you’re the one who needs to touch grass, shipping straight characters together just because they have strong…
Devolved, indeed. You leveled down
It's stupid for a group that has benefited from ongoing societal and political power to claim "discrimination." We are challenging "straight" identifying people's unwarranted, unearned dominance across multiple aspects of society. The act of treating them as they have treated us is an attempt to achieve equality and a wake-up call to level the playing field. This is the opposite of discrimination
you’re the one who needs to touch grass, shipping straight characters together just because they have strong…
I appreciate that not everything is "straight." I will appreciate it more if we leveled up and everything were gay. That'd be something worth celebrating
Don't lump me in with bridge-dwelling, three-toed creatures (trolls). I'm an internet truth teller. A realist with a flair for drama
People who unironically ship them cannot understand the concept of a healthy and strong friendship between two…
"Straight" identifying people make "straightness" their whole personality. They've got "I'm a ladies man" and "boys will be boys." Sit next to them for five minutes and they'll tell you about their "pregnancy" scares, their kids' potty training progress, their night out with a Tinder "date," or their celebrity "crushes"
Why is gay people flaunting their fabulousness "too much?"
I dislike people and their nonsense. I have high standards and choose my "friends" wisely
you’re the one who needs to touch grass, shipping straight characters together just because they have strong…
Wanting everything to be gay isn't "stupid," it's a way of life. Like wanting every day to be Christmas. It's a jolly, magical time of the year!
Appreciating things for how they are is overrated. We shouldn't be stuck in a rut
Why won't you appreciate things for how they are? Some people ship men with men. Some people want everything to be gay. Appreciate that
You're underestimating the power of a small but vocal demographic. BL fans are worth pleasing, for their sheer tenacity and ability to get the word out
I am "woke." You want me to be asleep all the time? Give me your bed
you’re the one who needs to touch grass, shipping straight characters together just because they have strong…
You mentioned Weak Hero in an unrelated comment section. You were sending out a bat signal. I answered the call and checked Weak Hero comment section out. How could I resist the opportunity to poke fun at your obsession with shippers?
Our gay ship has hit a nerve. It's a badge of honor to have such a powerful effect on someone. We must be doing something right
I will take "weird" and "stupid" as a compliment, thank you
"... plenty of BLs exist so"
You can never have too much gay!
There's a serious shortage of gay in the world. I won't stop until every drama, movie, and book is filled with gay energy
People who unironically ship them cannot understand the concept of a healthy and strong friendship between two…
I have "friends" IRL
"Friends" are that one pair of jeans you keep in your closet eventhough they don't fit anymore. Deep down you know they are overrated, and taking up space
you’re the one who needs to touch grass, shipping straight characters together just because they have strong…
You've made yourself at home in the comment section. You're everywhere. Isn't that a very chronically online thing to do?
"Straight?" Fiction can fix that. It's fun to watch two men who thought they were "straight" suddenly realize that they've been living a lie. We are watching a butterfly emerge from its cocoon. And the butterfly is a rainbow
wrestling is a sport of buff, sweaty men grappling each other in close proximity. sounds pretty gay to meunfortunately,…
Shipping is based on chemistry and dynamic, and not whether people are in a romantic relationship. Two male or two female "friends" have chemistry? They look cute together? It's not weird to ship them
Man-man, woman-woman romance trumps "friendship" any day of the week! It brings with it the thrill of the chase, the butterflies in the stomach, the ups and downs of the relationship. It's drama, it's passion. It's more interesting than "friendship"
"... but the fact that these people will only watch romance shows if they are made gay is ..."
Innovative. It's innovative
Straight story pusher, are you calling most people weird for only watching straight shows? Calling us weird for only watching gay shows is weird. It's a case of straight-hypocrisy!
