#Good god it feels like a 99-theses for eNVy

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Is it still considered hating a ship if you view the ship in a, "This is a disaster that cannot work because of the characters' fundamentals" but still enjoy reading and/or writing about the ship in a dramatic, tragic manner? Like, I enjoy it when it's doomed and there are better pairings?

Yes, this is about eNVy. I don't think it's appropriate to say I hate the ship. I'm fine in principle with fics that have it, and I'll happily admit some of its fan-art is quite nice. It's just that I enjoy it from a different angle of "There might be a spark, but they're fundamentally incompatible in their current form. And that the shift in characters needed to allow it is deep in the realm of fantasy."

This all might be down to me being new to shipping discourse. Perhaps I am wrong about this whole thing, and I'm on an Advanced Level of Hate. Whatever the case, I don't want this to be taken as me attacking folks that do like the ship in a more traditional "I want this to be the case in the show" manner. Robo-lord knows there's enough toxicity in the fandom and I would rather not contribute to that; there is room enough for all of us here.