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iliadette · 2 years

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As a trek fan who also loves some of the ships theyve been going up against (and specifically a HUGE orv fan), i appreciate that post. Yeah k/s is responsible for like All of western fandom and is father of modern slash. And that's really cool and 100% smth to be proud of! But it's basically the only argument i ever see to vote for them and lot of fans seem to be using it as an excuse to dump on other fanbases or even be racist in comments. It makes me want to distance myself from spirk entirely

#you said it perfectly nonnie thank you #i would never distance myself from spirk content but some fans? yeah exhausting #i agree so much #it's really sad that this happens #some time ago a blog i adore from another fandom received an ask about spirk #comparing the spirk fanbase to a really toxic ship fanbase from that other fandom #and while the blogger isn't familiar with spirk she had heard the same upsetting things so she concurred #and it fucking broke my fucking heart #so i tried to reassure both the asker + the blogger that not every spirk fan was kike that and the blogger at least seemed to appreciate it #but that still leaves me uneasy to this day because it proves that spirk shippers DO have a reputation for being toxic to other fanbases #so as much as i absolutely adore spirk and it's pretty much my otp atm #i NEED to speak about this #i need to call out people who think spirk should always have first dibs on every contest because it was there first #because fandom doesn't work like that #and also it goes against everything i believe in fandom etiquette #like there's countless reasons that k/s is poll-worth and the only one you go with is history?#which i repeat we should absolutely be proud of but of all the reasons that one's pretty low on the list #star trek #spirk #k/s #fandom problems #anon ask #thanks for the ask!#thanks for reaching out nonnie #i hope you have a wonderful day

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