Possibly controversial, but Bumblebee?
NOTP || Just no || Meh || Neutral || Good Potential || Ship it || OTP || JUST FUCK ALREADY
Ahhhhhh.....Very controversial topic. You know this fandom, say anything negative about bmb//lb and the wasps are on your ass so fast.
But here it goes
I absolutely hate bmb//lb. A good portion of my rage and hate is the wasps though
As said, if anything negative is said about their precious lesbian ship. All hell breaks loose. Arguments over fictional characters and sometimes death threats. Thatās a good enough reason to stay the hell away from the ship.
But for ACTUAL reason for disliking this ship, is in the show itself.
They arenāt good for each other.
Someone with abandonment issues and someone who is emotionally distant and has just come out of a mentally abusive relationship and doesnāt want to be close to someone out of fear they could end up like their ex or will get hurt? That doesnāt really mix.
And now that Blakeās back and team RWBY is back together, they have a lot to catch up on.
Blakeās going to want to explain to Yang why she left Vale after the whole thing (she is justified for doing so btw) but I get the feeling Yang isnāt going to want to listen to her āexcusesā. I get that vibe from All That Matters. The lyrics in this song move me so much. Iām not a bmb//lb fan but that song is strongly bmb//lb. Its basically Yangās feelings toward Blake after everything that happened and about how she feels now that sheās back.
āI never thought youād up and leave me without a trace to lead meā
āand now youāre standing here with that look in your eyes, the look that makes me hope Iāll just believe your liesā
Implying that she doesnāt want to believe anything Blake tries to tell her about why she left.
āI thought that I could pull you from the shadows, maybe help you find your wings and flyā
Yang tried to help her when she was stressed about the stuff regarding the White Fang in Vale, but did so in a way that didnāt actually help her. Yang opened up to her about her mom leaving her and her own struggles in wanting to find her mom. (I kinda feel that Yang expected Blake to open up to her because she opened up. But thatās not how that works.)
āIāll risk it once again to have you near my side, another chance to let you just destroy my prideā
Yang is going to be more scared and nervous that Blake might just leave again, and Yang will be upset all over again.
That isnāt an ideal type of relationship. You donāt want to constantly be worrying about if they might leave you. Yes, Blakeās changed and she says sheās not going to again, but think about how Yang would feel. She left before so what would stop her from leaving again?
These next lyrics just further prove that:
ā...you just take everything in stride, the way I feel to you is no big deal, itās sad but itās true, that the one thing I can count on is that I canāt count on youā
Let me tell you, when I first heard this part I teared up. Like, Yang is genuinely upset and hurt by the fact she feels she canāt trust that Blake wonāt leave again. That she wonāt hurt her again. That just isnāt a good thing for a relationship!
Iām sorry but that can be classified in toxic relationship territory! Why would you want to be with someone who you arenāt sure will stay?
Not to mention the fact that Blake hasnāt shown any interest in girls in the show. When Ilia admitted she had feelings for her, Blake didnāt really react a way how someone would. She didnāt really show much of a reaction at all. But itās canonally shown she has an interest in guys. Ilia confirmed Blake was in love with Adam, and I mean do I need to explain how she is with Sun? But thatās for the BlackSun rant.
So, again, I find bmb//bl can be just as toxic as Tauradonna. Not on the same level of course. Adam was intentionally emotionally manipulative at times and at points emotionally and mentally abusive. Yang just shouldnāt have to be put through that kind of emotional strain and trauma.
Not knowing if your partner will leave you (again) is emotionally draining and can be traumatic.
You canāt just look at bmb//lb and say itās the ideal relationship and that itās perfect and not toxic in the slightest. Because it is. People just donāt want to delve deep enough into it to see that...
Thatās the end of my bmb//lb rant. I know everyone has different opinions and thoughts, I just try to take as much reference from the show as I can to make my conclusions.
Thank you for asking! Feels much better to get that rant out š
