“Omg chill i was just joking” dude i dont know you enough to know whats considered a joke and what isnt esp when it’s not very obvious use tone tags oml
i think ppl forget people love duos outside shipping, so sometimes i see takes like "why a non-canon ship gets more merch than canon one" and reason is maybe the duo still is central to the story and has an audience, or u think everyone buying tom n jerry shirts knows about ao3?