"These shows do not need to be gay"
They don't need to be straight. But more and more straight dramas/movies are made to please the homophobic majority. More BLs need to be made to please us
It's simple math. More BLs = more happy women and gay people = more rainbows = a more fabulous world
"There is no overrepresentation of men-women relationships in the media"
You missed the memo, along with every memo ever written. 99% of media is carbon copies of a boy-meets-girl story. Man-woman "relationships" are overrepresented
"Shows that have wrestling shouldn't be made homosexual just because of stupid stereotypes"
Ah yes, nothing says "stereotypical" like muscular, sweaty men in spandex grappling with each other
"I also don't see how scarce depictions of friendships between men and women is relevant here at all"
If we can't have good representation of "just friendships" between men and women, we might as well make everything gay. It's fair
"... likely made by women"
I, a gay person, hereby declare that women writing gay stories are the real MVPs of the literary world. They are the heroes, the brave pioneers, the light in the darkness. They are doing the Lord's work, and I'm forever grateful
People, you need to take a deep breath, step away from the keyboard, and venture outside to touch grass (it's a real thing, I promise). Gay ships exist. We ship Shi Eun and Soo Ho. Two friends. You heard that right
Oh. My. Goodness! The horror of friends falling in love! What a wild and unimaginable idea! (It's not)
If we only shipped characters who were a couple in the source material, we'd be missing out on half the fun. The best ships are the ones that didn't canonically leave the port
Play nice and let us enjoy our gay shipping adventures
having a female character in a show automatically makes it romantic? such a terribly heteronormative ass take…
I don't know what happened to your comments that they vanished into the void, but I've got to hand it to you. You've got the patience of a saint dealing with these homophobes
having a female character in a show automatically makes it romantic? such a terribly heteronormative ass take…
You're the ones screaming in caps and telling strangers that two fictional characters are "just friends" or "hetero." Who's "having a tearfest about something as simple as a stranger having differing views from your own?" Did you just discover the caps lock button?
"Hetero" this. "Hetero" that. Nothing you said, say or will say is "true." Fiction is make-believe. It's about having fun and exploring different possibilities in our heads. We see clues and hints that you're not picking up on
"They are just friends"
"Just friends" is a bland label. Where's the excitement in that? We can take two men on a wild ride and watch them realize "just friends" was the beginning of something beautiful, something magical, something that will make a "just friends" believer crack a smile and say, "they were onto something." Friends dating. Now, that's exciting
People who unironically ship them cannot understand the concept of a healthy and strong friendship between two…
Technically, fictional characters don't exist to have a sexuality. They aren't "hetero" or "homo" or ...
"It really seems like there's a desperation on some viewers part to make these two attractive, strong, alpha males homosexual"
Your (homophobic) comment implies that there's something implausible or undesirable about attractive, strong, alpha men being gay
The dismissive tone of the last sentence, "who am I to step on their dreams of shipping two perhaps hetero men? Moving on..." trivializes the legitimate desires of the audience to explore alternative storylines and relationships
We should be able to rewrite "straight" stories in ways that resonate with our experiences
At the end of the day, the canonical story is fictional. The canonical characters are fictional. Their "healthy, strong friendships" or "straight identities" are made-up. We will shake things up in our non-canonical gay alternative universe and turn "straight" identifying men into gay, man-humping lovebirds. Who are you to stop us?
wrestling is a sport of buff, sweaty men grappling each other in close proximity. sounds pretty gay to meunfortunately,…
"Friendships" are overrated. Who needs them when you can have the thrill of a gay/lesbian relationship?
Some people interpret a relationship or scene differently than you. They might see the "friendship" as a relationship or potential relationship. That doesn't mean they are "weird" or "wrong"
Respect diverse interpretations. Getting mad at someone's gay ships is weird asf
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It's stupid for a group that has benefited from ongoing societal and political power to claim "discrimination." We are challenging "straight" identifying people's unwarranted, unearned dominance across multiple aspects of society. The act of treating them as they have treated us is an attempt to achieve equality and a wake-up call to level the playing field. This is the opposite of discrimination
Don't lump me in with bridge-dwelling, three-toed creatures (trolls). I'm an internet truth teller. A realist with a flair for drama
The word "gay" used to mean "jolly" and "happy." Everything gay is jolly. Gay people have been spreading joy and happiness since before it was cool
Why is gay people flaunting their fabulousness "too much?"
