#wylinh

[permanently-stressed]

wylinh discourse will never not be hilarious to me

[the-unkissed-thrown-brick]

Was bored so here's a mashup of most of my OTPS :

From PJO : Percabeth, Solangelo, Caleo, Frazel, Fierrochase and SadiexAnubis

From KOTLC : Sokeefe, Wylinh, and Tamiana/Tiana

From Harry Potter : Romione, and Harry/Jily

The others are Fourtris (divergente), Jude x Cardan (The Folk of the Air), Everlark (Hunger Games), and Eliza x Alex (Hamilton).

I can't find a daughter of the deep fanart to save my life tho so bye bye ana and Gemini 😭 This book is so underrated

[moonlarkandpinetree]

oh wait you ship wylinh?? 😭😭😭

Not exactly. I think they should be older when Shannon decides to make the ship canon so the age gap matters less. I mean, I know they're elves, but no matter what species you art shipping a sixteen yro girl with a twenty-something yro dude is weird. I think they're cute but the age gap makes it weird. Sorry if this doesn't make any sense I'm not the greatest at explaining things

Basically, I only ship them a bit. I think most keeper fans agree, but Idk

[the-vacker-roseheart-queen]

tbh i would ship wylinh if it wasn't for 3 things:

1- Age difference

2- The fact that they're kind of family?? Idk it just feels like Tiergan's basically adopted Linh + Tam

3- Page interaction (they might interact more away from sophie tbf idk)

[sokeefe4evalove]

Prom

I want Amy invites Sophie to her High School prom and then the whole gang shows up with dates (Sokeefe, Tiana, Wylinh or whatever ship you like). It would be great, Biana could give everyone a fabulous makeover with sparkly dresses and high heels.

[bookwyrminspiration]

Decided to send in an ask with my main account today

What do you think of the Linh x Wylie ship? I don’t ship it because it’s 😐 but I still have some friends who ship them. What are your opinions? Good or bad? Is it okay or is it creepy because of the age difference?

Anyways, I hope your doing good and that school isn’t too hard.

—Mossy

Oo fun main account things! Also I know you've sent other asks with this account that I haven't gotten to yet, I'm just trying to go through everything chronologically with a few exceptions. so I will get to them!

Edit: there’s some confusion and debate over Wylie’s age. He is definitely an adult, and my personal calculations put him at about 20 years old, so that’s what I use

(tw: discussion of adult x minor ships ahead)

that being said, I do not like Wylinh (Linh x Wylie) and actively encourage against shipping it. Linh is 16 and Wylie is around 20, and that age gap is inappropriate and uncomfortable at that age. A four year age gap is acceptable when they're older, but not when Linh is a minor and Wylie is an adult. The argument that "age doesn't matter for elves" holds no water because it does not change the maturity of either of them nor does it account for these books being marketed to children and existing in the real world.

Regardless of whether or not age matters for elves, Linh is four years younger than Wylie and that is a significant difference at that age. She is only halfway through school and Wylie is done. Wylie can get a job, can earn an income. As far as contributing to society, he is a fully functioning adult. He could buy a house and live on his own, start a family, etc. He is an adult.

Linh is not. She is young and enjoys being a teenager with teenage interests. She's still in school and while she is rather self-reliant, she stays with adults. She hangs out with her friends after school and teases her brother. Yes, those aren't inherently young things to do but the way she does them is like a teenager. She is a kid. She is 16. Any argument that she's mature for her age should be shut down immediately. Being more mature doesn't make her older and doesn't make it any more appropriate for her to be dating an adult. If we used that argument in real life, there'd be an immediate problem.

Hearing that a real life 16 year old is dating a 20 year old because "she's mature" is an immediate signal to everyone else that she is being taken advantage of and that that situation is unhealthy and unsafe. They are not equal in terms of maturity or experiences, they just aren't! It cannot be justified.

And it does matter even though it's fictional. Because it blurs the lines of what is and isn't okay. We should not promote a ship between a 16 year old and a 20 year old to anyone, but especially not children and young teenagers who are more impressionable. This isn't like stories having murder and violence and fighting, because those are so much clearer. We know not to murder people!

But relationships and maturity are so much more fickle and unreliable, and making a 16x20 year old ship seem sweet and caring and cute is misleading and dangerous. Because it might be fiction now, but making it normal in a series people admire and enjoy makes it easier to miss the signs in real life, and makes it harder to understand the clear lines. I do not mean to say that young people are dumb, but we are learning! and we are impressionable! and it is so important to protect people from harmful power dynamics and harmful relationships

because a 16x20 year old relationship in real life is not going to be like Wylinh. And if there is one somewhere like that in the world, it is grossly overshadowed by how dangerous and predatory other adult x minor relationships are, and those should not be encouraged or promoted in a positive light.

So to summarize, no I do not like Wylinh and there is no argument that will make it acceptable. It is, no matter how sweet or cute to the younger fans, not something that should be normalized.

If they are both adults, they've waited a handful of years, then I have no problem with the ship. But they aren't adults, and that is the problem. Adults should not be dating minors

[intercalary-meristems]

If you don't have any strong opinions (love or hate) on any keeper of the lost cities ships then you're probably lying.

Seriously, the later books are mostly ship things.

[mallowmeltz]

w*linh is a weird ship. Linh is a MINOR, and Wylie is a whole ass adult. It's not cute. They have a whole 4 year age gap.