[ SECRET POST #4431 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4431 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

It clearly just refers to what you relate to in terms of your sexual desires and romantic fantasies

I understand that's what people mean by it - it's pretty clear from this thread. I don't think that's clearly what it means. If you say that you can't relate to something, without specifying why, my first thought is not necessarily going to be that you can't relate to it specifically in terms of your sexual desires. My first thought would probably be that you're saying that you can't relate to the characters or the people as people. I don't think it's an unreasonable interpretation by any means.

DA

[(Anonymous)]

The context is shipping. Shipping means to enjoy a relationship between two characters, largely in fanworks that are focused on the relationship. How do you not see that "relate" clearly means relating in terms of sexual/romantic desire?

If someone said they couldn't relate to a character because she was a lesbian, that would be side eye worthy because hopefully there's more to the character than being a lesbian. But you can like the character and still be bored by fics focused on her romantic relationship with another woman because you can't relate to that part of her character.

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

Shipping means to enjoy a relationship between two characters, largely in fanworks that are focused on the relationship. How do you not see that "relate" clearly means relating in terms of sexual/romantic desire?

You can enjoy a relationship between two characters without feeling sexual or romantic desire for at least one of the characters involved. I don't think that there's anything wrong if that's not your personal preference. I just don't think that it's as clear and unmistakable and obvious as you do. It's the kind of miscommunication that happens between people.

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

You can enjoy a relationship between two characters without feeling sexual or romantic desire for at least one of the characters involved.

DA - This is very true. I'm barely attracted at all, on a personal level, to either of the characters in my OTP of the last seven years. However, what I am attracted to - very, VERY attracted to - is their relationship. I vibe with their relationship so damn hard.

And what I've found, over the years, is that I just don't vibe with f/f ships very hard. I'm just not attracted to the relationship between the characters. The part of my brain that gets turned on by stuff is just like, "What they have is cool and beautiful and great and seriously, good for them, but dude, you know this isn't our flavor."

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I'm just sitting here feeling baffled by this entire thread because to me, shipping in fiction and my own personal fantasies are two completely separate things. Like, in my current fandom, I ship A & B but the character I would personally want to bang is character C. A & B are cute together and I love their relationship so I'm all about that ship even though I'm not sexually attracted to either one of them at all. I can't imagine only being interested in ships where I'm personally attracted to one or both characters involved.