Hey, Hi, Hello, @sleepywispp ‘s brother here! I felt like this was a topic to post on main, and I may get hate for this but idrc, its a problem.
I met Wispy back in 2018-2019, fresh to the UnderTale MV fandom and the game itself. This is something ive seen countless times. Obviously, theres a comedic side to this, some of the joke fangirl videos people have made (been there done that xD), but in general this is a problem. Little 12-13 year old Yuri didnt fully understand any of this bullshit at the time, and I thought it was all just a joke to be funny. Until I grew up and found out the world isnt all rainbows and sunshine.
Sans fangirls have always existed and thus, always will. Its unfortunately a natural part of this fandom. But the hate on oc x cannon is also part of that problem. Technically, yes it all boils back to fangirls in a way, but as a story writer who *just* got back into the UnderTale MV, as someone whose making one of these universes, I hate to see this. The damage this fandom has done has truly been irreversible. Even as a creator, I still struggle with allowing myself to make silly ship arts unless its oc x oc BECAUSE of the damage this fandom has done.
At the end of the day, oc x cannon isnt bad imo. Unless the creator says otherwise. Thats what it really comes down to. Its like with one of my characters. If I told people not to make ship art of a character because theyre married to another character already, and said character was gonna be shipped NOT with the spouse, id likely be very upset. I know that varies by character, fandom, creator, ect ect. But its something that has seriously impacted a lot of creators in this space and is complete and utter bullshit.
Ship who you want with whoever the fuck you want as long as the creator SAYS IT IS OK TO DO SO. Thats the way I see it. And if youre scared to post it, then you shouldn’t have to feel obligated to do that.
Anyways, holy yap fest, I gotta go eat dinner.
I only heard about this because my brother came online (we have a huge time zone diff so like ik sums wrong when they online ts late) and they mentioned having an anxiety attack seeing their old, archived, art in a post. Literally had me go read it to make sure it wasnt dogging on them. And im very happy with the creator above ( @unnamedgenerator ) handled this topic. Both maturely and respectfully.
In any case, dinner time and drawing for me.
Good bye my lovely little jesters and I apologize for the long ass rant. <3
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