adding onto what the other anon said, antis wouldn’t survive 00’s or early 10’s fandoms for a million other reasons- because antis weren’t a widespread phenomenon and so many of THE most popular ships were “problematic”. Kim Possible x Shego, ZADR, Billdip…the list goes on.
Yep. Up until The Voltron Discourse, and The Reylo Discourse after it, spicy ships were the norm.
That’s because conflict is the core of good storytelling, and good storytelling is the key to an appealing ship.
I miss the way fandom used to be. Ya know, when people were normal and just didn’t fucking care what you shipped. The good ol days.
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