1. There are not many shows with canonical queer characters, and they tend to just be the token gay guy/lesbian in a cast of straight people.
2. Very few characters who are 'presented as straight' actually have their sexuality explored in any detail. Unless they are queer, characters do not tend to have their sexuality directly stated in canon, because straight is assumed to be the default, so all characters are straight until proven otherwise.
3. Sexuality is fluid. Even if a character is only shown dating people of the opposite sex in canon, that doesn't mean they will never ever ever fall for someone of the same sex.
4. Shipping someone with a person of the same sex is not automatically OOC. I'm a gay women, I am occasionally attracted to men, and my personality does not become wildly different on the odd occasions I think 'oh hey, he's hot ^_^'.
5. I like non-canonical f/f and m/m pairings because I'm queer and the lack of queer representation in the media pisses me off and because I like to read about queer people, not because I want something to fap to.
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2. Very few characters who are 'presented as straight' actually have their sexuality explored in any detail. Unless they are queer, characters do not tend to have their sexuality directly stated in canon, because straight is assumed to be the default, so all characters are straight until proven otherwise.
3. Sexuality is fluid. Even if a character is only shown dating people of the opposite sex in canon, that doesn't mean they will never ever ever fall for someone of the same sex.
4. Shipping someone with a person of the same sex is not automatically OOC. I'm a gay women, I am occasionally attracted to men, and my personality does not become wildly different on the odd occasions I think 'oh hey, he's hot ^_^'.
5. I like non-canonical f/f and m/m pairings because I'm queer and the lack of queer representation in the media pisses me off and because I like to read about queer people, not because I want something to fap to.