i think out of disrespect we should just start using "spamtenna moment" as shorthand for when a nothing tier yaoi ships between side characters somehow manages to eclipse in fandom popularity all of the central character relations of both the main cast and the rest of the side characters that aren't men. i think this should become such a widespread and entrenched form of fandom lingo for insulting ships that the next generation of teens will grow up understanding its meaning and not its origins in the same way teens of my generation used adjective!character parlance long before ever learning what bang paths were.
Am I living in a different timeline than the rest of the world because this is the second post that said something like this on my fyp. Like, don't get me wrong, spamtenna has definitely become a fan favourite, but it's not nearly enough to the point where it's overshadowing the rest?? Spamtenna and Mike trio content is all the content I've been searching up and I'm still getting more main cast (fun gang, suselle, the holiday family, kris & sould beef etc) content than those guys (this is by no means a complaint, I love all dr characters). Or at least just as much. Due to all respect, I don't really understand what everyone's problem is
can you really tell me honestly with your whole chest that you think the numbers would still look this way if noelle susie and kris were male characters. that's what everyone's problem is.
i get the distaste for spamtenna (i dont care for it personally) but i feel like comparing the stats without context is a little unfair. Spamtenna is the only popular deltarune ship where both characters are adults, and the spamton/tenna tag on AO3 is nearly half adult content (explicit and mature). If you remove those noelle/susie is more popular.
a good chunk of why spamtenna is dominating is because people arent writing adult content about children. with how shipping-centric fandom is, im honestly glad ppl have been largely respectful with noelle/susie and found their own thing to get weird about
Okay, now compare the amount of non-explicit Spamtenna to the amount of non-explicit Suselle, AO3 has filters it's not rocket science
In fact, let's do that right now
So here's the top 6 ships currently. As you can see, Spamtenna has easily 1000 on the next non-platonic ship Suselle, and even more over Krusie and Kriselle.
If we filter out Explicit and Not Rated
Spamtenna is STILL outpacing the next non-platonic by over 200 works. Platonic Krusie is JUST barely behind it, but that's like, the MAIN relationship in the entire game, with the two most important characters barely making a close second to a chapter and secret boss slash pairing.
And the numbers just get even worse with every other slash pairing after that.
shit is dire yo
It's even worse now wtf!! (again with Explict/Not Rated fics excluded)
