proship-bonanza:
“Aren’t you aware of what this ship says about you as a person?”
No? Because my shipping habits and what I enjoy in a fictional context have nothing to do with my actions irl?
“But the ships condones/romanticizes abuse!!”
If you let fiction dictate your morality, then that’d be a problem. Thankfully though most people have enough braincells to distinguish bad things that happen in fiction, and real actual abuse that happens irl. The fact that some people can’t, has nothing to do with the piece of fiction’s existence.
“But what if children see it!!”
It’s not my job to look out for people who can’t distinguish reality from fiction, plus why the fuck would it be my fault that these children’s parents aren’t doing their job? The internet has never been a safe space, and it’s never going to be. I tag my ships, so if they didn’t filter them out, it’s safe to say that they searched them up themselves. Note that they can still filter them out any time.
“I kin a character and it makes me uncomfortable that nsfw art gets made of me/them!”
Filter it out. You’re not entitled to gatekeep a whole character from a certain part of the fandom just because you don’t like their content. It’s not anyone’s responsibility to make you feel comfortable, especially if they don’t even know about your existence. Block them if you have to.
“It triggers my trauma!!”
Again, filter it out or block the user. It’s not the author’s or artist’s responsibility to cater to you. Also, remember that what makes you feel comfortable, could be someone else’s trigger. Your trauma and triggers aren’t more important than theirs. If they can filter out what makes them uncomfortable, then so can you.
