harassing people out of fandom spaces.

Anyways, I don't post a lot of ship content on here, but most of my ships tend to be the following, for the curious:

  • KaiJou/Puppyshipping (YGO)
  • Thiefshipping (YGO)
  • Prideshipping (YGO)
  • BeaBato (WTC3)
  • Graha x WoL (XIV)
  • Ignitionshipping (PKMN)
  • MadoHomu (PMMM)
  • KyoSaya (PMMM)
  • YkYm (i7)
  • GkYm (i7)
  • YuRei (ToV)
  • AleSchwa (ToV)
  • PhanLumi (MS)
  • BeliSan (GBF)
  • Honestly I just like village bicycle Sandals (GBF) & Yamato (i7) a lot

I'm sure there's a lot of others that I'm simply forgetting to list right now, but the main dynamic I tend to like in ships is rivalries & antagonistic ships. I have ships I definitely dislike as well, but for the most part, I tend to be whatever about that. I don't think I need to list them, but you're free to ask if you care about this stuff.

I'm supportive of a lot of people's yume ships. I tend to like yume shipping, even if it's not my own. There's something way more interesting about how characters interact with OCs in my eyes, so if you are vocal about your ships, I may tend to hang around, even if I don't talk a lot about shipping. It's just neat to me.

As mentioned earlier, I don't tend to really use a lot of the self labels in regards to shipping preferences. I distance myself from the term "yumejoshi" not because I dislike it or yumes, but because I'm not outward with my shipping and sometimes I feel like there's a mental blockade that really prevents me from accepting the term as something I see myself as at times. I tend to dislike the term "fujoshi" because I really don't care for the idea that liking mlm ships makes you "rotten" when it's just like... yeah. Gay men exist. I'm okay with the term "himejoshi" and for some reason it's the only one that I've really been like "yeah that's fine by me" but also like, I don't have a super huge wall of lesbian ships it feels, but I'm a lesbian myself so IDK I guess? I like seeing wlw even if I have no idea what the ship is so idk who knows. This labels thing is hard lmao. But I also don't use himejoshi either. I just am not super big on labels as stated oops.

Basically the tl;dr is: Just be respectful, fandom is miserable enough as is. Some of us don't even like anything remotely problematic, we're just tired of the fighting.

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