@taintedsapphic@s_tanyaaz@bylersstarlight People do use fiction as a coping mechanism due to their own trauma and it’s supported in therapy. Correction, though. Proship means anti harassment and anti censorship at its core. A lot of proshippers don’t like darkshipping but they’re not going to harass others over it.
@Wisteriajumper @Dreadfal2death @bylersstarlight I love Ghostface Mike but it absolutely falls under both pro + dark ship depending on how it’s written.
@Dreadfal2death @Wisteriajumper@bylersstarlight Darkshipping is actually what people assume proshipping is. Darkship = noncon, murder, incest, minor/adult, etc. Proship = anti harassment, anti censorship, and of the mind fiction can be separated from reality. ❤️
@bsboga9 @cocoalola05 @bylersbeloved I’m not going to try to convince you how the ending as it stands left room for ambiguity for either pairing. I could share parallels & the like with you all day long but I don’t want to waste anyone’s time. Just remember, a sign of good storytelling is showing, not telling.
@cocoalola05 @bsboga9@bylersbeloved Most people who are not blinded by their own ship bias, homophobia, or lack of media literacy can see it. Anyone who cares anything about storytelling in depth can see the parallels and tropes quite clearly.
@bsboga9 @cocoalola05 @bylersbeloved Which is a lot more than most queer relationships in media get. Of course people would ship them. Of course it would be popular. And many people saw themselves in Mike, too. The subtext is there. If you can’t see it, okay. I hope you have a good day.
@cocoalola05 @bsboga9@bylersbeloved —but the hatefulness is disheartening. Fandom spaces are not meant for them, never-mind how unproductive it is to be so cruel to those who truly wished for a once-in-a-lifetime slowburn queer main couple to happen. Nothing would have been wrong with that.
@cocoalola05 @bsboga9@bylersbeloved They can’t see it because they don’t want to and they have the privilege of not needing to. For queer people, we can see it because so many of our stories are told through subtext like this. What is obvious to us is pure delusion to others. I cannot convince them—
it’s not “just the hair”… I double down when I say it’s. the. damn. confidence.
(yall really got me out here making Finn edits not even as a Finn stan 😭)
@th3waterfalls @maddyx987 @StrangerNews11 Yes they do, you just don’t know how to pay attention to things unless they’re spelled out for you. Quit trying to police what other people think. Why do you care so much if you’re so secure in your ship?
@maddyx987 @th3waterfalls@StrangerNews11 Please take a step back. You were the one who commented first, attacking Byler shippers for something a meme page that baits for engagement posted.