[ SECRET POST #2373 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2373 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I would like some more to if it wasn't for a certain portion of the fan population who would take away from that, that the characters are secretly romantically in love with each other. Some fans take it too far and start harassing the writers as to why aren't those two characters romantically paired on the show. And then some fans take it even a step further and declare any and all people who don't ship those two "homophobic." Yikes.

And all because one guy wanted to give a hug to his friend.

I don't think this should be. Friends should be able to hug friends. Yes, even a gay man should be able to give a platonic hug to his gay friend without everyone yelling, "NOW KISS!"

It makes me wonder for all the people who do this, do they want to sleep with all of their friends in real life?

[(Anonymous)]

What is wrong with shipping friends? It doesn't mean that hug automatically equals romance, but close friends can fall in love. And it is okay to ship relationships that are just friendships in canon

[(Anonymous)]

nothing's wrong with it, i don't think that's what AYRT was saying. nothing's wrong with it but (a) one could argue that it's problematic when any expression of intimacy or affection is automatically interpreted in terms of romantic and sexual affection and (b) people go absurdly over the top. in other words, the problem isn't that people ship friends, the problem is that if you're friends you're going to get shipped and then people are going to say that if you're friends and display any kind of intimacy you MUST be doin' it or someone in the equation is a bigot

i don't think it's necessarily a major problem but i think that's more where AYRT is coming from, not that shipping friends is wrong in itself

BECAUSE RAILS DON'T PAIL

[chardmonster]

[alexi_lupin]

I reckon if people wanna ship some characters, regardless of the genders involved, they will be excited by any physical affection between those characters. It's not as though if having two male characters never hug will discourage any shippers.

The fan population you're talking about who harass writers and call people homophobic for not shipping the same ship - they're just idiots. And some people will always be idiots. I don't think a few more hugs will make much difference there.

[dragonimp]

People probably wouldn't be so quick to read in subtext if our culture wasn't so EW NO about male affection.

[(Anonymous)]

Ironically, this is probably correct. :(

[(Anonymous)]

Ignore everyone else ITT anon, from one anon to another, I say, PREEEEEEEEAAAAAAACHH!

[(Anonymous)]

uh, people are going to ship anyway. There's always someone who's going to take it too far, because there's always crazies. Adding more affection won't be giving any extra excuses


Your last line is just dumb and as hyperbolic as the same people you object to.

[(Anonymous)]

I'll accept this argument the minute a man and woman in anything are allowed to relate to each other without it being forced into a romance.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes because this is an actual problem in society, not the homophobic DON'T HUG, YOU'RE NOT FAGGOTS mindset

[(Anonymous)]

you know people can separate fiction from reality and what adds to ship fodder irl doesn't correlate to how they view romance?

it's not homophobic to not ship them. saying that guys can't show affection because the dreaded YAOI FANGIRLS might ship them, why can't two people if the same gender just be friiiiiieeeends? that is.