i feel like they're projecting onto shiro because of the woobie status. its like the ship with keith is about them projecting, than actually writing the characters, which puts me off a lot of shippers who have this attitude about adam. you know how every ship has a faction where one character is treated as the prize the other has to take care of? that's how i feel these people see it and it makes the ship feel awkward.
>you know how every ship has a faction where one character is treated as the prize the other has to take care of
that's definitely the case here. sheith is something mostly keith fans/players ship, just like lance is mostly something lance fans/players ship. not saying there aren't others that like them too, but that's definitely something you'll find around. i think it says a lot that it's usually shiros that don't ship sheith.
but yeah tumblr took the shiro thing personally because shiro is is a symbol of disability and not catering to that apparently makes you an asshole. someone in plurk was actually offended that the garrison didn't want to send a sick man into space. how dare they.
I think you're living in a very delusional place if you think it's just Keith shippers who like Sheith. Most of the Sheith fans on Tumblr prefer Shiro to Keith, and I've only seen one Shiro player in DWRP who doesn't like Sheith (many list it first in their preferences for what they'd like to play). That's not to say that it's everyone, but I really think you're misconstruing what's going on if you think it's some weird fantasy play.
i didn't say only, i said mostly, and even clarified right there that it's not all of them, but just something extremely common i've come across. read, please
i can name three shiros in dwrp that don't ship it, and there's a whole side of tumblr that don't want shiro with anyone of the main cast and have exclusive gen-shiro blogs and discord rooms.
it honestly depends on where you run on Tumblr and in DWRP, because I have exactly the opposite experience.
i should add that there's the whole negative connotation involved with broganes and its association with klance fandom, and it may be why some keiths stay away from it
i agree with everything here, except that i've found more keith fans into sheith on tumblr. it's a younger crowd and he's more popular there than on dw.
on one hand, i agree with how shiro fans and especially those of the tumblrina kind project on shiro and see him as a ~symbol of LGBT+ and disability~ that no one should ever be MEAN (read: not cater) to. and that's annoying as fuck because shiro may not be the deepest chara ever, but he ain't some weak baby woobie.
on the other hand, near every shiro fan and/or RPer i've seen ships sheith or at least tolerates it, so idefk about your "keith fans ship it more" paragraph. that's not what i've seen, definitely not.
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Re: s7 voltron spoilers
(Anonymous) 2018-10-08 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)i feel like they're projecting onto shiro because of the woobie status. its like the ship with keith is about them projecting, than actually writing the characters, which puts me off a lot of shippers who have this attitude about adam. you know how every ship has a faction where one character is treated as the prize the other has to take care of? that's how i feel these people see it and it makes the ship feel awkward.
Re: s7 voltron spoilers
(Anonymous) 2018-10-08 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)that's definitely the case here. sheith is something mostly keith fans/players ship, just like lance is mostly something lance fans/players ship. not saying there aren't others that like them too, but that's definitely something you'll find around. i think it says a lot that it's usually shiros that don't ship sheith.
but yeah tumblr took the shiro thing personally because shiro is is a symbol of disability and not catering to that apparently makes you an asshole. someone in plurk was actually offended that the garrison didn't want to send a sick man into space. how dare they.
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(Anonymous) 2018-10-08 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)Re: da
(Anonymous) 2018-10-08 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)i can name three shiros in dwrp that don't ship it, and there's a whole side of tumblr that don't want shiro with anyone of the main cast and have exclusive gen-shiro blogs and discord rooms.
Re: da
(Anonymous) 2018-10-08 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)i should add that there's the whole negative connotation involved with broganes and its association with klance fandom, and it may be why some keiths stay away from it
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(Anonymous) 2018-10-08 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)Re: s7 voltron spoilers
(Anonymous) 2018-10-08 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)on the other hand, near every shiro fan and/or RPer i've seen ships sheith or at least tolerates it, so idefk about your "keith fans ship it more" paragraph. that's not what i've seen, definitely not.