Heterosexual shippers in the jjk fandom is a prime example of the double standards between queer ships and het ships.
I think we all know the amount of flak queers ships receive with comments such as βtheyβre just friendsβ that arenβt used against het ships. All the m/f relationships (besides mechamiwa) are canonically platonic and will stay platonic, as confirmed by the author. Yet people seem to dismiss this in favor of their het ships and claim that theyβre canon.
People are quick to pair Yuuji and Nobara (which we all know is simply because Nobara is a girl and Yuuji is a boy) and no one blinks an eye but If I were to head down to the YouTube comment sections and say I ship Megumi and Yuuji, I would get slammed with responses telling me βtheir just friends, stop making everything gayβ even though yuuji and nobara are just as platonic, probably even more so than Yuuji and Megumi.
You know itβs funny seeing dudebros commonly make jokes on how βYaoi fangirlsβ ship male characters who even hate it each other and then try to tell me Gojohime (Gojo x Utahime) is canon. Utahime, a woman who canonically dislikes Gojo, a man who canonically causes her stress will always be interpreted as a βTsundereβ even though thatβs not what her character represents. Nanago (Gojo x Nanami) which is basically the same ship dynamic as gojohime isnβt treated as fairly. In a jujutsu Stroll episode, Gojo asks Nanami out on a date, but if you ship them, youβre just a crazy fangirl but if we were to replace Nanami with Utahime during that scene, we all know Gojohime would considered βbasically canonβ unlike Nanago
Satosugu (Gojo and Getou), the most heavily romantic coded paring in the entire series yet people still canβt fathom why others ship it.
Yeah just ignore the romantic language, the romantic break up theme songs, literally their entire relationship and I could see where youβre coming from.
And donβt get me started on the Yutamaki and Nobamaki debate. On any Nobamaki post youβll see floods of comments claiming that βMaki has a crush on Yutaβ because she blushed in that one scene, completely ignoring the fact that in Gegeβs old art style, blushing is common and is mostly used to enhance a characterβs emotion. Using the βMaki blushed argumentβ, that must mean Yuta must have a crush on Inumaki because he blushed while looking at him right?
Not only that but Nobara and Maki mutually blush in a scene where Gege uses their new style where blushing is used more sparingly but that doesnβt seem to count. Instead, many straight people will riot against Nobamaki with claims such as βTheyβre a sibling relationship!β or βNobara just compliments Maki a lot because she views her as her role modelβ as if their specific interpretation is the objectively correct one.
I donβt care if you ship an m/f ship, but stop putting down queer ships and giving het ships special treatment.
Sorry for the rant-y post, the terrible comments under a Nobamaki tiktok post just tipped me over the edge.
Edit: I already know m/f experience hate or whatever but personally I just really donβt care. Why? Because the reasonings are different. Shipping discourse will always occur but the discourse surrounding queer ships are ALWAYS a result of homophobia, actual real world consequences. This was a post about the double standards between queer ships and het ships being valid, these standards stemming from homophobia.