https://www.tumblr.com/blue-kohina/637366409321660416/how-old-is-the-kawaii-bean-shino?source=share
Shino was canonically 14 in 2020, which means now she's almost 18, and I'm 99% sure Smudge is a child. and from what I've been told, you ship them. so you're shipping a child with someone who is almost an adult.
Firstly: Hi, it's nice to meet you.
Whenever I draw Smudge and Shino together. I will always draw them as best friends. I did originally ship them but that was BEFORE I made the discovery of Shino being much older as all the artwork I've seen of her has depicted her as around Smudge's age.
I no longer ship Shino with smudge because not only would it be strange as hell to ship a 6 year old with a character who does age with time (Smudge remains six for the sake of continuity until she grows older and leaves)
I originally struggled to find Blue Kohina's account and believe they deactivated it but after I found it and discovered that Shino is now canonically a teenager, I dropped it like it was a burning plate.
To be entirely honest, I think I prefer Shino and Smudge as best friends because I've come to realise Smudge doesn't need a love interest to develop herself and her story.
And if it is relevant to your case, let's just say I still shipped Smudge and Shino:
Smudge also grows to be 18. Her story continues with her realising the abuse she's experienced and flees, her story then continues. I haven't announced this yet because I'm not active on my tumblr and prefer my tiktok which you can easily find.
Shino is oftened depicted as a child in both fan art and fan fiction and if this had been brought to me sooner, I would've known. Shino and Smudge are purely friends. Please don't accuse me of being a "proshipper" based on evidence that has been outdated. You can talk to me over discord if you'd like because I will never ever condone proshipping and find it repulsive.
Do my stories have dark content? Yes.
Will my stories ever depict pedophilia, incest, rape or anything of the sort? No.
Shino and Smudge grow up together story-wise and will be nothing more than friends.
Thank you for your question.
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