#klance hate

quiero decir… no viste el show? son rivales. se odian el uno al otro

despiertanse, fans de klance. lo que ves entre ellos es tension y ira pero NO ES ROMANTICA, ESTA BIEN???

shit discourse: klance is bad because Lance is abusive

okay discourse: klance is bad because many of Lance's insecurities revolve around Keith, and while that isn't Keith's fault it would still result in competition and infighting that would be unhealthy for the two of them

good discourse: klance is bad because it's an overdone, boring dynamic that is seen over and over again

advanced discourse: klance is bad because Lance is a wholly antagonistic and disrespectful character who has fostered an air of needless competition and excessive mutual dislike between the two of them. He is so obsessed with his own image that he repeatedly and intentionally disrespects Allura with continued empty flirtations, gives every other female-coded alien similar treatment, and has selected Keith as his "rival" purely because Keith was a good pilot and Lance feels that he has to have a male counterpart to fight with and show off to "the ladies" by defeating. The number of positive interactions between the two in canon are minimal at best, and klance shippers overlook the very real enmity between the two in favor of shipping the two lithe, conventionally attractive teenage boys together in an entirely out of character manner that makes the two of them sweet and sappy with each other with overwhelming frequency. Also, this "twinkshipping" that happens is a product of yaoi subculture, fetishizing mlm relations between two characters that girls and women in fandom themselves find sexually appealing. It is an unrealistic relationship dynamic based in the arousal of the viewer and nothing grounded in canon.

expert tier: klance is bad because Lance is very clearly the annoying Straight™ friend

me: "Oh this is a good post I'll reblog it"

The post: uses k/ance as an example of a "healthy relationship based on mutual affection and based in canon"