Hi, hey, sorry, lemme just...
*gently removes the glasses called "Logicality is established/boring/Just Wholesome And Pure/only good as a background ship *
Sorry, sorry, I don't mind all of those things, I just need you to not wear the glasses for a second.
Let's just... maybe take a moment to look at the dynamic from a different point of view? Alright? If you don't like Logicality, that's cool, but these ideas aren't generally that accurate to the actual ship
Okay, so... Logicality is a ship between two individuals who have very different points of view, and whilst they work well together on occasion, they're often at odds.
Logan isn't someone who would accept that he'd have romantic feelings for someone quickly. He struggles with feelings in general and has the belief that he doesn't need them and doesn't feel them. He's really not someone who'd go "Yeah, I like that guy, lemme date him". He's more likely to repress those feelings as much as he can, as romantic feelings would definitely be more of an obstacle in his world than other feelings.
Patton would accept the feelings fairly quickly, but when it comes to him as a side, there's a chance that he'd struggle with the idea of how moral the feelings would be, can he, as the moral side, really place someone "above" in that manner? Is that good? (Blah blah I don't like the idea of/see romantic feelings as More or Better than platonic feelings, but I can see Patton struggling with it)
(^ these takes aren't specifically just about Logicality, it's just me giving yall an idea of why the relationship might not Start Immediately)
They're also in a state of: fact vs feelings, calculations vs impulsiveness, heart vs mind, silliness vs seriousness, and so on. There's so many things where they view everything differently
Also, Logicality are two people who often struggle to listen to each other, often overstep each other's boundaries, and there's so many issues within the dynamic itself, that needs to be worked out
Furthermore, Patton is everything Logan doesn't want to be, and is everything he's afraid to be
At the same time, they're two sides that are so linked to each other that they were even seen as the left brain and the right brain in the past, meaning that they can't properly function without each other
This means that the dynamic isn't purely good, wholesome, happy, and fluffy, and it does deserve to be looked at properly and not just be shoved into the back.
There's a lot more I can say on the topic, but really, take a moment to just... look at the two. Look at them from another perspective.
Put your biases aside, and rethink their dynamic. They've suffered enough from being the established background ship, and that has made their dynamic come across as boring in the minds of a lot of fanders.
Again, there's nothing wrong with not shipping it, there's nothing wrong with not liking the ship, and there's nothing wrong if it doesn't interest you in the slightest
But I fear that I'm incredibly tired of people telling me that the ship is boring, okay? If someone is talking about the ship, stop dismissing them by telling them directly how much you dislike it, how much better another ship is, and how incredibly boring you find it.
There's many reasons to enjoy the ship.
Personally, I do very, very, very much love the wholesomeness and the sweetness, the idea of them being able to support each other. I also love when the relationship is complicated, struggling, and have issues that are years old that they haven't addressed.
The dynamic can be so many things. Don't shoehorn them into the box of Established Background ship.
You can have these back now *slides the glasses back onto your face* but do try to be a bit nicer, won't ya?
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