I’m not sorry to butt in, hello! (￣▽￣)／
This is going to be long, so I hope y’all are intelligent or at least literate enough to read this non tl;dr post. Yes, I took a good chunk out of my sleeping time to research and type it all out, feel free to laugh at me. Proly cuz I had a good laugh out of you haters too. //cough
Also to be clear, Haters = specific reference to Asano SR x Isogai pairing haters.
First of all: Congrats on making this a war! Hey, I’d rather not read nor care about your opinion, but it did kinda get personal when one of you haters called my friend through a mention and called her “disgusting” through the tag. (I’d even support your cause, but way to go! Not sympathizing anymore.)
Not all people inherently just wants to troll the fandom. In fact, she didn’t really have time to spend as much as you in tumblr, so my friend didn’t know that we could coexist peacefully by marking a specific tag, where you could filter it out through external plugin.
So again, congrats! None of you made the effort to tell her about the tagging norm. You kept bashing her, so you’re not solving the problem at all. And really, that’s your loss since you’re the one who minds about this. Hey, I actually supported you about it and made time to tell her when I knew this problem, but I actually never get any benefit or loss from my friend shipping and using generic tags.
So, you know. Now that this is a war and both sides will stubbornly do something that doesn’t go well with the other side, it’s your loss, really.
Second of all: Since you haters kept saying pedophilia pedophilia, let’s talk about it, shall we? I mean, it’s so easy to research by one Google click, yeah?
Here you go: https://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/pedophilia
In case you’re too lazy to open another link, let me copy-paste some of the parts for you: Pedophilia is defined as the fantasy or act of sexual activity with prepubescent children. [The symptoms are] recurrent, intense sexual fantasies, urges or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child (generally age 13 years or younger) for a period of at least 6 months.
Wow. Congrats for blindly arguing without good foundation or theoretical support. I don’t even know Isogai’s age until you haters kept repeating about 15 years, 15 years. (Yeah, I’m not too big on details and just enjoyed the storyline through manga— didn’t even watch the anime!)
Oh, I also concluded you’re a rotten trash who sees in dirty-minded glasses for all ships, because I don’t see anything sexual depicted in this “problematic” picture that started your hatred.
Or the happy smile on Isogai’s face?
Or maybe the content smile that Gakuhou shows?
Or the matching rings they wear? Because it could mean marriage, consummated or not. Not that we could conclude anything from this picture only.
Or, you know, their crotches are close together. Congrats to you if you spotted that first, though. Only proving that my suspicions about you are correct. (≧▽≦)
Maybe Gakuhou even sported a hard-on that we couldn’t see, yeah? (Thus ineligible to say that it’s depicted in the picture, in case you miss the point.)
Yeah, sorry about this point… I mean, I could pretend not to see you calling pedophilia without even researching the meaning to spare you from embarrassment, but then I was like naaaah. (´｡• ω •｡`)
Maybe this ain’t your fault though. Maybe you’re just following the news in your mainstream media? I swear, this is why correct representation should be in media instead of bullshits they’re spouting nowadays. (눈_눈)
My third point: The argument about fiction vs. reality is legit. This ship is a fiction, no matter how you look at it. It’s a product of imagination from a fan (or multiple, as we’re actually making this ship kinda famous, teehee). Adults should be able to separate reality from fiction.
Like, you wish my friend would get burn for shipping this, but we won’t really sue you for that. I mean, like, we’re in different countries so different laws may apply. Also, we know it’s just a fiction, a part of your fantasy. My friend isn’t actually harmed in reality, so yeah. We’re just having good laughs is all.
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If you can’t differentiate, then really, I’m the one urging you to seriously consider your life choices. If you’re capable to do so.
Fourth: By saying that you think correct (political?) representation should be in the media, then you’re forgetting about a number of stuffs:
Ankyou (assclass if you will) isn’t a mainstream media in your country. Unless, for example, you mean it’s “mainly streamed as pirated media”. I highly doubt you didn’t enjoy this through the piracy, though correct me if I’m wrong. My friend watched it legally though, she lives in Japan.
(＾▽＾)／
More importantly, the ship is not even represented in the media. Like, it’s not going to air as a canon ship in Ankyou, nor the shippers wished for it. (let’s ignore the fact that this series has ended, sobs.) It’s for communal/mutual enjoyment between those who like it.
If you actually can’t differentiate the fandom and the actual series, then… Well, then I pity you. (っ´ω｀)ﾉ(╥ω╥)
Sorry about saying “you” to all of you haters! I mean, I could mention one by one and addressing the issues accordingly, but then you’d laugh at me more to spend so much time hunting you down, and this is already embarrassing as it is. Fui, box out!
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