#i kinda want a main blog with just. selfshipping on the side.

[wifeylyney]

♡ (This is a remake of my old blog intro!) ♡

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Welcome to my Tumblr Blog! This blog is all about selfshipping and positivity around self-ship! My main f/o is no other than everyone's favorite magician lyney! 🪄 (Genshin Impact) Also reblog anything about Lyney!

(I think I'm more selective then straight up DNI Doubles rn)

I'm highly uncomfortable with doubles and kinda selective. DON'T interact with both of our comforts.

I'm also a self-shipper artist and I do OC x Canon. Sometimes I will draw self insert x Canon

If you want to see my OC x Canon artwork, please check out the Charmaine x Lyney tag - 'Charmey Tag 🪄♥️🧁' and if you wanna see my self insert x Canon art, check the tag 'Lynrose tag 🪄🌹'

Other tags:

Just Charmaine tag 🧁 (post only about her)

Not a selfship post (me rambling or posting things that got nothing to do with selfshipping)

~♡⁠~

Here is my other social media if you wanna follow me on there!

Twitter - @/ SmolMagician

Instagram - @/ Justsugarrose

DNI: Doubles, Proship, anti-LGBTQ, racism, self shipping haters. You will be block ♥️

My Side Blog: @wifeyastolfo 🩷🦅

[alola03]

🌷🪷🌹 for the ask game !! :D

- @deathdetermineslife

Ah hi Lachlan! ^_^ thank you for the questions! I'll put this under a read more for spoilers for everybody (Asnwering these for my dr s/i :3)

alright, let's see!

🌷When does your self-insert come into the story? Is your selfship established before the events of the source?

She actually comes into the story with the first game, not the second! She's a part of Makoto's class! Class 78. She was trapped with everybody in the school during the killing game but she survives and joins the future foundation with Makoto and the others. (She's essentially Makoto's assistant) She doesn't feel like she's able to help enough which leads her to feel bad about herself like she's not good enough which then leads into her wanting to go into the neo world program with everybody from the second game despite not needing it. (She just wants a vacation essentially. She doesn't feel like anything would change with her being gone at her job with future foundation since she's just an assistant anyway.)

🪷 What's your self-insert or F/O like? Do you think they'd be seen as naturally compatible?

She's positive and always wants to help out! She does her best. (At least if we're talking about the 2nd game! She's pretty shy during most of the 1st game.) whether I think we'd be seen as compatible hm…well I think we would def have some supporters! I think after the shock wears off I think most of the cast would be like “huh, I guess they actually kinda are good together.” (Or she's good for him at the very least lmao)

🌹How would your self-insert function in the source? (Side character, Main character, etc?)

Ooh I like this question! She's a side character in both games but I definitely think she'd have a bigger role in the 2nd game. Since she was involved with the first killing game (but doesn't remember due to the virus/neo world program) there would be some suspicion thrown at her (in chapter 4 and onwards at least.) I think that would be a cool “mystery” even if the reason she's in there isn't as deep as everybody elses. Also the fact that she isn't the traitor despite her actually being from the future foundation.

again thank you for the questions! I don't really talk about her story on my blog enough, I should do that more!

[echoes-lighthouse]

🍼- do any of your S/Is also regress?

❤️‍🩹

💫 (bonus points if it’s a hot take)

🌿- do any of you S/Is or would any of your S/Is have a caregiver/babysitting blog? Ohhh or do/would any of your F/Os? What about a regression blog, would they have one of those? Esp curious abt Tate bc I’m not familiar with that dude so to me everything you say is canon

- birds :3 anyways I hope you’re okay that I slightly altered the asks to be more relevant/fun for selfship blog stuffs

Yessssss thank you I really really wanted some agere questions from this ask game!!! I super appreciate it and OF COURSE I love that you altered the questions!

🍼- do any of your S/Is regress?

