#I dislike the fact that I was annoyed enough by some bored screwball to crawl out the cave for this but here we are

[thetempestcup]

(I honestly wasn't going to say anything about a recent annoyance but since apparently the live action is resurrecting this anti-BS...here we go.)

Why, oh why, does the need to "defend" a ship remain in fashion? Like, seriously: why? If I like A Thing, and doing so causes no real life harm to another, why must the liking of A Thing be explained - repeatedly - to randos leaving weird a$$ "hey I just wanted to say blah blah stop doing what you're doing because I don't want to remember it exists blah but no offence" drive-by's in my inbox.

(Also, how the hell are you, Random Anti, even finding this blog? How am I on your radar, Passing Hater? The people who actually read my fic actually thought I was dead for a few years. )

You know, what I really like? Chocolate chip cookies and tomato juice. Love 'em. I think it's delicious. Do I serve it to guests, neighbors, hapless geriatrics or unattended children? No. Because it's what I like, and nobody else is under any obligation to like it. Or even try it. I buy the juice, I buy the cookies, I consume both and am happy. Nobody gets hurt by this. Nobody is even affected by this. There is 0.00 need for me to explain this preference, or to argue over whether tomato is a fruit or vegetable, or if chocolate chips have moral high ground over Oreos. I simply like this combination. It doesn't need a defence.

So.

Drink your juice. Eat your cookies. Enjoy whatever combination your like. Don't PM Zutara authors with passive aggressive nonsense. Happy Friday.

Was being in the ATLA fandom always this miserable of a time, or is that just a recent development?

I'm still having a pretty good time, to be honest. I am quick to block, so I really only see the takes I want to see. But if you're asking if antis have always been this obnoxious? Yeah, pretty much. Bryke declared open season on Zutara shippers, and their flying monkeys just ran with it. It's really sad when you think about it. It seems like the antis don't have enough going on on their side of the fandom, so they have to bug us. Only I block them when I see them, so I'm not sure how much engagement they actually get. You have to feel for them, though. Without the Zutara shippers, ATLA would've faded into obscurity, and they probably resent owing us that much.

Or maybe they're just bored. I don't know