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yeah i see the same shit with sera/leliana, people are like OMG HOW?!??! but i guess that's even worse, cause it's two player romance-able characters in a ship. i wonder if her perceived age has a factor? cause you and i have discussed that, and most of those DA ladies are older. plus... they give sera a canon romance if she isn't with the inquisitor. i mean i wanna see her happy but good god, all odds are against her getting shipped with other women Dx
Maybe it’s a misperception but I do feel like fandoms in general get WAY more nitpicky about f/f ships than other orientations. I’ve never seen a fandom where, for example, a 10 year age difference btw adults, a conflicting canon ship, or someone’s canon/presumed sexual orientation stopped anyone from shipping 2 dudes together. Hell not even literal abuse stops people from shipping m/f or m/m (see DAI fandom for details... LMAO), but if it’s 2 women and there is even the slightest perceived problem (like one character having a personality flaw or getting angry sometimes..?) people scream bloody murder about it around here.
I’ve read 1 fic where age difference was played up to a point that I felt it was... uh, manipulative and uncomfortable for me on Sera’s behalf, but I think that was due to how they wrote Leliana... maybe also people just really oversell the idea that Sera is a teenager to the point that it is weird because she is literally a character your protag can have sex with in the game no matter how old you decide to make them, and just........????ew??
I don’t even think Sera LOOKS younger than 24 or so at the far end but maybe I’m shit at judging ages lol. it’s a game about fantasy elves anyway so I honestly just don’t care all that much as long as they are adults of a consenting age making their own decisions
Sera/Lavellan Inky is my OTP because I think it’s an interesting journey. But variety is the spice of life after all. I just had to get interested in the unpopular ships...