Yeah! My Critical Role self-insert regresses (and so does Jester)! My League of Villains self-insert..... maybe regresses? I feel like they do, but they don't have words for it. My self-insert with Toshinori is a regressor as well <3 I feel like there are a lot of selfships where I could see my self-insert regressing, or my f/o regressing, but those three are the only ones where it's like "canon" to the dynamic.

❤️‍🩹 — do you have any special comfort items?

I collect comfort items like there's no tomorrow. I tend to switch between stuffed animals every few months, but I have three main ones (a bunny, a possom, and a weighted baby doll). Also, my poncho coat is definitely a comfort item. That's the main ones for now!

🌿 — do any of your f/os or s/is have an agere/caregiver blog?

Hmmm! I don't think Tate or Tomura would have an agere blog: I don't think they would connect to the current agere community, nor do I think my self-insert would have one in those universes.

My Silvertongue BNHA s/i might have a caregiver blog (they're a flip but I think they'd be more interested in being a cg online), and I think they would talk about that with Toshinori.

My DC/Sandman s/i would probably have both, their internet presence is very much the same as mine.

Me and Toga would share a blog that might have regression content on it, but it would focus more on the aesthetic stuff than the actual agere stuff.

💫 — is there anything you wish more age regressors knew? anything you want to tell them?

Beneath the readmore 'cause this is getting long!

Oof, it's been a while since I was in the main community, but here's a hot take, as requested.

The difference between age regression and age play is not whether it's sexual. The difference is whether there's an element of control and humiliation. If you like feeling like your caregiver is completely in control and you like the idea of punishment (even non-physical), you might want to look into nonsexual age play instead of the age regression community. Also, if having fantasies about someone helping you to regress in public makes you feel humiliated and small at the same time, that's another sign you might be on the kink side of things, at least some of the time.

You can, of course, enjoy both: but I occasionally see posts about punishment and humiliation in the age regression community that really make me feel like it's been mis-tagged.

At the same time, only you can really know what the centre of your regression experience is, and I know some people genuinely feel safer if someone else is making the decisions, but it's not in the same way that they're submitting to a dominant. It's a complicated kinda situation, I won't deny it, but sometimes I see people in the agere community that I just feel are only in the agere community because they don't realize kink can be nonsexual.

[monsterkiss]

21+ y/o adult, ND, queer & genderqueer, they/it/any neopronouns

Hi!! This an 18+ selfship, self insert, reader insert (x reader), terato blog. It’s not exclusively NSFW but yes, sometimes sexual themes are highly present here too! I like villains, monsters, horror and whatnot!! ♡♡♡

It’s a side blog so I can’t interact or follow back from here. You can always ask me privately for my main though!

I tag kinda sporadically at this point tbh so sorry about that!! It's a mess here!!

Wanna chat and be friends? Please just message me! I'd be happy to chat with you about whatever, about selfshipping or otherwise! 💖 (ONLY 21+ y/o please!!!)

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[ N/A — NO FANDOM — UNSPECIFIED FAVORITE CHARACTER X READER ]

A Bit of Magic — smut, gender neutral (all), the reader goes to a masquerade — ~4550 words;

A Win-Win Situation — smut, gender neutral (all), the reader makes a bet with their favorite character during a video game — ~3000 words;

Breakfast With Coffee — sfw, gender neutral (all), fluff, conversations about adopting a cat and maybe having kids — 517 words;

Domestic — sfw, gender neutral (all), domestic fluff, the character wants the reader to take a break from working too much — 353 words;

I'll Always Be Here — sfw, gender neutral (all), hurt/comfort — 164 words;

[ DC COMICS — THE BATMAN UNIVERSE ]

Like Winning in a Lottery — sfw, gender neutral reader, Heath Ledger's Joker x reader (The Dark Knight trilogy), the reader remembering meeting the Joker for the first time — 576 words;

[ UNDERTALE ]

Entertain Me — smut, gender neutral reader, dominative Mettaton Ex x reader, 170 words;

[ojiprincesnowflake]

Been making a lot of important progress getting the house looking nice. Sorta went too far yesterday so body is feeling more pain than usual than usual multi-tiered pain tower.

