[ SECRET POST #6990 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #6990 ⌋

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


01.



__________________________________________________



02.



__________________________________________________



03.



__________________________________________________



04.



__________________________________________________



05.



__________________________________________________



06.























Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 18 secrets from Secret Submission Post #998.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

02. https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/d543b688aa8d.png

Transcript by OP

[fscom]

People who do shipping as activism always come across as just virtue signaling to me. Like "look at me i ship the right people the right way not like those other gross shippers. Please give me my Good Person Points™"

Its soooo shallow and performative in a way that gives me a gross feeling having dealt with knowing one of those types personally.

Re: Transcript by OP

[(Anonymous)]

But what if I'm a mediocre person who likes yaoi between problematic assholes?

Don't forget that Mediocre Person Points™ matter, too!

[(Anonymous)]

Worst ones stand on their soap box and tell everyone else they're closeminded for not liking the progressive ship they like. (Oh yes, I ran into one of those and just rolled my eyes, despite liking the same ship.)

[philstar22]

I don't get this trend. Like, fiction is fiction. How does shipping anything or enjoying anything fictional help any real life causes? You liking a POC gay ship doesn't help those causes. Actually fighting racism and homophobia in real life does. Enjoy what you enjoy, if that ship speaks to you, great. But you aren't doing anything for any cause.

[(Anonymous)]

I think people like the feeling of doing something productive and aren't self-aware or smart enough to realize that it's totally artificial. Like sure, if you were paying money to consume goods that supported a specific cause or creator, that would be a way of voting with your money. But shipping? Reading fanfic? Looking at fanart? Nah, that's just your fun hobby.

[(Anonymous)]

You're right, but performative slacktivism has always been around, and the internet just made it a million times easier.

[(Anonymous)]

Like sure, some of my ships are very wholesome. But, one of the ships I consider really wholesome based on who the entirely fictional characters are and how they treat each other is also a 'problematic age gap' ship. And some of the ships I like are downright TERRIBLE. Insane that that counts more than treating people nicely but hey.

[(Anonymous)]

I can't believe people do that. It sounds so stupid.

secret OP

[(Anonymous)]

yeah.I see it way too much. lesbians getting hate mail for shipping a het ship over/alongside the popular f/f ship and called homophobic even though they're literally openly lesbian'
because clearly if you're lesbian you can ONLY like women together.

It's not like some het ships actually have equally interesting dynamics or anything!/s.

asexual people called acephobic for shipping with ace characters even though being ace they can probably relate to an ace character navigating relationships better than most.

I see a lot of team sports rivalry bullshit that treats liking a ship like some kind of.. moral alliance thing "you're either on OUR side or THEIR side"

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah NGL I stopped talking to some friends about media stuff because they kept turning them into "activism" stuff that felt more like self satisfied virtue signaling.
"I ship the queer couple, I'm the Good Fan."
"I ship the interracial couple, not the white couple. I'm shipping the Good Guys, and anyone who ships the white couple is basically saying they're in the KKK."

I understand wanting to talk about issues we have in society, but let's stop pretending activism starts, ends or is a part of fandom shipping.