Welp, I’ve moved blogs and am finally starting to be comfy having an online presence.
I look in my ask box on this account and I can still see the nasty messages a while back. A few look new though. On a positive note, it’s amazing to see people are still re blogging my stuff lol…I’m glad I’m not totally forgotten haha.
In a sense, I regret leaving this account. This was my first successful art account where I built up a sizable audience. I got lots of requests and a ton of attention. Even with the negativity there were still bits of positivity that would pull me through it all but unfortunately it wasn’t enough.
I really didn’t have anyone fighting in my corner and the constant hate was affecting my mental health, my schoolwork, my life in general. Now I’ve grown and I know better: I’m stronger than I seem and it’s hard and overwhelming but I should pay no mind to the randos online who don’t care about me and think threatening others over fictional ships is a form of activism.
I’m glad I moved on and learned from this. I’m not coming back to this account, I’m sad I couldn’t keep this account going but I’m happy I learned a lot from this.
I’m not comfortable sharing my newest blog, but if you look around closely you’ll probably find me. My art hasn’t changed that drastically.
P.S. Also while I no longer draw ship art for Voltron but…Sheith is the best ship and forever will be ✌🏾️
Sorry to everyone I befriended and talked to here. Sorry to those I owe art to. I just think tumblr is a dangerous, toxic place and I've decided to take my leave from this account for good. I won't delete it, I'll instead keep it up for archiving purposes. I've already gotten a new account on another site where I post art that I will not be giving out for safety reasons. Thank you to everyone who supported me on this account but it's time I take my leave. Good bye.
In recent light of what's happened in the Voltron fandom, I might just delete this account. It's always been on goal of mine to gain a lot of followers on a platform and meet other awesome artists but I realized that comes with a price, especially if you're gaining this popularity from a site like this. In recent wake of the constant discourse and going back and forth I can't say I'm proud of either side or this fandom. Honestly it's brought me nothing but stress and my life without fandom a is stressful as it is. It just sucks. No one wants to get alone. No one wants to let each other be. It's gross. It's disgusting and I don't want to be associated with it anymore. Even on my alternate account shit has been hard because I produce similar content. I'm just tired of it all and this stupid malicious fandom. If it hadn't been for the amazing people I've met through the show itself, I probably would've dropped this fandom a long time ago. Depending on further deliberation I'll either: 1.) delete all my Voltron fan art (yes, ALL, not just the sheith ones) 2.) delete the entire blog in general. 3.) just let it sit here and collect dust. 4.) make it private Thank you to all the kind messages btw. They all brighten up my day but sadly they don't outweigh the bs that's running rampant.
Coming from a personal perspective…I personally like Shiro a lot bc finally…a mentally ill character that isn’t a villain or some edgy anti hero.
Shiro is a well rounded character imo. He has breakdowns, he fears turning into a monster and hurting others, he has repressed memories and issues recalling them…he’s been through so much and yet he’s proven that he’s capable of being a leader and standing on his own if he has to. That’s a breath of fresh air, especially since I myself am mentally ill (Moderate depression, anxiety, and mild OCD). Seeing that kind of representation in children's media? Unheard of...
To see the fandom poke fun at Shiro…label him a child r*pist…say he’s to unstable to be leader…and for people to just want him to die…it hurts. It genuinely hurts.
I know what it’s like to be demonized and be thought of as a danger to others…seeing people do the same to a character that’s one of the few characters in media that’s actually positive representation of the mentally ill…..it hurts. It hurts to see a character I can relate to being called all kinds of nasty things…not because of some discourse…or some kind of ship rivalry…but because he’s mentally ill….it hurts…a lot.
Okay I’m literally so close, so goddamned close, to giving up on Voltron entirely because these so called antis who are trying to stick up for social justice and what not, turn around and be hypocritical as all hell. Specifically anti Sheith shippers/Klance+Lance stans.
You don’t advocate for mental illness and say there should be awareness then turn around and DEMONIZE AND POKE FUN AT THE ONE CHARACTER WHO IS CONFIRMED TO HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS (PTSD).
Implying that he shouldn’t have been leader to begin with, shouldn’t be in a relationship with anyone or that it’s best that he FLAT OUT DIE because he’s “mentally unstable”, “potentially toxic” and will “likely be abusive” is so fucking ableist. It’s flat out DISGUSTING. I honestly feel so nauseous because people genuinely think this. And if their stance of “fiction reflects reality” holds any water, then they’re not poking fun at just Shiro, they’re poking fun at actual people who suffer from PTSD. Y'know the same people who they claim they're are standing by/standing up for/are advocating for.
Forget about shipping. Forget about s2. Forget about “”“"discourse”“”. This isn’t even about that anymore. This is just a part of the fandom that loves to hide behind the guise of protecting others to justify their gross actions. I’m done.