It just really feels nice to see things getting finally fixed up. And while doing all that I’ve been doing like the weirdest thing it feels like. Researching, researching what? How to blog, how to relax and just post things, how to be chill and all of it.

Went to blogs who support people looking at what they do and learning from it to be able to just be themselves and have fun online and I’m going to try to mirror it in the coming weeks (to be safe, life always likes to make something happen right when I’m about to work on better myself I fucking swear)

Going to try to post more smaller fun things, try to talk more about ships and the like going to try watching some side tokusatsu that isn’t the main stuff I’m doing since that’s being done in this weird round-about-way for reasons.

And I’m going to get back on my selfship blog and do things there too.

Forgot if I mentioned I made one of those.

It’s kinda an important blog for me, and it’s separate from this general fandom/personal one mostly because it’s being more open on topics I get a bit nervous around. Any friends want it who don’t already know just message me up it is a slow start, but I’m getting there.

Yeah sorry to mostly always post about how I’m trying to get better and I’m working I’m working and I’m dragging my friend in with me, but damn does it feel good to even say I feel even up to trying. And it helps me get my thoughts in order and I can reference back if I forgot what I was doing or don’t remember the plan.

[risingscorchingsuns]

hi everyone, welcome to my blog!!!

my name is Leon, and i really, really love demon slayer! kny has been a huge comfort for me for years, and it’s been a special interest of mine since about november 2023. i want to create a space that is safe and fun to share with other people who are as passionate about kny as me!! :D my main is @lavenderbrigade but im more active here!

a bit about me!

yippeee yay i love demon slayer!! it’s my main special interest, and it means a lot to me! rengoku is my favorite character and all-time comfort character, (i have a tattoo to honor him!) but i love every character, really!! my other favorites are sanemi, tengen, genya, akaza, mitsuri and senjuro, to name a few!!

my pronouns are strictly he/him! please do not use any other pronouns for me- this includes they/them! (i have nothing against they/them pronouns, they just don’t suit me <3) i am a gay trans man, and a lot of my writing for Hikaru reflects my experiences as such! :)

additionally, i am very neurodivergent and often struggle with tone and responding quickly to dms! please be patient with me- i am trying my best! tone tags are very helpful for me <3

This is a kny blog, but my other interests + hyperfixations include resident evil, (4 specifically!) deepsea marine bio, minecraft, and stardew valley! im always happy to talk about non-kny stuff, i just have constant rengoku autism <3

rules and expectations!!

i am 20 years old! that being said, this is a sfw blog!! i won’t ever post any direct nsfw here, but I may post gore/body horror at some point, generally aligned with what would be typical of Demon Slayer. any posts that contain more than mild gore will be appropriately trigger warninged! i also might post kissing and things like that, but never anything too explicit! my nsfw blog is @hikaru-after-dark- follow there for horny posting lmao

mostly though, this is just a fun safe space for me to blorbopost about rengoku and to share mine and my friends’ ocs :)

additionally, I have read the manga, and this page will contain spoilers!! please keep that in mind!!!

DNI and boundaries!!

DNI if you:

are a proshipper

ship RenTan specifically but really any of the ships that fall into that category

hate on furries

do not support lgtbq+ or otherwise queer people

look man just don’t be a bad person ok

not exactly a DNI, you’re still welcome on my blog, but please note i will probably not follow you back if you also selfship with rengoku! i mean no ill intent- doubles make me anxious and it’s a personal boundary 😓

My Tags!

I’ve got a few tags, and frankly im kinda bad at keeping them organized, but I do my best!

#hikaru eritora - my Karu tag!! Anything Hikaru related goes here 🪲

#leon writes - my writing tag! Here you can read my fics, oneshots, and anything else I write.

