Tracing patterns in the morning light. There is a specific kind of silence that only exists when the world is still asleep and you’re exactly where you’re meant to be. Soft hearts and warm sheets. 🌸✨
wtf is this about again #3 : what's wrong with ghost-shipping?
this floated into my timeline and all i could think was, “good lord, not again.”
disclaimer : OP is a som, so don't come at me saying I'm not.
(ngl i've heard the term ghostship too many times over the past month, these people are like a toddler with a new cuss word or something).
context : for those unaware, somsoms are grumbling on twitter again because someone decided to say “oh khaomix are so cute together” or something along those lines (I'm not entirely sure) but essentially, they were shipping khaomix because they were seen hanging out together during songkran '25.
now as most fandom oldies know, this is exactly how most RPF shipping happens. you see two people together and your fujo heart flutters and you start shipping them. simple.
problem here is somsoms are always taking it upon themselves to “protect” the boys (firstkhao) from “malicious fans” who like to ship them with everyone else they interact with, eg : first/tay, khao/mix, joong/first, etc.
all these people believe that you're disrespecting khaotung and first by shipping them with others, when khao has himself said he doesn't like being shipped with others (i can neither confirm nor deny this claim since i've only heard this from soms themselves, so if anybody would like to enlighten me with a video or something, feel free, inbox is open).
moreover, ever since the ohmkhao banner incident happened (more on this later), they've been doubling down against people who prefer either khaotung or first with other partners, with the explanation that fans shove their ghostships onto the actors when they've repeatedly said they don't like being shipped outside of the official CP.
(now about the ohmkhao banner thing : my first thought upon seeing that thing was not “why are they shipping khao with someone else?” but “why the fuck does ohm's b'day banner have another person who is not ohm on it?”
so no, do not go putting on a ghostship banner on someone's birthday. i wouldn't even want the official ship's banner on an actors's b'day. it's disrespectful to the person. it doesn't matter in what faith you do it, a person should be defined by their own individuality first. in this case, yes stop shoving your ships where they don't belong. )
anyway, coming back to the ohmkhao incident : during ohm's (nanon's ex, leng's ohm (now ex) — for those like me who get confused which ohm it is) b'day event, some fans put up a banner with khaotung and ohm on it because they ship them and wanted ohm to see the potential of working with khaotung (which, valid, because they are both great actors but. but. i'll come to that). anyway, soms jumped them (for their own agenda) and they got grilled to hell and back.
anyway. my point is :
RPF shipping has always been a slippery slope and considering how the thai BL industry uses RPF ships to keep pairs relevant, i will go out on a limb and assume most actors know how shipping and fandom spaces work. it may be a personal opinion for some actors to not like being shipped with people other than their official CP partner for obvious reasons like : 1) they just don't like it, 2) they are concerned there will be unnecessary infighting between fandoms which will ultimately take a toll on their own lives, and 3) they are actually in love with their CP partner and want to be linked with no one else, the probability of which is a 0.2% at best.
i know this is gonna fall on deaf ears but ships are fictional (until otherwise confirmed) and the actors CANNOT do anything about it. most fan spaces are separate from the actors themselves but certain sections of the BL fandoms like to merge it together to the extent that they start behaving like caretakers. no! your favourite actor has a mind of his own and by that virtue i believe he knows how fandom spaces work and will do his best to keep himself away from ghostships if he so wishes. as far as i know, most actors do not read fanfictions of their own ships nor do they interact with fan content as much. as far as respecting opinions goes, i think as decent fans the most we can and should do is not spam the actors' posts with mentions of the ghostship and always use a tag so it can be filtered out if they wish to do so.
now i may sound like an absolute unfeeling asshole but the onus shouldn't be on fans to look after the actors' well being! every time i see a take like this (so and so has said they don't like this thing) it blows my mind because all it does is sow discontent among fans while the company and managers take a back seat watching it all unfold (eg : the whole situation with ohmnanon). not only does this harbour unhealthy para social attachment between fans and their respective biases, but it literally fucks up fan spaces as a whole.
besides all this, the same way you can think the official ship is dating irl, other fans can do with their ships too. i dunno how this is so hard to understand.
shipping is inherently fictional. there is no truth to it beyond the shipper's own imagination.
so let fandom spaces be civil and fun and stop bothering with what the actors think!
yes I dislike twitter but if I hadn’t checked my profile today I would have never found out that jimmysea did couples counseling with p’aof during their workshop im HOWLING
everytime a shipped couple finds out they have to do real emotional work for the health of their fake relationship i am rolling on the floor laughing like not to be disrespectful im sure it’s a difficult journey but I find it SO funny
[Part 2 of 3] Step By Step, episode 5, screenshot deleted office scene discussing BL shipping and BL fandoms
(Links to: [Part 1] [Part 3])
I haven’t checked yet if anyone else has done this, but I screenshot the deleted office discussion scene from Step By Step, episode 5, regarding BL fandoms, and how BL shipping profits off of the LGBTQ+ community. Apologies in advance for the crappy screenshots - there is some dialogue subtitled under actors that did not speak that dialogue (like in part 1, slide 8) -- and I did miss some very interstitial “ahhs” and “ohs,” but I think I grabbed what’s necessary.
(If you need a backgrounder, @lurkingshan has got you.)
[Part 3 of 3] Step By Step, episode 5, screenshot deleted office scene discussing BL shipping and BL fandoms
(Links to: [Part 1] [Part 2])
I haven’t checked yet if anyone else has done this, but I screenshot the deleted office discussion scene from Step By Step, episode 5, regarding BL fandoms, and how BL shipping profits off of the LGBTQ+ community. Apologies in advance for the crappy screenshots - there is some dialogue subtitled under actors that did not speak that dialogue (like in part 1, slide 8) -- and I did miss some very interstitial “ahhs” and “ohs,” but I think I grabbed what’s necessary.
(If you need a backgrounder, @lurkingshan has got you.)
waterproof IP67 WCDMA 3G solar gps tracker with Long standby time
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