And then I curled up and died

[litlover12]

I was trying to figure out the significance of the rather random dance number on Bunheads tonight, so I went searching on Tumblr. And that, God help me, is how I found out that there are people shipping two of the young girls on the show.

PEOPLE. THEY ARE MINORS. STOP IT. JUST STOP IT.

For the love of heaven, has no one ever heard of the concept of "friendship"??? Does EVERYTHING have to be sexual?

Comments

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

There, there. You're just closed minded and repressed. Open your mind. It's there, It's subtext.

*runs*

Seriously, though, this is everywhere. They ship the Harry Potter kids with each other, with the teachers, with whoever. F/F, M/M, minors/adults - it matters not. They ship the Winchester brothers. BROTHERS! This is not fringe. It's mainstream fandom.

Anything less than celebrating any of it - even incest! - is called hatred and bigotry. If you dare to express any level of disagreement you'll find yourself jumped on and banned from communities faster than you can click your mouse.

I'm STILL waiting for a response from the fools who banned me at that XF comm. I asked for proof of my so-called divisive views (or whatever exact term they called it) that "quite a few" people in the comm had a problem with!

[neemarita.livejournal.com]

I don't get it either. It's messed up. Everything is about sex. No one can have friendships, everyone should be sleeping with each other. Especially if they're minors or definitely heterosexual. NO THEY ARE IN WUV WITH THEIR BFF SO THEY'RE GAY LULZ... ahem.

[charleygirl.livejournal.com]

I don't understand it, either, and it creeps me out.

[prester-scott.livejournal.com]

So "shipping" is what they call it these days?

[katharhino.livejournal.com]

They're BOTH minors? Hey it could be worse!

[goldvermilion87.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.

On the plus side, it's a nice reminder that when people are shipping your favorite characters, it probably has little to nothing to do with reality.

[stillsparkling.livejournal.com]

Yuch! I'm so glad I love classic movies! (I realize there are fanfic communities for those but luckily, I don't have the time. ;) ) Yes, everything has to be sexual, I get the same impression. Two people can't hug out of friendship anymore. Are people really that oversexed? There is this saying that you only obsess over it when you're not getting any (which is crude of course but it may be a reason). Geez, they can call me repressed but it's still disgusting.

[velle.livejournal.com]

Good grief!

[ever-maedhros.livejournal.com]

Shipping minors--sounds despicable, but somehow, I'm not all that surprised. I've heard of pretty much every unthinkable ship being shipped anyway. Not fun being so knowledgeable in that area . . .

Really, what IS wrong with friendship? *rolls eyes*