#leon rambles - this is primarily KNY analysis, but it’s also the occasional miscellaneous ramble! I love talking nonsense into the void <3

#leon askbox - anything that comes from my askbox!!

#leon says words - man im just talking lmao. professional yapper over here

#leon scribbles - my art tag! Here you can view my artwork :)

#not kny - exactly as it sounds! This tag is for anything on this blog explicitly unrelated to kny. It’s rare that I use it, but I like organization lol

#kny analysis - anything related to kny meta or narrative analysis!

#writing resources archive tag - this one’s mainly for me, but you’re welcome to poke through it! I keep my writing tips and tricks in here :)

MEET MY OCS!!

I have some various side characters, but my main and favorite oc, as well as the face of this page, is Hikaru Eritora! I plan to reveal more and more of his story over time, but if you want to know a synopsis of his story, you can find it here!

My Writings!

I am an amateur writer!! So far everything I’ve written has been for Karu, but who knows! I just like stories :)

Full Length Fics/Oneshots:

Blazing Heart’s Rhapsody

Irreplaceable

Don’t Let Go

Drabble/Warmups:

Nightmares

Unconventional

Mesmerized

Requiem of the Subconscious

Completed RP Thread Archive:

Brothers in Arms (with @definitelynotgideon)

OC Refs!!

Here’s Hikaru’s ref!! I absolutely adore any headcanons, asks, or other questions I get about him, so please feel free to shoot me some!! My inbox is always open!!

Thank you for reading, and for being on my page! Set your heart ablaze!!! ❤️‍🔥

[illusionshipping]

I kinda want to move blogs, but I like my theme and everything here... hmmm....

[rosetinted-selfshipping]

I had the idea to start a Selfshipping side blog for awhile since 1 my main Account is kinda hideous and I just wanted a new slate especially now that I understand tumblr more 2 cause I really like the self shipping community! And I used to write fanfic

My pronouns are She/her

That being said I stopped writing fanfic for a reason, it made me KINDA anxious the pressure of doing requests got to me but I think I could do an imagine every once in awhile if nothing else and if you want you can request an imagine or prompt from me I’d just ask you maybe don’t expect much but it would still be appreciated of course!

As for me personally I’m a minor so no, No, NO NSFW. I had a pretty YIKES experience on Instagram once upon a time and I do not want a repeat of that. But you can call me Rosie or Rin (my self insert’s name) also do let me know if you want me to talk about my Ocs! I have quite a lot. Idk if I wanna add another section to this blog (since I’m just starting out) but let me know if you’d be interested!

For my rules/DNI just don’t be Racist or a Pedophile or homophobic or transphobic or request or say anything of that nature on this blog. And I think that’s all I should really have to say on that matter

Also feel free to have an Anon name if you want!

Little note before I list these things. I have the attention span of a goldfish, a goldfish easily distracted by any pretty anime character that has a good amount of fanfics and by the color pink. So simply know I’ll try to name things I’m if nothing else fairly sure I could hold a conversation about not necessarily things I’ve finished.

Anime

Yugioh (all gens)

Beyblade (the metal saga)

Uta no prince sama (I’m sad Shining live is dead)

Diabolik Lovers (I know it’s horrible but it is ✨My Trash✨)

Demon slayer (My sister put it on in front of me and I’ve been a mess for Gyutaro ever since)

Idol time PriPara (I love PriPara so much even though I’ve only seen idol time SOMEONE LET ME INFO DUMP ABOUT MY PRIPARA OCS PLEASE-)

Aikatsu (mostly Stars)

Mermaid Melody/ Pichi Pichi Pitch (I adore this show! I just need to stop procrastinating and watch it before they take it off of YouTube lol)

My hero (I still need to catch up but even then I’m not that attached to anything but the fanfic I wrote in my head)

Shugo Chara (it’s Cardcaptor Sakura but it’s not as bad. For legal reasons this is a joke)

The my melody anime (I haven’t seen the sequel series at all tho)

Revolutionary Girl Utena (I ADORE THIS SHOW’S AESTHETICS AND MUSIC. I will stop procrastinating and finish it one day)

Sailor moon (I know how shocking from a girl who clearly loves magical girl anime)

Save me Lolipop!/ Mamotte! Lolipop (this was my first anime I watched by myself please tell me you know it!)

