#and this rant hasn't even covered how those ships might help deal with trauma or kinks

[shinythinx]

PSA to all anti-shippers ❗

CW: mention of in*cest, mention of age gap relationships

This post is inspired by drama in Prodigal Son fandom, or in other words: attacks on Malcolm/everybody shippers.

I swear I am gonna start throwing potatoes at God if I'll read ONE MORE TIME that pson fandom in unproblematic. Because, ma'dudes-- we have so many problems.

And Malcolm/everyone shippers are not it, no. Antis are.

The fact I ship something doesn't make me a bad person!

Suspens of disbelief goes long way, including morality. Would I ever develop romantic feelings to any of my family member? Of course not! Does it mean I can't enjoy well written in*cest? Hell no! Have you read mythology?

The emotional anguish of characters knowing it's bad is where the appeal lays. Not every in*cest ship is Game of Thrones bad writing. What has me excited in those cases is - what will creator do with a plot for this sick concept to work? 👀

When it comes to age gap, shipping with father figure in particular (or any other case with power imbalance)... You see- feelings are messy, but inspiring. If a writer wants to play with that, twist and exploit paternal love into something else? Make younger character pained for having the wrong feelings for their role model? It's their creative choice, not a testament to what kind of person they are.

And flash news! 💥 You don't have to read fics with ships that make you uncomfortable. AO3 tags are crystal clear, aren't they?

You can be respectful!

I know, wild! The approach of antis is the only toxic thing in this whole situation. There are threads telling who to block just because they ship certain characters, more some - they include people that are their friends. That's childish, not a help to create a safe space oneself.

Let me give you an example... I know for a fact I have a mutual who has in*cest blacklisted. And that's fine! I love them, I support them and I respect them. So if I was to reblog something I tag it accordingly so they wouldn't see it. CW and TW are in the internet space for a reason.

Another example - I had made anti-Eve Blanchard post, with receipts why I dislike the character. And I fucked up! Mea culpa, I tagged the post #Eve Blanchard and there was a person who didn't want to see anti post on their dash. They told me that, and that I should tag it with #anti Eve Blanchard. I apologized and fixed it, I learned from my mistake because someone took time of their life to kindly tell me where I was wrong.

Don't like something? Block it!

I'm not telling you to consume content you're not comfortable with. Hell NO! You don't like a creator? Block them! You don't like a content? Blacklist the tag! We're here to enjoy our time, curate your social media accordingly to what you want to see, what makes you happy.

Blocking people is not wrong! Going out of your way to make sure you show how you despise them is!

It's not kindness if you're being selective ✌ And with that I rest my case that Prodigal Son fandom is very problematic!