[ SECRET POST #3650 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3650 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[(Anonymous)]

I don't ship Pearl/Greg or Pewey, but I HC Pearl as pansexual but highly selective. There's absolutely no evidence that she needs to be a lesbian instead of that, and anyone who talks about lesbian erasure just needs to stop projecting themselves. Pearl isn't you.

[(Anonymous)]

I was going to say, has it ever been confirmed anywhere that Pearl is a lesbian? Because all we've really seen when it comes to romance with her is her crush on Rose (unless I'm forgetting something) so she could easily be lesbian OR bi.

[(Anonymous)]

I can understand all too well as a fellow shipper.

And even though I'm technically in a lesbian relationship--I HC Pearl as demisexual, and had a strong emotional connection with Rose.

[feotakahari]

FWIW, I've never encountered people who harass individual Pearl/Greg shippers. I've encountered people who are assholes about the ship in general, but individual harassment within the fandom seems to have died down a lot after the Zamii mess.

[(Anonymous)]

As "problematic" as it is, I ship Pearl with Rose and no one else. Garnet ships in general are a little strange since they're technically an OT3, and I view Pearl and Amethyst's relationship as more like sisters than anything, so as a romantic couple it's a little awkward to me. The "Homeworld Gems" need a little more interaction with her for me to determine anything.

I definitely could not see Pearl in a straight relationship, but whatever floats people's boats, I guess.

[(Anonymous)]

Same. As "unhealthy" as it is, I still ship Pearl/Rose like burning because gay ships with messed up/tragic undertones is kinda my Thing.

Also agreed. Something about Pearl just screams "gay" and I can never see her getting with a man regardless of who he is.

[(Anonymous)]

I can't help but knee-jerk see "lesbian erasure!" as just another form of "It's pedo!"

Especially if you break out the word 'coded' because then you start getting into stuff like "Mulan's coded lesbian because she has short hair and dresses butch and likes to fight, I mean come on, could they be any more obvious? LEEEEESBIAN."

It is an excellent term to describe the Irene Adler sorts of situations ("I'm a lesbian! Except there's no depth to that term, I never mention any past or current loves and it doesn't seem important to my character, it exists only as a hurdle for the sexah male character to overcome!") but when used to blanket-condemn fans for shipping?

Sure, individual fanworks with Pearl and Greg could be homophobic, but they should be taken on a case-by-case basis and not just "If you ship them you're automatically awful no matter how you do it."

[(Anonymous)]

This.

Sometimes they won't even explain how a character is "coded," they say "Because I'm a lesbian and I can just tell!" And if you doubt their method of detection, you're "silencing" them.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT - When they say that I always get the sinking feeling I get every single time someone's told me I don't "look bisexual." including when my own mother told me that I couldn't possibly be attracted to women because I just didn't have the look.

Yeah, most of my serious relationships were all with other women so screw that.