Regarding your advice for about shipping within the context of real people, mine would be to make sure you are legitimately at peace with the idea that you may never find out the truth about either individuals' actual relationships, especially them together. If you are not 100% sure you'd be okay with that, be very mindful that you are setting yourself up for unhealthy behavior.
(This advice is not targeting you specifically, just general advice to everyone in shipping spaces. Not sure if I worded that clearly.)
Hey anon, you are my first ever Ask I got on this platform and I appreciate it a lot that’s it’s not something negative
(can’t help but to feel anxious 😂)
I get what you mean and I agree. that’s how I hold myself and make sure to remember at the end of the day,
they’re humans and we are in the real and the fantasy of them AT THE SAME TIME.
they’re my first ship I ever invested my time in my life. I know the dangerous boundaries u cant cross as a fan and I think many people don’t know that.
Shipping supposed to be for fun, and it’s normal people ship whoever they think work well together, and it normal in kpop or fictional characters. People have their free opinions whoever they wanted to ship.
that goes same to Jikook as well, it all started (for me) purely I love jimin he’s my bias since day one, and I know young 18 jm he’s very passionate and very working hard to build his own personality as an idol, and so does 16 jk.
Jimin made me see Jungkook, Jimin mentioned a lot how he adores him, so naturally to me i find that’s very cute.
back then we have many contents of them on youtube etc slowly in time, I love seeing them together and I ended up shipping them and fall into shipping world rabbit hole.
I have never think of them dating for real real (obviously it was 2014-2015) it was just cute seeing them together like a bromance and sweet cute dynamic. the push and pulls and how jungkook grow up so well.
anyway, the thing with toxicity with shippers started in the fandom itself, the people (army) who twists and fighting eo, back then all these ships exist and it’s not a big deal like it is today. i dont even know myself how these people get so obsessed and negative that it almost trying to split apart the unity in the fandom.
i don’t wanna dwell on that. im more than 10years in this fandom and its not good for mental health really 😂 i just wanna grow old with 7 and love jimin and jungkook both passive and active (lol) as they grow old too.
sorry this is long than I intended 😅