Hey, genuine question to either blog owner or anyone willing to weigh in: Would it still be weird/breaking boundaries to interact with someone who still has proship DNI in their rentry when I have good reason to believe their stance has changed? Please read the entire thing.
A year ago, this person followed my blog where I am openly proship. I looked at their account and saw that in their rentry, they had proship DNI. I politely messaged them and informed them of this. They were polite back and unfollowed.
Recently, I stumbled across their account again through old art. I didn't recognize them at first and accidentally interacted with some of their posts bc their rentry is a tiny link in their bio that I missed initially. I deleted these interactions after realizing, but I saw that they mentioned being more active on twt nowadays so I figured I'd check bc their art is cool.
While they are not explicitly proship, they are following pretty much ONLY accounts that label themselves as "anti-censorship" and post about taboo kinks. One of their reposts is defending ageplay.
OP at least WAS in a fandom that's small and full of antis, and so I'd really like to reach out if they are proship now. But they still do have proship DNI in their rentry...? It very well could be outdated and I am leaning towards them having never changed it.
However, I am unsure if actually reaching out and just asking politely if they've changed their stance on things would be okay. I genuinely don't wish to break boundaries intentionally.
My opinion is that you don't need to worry about it. From what it sounds like, it definitely sounds like they are exploring different ideas right now, but may not want to label themselves as proship or associate too closely with people who do. Jumping in and asking them to label their feelings may not be great, especially since you do not know them personally.
I also don't think you need to worry about your interactions. If it shows up on your feed and you interact, that's fine. They haven't blocked you, so I don't think they're going to be against you interacting through likes persay.
Ultimately, I think you shouldn't worry too much about them. Since they're just a stranger online, it's better to just hang out in your space for now. If they want to befriend you later, they might!