so he was talking specifically about Bobbie/Alex, which was never like a hugely popular ship but something still enjoyed by some people, and he kept going on and giving platform to the “why can’t men and women be friends???” Thing and framing it like it’s “difficult for him to explain” like shippers are so annoying and he does this all the time when he hasn’t done this in... a year or two at least.
last time he did this a bunch of expanse fans got nasty on main about the Bobbie/Alex shippers and “thanking” Ty for saying this GROUNDBREAKING take that enabled them to push their ships as “more valid” and it was a really ugly little period of time that just irritated the hell out of me as an adult and as someone who had close friends who shipped it.
i feel like i heard that their friendship was based on one of his own so he feels defensive of it, but policing ships or the need to AGGRESSIVELY tell people it’s not canon but joking about other ships and giving them credence when they’re ALSO not canon is something he’s done before (someone made a JOKE about Bobbie and Alex and he triggered a massive pile on he said he didn’t intend, and a lot of those people are in his replies basically complaining about a very small percentage of people who think it might be nice for them) and apparently will keep doing and i don’t think that’s... a great look.
like what does it matter what people ship? you didn’t write it in the show but why can’t you say that and still let people live? why are you so hard on this ONE non-canon ship, but not draomi or jamos or amex or ALL THE OTHER ONES? why is this the ONLY one you not only can’t let go of, but are actively mean about?
some fandom/shipping spaces shouldn’t be interfered with by the creators and this... is why. it’s so unnecessary. and it’s one of my only big criticisms of Ty. i wish he could let it go so casual people who like something aren’t painted as such big annoyances or like they’re enjoying something wrong because he doesn’t like it.
I mean now the show ship seems tainted by Casbutt Antfart but... this has been going on for years. idk.
