What does everybody actually think of Wanderrose?
Let me get this out of the way and offer my thoughts on the ship: I do not ship Wanderrose. I’m not a fan of the ship. The idea of Wanderlust and Jack Rose being implied half-brothers makes me incredibly weary of the ship—I know you could argue that it’s only “implied” which doesn’t mean it’s canon and how Just Dance could debunk this at any time, but what if whenever Just Dance finishes their main lore they actually make them being half-brothers canon? I don’t want to ship Wanderlust and Jack only just to find out I’ve been shipping half-brothers the whole time, and I’m sure many people feel the same way.
I know a lot of Just Dance fans were probably shipping them before they made them implied half-brothers—however, admittedly I still think it’s a little odd that when it was revealed that they’re implied half-brothers, people continued to ship them. It’s not like they implied that they were stepbrothers (it would still be weird to ship them if they were stepbrothers btw)—they’re implied HALF-brothers, meaning they’re blood-related in some way. They share a parent. I know some people’s logic in this fandom is that implied ≠ canon which I agree with to a point, but I still think it’s a little odd that people still continue to ship them even after they revealed Wanderlust and Jack Rose might be related.
Do I think the ship is a proship? If you think that, you’re entitled to that opinion. There’s a decently valid argument to be made on why it’s a proship—they’re implied to be half-brothers and if it’s ever confirmed that they’re half-brothers, people would have been shipping half-siblings this whole time, which is obviously incredibly disgusting.
Are you still allowed to ship Wanderrose? To each their own. While I’m not a fan of the ship personally, I won’t attack or harass anyone who ships Wanderrose because I’m not that type of person. I won’t spam “proship! proship! proship!” on anyone’s post or art about the ship and call them a proshipper for shipping Wanderlust and Jack together. I’m sure most of the people who ship Wanderrose do not support shipping siblings and only ship Wanderrose because their logic is implied ≠ canon. Most people will probably stop shipping it if it’s ever confirmed that they’re half-brothers. If Wanderlust and Jack Rose do ever get confirmed to be related, I’m not going to make a whole post laughing at all of the artists who have to delete all of their Wanderrose art or comment on older Wanderrose art berating them for shipping them because I’m not a dick. If it’s ever debunked that they’re siblings however then the Wanderrose shippers have nothing to worry about.
At the end of the day, if you’re going to ship Wanderrose, ship it. If you’re not going to ship Wanderrose, don’t ship it. I will continue to not ship it myself because I don’t want to feel like I’m walking on sharp knifes and glass any time I want to considering shipping it—however, if you ship Wanderrose, then more power to you. If Wanderlust and Jack Rose are ever confirmed to be half-brothers, I’m assuming most people will drop the ship because most people in this fandom are not proshippers. Nobody knows when this will be confirmed or debunked—Just Dance hasn’t (and maybe won’t) finish their main lore so the idea of Wanderlust and Jack Rose being half-brothers is still ambiguous. You’re allowed to ship it if you want, but I recommend for everybody to be cautious and take into consideration that Wanderlust and Jack Rose could be confirmed to be half-brothers at any time.
If you’re going to comment on this post, please try to be civil. I tried to be incredibly neutral and respectful and did not direct this post to any specific people who ship Wanderrose and makes Wanderrose art—I expect everyone to do the same. We can be mature about this.
