everyone's all about queer subtext until it's aromantic or asexual
Tags by @clownfish-casino: #EXACTLYYYYYY #ābut they can't be aro or ace !!! thats so boooring !ā IM KILLING YOU WITH MY TEETH. -----
Ignoring the compelling story elements in favor of finding someone for the character to fuck/be fucked by (or only engaging with them via romantic character shipping) is boring of them!! Big ol' snore fest
"As soon as people say we're only interested in shipping it reads as a man looking down on women for liking romance"
Well. There are different types of romantic stories. Just as there are different categories of sex scenes in movies and tv. I guess we personally don't see the point in thinking of how characters would interact if they were in the type of story that doesn't first show you much of the emotions or connection between the characters.
There's nothing wrong with that sort of story, and they have their use. It just feels to us like the meaty bits are being tossed away to interact with a less interesting version, but perhaps because we lack the thing that makes us feel that sex without much context behind it is in itself meaty.
To each their own. But at the same time, no matter how many tags I block, many things are still absolutely full of shipping and "reader" shipping, and I have to wonder if anyone has even posted anything about the thing that's actually, you know. About the thing!
















