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Me collecting screencaps for future drawing reference:

this is true and all. but also never stop talking about your ship because if it’s what makes you happy then you can and should talk about it for yourself and your own enjoyment too.

there’s nothing wrong with the tweet in the screenshot, but I feel like we’ve forgotten that shipping and fandom are first and foremost for ourselves and our own enjoyment, not if the ship is popular or if there’re enough people shipping it.

you are playing with an imaginary toy in an imaginary sandbox. fandom is all about having fun and letting your imagination run wild. canon is only a suggestion, not a rule. how much of canon you will follow, if any, is entirely up to you.

please stop trying to apply rules on hobbies and something that’s supposed to be your comfort place and a form of self-care.

“is it okay if I think this” “is it okay if I imagine that” it’s YOUR little world that you create for yourself and your own enjoyment. you literally do not need strangers’ opinions or permission when it comes to a hobby that doesn’t harm or affect anybody in real life. again, it’s YOUR imagination, YOUR world, YOUR creation. you have all the power and the freedom to:

headcanon whatever you want, however you want

ship whatever you want, however you want

write whatever you want, however you want

draw whatever you want, however you want

create whatever you want, however you want

reject whatever you want, however you want

as long as you’re not harming anybody in real life, how you have fun with fictional characters and your imagination is no one’s business but your own’s.

I was literally watching porn when I was around 13 lol. I believe minors can read and/or write whatever they want. my only advice is that you try to be careful with who you’re interacting with online. I think “reading smut written by an adult as a minor is fine”, “writing smut as a minor is fine” but “interacting/chatting with a stranger is something you should really be careful with”. like… if it’s just a comment saying something along the lines of “I like this” or “this is great” then I don’t really see any harm done, but if you’re DMing/chatting one on one with them then that’s another story, and I would not recommend it for the sake of your own safety (not saying you should not talk to anybody online—I make so many beautiful friendships online—just that you should always be careful, especially as a minor, especially if you’re chatting with someone about things that are nsfw). also I mean personally, as an adult, I would not feel comfortable chatting with a minor about anything nsfw, but yeah, that doesn’t mean I think “minors should not write or read nsfw contents” either.

another thing I’d like to add is that “no stranger needs to know you’re a minor”. I am NOT saying “lie about your age so you can chat with a stranger”, what I mean is “you don’t know if someone’s a creep, and putting your age on your profile/making your age public can make you a target”.