#i.e. falin the one who shows up the least actually gets the most shipping within fandom | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

eorzeashan · 8 months

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i do think the hostility towards certain characters in the same fandom/media is just another form of poorly disguised ship wars bc this tends to come out of characters that are featured in romances and not platonic relationships, as compared to media with characters that are unromanceable/generally appreciated without shipping where people do not divide themselves into x likers vs y likers, but rather are able to think of them all in the same group. interesting phenomenon.

#ooc #shipping culture is.... very boring but there are patterns that repeat and people just. don't notice?#it's why i find stuff like dunmeshi refreshing fanbase wise #but this could also be because the cast is all treated very equally #by the writer. some are featured less but there's still not the same hostility bc it's not a 'wasted romance option'#like in romanceable media #i.e. falin the one who shows up the least actually gets the most shipping within fandom #what could this be.....

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