okay. I am attempting to rewrite this. my original draft got deleted (fuck you Tumblr) and I don't remember everything I wanted to say. but I'm gonna try
rant (kinda a vent?) under the cut
so, I really like ollumn (Autumn x Olly from lego friends tnc). I started shipping them almost as soon as I saw them; after finishing the first special for the series, I thought they had cute interactions and seemed like a good pair. so I started shipping them. but lately I've been feeling like I'm..."wrong" for shipping them, if that makes sense.
Obviously, there's nothing wrong- their ship doesn't contain inc*st, non-con, p*dophilia, or anything along the lines. They are just teenagers who could be in love (but probably aren't if Lego has anything to say about it)
but lately I feel bad for shipping them. I'm beginning to worry that they don't make sense anymore. (Which has almost never stopped me before, so I don't know why it is now). I think it has a lot to do with how the show has played out
when I first started shipping them, it was June 2023. The only content out at the time was the New Beginnings Special, their only interaction was at the end of it where Olly gives Autumn a collar for her dog. I thought it was cute. I thought they were cute. I formed almost everything off of that, not considering what could happen.
I based a lot of their dynamic off of who I thought they would be. And in some ways that hasn't changed. Autumn is still sweet, caring, and kind. Olly is still passionate, generous, and attentive.
But after season 1, and especially season 2, I felt something change. Autumn started to become pettier (I mean, hell, she beefed with a literal child just because they were lying to get attention - which is not good, but how does the child know any better?). Olly began to be self centered and hurt Paisley, his best friend ever, for fame.
Obviously they are 1) teenagers, and 2) human, so they are not perfect, but I felt that they were not who I thought they would be. I felt that they had changed drastically, to the point where they were not at all who they were in New Beginnings, or even the start of season 1.
So now, even though I still love both of them dearly, and love their ship dearly, I feel bad when shipping it. Like I'm basing it off a lie. Of course people can be flawed and imperfect, and they should be allowed to be (and I bet I can find ways to add it to their characters and dynamic and make it make sense), but I feel like their whole dynamic has changed, especially when it is based off what we see in canon. And again, sense and canon have almost never stopped me before, so I don't know why it is stopping me now.
sorry for this being long and dramatic. I'm weirdly insecure about it. maybe because I was the sole person who came up with and shipped and made content for them? (if you know that one Tumblr post that compares the levels of shipping characters to the size of boats, I a) love you, b) need to find it again, and c) am thinking of that). please let me know your thoughts on this, if you have any
and if you read this far, thank you so much. sorry for it being wordy and long and a lot, but I really appreciate your time :)
