badmrkitty:

Fictional Universes play by different rules than real life, and not all fictional universes play by the SAME rules.

IRL, hitting someone without their consent is assault. No, ifs, ands, or buts about it.

In fiction, sometimes it is assault. Other times, it is slapstick comedy and not meant to be taken seriously between the characters.

Unless you can acknowledge this, I don’t think you can have a productive conversation about if a ship is toxic or not in the context of its own universe.