#i wrote all of this so that i can talk about why my favorite mcrp characters are aroace and why they don’t know that

[10piecechickenmcnugget]

can i talk about mcrp and societal norms rq

with the way that relationships/shipping/things of that nature work in mcrp it’s pretty safe to say that heteronormativity isn’t really a thing, and you could even go as far to say as it’s fully to the opposite end and has now become homonormativity (although m/f relationships are still around if a lot less common)

this brings up an interesting discussion as to how amatonormativity works, with the same connection to how the ccs and fandom portray/feel about romantic/sexual relationships and shipping within mcrp

while it’s incredibly common for ccs to jokingly flirt with their friends or even canonize romantic relationships within roleplay, it’s equally as common for ccs to explicitly ask not to be shipped in any way or at the very least not sexually

so in my humble opinion i would say that amatonormativity is not nearly as commonplace as it is irl, but probably exists to some extent, in most cases it just being that many people put varying degrees of emphasis on romantic or sexual relationships, but there’s most likely a lot less backlash or stigma when people express little or no desire to actually have a relationship like that

on the subject of stigma, in my experience the mcyt fandom overall is a pretty decent place for the most part in terms of acceptance, there’s a lot of queer acceptance and fucking around with giving characters weird genders and to a (unfortunately) lesser extent less stigma around physical and mental disabilities etc (this is still a little controversial from what i’ve seen); so i think that would also translate into mcrp like what i’ve said above into those things being a lot less stigmatized in mcrp worlds/etc

thank you for coming to my ted talk