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It's sad you don't even know the actual definition of proship. If it was just anti harassment then it would be called anti harassment. The point of it is anti censorship in adult fiction.
People aren't specifically uncomfortable about the canon vs non canon debate either. If a guy sees someone posting art of FC getting groped by Eclipse and the op giggling about it, people have a right to complain and be creeped out by it.
ESPECIALLY IN A FRANCHISE AIMED AT KIDS
We LITERALLY had a grown adult preying on minors because they were proship, and then proceeded to groom and take advantage of them willing to make porn.
In a normal fandom that is targeted for adults, for example Game of Thrones, it's not a red flag. You know why? Because minors are discouraged from interacting with adults writing dark fiction. It's adults writing for adults by other adults.
In a fandom that is flooded with teens, and they try to take that same approach? They're automatically set up for predators to come after them. It doesn't matter where or what you're making: if you make taboo shit, you're going to attract taboo people. That's how the internet works.
And by encouraging that shit instead of nipping it in the bud, more and more kids are going to get hurt. There is a reason why proship isn't welcomed and is associated with pedophiles: because a lot (not all) will use it to groom other people. This months incident that blew over is a real life example of that, as horrible as it is.
And it Constantly happens in fandom spaces, especially when it involves children's media. This isn't a one-time fluke or unique. It is history repeating itself over and over again in different clothes.
The proshipping isn't exclusively the problem. The problem is
a) it attracts actual predators and MAPs apologist
b) more often than not people use it to glorify and normalise topics it shouldn't such as pedophilia and incest
c) when it is posted to fandoms with a young majority most people that do find it aren't going to have the reading comprehension to know When dark fiction is being respectful about it's topics
d) people are naturally going to be uncomfortable with it and not trust anyone that makes that kind of content
And people are Really hung up on d). Because you know what uncomfortable people do when they have no impulse control? they lash out.
I am, by NO means justifying harassments of any kind. I despise callout posts in any form. I've been a victim of witch-hunting before, where people would go in raids to mass report anyone with "dangerous" disorders. Didn't matter if you actually did anything wrong, if you're a minority you're an easy target, and clout chasers Love easy targets.
It's horrible and traumatic to experience, to live every day knowing that if you get unlucky enough you'll be on the chopping block no matter how much you try to appease the crowd. That there are people that love nothing more than to ruin your life, as if it wasn't fucking bad enough that I live in a sundown town. It's depressing to watch the same people chanting to abolish prisons, and then 5 seconds later devolve into the same mob mentality mindset that caused mass lynchings.
But that's how it is. Like it or not people are going to develop their cliches, and gatekeep, and purity preach. Because society as a whole only sees in black and white. They have to make sure that 'hey followers you're not like that One person, right? you wouldn't betray me like this, right bestie?'
Someone posts pseudo-incest and you mean to tell me you're shocked that people hate it?
People can't even handle furries for fucks sake, and you want them to make an exception for child x adult ???
You're asking a Lot out of a fandom made of people with undeveloped frontal lobes. In an internet era mind you where it's "fun" to tell people to commit suicide for the most mild of grievances (which personally sickens me more than anything else)
You cannot seriously tell me that you're offended that people don't agree with you. Freedom of speech entitles people to saying what they do and don't like. When you post something on the internet you are entitled to your opinion, and so is everyone else that's going to interact with yours. It's not always going to be positive.
Proshipping is always going to have push back because in general it's not socially acceptable. but in fandoms filled with kids it's specifically going to be even more harsh because it's a dangerous breeding ground for grooming.
The reality is that it's not going to be safe for proshippers that're trying to settle down in places full of minors, ever. I'm sorry you're just now finding that out the hard way. Because chances are, especially with the political climate getting even worse, that is not going to change any time soon. People will just double down the worse it gets, this time for all the wrong reasons.
If you want an actal safe place to go, stick to franchises that already deal with those topics in canon, where it's written for mature audiences. Not in a place full of kids and targeted at immature audiences. - ☀🌙
