you know i would rather trust an adult proshipper with "disgusting" and "weird" kinks who clearly knows the difference between fiction and reality and not allowing minors to interact with them than an adult antis who stalks minors with rape and death threats because of fictional characters
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It's important to recognize that proshippers can be predators. An adult sending art of an age gap ship to a minor in order to groom them into a relationship is not unheard of. It is a very real grooming tactic online. Of course, enjoying darkships doesn't instantly mean someone is a predator- but implying that darkship art can't ever be used as a grooming tactic isn't helpful. Predators are in every online space, and it's important to recognize and watch out for the signs. Proshippers are not predators, but some predators are proship.
I hate when people bring children up in shipcourse.
"it can make them think this is okay!!!!" omg who caressssssss i'm not their nanny and a kid shouldn't be on tumblr/twitter (X)/AO3/whatever anyway
I feel like the term "grooming" has lost its meaning because of antis who overuse it.
antis when proshippers show basic respect: theyβre clearly grooming you!!
im anti harassment in the way that i wont tell you i think you're cringe to your face, because thats rude and harmful.
but i will think it in my head.
found both of these posts reblogged on an anti's profile barely a day apart from each other
the anti who reblogged them? i found them through a reply on a proship person's post saying "people like you deserve death"
shakespeare himself couldn't have written better irony
warmup sketch of them
I keep seeing "pro fiction" folks responding to fellow proshippers posts with things such as "I'm a proshipper and even I think that's gross to ship", "That game's character's designs are too realistic to ship or consider shotas", generally the common factor is "I'm okay with everything in fiction except this one thing that makes me uncomfortable"
Guy's! You are allowed to be profic and dislike certain ships, you are allowed to dislike realistic game designs! You are allowed to dislike ANYTHING that makes you uncomfortable, the problem is the shaming of other pro fiction folks.
If you are pro fiction, you are anti shaming towards ships!! in the end, it is fiction, which we all, as a community, have agreed to not harass others for