BIG TALK!
Okay. It's pretty easy to assume I'm a "Tigger x Rabbit" shipper, which I don't deny. BUT. There's a weird topic of conversation that's been hitting the back of my mind, and I want to get rid of it.
I think the best part of shipping characters is the "dreaming" aspect. You know, dreaming doesn't cost anything. And that's where the fun lies. The problem arises when people actively reject it as if it were a "latent threat" to their lives (unless it's a questionable ship, like one with pedophilic undertones).
Why try to argue against something that makes others HAPPY?
I truly don't understand it. I'm surprised to discover new people every day who don't grasp the basic concept of respect.
This has happened to me over time, where I clearly need to open up honestly to the world to tell you about my "romantic fantasies about fictional characters" tendencies, and you can expect that they haven't always been positive... otherwise I wouldn't be writing this.
So, I'm going to jump straight into my recurring obsession: Winnie the Pooh, or more specifically, his character "Rabbit."
YES. I like the "RabGer" ship, but that doesn't mean I'm going to demand that it... become a reality. At least, that's not my case.
And it seems that the criticism I receive on other social media platforms tends to discourage me, as if the underlying issue were, as I mentioned, the need to make it happen.
Is it so difficult to separate "dreaming" from "demanding"? In these times, where anonymous opinions are powerful on the internet, it seems so to me.
Therefore, I'm going to state my position on the matter.
I RECOGNIZE the impossibility of a ship.
Specifically speaking of "RagBer." If we're talking about Disney, I assume it's unlikely to achieve a romantic interaction between them, because it's highly censored between men (with the goal of being suitable worldwide), and now I see it as even more impossible, seeing that in the latest Winnie the Pooh children's series ("Playdate with Winnie the Pooh"), Rabbit's gender has been changed to female.
If we're talking about the book, or well, some FUTURE adaptation of the book, I dare say that... it's not so impossible... but if someone dares; I'm going to assume it will be very rejected.
Most fans of the original Winnie the Pooh are elderly; nowadays, most are over 60, and considering the conservative thinking of most older North Americans...
Well... You're lucky if they just throw tomatoes at you.
Perhaps it's a very pessimistic view, but I can't help it;
In a world (ours, lol) where "the inclusion of different sexual orientations" is only recently being implemented in works aimed at children, well, there's a long, LONG, LOOOONG way to go to achieve an adaptation of a book that old (I'm talking about Winnie the Pooh) that includes a change in the sexual orientation of one of its characters.
Adding to that... they're stuffed animals, it would be strange... maybe... sorry.