pookaseraph replied to your post :i feel so conflicted shipping cor with the bros...
I started shipping him with Iris after Talcottâs descriptions of their relationship/dynamic in WoR. Heâs WAAAAY too old for her, and thereâs a lot of baggage, but thatâs why I like it? Iâve always been into mentor/student flavored relationships as long as the student isnât âowo ur so wise and I can never competeâ then it gets sketch for me.
I see what you mean, you like the mentor/student relationship as long as it doesnât bleed into overt hero worship. I like it too! Thatâs why I like to write Cor. I feel like the best relationships is when the âmentorâ can scold or criticize, but in a way that makes the student feel determined, they want to do better, they want to improve, in a way that makes the mentor proud.
And of course, student surpassing the mentor and student saving the mentor is always soo easy to win me over.
Anyway I think the age difference makes people uncomfortable but I donât think thereâs no healthy way to ship something, you can learn how to find a way and go the extra mile. A 30 year age difference is surprising, but Iâve seen older age gaps in real life, so who am I to judge fiction?
At the same time, you can ship unhealthy things too, either in a healthy way, or in a totally unhealthy way. This website doesnât lend shippers to do that, because they canât seem to separate fiction and reality, and itâs honestly scary.(The people who are like, if you ship this and this and you like this and this dynamic you are toxic by default, just like the real life bad thing!!!! Those people need to get out more.) Itâs weird that we had an understanding that people could write darkfics, but now itâs just Banned on this site.
tl;dr: I mentioned I felt awkward about shipping younger people with Cor, but you know what? Iâm doubling down. Itâs fine. Innocent ships, familial relationships, toxic âdaddy issueâ relationships, âproblematicâ unhealthy dynamics? I donât mind. Ship what you like.