+some anti stuff I’ve gotten...Just making some things clear...
TW: mentions of r*pe+ P*edoph*lia, racial fetishization
Why do you like Sheith?
Personally I like Sheith because I like their dynamic. I’m so used to the whole red oni/blue oni dynamic that you see in media and shipping in general. Sheith is a ship that’s like a breath of fresh air. They respect each other, care about each other and it’s just overall a loving and caring ship and I personally adore it.
What solidified my love for it though was Keith’s loyalty to Shiro and vice versa. Plus the headcanons from fans are hella.
Sheith is p*dophilic.
I personally think it is not since I currently think that Keith is 18/19, and Shiro is 20/21.
It’s actually emphebophilic.
I’ve seen a few shippers use this term to justify sheith, but y’know what emphebophilia is also referred to as? Statutory r*pe. Quit using that term to justify shipping an underage Keith with Shiro. You’re not doing anyone any favors.
Do you not care about the age difference/The fact that Keith is underage?
As explained several times, the ages are generally up in the air but based upon the latest piece of evidence (the Voltron podcast), all of the paladins, sans Pidge, are likely of age and are adults.
Personally I won’t stop shipping the two until I get a concrete confirmation of their ages.
What if it’s revealed that Keith’s underage?
If it’s revealed that Keith is below the age of 17/18, then I’ll drop the ship like a rock. I’ve done if before with ships such as Ere/ri because of the drastic age difference (E/ren being 15, and L/evi being 35), and I’m sure I’ll do the same for Sheith. It’s nbd.
“What if they’re revealed to be brothers?”
Same as the above. Bye bye Sheith. BUT the whole rhetoric that the two Asian guys have to be related in some way is a biiiiiiiit racist :)
You hate Klan/ce just because you like Sheith.
Yeah, I’m not a big multishipper but I don’t hate Klan/ce just because I don’t like Sheith. Hell, at first I shipped it first, even BEFORE I got into Sheith. I began to dislike Kla/nce because of the anti shippers (since 90% of them ship Klan/ce), and I further disliked it (borderline hate it now) because of the fandom’s interpretation of it. Romanticizing violence (Keith constantly punching Lance isn’t cute nor endearing, nor okay in general), the racial stereotypes, etc. Honestly the racial fetishizing was the final nail on the coffin.
Also the fact that a good chunk of popular Kl/ance hcs honestly make no sense to me (Keith loving cryptids) or are just generic (The whole bicker over petty stuff all the time, the love/hate stuff+hate sex, all of which I’m not fond of).
You only ship Han/ce because you ship Sheith and dislike Klan/ce.
Wrong again. I ship Hanc/e because I’m a sap for Bros to Lovers, and best buds falling in love. Even when I shipped Klanc/e, I still shipped Ha/nce.
Also if that was the case then I would have never liked ships like He/ith, Sh/ance, Sha/llura, and so on.
Sheith shippers also use stereotypes.
No one’s free from sin and yes, it’s just as gross as what they do to Klanc/e. I’m not defending that...though I will admit I haven’t seen sheith shippers doing it often...
You must hate Lance since you ship Sheith.
I don’t know where this came from but buddy, I don’t hate Lance. Even if the fandom’s interpretation of him drives me up a wall (The Latin Lover Stereotype/Loud Mouthed Latino Trope needs to DIE), I still love him and you best believe that I’m looking forward to his development in season 2.
You just like Sheith because it’s two pretty pale skinned, white-passing yaoi boys.
Bruh...okay right off the bat insinuating that two pale skinned Asian characters are white passing is racist (”Pale poc aren’t really poc!!”). As stated at the top, I shipped them because they’re a ship that feels like a breath of fresh air to me. If Shiro or Keith happened to look more like Hunk or Lance or whoever, that wouldn’t change.
And that’s about it...hopefully this list won’t grow.
Okay I missed whatever happened on Twitter on tumblr but like...why is there a sudden surge of shiro hate and people wanting him to die??? Esp. from klance/Lance stans??? Was it about Sheith??? I wanna know. Someone fill me in. I wanna know why people are hating on Shiro
Yeah I’m gonna be pretty quiet on this account until S2 of Voltron BUT just gonna say this….all I want from S2….is a sheith forehead touch or a sheith hug…..pls deliver S2…….
Let's face it this boy has 50/50 chance of surviving, 0% chance of good things happening to him, and I just want some cuteness to drown out the angst o k ay
Yeah I'm gonna be pretty quiet on this account until S2 of Voltron BUT just gonna say this....all I want from S2....is a sheith forehead touch or a sheith hug.....pls deliver S2.......
