TIME magazine wrote a story on whether fans should ship Syd and Carmy and it didn't mention race, or the history of racism when fans ship a Black character with a "fan favorite." Not just the fem character either --- with the Star Wars sequel trilogy the extreme reaction to the very idea of Finn and Rey as a romantic couple literally, not being histrionic, destroyed the trilogy.
How someone can write about the state of The Bear S2 fandom and not mention Michonne and Rick from The Walking Dead is beyond me. Fans spent years calling their shippers delusional (even though the buildup was *right there* all along) and they were right, it went canon. How could they not mention ANY of the history of fandom hatred of ships with Black people, especially if a fan fave white character is involved?
They're dancing around it as if all of this is fresh commentary that hasn't been said a million times before as an excuse to delegitimize the very idea that these ships are valid. The Reddit sub is probably a step away from forbidding it because every Syd/Carmy comment leads to long irate rant posts about how they have no chemistry, are like brother and sister, and other greatest hits of fandom racism.
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