Fun fact: I have seen about 20 times more posts about not pressuring the cast into starting the ships early and to chill with the shipping than I’ve seen people trying to pressure the cast into starting the ships early. By which I mean I have probably seen 20 posts being all concerned about not pressuring these poor babies into anything.
Like. Dudes. As if the cast could be swayed by us in what to do with their characters anyway. Let the people ship in peace. You’re not more legit or better as a fan just because shipping isn’t for you. Chill.
Yeah I’ve been real confused about that. I keep seeing posts screaming at people to not “pressure” the cast … and meanwhile the cast is talking shipnames, flirting in character, and posting the art-stream-appropriate ship art to the art stream.
Nobody was pressuring Marisha to ask Yasha to hold her in her arms during the show in the very first episode. She did that all on her own. These are adults, experienced in fandom and fan culture, and after over 100 episodes they haven’t been pressured by fan demands once. IDK why people seem to think they’ll start now?
I see plenty of people snidely advising Liam, a longtime D&D player, how to “properly” play his squishy wizard, and him shutting that down over and over. I haven’t seen anyone making shipping demands, maybe they’re out there but they’re not a big force by any means, certainly not comparable to the people giving unasked for “advice” on their characters’ abilities on twitter each week.
Once, and only once, did the cast give in to fan demands. And that was about Scanlan not being on the cover of the campaign guide. Which is its own very different can of worms.
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