Fuck MakoAmi.
Fuck this glazed, glittered up, and glorified power imbalance kink passing itself as a wholesome âWLWâ ship, it has coasted on undeserved and unexamined goodwill for far too long.
I canât believe it took so long to really wrap my autistic brain around why this ship boils my piss in ways others donât, I donât even consider myself that invested in shipping in general, I vibe with some, not so much with others. But this one? THIS one? It absolutely makes me want to do regretful and sinful things even God will not forget. But why? I love both characters, but I cannot stand this ship with one single iota.
At first I thought it was just another surface level contrast, the âtall strong gurlâ and âshy brainy gurlâ, the lowest of low hanging fruit for ship fuel, and sure, thatâs grating, but it canât be the only thing that bothers me about this ship. And itâs only when I began to look at all the art, fics, moodboards, and opinion pieces does the entire fore come into play. Consistently, Makoto is portrayed as the âdominant giverâ, and Ami as the âpassive receiverâ, Mako looming over over like a dominatrix and Ami blushing like a fragile little girl toy. EVERY. DAMN. TIME. Is every piece overly sexual? Not really, but there is an evident pattern going on, and I will not be gaslit into believing otherwise by the fandom at large. This ship proves that itâs running on little else than pure unadulterated monkey brained fetish fuel. I donât care how you want to justify it, my common sense will filter any pseudo intellectual noise and hear the primate screeches and howls buried beneath the flowery rhetoric. Iâm not mad that a ship runs on kink, Iâm mad that it LIES about it, all while cheapening and flatten two great characters into tired tropes and thirst traps. Makoto, who is the arguably most kind, nurturing, and romantic of the Senshi, turned into some masculinized dommy mommy, Ami, who might actually be the most mentally tough and resilient of the Senshi, reduced into the âsmol little good girlâ who needs strong gf to protect and guide her. It completely rewrites Makotoâs already existing softness and Amiâs existing toughness while trying to pass itself as âbalancedâ.
People clutched pearls over the age gap between Usagi and Mamoru in the 90s anime, they moaned over the problematic nature of SeiUsa, and yet, remain completely SILENT over the blatant power play of MakoAmi. If Makoto was a dude, NOBODY would be gushing over this ship, it would be condemned as âtoxic masculinityâ, âcontrollingâ, âpower imbalancedâ, âheteronormativeâ, and every other problematic label in the book, but of course, itâs two girls, itâs âqueerâ, itâs âWLWâ, so itâs shielded and absolved in ways a straight pairing would never be in a million years.
The ship was barely even a thing in the manga, itâs only the 90s anime, where itâs so apparent at least horny staffer saw these two and thought âOoooâŚ.that girl is tall and strongâŚ.other one is shy and nerdyâŚ.howâŚ.intriguing đâ, and just COULDNâT help themselves. Couldnât resist that primate brained driven urge to twist that contest into indulgence and foreplay, so we got that utterly contrived and forced tease in the 147th episode ââDestined Partners? Makoto's Innocenceâ, a set up that practically punished Makoto for being insufficiently feminine (âtoo scaryâ my ass, no man who isnât insecure or weak willed could resist an Amazonian power house with the demeanor of a sweet housewife), made Usagi, Rei, and Minako look like unattentive and shitty friends for not noticing one of their own is in a predicament, all so the writers and artists could play with their dolls, indulge in their fetish, and have Ami be the âsweet girl who saves the dayâ to push the fantasy of ânerdy girl tames the Amazonianâ fantasy. The fans went feral, of course, far too distracted with the fetishyâŚ.I MEANâŚ.âcuteâ vibes to see the shameless character assassination that took place.
And Naoko caved, of course she did, so she gave the howling monkey brained fans foaming and drooling what they wanted, and teased MakoAmi in the last panel. This entire cumshow started with an anime stafferâs boner for height contrast and power imbalance foreplay, and the fandom has unquestionably swallowed the semen like night whores, FOR. THREE. ENTIRE. DECADES. The dogma and delusion is so strong, other Moonies act a gasp that I donât like this ship, in fact, I DESPISE IT, and itâs absolutely baffling how fragile this fan base is when it comes to sacred cow ships, considering how many times Iâve been blocked and banned for criticizing it. This fanbase is so insecure in its own gospel it will nail down any person with the gaul to point out the Emperorâs lack of clothes, point out the elephant in the room that has been shitting all over the carpet for DECADES.
Fuck MakoAmi.
