AN AREACODEFAN VM MANIFESTO
The first time I saw VM skate Moulin Rouge to win the 2018 Olys, I said to myself: Wow. What an amazing couple.
I loved everything about their love and their skating. Two delightful people giving the world their excellence and joy.
I NEVER believed they were anything but a couple. I knew my belief was only that: as in not a FACT. I do not know them. I have no inside information or concrete evidence about their relationship. I’m just a fan. But it was an opinion based on what I could see and hear in their actions and words.
Since I value and trust my own perception more than that of crazy, chaos junkies, I never ever ever ever once believed the atrocious fucking rumors generated from the neurotic and/or hate mongering factions of the fandom.
And then one day... one awful day... it happened. Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue said the words. Scott was engaged to someone other than Tessa. I didn’t hear about it right away because I wasn’t on social media. So when I found out I spent about 2 hours feeling confused and sad. But I have always said if he or Tessa were actually happy with someone ELSE, then I would be happy FOR them. And I mean that.
I went to find the various interviews etc. for news about the engagement. And I saw something that realllllllllllly didn’t add up. Scott looking miserable. Tessa saying things that sounded strange. The so-called fiancé looking more like a wallflower at a high school dance than a woman in love. It wasn’t right and I didn’t buy it. As the hours and days rolled on, I became more confident that this engagement was a fake. Why do such a thing? I have my theories, none of which I care to share here (but one thing I do NOT believe is that anything is being done to shipbait or from any shipbait-adjacent motive).
As far as I’m concerned, nothing significant has changed. Nothing. They are in love and happy together.
So. I declare myself completely and unapologetically a VM Shipper of the Highest Order. This means I:
Have not, do not, and will not doubt their love and devotion to one another.
Take full responsibility for my investment in my opinion of their relationship, knowing they do not owe it to me to prove me “right.”
Enjoy the hell out of their continued on-ice antics and feel completely comfortable and happy watching them move into the next phase of their lives.
In conclusion: I SHIP THEM.
PS for anyone reading this who is my friend on here: I got really sick and had no time for any fandom BS so I left tumblr for a long time. I’m not really back now. But I’m getting well and I felt like making it clear that I never stopped shipping just because I wasn’t posting on tumblr. 💜