Kamisama Kiss (I hate Tomoe Stan Nanami to death though)

Kamikaze Kaito Jeane (I’ve only read the Manga WHERE IS THE ANIME?!)

Fairy tail (i Haven’t seen the last season I will cry)

Fruits basket (I didn’t watch the new one it looked to idk shiny for me personally)

Tokyo Mew Mew (Kisshu my problematic Fave 🥺)

Earth defense club love (please someone tell me they simped for the twins in season 2)

Miraculous ladybug (sure it’s arguably not anime but if you look at all the other magical girl anime here you should not be surprised)

Precure/ Glitter force (yeah I grew up with glitter force I’m sorry I’m loving delicious party tho!)

Games

Idolish7 (I know it’s an anime too but I mostly play this game for the music)

Hypnosismic (Ramuda’s Drops lives Rent free in my brain and I DID NOT give consent)

Ensemble stars (idk what they’re saying but wow All of Knights sure is pretty wow also so happy about eng release! ✨)

Ayakashi Romance Reborn (Fun fact: This game’s English server is dead so I surgically attached it in my brain to demon slayer)

Twisted wonderland (I hate this game immensely ✨)

Genshin Impact (i hate this game more ♡)

Cookie run Kingdom (I’m sorry red velvet cookie is hot okay-)

Play Uta no Prince Sama Shining live (never mind it’s dead now)

Pokémon Masters (I have 2 Ns so far!)

Sonic (*looks at my old Sonic Ocs* *looks away quickly*)

The Atelier Series (Quick review of all the Atelier games I played: Ryza Decent, Lulua Bane of my existence, Sophie is the prettiest girl ever 🥺 oh no I haven’t played her game yet why do you ask?)

Fate/GO (It’s really fun when the Gacha isn’t being mean and I’m enjoying the charming servants even though unfortunately find myself liking the boys more because of reasons you can guess)

Yugioh Master Duel (I’ll put my friend code later)

Yugioh Duel Links (proud Yuzu Main)

Pokémon (main series)

Code vain/ god eater (I will play anything with a character creator part 1)

Play Uta no Prince Sama shining live (I will miss you forever)

Pretty Princess party (I will play anything with a character creator part 2)

Story of seasons (I’m a gamer girl what do you want from me? 👁👄👁💅)

Disney Magical World 1/2 (i will play anything with a Character creator part 3)

Kingdom hearts (i haven't finished 2 or 3 and i cannot be talked too about Tarzan's world but i loved the mobile game and dream drop distance)

Style Saavy, any of them (Best games ever made, other than Uta no Prince Sama shining live-)

Uta No Prince Sama shining live available now on IOS and Android (The world just didn’t understand it while we did have it 🥺)

Manga/Comics

Anything by Arina Tanemura (I’m BARELY exaggerating)

Beasts of Abigale (ya like Goth Furries?)

Kiss of the Rose princess (ya like Goth Yugioh Players?)

Ultra Maniac (Aka my first experience going: “oh my god read the manga the manga is better then the anime”)

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I also really love Fashion and Designing! I’m not learning it or anything (I’d probably be a failure Irl lol) but if you wanna talk or show me designs feel free too

I do have a Tag tho! #Magical Fashion Fairytale feel to scroll through designs I’ve posted

Imagines masterlist f/o list

Also I made all the headers and my icon on PicsArt

Did my Imagines masterlist!

