SAMURAI JACK SPOIELRS AHEAD

hrggg they made the very, very, very bad het ship canon

lik i dont jsut hate it becuase its  ahet ship. its also VERY badFor context: Ashi, the love intrest, is believed to be between 17-23 or soJack cannot age and is in the body of a 25-30 year old, but 50 years have passed since we saw him in the earlier season- meaning that meotionally and mentally, he is betwen 70 and 80.

(DISCLAIMER):

Now, I know everyone who’s pretty much of the “special snowflake variety’s” gonna hate my guts for sayin’ what I’m about to say,  but frankly, I don’t give a damn what that group of people call me (e.g., "cis male”, “homophobe”, etc.) or what they think since it’s pretty much baseless slander to shut someone up if they don’t like a person’s opinion.

I also would like to stress that I am just a guy throwing his thoughts out there, and frankly, I don’t care if Jack and Ashi ever got together or not; I’m NOT trying to personally attack anyone for their opinions, what I AM attacking is how utterly childish these people are in expressing their opinions. If you disagree with me at any time during this rant, that’s fine.

First Question (To the salty people who wrote things like this just because Jack and Ashi kissed at the end of Episode XCIX):

Why in the BLUE FUCK does Ashi and Jack being lovers bother you so goddamn much?

I honestly fail to see a point in all this rage over the pairing in a cartoon. Let me emphasize it again so you can see the problem here:

THESE GUYS ARE RAGING OVER A CANON PAIRING IN A CARTOON.

In case you don’t understand why I emphasize that, it’s because I honestly think it’s pathetic to whine, piss, and moan over a non-gay pairing, and on the other side of the playing field, I also think it’s utterly bullshit to whine and cry over a homosexual pairing. You guys are also aware that the situation might change in future episodes, right? I have no concrete proof of that, yes, but keep in mind anything could go. For instance, Jack and Ashi could break up in a future episode, Jack could lose Ashi in a fight, or vice-versa. The future isn’t always set in stone, y’know.

Second Question (To those who wanted Ashi to be in a lesbian relations with Flora, one of the Scotsman’s daughters and believe that Jack and Ashi’s relationship is equivalent to pedophilia because Jack’s older than her):

What I’d like to know, for those who wanted “Flora x Ashi” to be canon, my question is actually three parts:

Part 1: “Why exactly should they be together as opposed to Jack and Ashi being together? Just because you didn’t get your way doesn’t mean you have to go harass and threaten the writers of the show about Jack and Ashi being together or act so incredibly childish; that is not fair to put anyone through such harassment just because you hated something about the show.”

Part 2: “I’ve seen the Season 5 episodes, and I honestly don’t remember seeing Ashi interacting with Flora (correct me if I’m wrong on that), so what kind of chemistry do they have, exactly, that Jack and Ashi don’t? What exactly should make that canon as opposed to Jack and Ashi? In my honest opinion, Ruby and Sapphire from Steven Universe have far more chemistry together, and I don’t even watch much of the show, but I do read about it.”

Part 3: “Pedophilia? ...FUCKING REALLY? Those people hate the shipping so damn much that they try to say it’s pedophilia? That is a really, really weak argument.”

Now, about the pedophilia argument... Oh, my God... where do I even begin to tell you what’s wrong with that...?

First of all, Ashi is depicted to be a young woman, like late teens to early adulthood. Now, go back and take a look at Ashi... does Ashi look like a little girl who cannot consent to you? Ergo, she can choose to be or not to be in a relationship with Jack if she so desired; same point can be made for Flora and Ashi. I’d also like to point out that, yes, relationships between younger adults and elders can indeed happen in real life... so, from what I surmise, it sounds like you’re trying to say that all seniors who date younger men or women or what-have-you are all pedos. I guess they should all be outcasts of society, right?

Second of all, may I suggest you crack open a dictionary or go on websites that can define a word and look up the word pedophilia? If you do not feel like doing that, I’ll gladly do it for you and as an added bonus, I’ll spell out the meaning of every word in said definition... but then again, there are some people who like to twist words to suit their argument.

This was taken directly from the Merriam-Webster site using a Snipping Tool, no photoshop and no gimmicks. Now, then... let me ask you guys this in the context of the definition above...

Question 1: Has the show ever depicted Jack to be a sexual pervert who thinks about only children at any point in time of the five seasons?

Question 2: Have we seen, at any point in time during the show’s run, Jack ever falling in love with a child or sexually fantasizing about a child or engaging in a sex act with a child?

Now, do you understand why the pedophilia argument holds absolutely zero water? Let me emphasize one more time that, “Yes. Romantic and sexual relationships can and do exist between an older and younger person.” Pedophilia, however, I do not condone.

It’s moments like this that make me ashamed to be a fan of anything in general... it... it’s just downright pathetic, it really is... and frankly, I think they need to grow up, i.e. those who are teens/adults. To those people who didn’t get what they want, allow me to tell you this: