Reasons why I’m against the Varlie
I mean, if you ship it, it’s fine. But I sincerely hope that this couple is not really going to become cannon, and here’s why :
First of all, it doesn’t make sense. I haven’t seen a lot of them, but I have the feeling that if it ever becomes cannon, it will come completely out of the blue. A romance between these two would feel forced to me, and completely out of place in the context of the story. And I don’t want Vivzie to pair them just for the sake of having LGBT representation. We really don’t need another Gay-Ra and the Lesbians of Color.
Because, and that’s my second point, I don’t really see them that way. In every picture where they are together, and looking at each other, there don’t seem to be any actual «couple chemistry» going on between them.
As you can see, in all of the pictures above, Vaggie is looking at Charlie, but not in a romantic way, I wouldn’t say so. Vaggie is not blushing, nor being shy or tense (and neither is Charlie) I’m sorry but I don’t see that chemistry between them. It’s more a look of affection/complicity, but no love. I see Vaggie as Charlie’s overprotective big sister, but I just can’t see them as lovers. It feels just kind of wrong to me.
And third of all, this is madness. Long before Vivzie even said anything, everyone was already assuming that they were dating, just because one of them is supposedly a lesbian and the other a «tomboy» :
This comment comes from the comment section of the Speed Draw «Gal Pals» on YouTube. It’s one of the rare comments in this comment section that haven’t been written by some mad shipping fiend and as soon as it was posted it was attacked by one of said mad fiends. What bother me is a)the fact that this person felt the need to apologize for daring to assume that Charlie and Vaggie were actual gal pals (it’s almost as if it was the very title of the speedpaint) and b)the fact that when the other person responded, it haven’t even been confirmed anywhere that they are dating, or going to.(And in my opinion, it’s still isn’t confirmed. The wiki is BS written by the fandom and when it comes to the «stream», what Vivzie said was barely audible anyway.) Also I feel like this is kind of rude of this person to tell the other how they should think, so in my opinion they’re the one being the most toxic here.
So yes, the Varlie is cute, but it isn’t really anything other than «cute». It’s irrelevant, it makes little sense, and it feels like people are so desperate for LGBT representation that they’ll start to insane fangirling over anything that look remotely gay. I personally think that Charlie and Vaggie’s friendship is beautiful just the way it is and that Vivzie should let it remain that way instead of forcing a romantic relationship on the two of them.
(And for ghosts’ sake, I don’t want to hear anything along the lines of «They’re cannon !!1!! Vivzie confirmed it herself !11!!1!!! ». There is official character sheets out there with everything you need to know about them on it, that say that Vaggie is, quoting word for word, «Charlie’s responsible manager and best friend». That will be all.)
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