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Snowflake Challenge #3: Fannish Opinion
Jan. 5th, 2025 01:00 pmIn your own space, talk about a fannish opinion you hold that has changed over time.
When I first discovered fannish communities, I very much understood the concept of "Ship and Let Ship." However, I was young and impressionable, so the rise of anti-shipping made me believe there were certain things in fiction that couldn't be justifiably enjoyable. There was a distinct ship I liked at the time that allows me to kind of pinpoint when it all started for me.
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And, this is a pretty good TL;DR for this answer: I don't care what you ship. I don't care how you ship it. And, I really don't care what you choose to draw or write and choose to read. If I see something I personally don't want to see, I know how to see myself out.
This turned into more of a narrative than I wanted it to be, but I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I especially find it hard to befriend people in fandom anymore due to all of this. I either see people who just simply are not okay with dark or problematic fictional content, which I can respect, or I see people who basically only talk about dark content. I'm a person who is in the middle: there are some dark things I enjoy, but honestly, a lot of it is not my cup of tea. Most of my interests also tend to lie therein what "antis" are more likely to enjoy (I find it really hard to make Hypmic friends anymore because my favorite ship is considered an "anti" ship over there). I fear that it's difficult to find other people who don't care that much anymore.
When I first discovered fannish communities, I very much understood the concept of "Ship and Let Ship." However, I was young and impressionable, so the rise of anti-shipping made me believe there were certain things in fiction that couldn't be justifiably enjoyable. There was a distinct ship I liked at the time that allows me to kind of pinpoint when it all started for me.
( Read more... )
And, this is a pretty good TL;DR for this answer: I don't care what you ship. I don't care how you ship it. And, I really don't care what you choose to draw or write and choose to read. If I see something I personally don't want to see, I know how to see myself out.
This turned into more of a narrative than I wanted it to be, but I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I especially find it hard to befriend people in fandom anymore due to all of this. I either see people who just simply are not okay with dark or problematic fictional content, which I can respect, or I see people who basically only talk about dark content. I'm a person who is in the middle: there are some dark things I enjoy, but honestly, a lot of it is not my cup of tea. Most of my interests also tend to lie therein what "antis" are more likely to enjoy (I find it really hard to make Hypmic friends anymore because my favorite ship is considered an "anti" ship over there). I fear that it's difficult to find other people who don't care that much anymore.
