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No one here said anything about bashing except you, unless you define "bashing" as "does not ship Spock/Uhura". And this idea that any criticism of the SU ship whatsoever, no matter how politely done, is bashing is quite frankly ridiculous. Not saying there isn't some KS shippers with issues, but there are (or were at least when I was in the fandom a few years ago) also a lot of SU shippers using the issue of racism just to score hits on KS shippers.

And my post wasn't just about Trek fandom. I've seen this in a lot of fandoms. I just used Trek because the thread OP did.

Um, I am however talking about the type of situation the person who brought up Star Trek was talking about. No one has to ship Spock/Uhura and not shipping it does not equal bashing and I never suggested that it does.

What I am referring to is not a criticism of the S/U relationship but attacks that specifically call out Uhura for supposed shortcomings that everyone else gets a pass for, shoddy writing, for example.

Please do not redefine words for me and try to derail by again accusing K/S shippers of being the victims of some elaborate ship war and hate campaign on my part or the part of S/U shippers. It's ludicrous. Anyone active in the fandom can see what's going on here.

"...also a lot of SU shippers using the issue of racism just to score hits on KS shippers." What?

Tu quoque.

Hence the 'what?'

I think possibly I meant "score points", not "score hits". *facepalm* I was trying to type on my iPhone and my screen kept jumping around on me and I was getting increasingly aggravated. So it's not surprising that it didn't make a great amount of sense.

Regardless, I am deeply regretting getting involved in this conversation in the first place. I was irritated by the "bullshit" remark but I shouldn't have responded when irritated. I am not interested in getting in an argument about ships in a fandom that I haven't even been involved in for years. My initial comment, as I responded below, was more about general trends in fandom than about any one particular one. And I will leave it there.

"...a lot of SU shippers using the issue of racism just to score hits on KS shippers." While I was not active during the referenced times and cannot speak to them, as of now, no one cares about your ship except you and the other people who ship it. So ship it. What does that have to do with Uhura? What does it have to do with Spock/Uhura? Absolutely nothing.

S/U, for all that it is the largest Het ship, is a pretty quiet part of fandom. How can this comparatively small ship be causing all of this turmoil in the megaship that is K/S?

I believe in fandom being a fun place for all who are interested in the fandom. It stops being that way when the majority of the conversation about certain characters becomes repetitively and consistently negative. There is room for improvement for all of the characters, but that is rarely explored, instead focusing on Uhura.

Truthfully, while K/S is not my OTP, I do enjoy the some of the fic and fanart and have no problem with the ship. I do get tired of people trashing Uhura, though.

As a fan of Uhura, I get tired of being handed shit and being told it's pie. 'Oh, I love Uhura, but...' or 'I loved her in the Original Series, but now she's...', which starts these long posts about all the things wrong with her, yet again.

*headdesk* I am not even in the Trek fandom anymore. I haven't been for years. I have no ship to be shipping. Let me see if I can get back to my original point if that's even possible anymore. My comment (originally) was about fandom in general, and a growing trend I've seen over the last few years, especially since Tumblr got started but it isn't unique to that, to call out dislike of a character or ship based on SJ reasons, but not make an honest effort to examine broader fandom trends.

Just for EXAMPLE, people tend to attribute Spock/Uhura dislike to racism and completely ignore all other arguments against it. It was pretty much the same story with Arthur/Gwen in Merlin. But if people are so dead set against interracial relationships, why is Ichabbie (Sleepy Hollow) so popular? Or Olitz? (Scandal) People pick out a lineup that fits their theory and build a case around it, and discount other reasons. For example, both Trek and Merlin had as their focus a character (Kirk, Merlin) not included in the ship. Not so Sleepy Hollow or Scandal. Martha on Doctor Who was replacing a wildly popular character and ship - that never works to the replacement character's advantage, even when they're white (ask Jonas Quinn and Riley Finn, or Eleanor Bishop ). The latest that's about to become a thing is Flash and the Barry/Iris pairing, and people are already calling people out as racist for not shipping them, even though in that case the writers were stupid enough not to consider that setting them up as pseudo-siblings (raised in the same house) might be offputting to people. (And before someone brings up Wincest, incest is just not really the thing in het that it can be in slash). And the show hasn't even started yet, so who knows - Barry/Iris might end up being huge.

Just.....it's not always about SJ issues and I wish people wouldn't jump to that first. And I'm done here.

I enjoyed talking with you about it, even if there was some misunderstanding between us. I usually, just lurk around fandoms and never discuss any of the things I see going on.

Thanks.

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