Scrolling through another fandom's tag a while back, I encountered a few anon asks warning people of the perils of bringing up RPF/shipping to the individuals who inspire it. While I agree with the sentiment, this person didn't choose a good example to go with it: Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins.
The gist of it was that this issue caused them to stop talking and even to refuse to do events together for a long time.
Which is blatantly untrue, for one:
2009 and 2010
2011 and 2012
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And secondly, why would it cause such a rift between Jensen and Misha when it didn't cause it between Jared and Jensen? I think you might have been misled by someone with an agenda...
So. Anon, you probably won't see this but I'll give you my advice anyway: if you really care about the topic, I'd find another example because this one works against you, if anything.
“We’ve had long work days, where he’s going through this or I’m going through that, and kinda like been there for each other and been like ‘Hey, it’s gonna be all good. Just breathe, take it easy, tomorrow’s a new day.’ So it’s nice. And that’s also a relationship that’s built. We got along fine at the get-go, but now I think we’ve gone through enough that we’re like, you know, we’ll be buddies forever.”
whenever I hear the song Free Fallin' I picture Jared Padalecki playing the guitar with Jensen & the gang singing/surrounding him with love and support and I get misty-eyed [x]
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