weird take but i feel like social media not only ruined the minds of young people with social media such as tiktok comment sections / ‘popular’ opinions on tiktok but even to go so far as pinterest, instagram, etc. i see proship stuff all the time on pinterest and its good! but the entire comments are completely filled with ‘ew yuck’ / when someone asks what proship actually means antis / randos respond with ‘it means you support pedos’. like dude. people have watered down the term so much it has literally impacted fandoms that were FOUNDED on proshipping. like death note, black butler, killing stalking, mha, etc. not only on pinterest but most platforms too. i feel like most fandoms are literally losing their ‘culture’ of where they came from. purity culture literally only extends a giving hand to those fandoms who it deems as ‘Good Guy’ and not ‘Bad Guy’. and it makes me sick and tired of having to explain 938579x times of what the actual definition of something is to people who are SO dense. along with that pinterest has people not only going after proships but even as far as ARTWORK references. i cannot tell you the amount of times i see weirdos complain about an anatomically correct male or female drawn on pinterest and the comments are swarmed with ‘oh!’, ‘um i dont think this should be allowed’, or even ‘kids are on this app 💀’. like by god forbid a 13 yr old see an anatomical correct drawing and have a melt down. people need thicker skin. like there are actual issues going on in the world and antis are FROTHING at the site of ‘what ifs’ if a kid sees a drawing / ship / video / even a fucking emoji combination. sorry for the long / rlly weird take, i saw a post that reminded me to say something but i got off track 🙄 ily guys stay safe and drink water :3!
Even though it may seem silly, these labels do not mean the same thing! Each one has its meaning and use even though they sound "similar".
Proshipper:
A person who is "pro" (for) shipping in general. Typically refers to someone who follows the philosophy "ship and let ship" and ignore or blocks ships or shippers they are uncomfortable with. An anti-censorship stance that promotes currating your own experience online, and avoiding any content you don't want to interact with, while supporting the rights of others to create and consume any type of fiction they enjoy.
Your basic "idea" would be:
don't like, don't look
don't harass people, especially over fiction
ship and let ship
curate your own internet experience
tag your stuff and blacklist stuff
mind your own business and i'll mind mine
dead dove, don't eat
Comshippers - Comship
A ComShipper is someone who enjoys more complicated or complex ships. These can include "dead dove" content, morally gray, problematic, socially unacceptable, abusive, or toxic dynamics. Comshippers do not endorse these things in the real world, but enjoy them in fiction.
Most comshippers are proshippers, but MOST proshippers are not comship.
Small examples:
Employee x boss
Human x non-human
Age difference but both older
Minor x minor
Non-human x non-human
Selfship
Selfcent
(and much more)
Darkship - Darkshipper
Darkship (also known as problematic ship) is a subcategory of Comship, which covers all types of ships that are considered illegal or immoral.
Small examples:
Minor x adult
Adolescent x adult
Minor x adolescent
Victim x perpetrator
Killer x victim
Animal x human
Family x family
dead x alive
(These are some examples)
(I suffered doing this, there are many pages that give so many different versions)