Last Edited January 2nd 2023

[jojolovenotes]

Hi ! I hope I'm not too late, can I ask for Ungalo or Donatello plz - whatever is easier for you to write 🥺👉👈♥️✨ ?

(for the Tell me who your f/o is and I’ll tell you how they’d selfship with you.)

It's Zoul from @ungalossimp btw (◕‿◕✧)✨ !sorry I can't send asks from there, since it's a side blog (^ω^'✧)

Tell me who your f/o is and I’ll tell you how they’d selfship with you.

Hi Zoul! You’re not late, don’t worry! No need to apologize, I got you! :D --- Ungalo has no problem selfshipping, he probably has quite a list of f/o’s although you’re definitely one of his main ones.

He likes to draw comics involving you and him, he kinda has a self-insert he ships with you although his self-insert is mostly just (what he sees as being) the ‘cooler’ version of him.

He would definitely have merch of you... He isn’t going to hide that he’s a selfshipper! He tries to get every piece of merch that has you on it (He always wants to have you as close to him as possible). 

He spends a lot of time looking for content involving you... He likes to read character x readers and fanfictions that have you in it... At first he thought it was kinda cringe he was doing these things, but tbh you’re so worth it to him.

[jcmorrigan]

Do you support anti-harassment and pro-shipping?

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: This is an issue I’ve been monitoring and grappling with for a long time, and I feel like while my core philosophy has been the same for a while now, the nuances I’ve held shift every so often. I don’t identify as an anti. I just don’t. I think shipping things - be it incest, adult/minor, or one of the many flavors of abusive - is an ENTIRELY separate issue from wanting to do that IRL. I think sometimes people just want to write taboo topics for various reasons. Because the topics themselves are taboo and that’s interesting, because they offer methods of coping, even because some people are kinda into projecting upon the person on the losing end of the power dynamic and being dominated and kicked around, since that’s not something you should really chase in real life (unless it’s during a roleplay with a network of safewords).

There are many ships I think are gross, but I don’t want people to stop shipping them because I don’t like them. I don’t like ships that involve anyone under 13 with anyone over 18. I don’t like ships that involve anyone under 18 with anyone over 30. (Aging up is a whole different matter; if you write the younger character older and legitimately have them behave the way you think they would as an adult, it’s all good.) I REALLY don’t like ships where a character is either confirmed homosexual or only shown onscreen to be attracted to the same gender in a big-deal reveal sort of way (if the character has crushes on many genders or the creator uses Word of God to say they’re bi/pan, it’s fine) and the ship involves putting them with someone of the opposite gender (shipping them with enbies is fine). And no, I don’t think it’s a double standard that I sometimes like to do same-sex ships for characters who are coded very very straight. But this is all to do with my tastes and beliefs, not with what I think the rest of you all should do. If you like something that falls in my personal no-no category, then go ahead and do it. I’ll decide how much I want to interact with you, and that says more about our potential chemistry as a unit than it does about you as a person. And if you have boundaries yourself - if age-gap ships skeeve you out - then that doesn’t make you a bad person or even an anti! Just block as needed, talk to friends if you feel betrayed by them, and recognize what it is you don’t like and that you don’t have to like it.

Selfshipping? Do what you want. Again, I might personally have reservations about shipping with somebody too young (I actually perceived my own main f/o as in his twenties when I first watched his source, then saw Word of God say he was NINETEEN actually, even though that invalidates many many jokes about how he’s bad at adulting, so I just said “fuck it” and he’s at least 24 to me because that makes more sense and is more of my comfort zone). But what I like shouldn’t dictate what YOU do. I might give you a little side-eye if you’re shipping with somebody young, but I don’t know your reasons for doing so and I don’t have the right to judge. I might distance myself from certain situations if I’m feeling skeeved out. Or I might not feel skeeved out depending on how it’s handled. I also again would raise a brow if you’re selfshipping with an opposite-gender gay character, but same principle: you have your reasons, you shouldn’t stop because some rando (me) has an issue with your ship, and if I have a problem with how you handle it, I’ll just peace out on my end and not make a deal out of it.

