whispering “no” while reading a book because you know that the character’s about to make a fool out of themselves and kill you with second hand embarrassment
“There is a time for any fledgling artist where one’s taste exceeds one’s abilities. The only way to get through this period is to make things anyway.”
— Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Myyy problem with a lot of ship content is that people have this tendency to make the characters, like… too normal. If you want to see your favorite little guys just happy and well adjusted that’s your prerogative but To Me a lot of the most interesting pairings are fun because they’re both being weird about it. I don’t want to sand down my freaks I want to study them. Sometimes their dynamics in canon are better
I’m not saying I want it to be unhealthy per se. Just weirder. Some characters I can see being happily married and cutesy and all but for some characters it’s crucial that they’re not being normal about it