I dislike people and their nonsense. I have high standards and choose my "friends" wisely
Appreciating things for how they are is overrated. We shouldn't be stuck in a rut
Why won't you appreciate things for how they are? Some people ship men with men. Some people want everything to be gay. Appreciate that
You're underestimating the power of a small but vocal demographic. BL fans are worth pleasing, for their sheer tenacity and ability to get the word out
I am "woke." You want me to be asleep all the time? Give me your bed
Our gay ship has hit a nerve. It's a badge of honor to have such a powerful effect on someone. We must be doing something right
I will take "weird" and "stupid" as a compliment, thank you
"... plenty of BLs exist so"
You can never have too much gay!
There's a serious shortage of gay in the world. I won't stop until every drama, movie, and book is filled with gay energy
"Friends" are that one pair of jeans you keep in your closet eventhough they don't fit anymore. Deep down you know they are overrated, and taking up space
"Straight?" Fiction can fix that. It's fun to watch two men who thought they were "straight" suddenly realize that they've been living a lie. We are watching a butterfly emerge from its cocoon. And the butterfly is a rainbow
Man-man, woman-woman romance trumps "friendship" any day of the week! It brings with it the thrill of the chase, the butterflies in the stomach, the ups and downs of the relationship. It's drama, it's passion. It's more interesting than "friendship"
"... but the fact that these people will only watch romance shows if they are made gay is ..."
Innovative. It's innovative
Straight story pusher, are you calling most people weird for only watching straight shows? Calling us weird for only watching gay shows is weird. It's a case of straight-hypocrisy!
"These shows do not need to be gay"
They don't need to be straight. But more and more straight dramas/movies are made to please the homophobic majority. More BLs need to be made to please us
It's simple math. More BLs = more happy women and gay people = more rainbows = a more fabulous world
"There is no overrepresentation of men-women relationships in the media"
You missed the memo, along with every memo ever written. 99% of media is carbon copies of a boy-meets-girl story. Man-woman "relationships" are overrepresented
"Shows that have wrestling shouldn't be made homosexual just because of stupid stereotypes"
Ah yes, nothing says "stereotypical" like muscular, sweaty men in spandex grappling with each other
"I also don't see how scarce depictions of friendships between men and women is relevant here at all"
If we can't have good representation of "just friendships" between men and women, we might as well make everything gay. It's fair
"... likely made by women"
I, a gay person, hereby declare that women writing gay stories are the real MVPs of the literary world. They are the heroes, the brave pioneers, the light in the darkness. They are doing the Lord's work, and I'm forever grateful
Oh. My. Goodness! The horror of friends falling in love! What a wild and unimaginable idea! (It's not)
If we only shipped characters who were a couple in the source material, we'd be missing out on half the fun. The best ships are the ones that didn't canonically leave the port
Play nice and let us enjoy our gay shipping adventures
That's gay
"Hetero" this. "Hetero" that. Nothing you said, say or will say is "true." Fiction is make-believe. It's about having fun and exploring different possibilities in our heads. We see clues and hints that you're not picking up on
"They are just friends"
"Just friends" is a bland label. Where's the excitement in that? We can take two men on a wild ride and watch them realize "just friends" was the beginning of something beautiful, something magical, something that will make a "just friends" believer crack a smile and say, "they were onto something." Friends dating. Now, that's exciting
"It really seems like there's a desperation on some viewers part to make these two attractive, strong, alpha males homosexual"
Your (homophobic) comment implies that there's something implausible or undesirable about attractive, strong, alpha men being gay
The dismissive tone of the last sentence, "who am I to step on their dreams of shipping two perhaps hetero men? Moving on..." trivializes the legitimate desires of the audience to explore alternative storylines and relationships
We should be able to rewrite "straight" stories in ways that resonate with our experiences
At the end of the day, the canonical story is fictional. The canonical characters are fictional. Their "healthy, strong friendships" or "straight identities" are made-up. We will shake things up in our non-canonical gay alternative universe and turn "straight" identifying men into gay, man-humping lovebirds. Who are you to stop us?
Some people interpret a relationship or scene differently than you. They might see the "friendship" as a relationship or potential relationship. That doesn't mean they are "weird" or "wrong"
Respect diverse interpretations. Getting mad at someone's gay ships is weird asf