Some people on the internet need to know the basic fandom rule of "ship and let ship". If you don't like the ship, then you don't interact with the shipping fanbase and content.
I've been online in fandom spaces for a few years now, and I have been in many different shipping spaces. Some of them were fun to be in, some of them weren't, and all of that depended on how people treated each other.
Also, shipping in a fandom does not necessarily mean embracing canon. If your only argument against a ship is that it is not canon, you do not understand that fandom can go beyond canon. Please don't start ship wars with people simply because of what canon "says". It's fictional, and letting people project their ideas into a source material is what builds a fandom.
As long as there is a clear distinction between what is canon and what is not, I do not believe that going against canon harms the source material, and this does not only include shipping, however I've recently been angered by comments degrading a ship simply because it was not canon.
I might have gone off-track compared to my original idea, but it doesn't matter, because my point still stands. Ship and let ship, and, please remember, just because you love the source material and find it perfect in every way does not mean that everyone thinks the same.
Have a nice day.
"Ship and let ship" is the younger cousin of the internet rule that more people need to abide by: "if you don't like it, just scroll".
However I do feel like some people use this rule as a shield to avoid criticism on things that should be rightfully criticized. Across different fandoms I've been in I can't even count how many times I've seen a ship between an adult and a literal child, and the author/artist/whoever using "ship and let ship" as a cover for themselves, even while creating harmful, sometimes even smutty content. So I feel like that could count as an exception to the rule. Though I truly, in my little naive heart, hope it didn't need to be said.
