the amount of examples that are in the replies and quotes of this tweet is crazy. richonne, westallen, shawngela, Zach and Lisa (saved by the bell), Nate and Raina (gossip girl), bamon, samcedes, ichabbie, sydcarmy, dickkory, etc. the list is both extensive and expansive. even in animation! people hate Amber in Invincible for no reason at all. I haven’t gotten into Arcane but i know people would rather ship Jayce with Viktor than see him with Mel
like why can’t Black women be loved beautifully and aloud?? the way snowbarry’s somehow stayed alive until the end of the flash was insane. and when it comes to TVD, Kat Graham had chemistry with literally everyone, AND everyone wanted to be Bonnie’s love interest. if it weren’t for fucking Julie Plec we could’ve seen such compelling love stories.
and another thing that gets me aside from the white ship not having chemistry, there will sometimes be one actor in the ship who’s not the most convincing. plainly stated they’re bad at their job, like Danielle Panabaker, for example. Candice Patton was dropping single tears, episode after episode, left and right, had me wanting to cry with her. Danielle, on the other hand, was trying to blink tears into her eyes LIKE COME ON! be so fucking for real
