proshipping is bad, actually.

this is biased, obviously. its an opinion im basing off of facts, personal experiences, and most importantly common fucking sense.

tw; there will be talk of pedophilia, incest, abuse, etc

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important vocab: (definitions sourced from urban dictionary)

ship : "(v.) to support or endorse a romantic paring that is not canon in the work(s) in which they appear. The shipping of couples is often the purpose of many fanfiction stories. Used for characters in anime, manga, video games, tv shows, etc."

proship : "Proshipping, A.K.A comshipping, is when someone supports/ships "problematic" relationship tropes. This can be anything, between a ship that's deemed toxic by the community or shipping siblings, age-gaps, or anything else that isn't socially acceptable. A lot of proships/comships like to use the 🌈🍖(A.K.A "rainbow meaties".),🍋🌈,🐜🚫("antis dni")"

Many people use this as a coping mechanism, for trauma they had relating to the relationship they're shipping. Most people that use this term ship problematic stuff."

tl;dr -
shipping = pairing 2 fictional characters together in a relationship (ship being short for relationship)
proshipping = not caring about certain nuances of a ship, including but not limited to the support of shipping incest, pedophilia, etc

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"anyway, why is proshipping bad?"

proshipping is bad because fucking obviously. its just generally morally wrong to support things like incest, pedophilia, abuse, etc.

"oh, but its a coping mechanism. i suffered from trauma that can be related to proship"

sounds like a you problem because proshipping is not the way to cope. exposing yourself to those unhealthy topics is inherently anti-recovery.

"but its just fiction!"

fiction affects reality, dumbass. yk that infamous slenderman incident where some girls tried to murder another girl to "appease slenderman"? thats an example of fiction affecting reality.
many proshippers are minors (which is a whole different issue i'll get to in a second), and minors' brains are extremely easy to manipulate. proof, proof, if you want more proof just use google or your brain.

"im a minor and i proship!"

yeah, dont.
like i mentioned earlier, kids are very easily manipulated by online communities, especially ones that often center around trauma, like most proshipping spaces. children can be exposed to sexual content, abusive content, pedophilic content, etc., and have it be normalized around them.

honestly, what the hell are we doing? manipulating children so theyre more easily groomed? normalizing unhealthy relationships? yeah, thats not fucking good.

anyway, proshipping is bad.

if you have issues, bring it up on my tetratto. inbox is always open and so is anon (if you're a coward). tetratto