not to start anything mean intended because i'm not that kind of person, but
i can't for the life of me understand people who claim to be sephiroth fans/have sephiroth based ships and go on and slap a capitalized "proship dni" somewhere in their bios/profiles
never understood this and never will, (for reasons i shall elaborate below) though i may get the potential reasons for it and just... it absolutely baffles me how misused the term proship is
that word literally means "in favor of shipping", that's what the "pro" part of the word is for. it doesn't mean you have to necessarily ship every ship that exists ever (that would be 1. insane and 2. not very feasible), just that you understand people will have different ships, you respect that others' preferences exist and mind your lane
it is basic fandom etiquette, it's literally old school "your kink is not my kink and that's ok". it's blocking folks with ships you dislike (notp) instead of trying to regulate what people do with narrative tools (characters) in a fictional space
sometimes other people are eating shrimp and you're allergic to shrimp. it doesn't mean the other people are immoral for eating shrimp
some people use proship to mean "problematic ship" (aka ships with dark thematics that wouldn't be ok irl) when 1. it doesn't mean that, and 2. you can dislike a thing without misusing a word
no, someone who's proshipper won't force you to ship their ship you may dislike, if you're wondering. that's not what the word implies at all
enter sephiroth
oh, you know him. sephiroth who took part in a genocide when young. sephiroth who took part in a war and very likely killed people. sephiroth who got betrayed by humanity so much that he chooses to torch down a small village and choose to become cosmic horror instead and haunt a twink
this is not a wholesome character!
like, i do believe that sephiroth has the potential to be cute/do good/work well as a slice of life protagonist if you frame him just right, but by canon definition, where he goes, someone dies
he's not fully good and not fully evil, he's a morally grey character reacting to the only life he knows and having multiple instances of terrible decisions. he's a victim as much as he's propagating evil
he's a very complex character and loving his character is understanding that not all that does or that happens to him is ideal. and that's ok, his very birth/conception alone is full of dark/taboo themes
and see, here's what i don't get: people who use "proship dni" in their bios, aside from the obvious performative flavor to that, (it's the internet! a sign won't stop people who are particularly mean!!) presumably don't want to interact with one or more of the following:
- people who ship anything in general (if going by the literal definition of the word)
- people who ship anything with dark/"problematic" thematics (by going by the misconception of the word meaning "problematic ship")
- people with a different ship that would be a notp or people who aren't into yumeshipping (oc/self insert x canon) (i'm not gonna get into my horror stories from twitter about this one but it exists, i was attacked once for trying to run a sc event)
if it's for the first reason, fair, but why only list one side of the discourse instead of just putting you're not into shipping? it feels like trying to bait people into a fight
the second is the one that baffles me the most. any ship you put sephiroth in has potential to have dark thematics, because sephiroth, as a shipping component, brings all these dark themes into it. unless you're redoing his whole life from scratch, he'll still have the history of having killed people, having fought a war, having been experimented on from pre-birth, etc. and if you have to redo this character's whole life to avoid dealing with his thematics entirely... do you even like him at all? are people who enjoy dark thematics forbidden from engaging with potentially wholesome thematics as well?
and the third is just hypocritical pettiness, really. you're not morally superior for shipping sephiroth with yourself or your oc or a different character that you prefer over some other character. sephiroth is still sephiroth, regardless of who he's with. he'll still do sephiroth things, whether positive or negative. you can dislike other ships without being morally performative about things. you can have notps!! you can dislike a ship for hitting you with the wrong vibes or because you like that other ship better
but in the end it all just boils down to it having the same vibes as antis using ao3: you're making use of the most proship thing out there is and saying proshippers shouldn't interact with you
i don't get it
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Today I bring you a major ship tier list of mine! This is just my personal opinions. Also it's long as hell so I'll put it under the cut.
Tumblr probably made the quality shit but shhhhh
"Could work in an AU" is just ships that I have very complicated feelings about. But you can sort of sum those feelings up into "it's funnier when they hate each other."
"Not my cup of tea in any way" is more just stuff I've never thought about platonicly or romanticly like... ever?
NOTP are ships that I just don't like seeing. All the power to ya if you ship these (even Despaircest, ya weirdos) but they make me uncomfy.
I do like AU's where Hajime and Izuru are separate people and brothers. Those are fun.
Also made an extra tier list with some extra ships!
This doesn't cover all of the side media but whatever. And idk if there are polls that also include poly ships and crossover ships let me know.
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Thoughts on Nagito x Mikan or Chiaki? (as a Nagito fan and multi shipper, thought of asking you)
(Also love your art btw)
thank you so much!🌼
i think komaeda exclusively likes men but i'll consume any of komaeda ship tbh! though (romantic/sexual) nagito/chiaki feels kind of weird idk i can't see chiaki's being paired to anyone other than hajime (i will still read them though).
i enjoy nagito/mikan (they have some really great fanart) and can see why people ship them but me personally like to portray them as worsties
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Reno for the character meme?
Hell yeah. Here’s what I have (sorry if I do this wrong. I’m trying my best 😭)
Sexuality wise, I think he’s Bi. He’s gives the biggest bisexual energy and vibe to me anyway. Or anyone that’s breathing really, he isn’t that picky.
Gender Headcanon, male. He’s very male male and to me, doesn’t think there’s “one” way to be one. He’s just the embodiment of “I am what I am.”
Ship I have with him, will forever be with Rude. There so opposite of each other. The fork and knife comparison by Even really fits them best. There opposites but in a way that brings them together. They bring the best out of each other and really trust each other and it really shows there 🥹
BROTP I have is with Zack and Reno. They definitely would be really really close in an another life. Why square why
NOTP. I don’t really have one in particular since I like most ships with Reno. I mean there’s Yuffie/Reno but that’s sort of a given so I’ll go with that. Just no thank you 🫥
Random Headcanon. A tough one but I think he smokes and is a potential or on the way to be a alcoholic I know not original but he’s like stressed so much and it’s taking a real toll on him poor baby and the fact that he’s sees in two bars, it just fuels that headcanon to me. I could go on for hours lol
General opinion. Obviously I fucking love him lol he’s just so fun, cool, hot and a real highlight for me from ff7. I blame the autism for this lol he’s probably my favorite character, just ever!
Thanks the ask ❤️
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