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[muteki]

that's not just a ship

that's a

god

damn

battleship

 

[lvl99 Pixel]

I ship the fat alien mouse with the pink one

 

[Replicant]

I ship McHanzo now thanks to tumblr. /sorrynotsorry

I fear for Misha, honestly. They've already vandalized his house.

Ha ha, wat? I know Wincest fans are batshit insane but I didn't know they are *thismuch* batshit insane.

 

[meltingparappa]

So are shipping zealots more of a western thing than a eastern/Manga/Anime thing?

OH YOU BETTER BELIEVE the death threats are alive and well in otaku fandom.

The worst though is when western fans get upset at a japanese artist's shipping choices, and flood their twitter with toxic messages they can't even read.

I ship McHanzo now thanks to tumblr. /sorrynotsorry

"This is a problematic ship and you deserve to die bc (tweet 1/130)"

 

[Scrooge McDuck]

So are shipping zealots more of a western thing than a eastern/Manga/Anime thing?

I don't rightly know where is it more prevalent, but apparently the "zealotry" began with Star Trek's Kirk/Spock and the term itself originated from X-Files fandom.

 

[Media]

I don't rightly know where is it more prevalent, but apparently the "zealotry" began with Star Trek's Kirk/Spock and the term itself originated from X-Files fandom.

It's fairly new for shippers to actually try and force a ship to be canon.

Hell, only ten years ago it was damn near forbidden for fandom to be even brought to the attention of creators. Now it's all demands and death threats.

How is that fun?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

 

[Pizoxuat]

IIRC that account was fake/a troll and was created only hours before that tweet was made just to cause a stir.

Evidently, it worked.

Quoting this for the second page, and because it is true.

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

IIRC that account was fake/a troll and was created only hours before that tweet was made just to cause a stir.

Evidently, it worked.

Studio Mir, obsessed fan, or both?

 

[Boss Doggie]

IIRC that account was fake/a troll and was created only hours before that tweet was made just to cause a stir.

Evidently, it worked.

Quoting this for the second page, and because it is true.

from what I could find the account was deleted.

 

[the chris]

I don't want to live on this planet anymore: