#honestly any of the WC4 getting together would really ruin that aspect of the show for me | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

glimblshanks · 1 year ago

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I understand wanting to ship the lower decks characters (I enjoy shipping the lower decks characters) but also McMahan is very clearly trying to write romantic friendships with the WC4 and I wish more fans could recognize that and just enjoy it for what it is

#venting #idk maybe it's just that my other main fandom is mostly aspec people #but as much as I enjoy Lower Decks and its fandom for the most part #I feel like I've experienced a lot more uh ... casual arophobia in this fandom than in others #and it's mostly through people insisting that certain ships need to be canon #and that certain actions in the show couldn't possibly be read as platonic #it honestly makes shipping less fun for me :/#like I love the relationships in lower decks because they are so much like my own relationships as an aro #it's so nice to see committed friendships that are prioritized above the romantic relationships the characters get into #and even though I enjoy shipping some of the characters romantically #honestly any of the WC4 getting together would really ruin that aspect of the show for me #I don't think McMahan is aro #but he writes relationships in a very aro way #and I appreciate him for that!#like I understand that some people want certain ships to be canon #but I think harping on that too much really takes away from how unique and meaningful his way of writing relationships is already #and it really kind of sucks to see relationships I strongly relate to #critiqued as being poorly written or 'bating the audience' just because they're not romantic

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