Hyping Ships Needs to Stop when:
Hyping ships needs to stop when:
- it is between two real life people
- it enforces a sexuality on a character that is not their canonical sexuality, whatever it may be
- it has a toxic tie to it, and any real relationship like it is very abusive *bakudeku, bakuracka and most bully x bullied ships
- it enforces ANY lgbtqa+ stereotype onto a canonically straight character to "prove" they are not straight
- it enforces ANY straight stereotype onto a canonically lgbtqa+ character to "prove" they are not lgbtqa+
*reminder to the non-straights that do the two above: you are not helping to stop the stigma around fetishizing non-straight relationships if you actively participate in this shit. If you complain about sexual or dirty stereotypes between two people of the same gender having affection while being friends, and do this, you are not helping for shit and are a hypocrite.
- it makes western and/or non-western close or distant friendships seem "gay" because showing physical or emotional affection or a tragic backstory to a friend that is the same gender is now gay, apparently
- it is very forced onto the creator and studio of the franchise when shippers start doing these things:
1. Shippers creating petitions to make their ship canon *happening with most anime ships, unfortunately. Happened to the steven universe studio to the point that someone quit because of it*
2. Shippers sending death or rape threats to the creator and/or studio members *steven universe shippers, hi there*
3. Shippers bullying other people for shipping CANONICAL SHIPS
4. Shippers constantly dragging the idea that "the character's sexuality is not mentioned DIRECTLY BY GOD HIMSELF so they must be gay, bi, pan, or ace"
5. Shippers using typical bro and homie moments to say a ship is canon and "hyping it up" on social media, which is basically putting pressure on the creator to not "let the fandom down!"
6. Shippers using well-bonded friendships where both characters have epic respect for each other for being "gay"
7. Shippers using clothing style and aesthetic to "prove" a character is not straight
8. Shippers call anyone who explains this a "homophobe" despite having these same rules against straight people pushing the hetero onto a clearly gay character
9. The ship is basically really bad fanservice for the gays/straights or anyone in between *mostly for iNcLuSiVitY / r e p r e s e n t a t i o n
10. Shippers saying that even though the character is not canonically gay, they still might be a "shy" bi or pan - even though the character's respect for certain characters and style DOES NOT PROVE ANYTHING, and a character's sexuality is clearly shown with BLUSHING or CLEAR FLUSTERING with males/females whenever a canonical crush or attraction is shown and NOT when someone gives them a goddamn compliment or bullies them because people get EMBARRASSED or just feel nice and blush jesus christ
11. SHIPPERS DO ANY OF THESE BUT INSTEAD OF THEM PUSHING NON-HETERO ONTO THE CHARACTERS, SHIPPERS PUSH THE HETERO ONTO A CHARACTERS
- NOTHING ABOUT THE CHARACTERS YOU ARE SHIPPING IS FUCKING CANONICAL OR SLIGHTLY CONFIRMED
Now, reminder that "There is not enough representation for lgbtqa+ couples in the media" is not a fucking excuse to push being lgbtqa+ onto a clearly and/or canonically straight character. Nor on the goddamn creator or studio. Do not create a goddamn "hype" with a large part of the fandom for a ship that is. Not. Canon.
Reminder that healthy friendships are typically based on idolization, empathy and affection and this never means these two people are non-hetero.
And by the way, these "totally gay" or "totally cute" ships actually ruin the way well-bonded friendships are seen between two people of the same gender. And WIDENS THE FUCKING STIGMA for non-hetero and hetero people to be in a friendship, since it assumes dirty things to happen for both straight or non-straight friendships - just stop.
So any haters of this need to shut up and eat the fact that you are not the creator of the franchise, and you will not "convince" or "petition" any ship to be canon onto the creator. Let creators make stories without the pressure of changing anything in it, my broskis.
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