"there will be killing 'till the score is paid."

Technobunny! 🐇

first of all, i’m making an entire post about this because i’ve been thinking about this a lot and it’s made me really reflect on myself and my experiences.

second, i mean absolutely no disrespect to anyone mentioned in this post. everyone has their own opinions, that’s just part of being human!

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at the time that i made the original post i was a lot more invested in the SAF fandom than i am now, so i can’t say that my feelings on this topic are the same. after i make this post i’ll re-watch the show and see what i think! but i absolutely agree with @duckinahurry. my stance in the original post completely ignored the existence of any sexual orientation, bi or otherwise, that wasn’t gay or straight. i think at the time most of my dislike for the ship came from the fact that i had experienced so many poor interactions with tatibarb shippers specifically. it’s like how everybody in houston hates the dallas cowboys and dallas in general; we don’t hate the team so much as we hate the fans, because cowboys fans tend to be assholes. does that make sense at all?

i was also (and still am) very influenced by what i had seen and read on the internet and in my time in past fandoms, many of which proved to be very toxic (*cough*voltron*cough*) and i always assumed the worst, assumed that if there was a popular queer ship that i didn’t ship that immediately meant it was a product of fetishisation of queer people. i learned pretty quickly how self-centred and honestly just kind of icky that was of me.