Still Not Having A Great Time (Part II)
I have several other series that I love to pieces where the romantic relationships held my attention.
Full Metal Alchemist: Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye, Hughes/Gracia.
Fairy Tail: Gray/Juvia
Soul Eater: Stein/Marie
One Piece: Sanji/Zoro, Sanji/Nami, Franky/Robin, Zoro/Robin (funnily enough, none of these ships are canon and I am okay with this)
Batman/DC: Batman/Catwoman, Green Arrow/Black Canary, Red Hood/Artemis (the Amazon)
Marvel: Gambit/Rogue and Storm/Wolverine
Now I know you're all probably thinking, since when do you like any of these ships? I've always been a fan of them, but I never shared my ships because I was too deep in the BNHA fandom. But it's time I address something that has been bothering me for months.
Out of all the fandoms I've been in as a creator or a supporter, BNHA is the only fandom I have ever been involved in that I actively wish I hadn't joined. I have never made it any secret that I multi-ship or that I have several favorite ships. That's not even the biggest issue I have with the BNHA fandom. It's the literal fact that the fandom is overflowing with toxicity, harassment, hatred and bitterness. Heaven and Hell forbid you bring up actual character development or character analysis because suddenly you're insane for thinking about that. Or even better, you can't criticize or point out any of the flaws in the series without being accused of being angry because your favorite ship isn't canon. In my case, none and I do mean NONE of my ships are canon. Even the three ships I was holding out hope for... NOT CANON! Did I go around harassing people or making people feel horrible because they had different ships than me? Of course not. As a fan of BNHA, I am allowed to form my own opinions. It's OKAY to not like a character or to have a different opinion on a ship. But this fandom has a really big problem and it's called: SHIPPING. I am sick and tired of people coming out of the woodwork to attack each other just because they have different tastes in ships. For some reason, the top three BNHA ships: BKDK, KRBK and IzuOcha seem to have the most toxic communities and I'm sick of it. This is why I am going to die on my hill of ship and let ship in peace. At the end of the day, these are fictional characters. They're paper and ink. They're not real. Why are we fighting over which ship is better and which character is better anyway? I can't even have civil discussions about character growth or character lessons because this fandom is so damn obsessed with shipping. I've kept quiet for years, not sharing my opinions. I came into this fandom not because of my love for my favorite ships. I fell in love with BNHA BECAUSE of the characters, the symbolism, the imagery, the actual story itself intrigued me, and I wanted to see the characters grow. I wanted to see how their journeys would play out. Now it's like none of that matters. Day in and day out, it's always a damn argument about who Izuku should be with or Katsuki or Eijirou or Ochako or just anyone from Class 1A. Yes, there are relationships in the series that are genuinely written and portrayed better. Am I mad that none of my ships are canon? I'd be lying if I said I wasn't just a tad bit angry, especially when I thought at least two of them stood a decent chance of being canon: KamiJirou and KiriMina. Neither one is canon. When it comes to Izuku, if I had to ship him with a woman, I ship him with Melissa which puts me in the minority, and I am OKAY with that. But again, I multi-ship and I came into the series knowing full well that none of my other ships were going to be canon. As a matter of fact, I was hoping no ships would be canon so I could just carry on with my day and ship whoever the heck I wanted to ship. Like I said previously, I just miss the simpler times where people didn't care who you shipped. Everyone cared more about creating fanworks and making new connections but that's a thing of the past in this fandom. Bring back the fun in fandom. Please, I don't know where it went but it's severely lacking in this fandom.












