#let alone shippy stuff like klance or shieth

[silverquillsideas]

sheith is pedophilia shrio was an adult and keith was a child when they met, waiting for someone to be 18 is just as fucked up bc u still have feelings for a CHILD

LOL okay here come the antis with pitchforks 🔥🔥🔥

Let me define what I (a 3rd year med student) and the rest of the scientific community, consider as "pedophilia" :

According to DSM of Mental Disorders, American Association of Psychiatry, pedophilia is defined as "intense and recurring sexual urges or fantasies about prepubescent children that are acted upon, or causes the person in question interpersonal distress"

It's a full fledged psychiatric disorder that hampers a person's normal functioning in their day to day lives, and needs medical or psychiatric attention.

With that out of the way, are you now prepared to define Shiro, an exceptionally balanced, healthy, mid-twenties young man (belonging to a futuristic science fiction universe where magical stuff like 'quintessence' exist that makes one immortal, just to give an idea of the level of high fantasy that's the world of Voltron) with the label of a "pedophile" just because a certain group of real life fans engage in an even more alternate fictional scenario where Shiro and Keith are a romantic pair?

I'm amazed by the hyperfixation of people on something that doesn't exist, in a fictional world, and something that in no way affects actual adults with pedophilic tendencies. As in, I'm pretty sure someone within the target demographics of VLD (approx age group 11 to 16) are not going to get ideas in their head, like, "Oh, okay, Sheith is a thing in the fandom? Guess what I'm going to do when I grow up? *Hit on children* because apparently, that's my only takeaway from this entire show"

Keith and Shiro met when Keith was a teenager, and Shiro was, yes, as you pointed out, an adult. But think about it, even if Sheith was canon (which it clearly isn't, in case you didn't realise), I don't think a 18 or 19 year old Shiro first saw Keith and immediately went, "Oh I like this teenage random guy, who I just met, romantically, because I am a total nutcase with disregard for normalcy".

Shiro and Keith developed a deep friendship above all else, and had enormous mutual trust and respect for each other. And I loved that about them. I have no complaints that they were not paired up in canon, because their dynamic works beautifully, as it is.

But dear anon, shipping is entirely fictional, and removed from the canon or real life rules. I'm pretty sure the fans who ship any other pairings, in any other fandom, also know this.

The people who scream about pedophilia, are teenagers, or worse, adults in their twenties or thirties who are more concerned about what unidentified, random, tumblr users, or strangers online, think about a certain aspect of fictional stories, or how they choose to engage with characters therein.

If you're uncomfortable with Sheith, or any other ship that you think will trigger you, please, my advise is, BLOCK the tag, the blog, the person who posts such content, and not go LOOKING FOR stuff that bother you.

The hot take is that : peace out, move on, grow up. Because no one should be a self entitled moral police, or have the mindset to shove their opinions down random people's throats about what they can or can't enjoy in a fandom, concerning a work of fiction.

It's everyone's space, where, at the end of the day, people go to relax and have fun. Not spend hours arguing with immature people with no sense of distinction or boundaries.

Thank you. FYI, all pointless asks/replies to this post will be promptly ignored, so don't bother. Block my blog if you want. Have a good day.