A lot of this comes from the fact that I have mega OCD and I already try to moralize everything I do and hyper-analyze my choices to make sure I am being a Good Person. If I try to follow the “rules” to make my ships palatable to everyone, then I start worrying that any deviation makes me unforgivable. The vast majority of ships in my deck are squeaky-clean and have no problems, but sometimes I’ll get, like...Ventus/Papyrus, where Ven is 15, and Papyrus is in age limbo but I always thought he was at least 18, and then I don’t want to spiral into a moral crisis because I really think it would be cute to put the anime boy with the skeleton and I think they’re both asexual anyway. Or when I aged up Zevon from Descendants in order to make him make more sense as Yzma’s son, and then I had to give him a ship with an adult and I found one I really like (Kamdor from Power Rangers). And this is not even scratching the very complex issue of “The writers of this piece of fiction were ACTUALLY horny for incest and I can see the subtext for it and now I gotta figure out what to do with this mess because I like the series and I do want the characters to have partners who will treat them right.”

That said...up until recently, I looked up to the more extreme proship community, even so far as to kinda be more of an “anti-anti.” But as time went on, that...didn’t seem to fit. I’ve unfollowed a few of those blogs now because first of all, proshipping as a “political party” seems to come with some things I don’t believe in, such as forming a parasocial relationship with AO3 or saying that freedom of fans to ship what they want means the creators of mainstream media should be allowed to portray whatever they want and that being “critical of media you consume” is an automatic dogwhistle for bullies. More importantly: I have at least one friend who I know leans more anti, and I value her a lot and I think it’s valid for her to have her boundaries. After a while, the things that anti-antis did to protect themselves from bullying started to feel a little bit like bullying right back. I can’t really call myself a traditional proshipper anymore, even though I’m definitely not an anti. But I don’t want to be an “anti-anti” either. Because actually, I USED to be an anti on a different social media platform long before Tumblr, and though I can’t tell you exactly why I was that way, I can understand what it’s like to feel that strongly about things that gross you out and want to get them out of your face. I don’t want to say I’m against a whole bunch of people who are probably as varied in intensity as proshippers are.

At the end of the day, what I want is for us all to CHILL OUT. Can we please, PLEASE just focus on having fun in whatever way that comes - problematic ships or no - so long as people IRL aren’t getting hurt? Can we respect that there are probably a LOT of people with OCD on social media who spiral easily if shamed too much (which is probably how the anti movement rose in the first place - I’m sure my anti phase was fueled by my secular scrupulosity)? Can we not assume that people who ship weird age gaps are Actual Pedophiles, which is an entirely separate issue? (Listen...I grew up in the Age of AkuRoku. I hated AkuRoku. But if all the AkuRoku shippers turned out to be pedos, well, the news sure didn’t cover it. I’m saying the majority of them didn’t. And it’s been a decade.) Can we not spread the fear of being cancelled or that having a certain fictional preference will ruin a budding friendship? Can we communicate with one another in private if a friend says or does something that makes you uncomfortable, such as shipping something that makes you question their moral stance? Can actual legitimate creators of media not take sides in the goddamn pro/anti war, thereby making groups of their fans feel alienated from being welcomed by the source? Can we just have fun PLEASE?

Also, just...stop fighting about Reylo. That’s the dumbest thing to fight over and we managed to somehow get the actual SW crew in on that dumbass fight. Some people like Reylo and some people hate Reylo and THAT’S IT. WE’RE DONE HERE.

It sure says something that I worry, before hitting the Post button, that this might ruin some of the relationships I have or inspire a mass exodus of the followers whose names I come to like seeing in my notifications. But it’s ultimately better for all of us if I’m honest.