Re: r/HobbyDrama Hobby Scuffles - What's your example, if you have one? When you form an impression of a fandom that you know is either unfair, incomplete or incorrect but it seems to keep getting reinforced? Read more
> One last thought is generally Shippers. I love shipping, I ship characters. I'm even participating in a ship Zine.
> But I completely understand why shippers are often disparaged because well... shippers often become incredible obsessive with the characters to the point they have no interest in the original story they are from and often place headcanons above whats actually happening in the stories and routinely get upset when they step into communities that don't support their view (Thats no longer based on the original story) and cause disruptions.
> Along with the obsession they tend to want to dominate fan spaces and that's why many subs just straight up ban ship posts because if you don't a couple of people will just spam posts about their ships.
> Countless times I've encountered "Fans" of a series but they really just like the character in abstract sort of way because the character they go on to talk about rarely have any characteristics of the character actually is portrayed so it ends up just being a walking talking example of the thomas jefferson meme.
I'm a shipper too, I even write and draw sometimes, most my fannish activity is in shipping, and I agree.
Another annoying thing is when a ship is so popular/shippers are so obsessed in their ships that a lot of people don't seem to see them as 2 separate, individual characters. For example, when there's only one character in a post/artwork, someone may mention the other character in the ship, even though the post/artwork isn't shippy at all. One fan artist I knew complained about it sometimes, and I saw various instances of it happening across different fandoms and ships.
Like, can't people just appreciate a character without involving another character in a ship sometimes? It's especially kinda depressing when your own blorbo seems to be viewed mostly as an accessory in a ship/a part of a ship rather than their own character by a lot of people. Like, god forbid they're their own character separate from another character. (Yes, I'm kinda venting here, excuse me.)
> One last thought is generally Shippers. I love shipping, I ship characters. I'm even participating in a ship Zine.
> But I completely understand why shippers are often disparaged because well... shippers often become incredible obsessive with the characters to the point they have no interest in the original story they are from and often place headcanons above whats actually happening in the stories and routinely get upset when they step into communities that don't support their view (Thats no longer based on the original story) and cause disruptions.
> Along with the obsession they tend to want to dominate fan spaces and that's why many subs just straight up ban ship posts because if you don't a couple of people will just spam posts about their ships.
> Countless times I've encountered "Fans" of a series but they really just like the character in abstract sort of way because the character they go on to talk about rarely have any characteristics of the character actually is portrayed so it ends up just being a walking talking example of the thomas jefferson meme.
I'm a shipper too, I even write and draw sometimes, most my fannish activity is in shipping, and I agree.
Another annoying thing is when a ship is so popular/shippers are so obsessed in their ships that a lot of people don't seem to see them as 2 separate, individual characters. For example, when there's only one character in a post/artwork, someone may mention the other character in the ship, even though the post/artwork isn't shippy at all. One fan artist I knew complained about it sometimes, and I saw various instances of it happening across different fandoms and ships.
Like, can't people just appreciate a character without involving another character in a ship sometimes? It's especially kinda depressing when your own blorbo seems to be viewed mostly as an accessory in a ship/a part of a ship rather than their own character by a lot of people. Like, god forbid they're their own character separate from another character. (Yes, I'm kinda venting here, excuse me.)
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