#—ship wank

[the-obnoxious-sibling]

First of all: if shuggy got together I assume it would be after buggy got over his feelings of inferiority

But there are people who believe buggy is not worthy of shanks, I recently saw ask asking if he was to ugly and it’s popular reason to dislike shuggy in favour of other shanks ships.

I wonder about buggy reaction if he heard people talking like this in universe? Would he be angry at shanks? He does seem like someone who would blame shanks 😭😭

oh, i shipped kkg long before it was cool, i am very familiar with anti-ship arguments that boil down to "but X is so ugly, how can you ship him with Y?!" those arguments are just as superficial now as they ever were, and i really don't care to engage with them. if your reason for shipping one pair over another is "they look better together," that's fine, you do you, that's your business. but that's not why i ship things.

that said, buggy being angry at shanks for being… what, too pretty for him? is hysterical. of course he'd blame shanks for any disparity in their looks.

(not that i think he considers them to have any such disparity… he's sensitive about his nose, sure, but that's not about its attractiveness, it's about it being weird. i think buggy thinks he's hot shit, and he's surrounded by people who agree with him.)

[hekateinhell]

psa

[shsl-fujoshi]

Pro-censorship fans who harass people over fiction ("antis") seem to wildly underestimate how serious a crime it is to actually simply posses even censored CSEM (real CSEM) on your computer or otherwise.

Like, pal, the person you're harassing isn't going to go to jail in the USA for having badly drawn anime jpegs, but you will actually for real go to serious adult jail if law enforcement finds out you have actual CSEM pictures-- even a single one-- on your computer to harass the people you're accusing of being "pedos" with.

[the-bar-sinister]

It's not pedophilia or inherently predatory to ship an adult woman character with an older adult male character.

It just isn't.

You can be grossed out about it all you like, and you don't have to ship it.

No one is saying you have to like age gaps.

But every time you call it "pedophilia" or "illegal" what you are doing is you are infantalizing adult women and removing them of their legal and social agency.

Calling an adult woman being shipped with an older man inherently predatory is misogynistic.

[rosesradio]

*toxic in this context is an umbrella term for anything considered unhealthy in an irl relationship (examples: age gap, power imbalance, incest, general toxicity, etc.)

*elaboration in the tags is appreciated but please be respectful of others or you’ll be blocked, thank you!

[clownfessionsofficial]

"DNI if you ship ILLEGAL ships!!!!!"

Tell me you suck cop dick without telling me you suck cop dick

[cilil]

Ok, really not tryna vague or be shady, but I just gotta say: I do not and will never understand why there's so much drama around ships becoming canon or not.

Seriously, why do you care. Is your ship game that weak? Do you need a stamp of approval from other people for what you like and how you creatively express yourself? Because, sorry, but that's technically what that is and you don't need it.

C'mere. Come to auntie. Listen. I multiship like crazy and lots of weird and niche rare pairs too. Whenever any of my ships become canon that's pretty much an accident and a statistical outlier and because I just happened to like what the creators like for once. And then I usually think "oh that's nice" and go on with my madness. No getting smug and using it to put others down either!

I'm telling you this because I simply can't stress enough how much more chill and fun shipping is if you become deeply unbothered by what's canon, what the creators think and what other people approve of. Again, you need nobody's stamp of approval. And if people nag and bully you about what you like then these people suck and they have no right to demand explanations from you.

Make your case not to justify yourself to bullies - they won't be convinced anyway - but to get other people interested. Make your case through your art, your writing, your headcanons, your conversations with other fans. Make your case through passion.

And stop letting others tell you what you can and can't ship. Which goes both ways, just saying.

Ok, that's it, bye

[demonic-shadowlucifer]

I was gonna wait for the poll to close to share this, but I think I've gotten enough results on that one to move on. I've chosen to make this into a full-on survey because I don't wanna spam this blog with polls lmfao. I also included the poll question in case anyone who answered wrong the first time can change that. Once again, you don't have to be associated with either side (or even identify as 'neutralship') to take this. This is an open discussion.

Additionally, I encourage yall to reblog so others can answer too!/nf

Once again, please be civil in the reblogs. Also, rude/inflammatory answers on the final question will not be counted.

[goneforawhileever]

'Sibling Coded'

People calling some relationships ‘sibling coded’ nowadays make me roll my eyes because this idea that people can't fall in love because they're good friends is strange. Like I get it if the show goes out of its way to define the two of them being nothing more than platonic besties (ItaKugi for example, the show beat that ship over the head with a shovel and shot it behind the building), but sometimes it's just two characters that are good friends that have enough in common to feel as if they could one day fall in love, which is the core principle of shipping after all, but some human in the top percentile of dickheadery will scream in your ear that they're 'sibling coded' and should NOT be shipped because it'd be WEIRD!!!! (even though they're the ones that projected a sibling archetype onto the pair, solely them.)

Another variation of this is sometimes worse lol people will see two characters with straight up undeniable romantic implication in the series but will die on the hill that they're just friends or sibling coded (We all know at least one of these)

[holyfreaks]

sorry but the "trying to get rid of us" part.... like we were here from literally day one. you came into OUR house and decided the show was about something that it's not. also, even if we weren't here from the beginning, we deserve to be here every bit as you do. why are you trying to gatekeep fandom, when it's always been for the freaks. especially on the incest family horror show

[the-obnoxious-sibling]

You would get more likes with mishanks than with shuggy. Mishanks ff is more popular. Mihawk is actually a great character but he’s a hidden gem so I guess you could miss those details about him. But if you reread you have to focus on him! He’s important to shanks just like buggy! It’s the best op ship and I love how he’s more equal and understanding to shanks than buggy

😑 it's a good thing i don't care about how many likes i get, then.

[exhuastedpigeon]

Some of y’all talk about shipping almost like it’s your religion and it’s so wild. Why are you out here trying to evangelize your ship? What are you a white missionaries in the 1800s trying to convert people?

Do you honestly think going on anon in people’s inboxes telling them the way they view a character is “wrong” is going to change someone’s mind? Just let people like what they like and you can like what you like. Your ship isn’t any less valid just because not everyone likes it.

It’s okay! Go outside, take a walk, get some fresh air. You’ll feel better.

[shsl-fujoshi]

Being an anime fan is like "my favorite ship is huge in japan and there's a ton of art of it. If I mention this ship on tumblr people will tell me to kill myself."

[slothyykittee]

I hate when this happens I hate when this happens

Also posted on twitter!

[the-bar-sinister]

"But why does it matter if they're attracted to more than one gender-- they're already partnered with (character)!"

Ya'll are so fuckin' monogamous.

[catgirl-catboy]