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I came back to this hellsite and all I see are bad takes from people who never read comics in their lives, never understood the storytelling tropes of a superhero movie, never cared for the characters and their personal arcs, and make things needlessly political for pretentious reasons. Tired. Of. It.
re to that last post : Also, it’s one thing to have that type of heteronormative toxic representation of gay relationships in yaoi (which are fictional characters, even though the impact of that is still very real let’s not get that twisted) and it’s another to project that on real people who we actually know like 3% real shit about, but still decide to create this fucked up fancy world where they have to cater to that very mold we want to fit them into and by doing so disregarding their self-worth and their complex identities as human beings.
Again, they aren’t there to fulfill our toxic ideas of perfect fantasies. They are not characters created to cater to the audience’s very need.
Or are they?
Let’s talk about this.
Yes! When real people ship go too far, to the point that people think that their stage personas are their irl personas... it’s so yikes. Like people will be using every little thing as “evidence” to support their fantasies and that is not okay.
I feel like eventually all fandoms would learn to ship real people less and less, or at least set actual and legitimate boundaries to it. It’s a slow and painstaking movement, but I hope we get to the point that we can just ship for the silliness of it and not be delusional about it.
But also, the whole industry is partly responsible for this. The way ships are purposely and most often not subtly pushed by companies is still kind of icky to me. The way companies box idols into certain “personality tropes” is so dehumanizing and undignified.
But really we have to take a serious look at how shipping shaped the fandom back then. I couldn’t have said that before without getting crucified, but Junkey and 2men were a fucking cult and anything outside of that narrative was weird to people. Like people would tell me I don’t know how you can ship Ontae, Onho and Jongho like ew no, but they surely didn’t have that energy for Onchicken. Cause that’s okay cause our cultish ships aren’t threatened by that.
Like the group didn’t exist for you to project your fantasies on them in a toxic manner.
I agree to all these points. But I would also like to point out that the fandom has grown up and moved on from this shipping nonsense. I think that’s just part of the maturing process of a fandom. 2008-2012 (the height of SHINee’s shipping wars) was such a different time. The zeitgest back then was definitely not the same as we have now; and while it’s so easy to say today that it was problematic, back then people didn’t know any better. And you know what, that is okay. Shipping culture was definitely strongly influenced by the yaoi and fujoshi subcultures – a subculture that was heteronormative and marketed to appeal to “straight” consciousness. I cannot fault people for thinking that that was the “correct” way to ship couples within the group. It’s problematic and lacked depth, but eventually people learned better. The shipping wars subsided and Shawols found a better way to channel their energies into something more fruitful.
However, I take issue when people use this to make themselves feel better for not shipping Jongkey and 2min (I find this most common in fans who came in like post-Everybody). Like some people act as if people haven’t learned better and still, to this day, act as if all those who ship Jongkey and 2min are stuck in this heteronormative notion of shipping. Are there people who are? Absolutely. But that could be said in other ships as well. It bugs me because if you came in to the fandom now and you just happened to ship Jongkey or 2min you would be constantly looked down even if you think shipping them is just cute. It’s as if alll this talk about not being toxic to people who ship couples different than yours is just empty rhetoric.
#I do believe people should be able to ship whatever they want - except Onchicken
YOU ARE RIGHT. Onchicken is and will always be this fandom’s worst creation. :D
But really we have to take a serious look at how shipping shaped the fandom back then. I couldn’t have said that before without getting crucified, but Junkey and 2men were a fucking cult and anything outside of that narrative was weird to people. Like people would tell me I don’t know how you can ship Ontae, Onho and Jongho like ew no, but they surely didn’t have that energy for Onchicken. Cause that’s okay cause our cultish ships aren’t threatened by that.
Like the group didn’t exist for you to project your fantasies on them in a toxic manner.
I agree to all these points. But I would also like to point out that the fandom has grown up and moved on from this shipping nonsense. I think that’s just part of the maturing process of a fandom. 2008-2012 (the height of SHINee’s shipping wars) was such a different time. The zeitgest back then was definitely not the same as we have now; and while it’s so easy to say today that it was problematic, back then people didn’t know any better. And you know what, that is okay. Shipping culture was definitely strongly influenced by the yaoi and fujoshi subcultures -- a subculture that was heteronormative and marketed to appeal to “straight” consciousness. I cannot fault people for thinking that that was the “correct” way to ship couples within the group. It’s problematic and lacked depth, but eventually people learned better. The shipping wars subsided and Shawols found a better way to channel their energies into something more fruitful.
However, I take issue when people use this to make themselves feel better for not shipping Jongkey and 2min (I find this most common in fans who came in like post-Everybody). Like some people act as if people haven’t learned better and still, to this day, act as if all those who ship Jongkey and 2min are stuck in this heteronormative notion of shipping. Are there people who are? Absolutely. But that could be said in other ships as well. It bugs me because if you came in to the fandom now and you just happened to ship Jongkey or 2min you would be constantly looked down even if you think shipping them is just cute. It’s as if alll this talk about not being toxic to people who ship couples different than yours is just empty rhetoric.
I’m gonna say it...
I find it odd that today’s pop songs in the US and English speaking side of the world are going in a late 70′s-80′s dance track vibes and getting praise for it being revolutionary and fresh but disses Kpop when it has been the trend in Kpop songs for the last 4 years or so... I just... the way people shit and hate on Kpop is unreal.
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I might actually get to meet Henry Cavill this Dec. 12 for a fanmeet... my bussy has never been more ready.
Chris Evans looks like a shady businessman running a covert gambling den in Monte Carlo... that white suit was a miss.
Fleetwood Mac is the moon energy to ABBA’s sun energy.
Like the amount of sense that this makes and the depth of it are too powerful and cryptic. The fact that this wisdom can exist in such a stable form….it astounds me.
What if, in exchange for your discretion, Jason teaches you that Magic Mike body roll thing?
Someon please GIF the scenes of Jason Mendoza body rolling. Do it for science.
Lady version of boys will be boys, and a superhero.
This is a fuckin Airbender right here!!!!
I love that she's obvi a badass bit she's also very helpful and considerate.
the fact that chris, seb, and mackie never got together for the TIFF is a hate crime!!!
There are rumours floating around that Troye Sivan is in talks to play Wiccan... hmmm... how do we feel about this? Personally, I’ve seen him in one movie and he can act decent. But will he be playing Speed as well?
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