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loveinsomesacredplace · 3 days ago

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Taps the invisible neon sign - season 3 of the summer i turned fandom avoidant is going to be rough for people who love Belly, and want good things for her irrespective of which man she chooses at the end. I’ve made my preference for which man I want her to choose, obviously - but the heart of this tumblr is, and always will be team Show! Belly first.

She is my favorite, she will always be my favorite, I think shipping by moral purity is stupid, love triangles, even shoddily constructed ones are supposed to be messy, blaming the bulk of the issues the characters have on Belly, and tying her value only to the man without delving into anything else about her is a limited and sad way to build a romance heroine, and I can’t ship a ship if I don’t love both the characters, and the fans who don’t and loudly proclaim the man to be their fave by a far shot are not fans I understand.

Sorry I couldn’t be your writer, show Bells!

The thing is, joking aside - I don’t need Belly to be anyone’s fave because she’s mine, and the energy I bring to the function is an early 00s fan of deemed flawed/unlikable female characters that a lot of people don’t like.

#been quiet because i am slowly chipping away at my fics #and also I want to avoid most discourse in general related to this dumbass show #because most of it is terrible and not well thought out and also repetitive #this tumblr is not an anti-belly safe space #people can have their opinions and i can have the opinion they’re wrong #it’a one thing to like a character and also admit her flaws #but the way some shippers treat belly like she committed war crimes and only tolerate her because of the man #which is a waste of shipping effort imo #just ship jere with cam tay ofc omc then instead of being in bellyjere spaces #but radical idea: the characters are more than the sum of their romantic ships #the truth is belly is jenny han’s most flawed first draft female lead #the books are a trash fire so the less said the better #but show belly is not written in the frame of her show as sympathetically #as jenny’s other fmcs #or the other characters really #there honestly is so much to explore with bells #and it makes me sad and annoyed that there isn’t #there is not as much traction there in fanfic for her in depth as there is for jere #it’s 2025 #and fandom and society continues to be male centered as default

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