I saw people mention this in some Tumblr threads, so here we have it.
Feel free to move this thread to another subforum if you don't think it should be here.
Nowadays ships are valued for how 'gay uwu' they are, how many POCs are a part of one and how nonconforming to general societal expectations of a couple they are.
The less white, less straight, and less cis you make the characters, the better.
Fictional characters' ''''identities''''' are used for self-insertion first and foremost and once shippers are called out on their bullshit they reeeeeeeeeeee about x-phobia/x-ism. These are also excuses used among shippers to scream at each other about how problematic the other's ships are, etc.
Tumblr slapfights and whatnot.
Problematic ships include: Abusive relationships (like the guys in Killing Stalking), Straight ships including a queercoded character (anything with a character everybody is convinced is gay af uwu♥), interracial ships that include a white character (unless it's a lesbian ship), 'Pedophilia' (usually an accusation for ships with a large age difference, this is only ridiculous when both characters are adults, like Soldier76 and D.Va from Overwatch) and, generally anything that can be reached and nitpicked at for any reason whatsoever.
(^ same people have no problem with Roadhog (4
and Junkrat(26) who also have a huge age difference)
These are a few examples, mainly those of ship fights I'm aware of anyway-- there aren't that many but eh, you get the gist. You've all seen these people before.
You can find these people on Tumblr, for the most part, also in YouTube comments and ship-centric Facebook groups. Whining about queerbaiting (gay ships teased but never made canon) to writers and directors are usually made on Twitter.
This isn't a very well-filled OP and it will be edited as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, feel free to share stories about batshit shippers along with as many screencaps as you can provide
Feel free to move this thread to another subforum if you don't think it should be here.
Nowadays ships are valued for how 'gay uwu' they are, how many POCs are a part of one and how nonconforming to general societal expectations of a couple they are.
The less white, less straight, and less cis you make the characters, the better.
Fictional characters' ''''identities''''' are used for self-insertion first and foremost and once shippers are called out on their bullshit they reeeeeeeeeeee about x-phobia/x-ism. These are also excuses used among shippers to scream at each other about how problematic the other's ships are, etc.
Tumblr slapfights and whatnot.
Problematic ships include: Abusive relationships (like the guys in Killing Stalking), Straight ships including a queercoded character (anything with a character everybody is convinced is gay af uwu♥), interracial ships that include a white character (unless it's a lesbian ship), 'Pedophilia' (usually an accusation for ships with a large age difference, this is only ridiculous when both characters are adults, like Soldier76 and D.Va from Overwatch) and, generally anything that can be reached and nitpicked at for any reason whatsoever.
(^ same people have no problem with Roadhog (4
and Junkrat(26) who also have a huge age difference)
These are a few examples, mainly those of ship fights I'm aware of anyway-- there aren't that many but eh, you get the gist. You've all seen these people before.
You can find these people on Tumblr, for the most part, also in YouTube comments and ship-centric Facebook groups. Whining about queerbaiting (gay ships teased but never made canon) to writers and directors are usually made on Twitter.
This isn't a very well-filled OP and it will be edited as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, feel free to share stories about batshit shippers along with as many screencaps as you can provide
