☽ ʀᴏsᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ
dear self it isn't worth it getting into fights with people on the internet to defend fictional age gap ships
☽ ʀᴏsᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ
BUT OOOOOH DOES IT GET ME MAD
Monster Muffin
IT DO AN ANGY but nuuu only argue with them if you're doin it for a laugh
MNK Zoomies
.....depends how big the gap is
☽ ʀᴏsᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ
Even if they're between two consenting adults...?
☽ ʀᴏsᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ
even then, I don't really have a foot to stand on because /motions at list of ships I've played out that can get me cancelled
MNK Zoomies
if they're both adults then yeah
MNK Zoomies
I've seen semi-popular ships that are like, one character is 16 and other is 40+ iirc
MNK Zoomies
it's a little bit... creepy
MNK Zoomies
--actually I was wrong, it's actually 50+
☽ ʀᴏsᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ
yeah, these were two adults. 14 year age gap but both adults.
☽ ʀᴏsᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ
which just makes me even more
MNK Zoomies
yeah that's fine then, maybe a little unusual don't see anything wrong with it
Alice
it depends on the time period, too. for a really long time, those kinds of age differences were common
Alice
and I def feel you on the fights. it's exhausting and at the end of the day, people are still going to project whatever narrative they want onto fictional characters to support the point they're trying to make
Alice
it doesn't stop it from being really frustrating though, especially if it's a point that's out of touch or factually incorrect tho
☽ ʀᴏsᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ
Yeeeeeah... like heck, if I see something I don't like, I just block/hide and move on. I don't make it a point to go in there and make sure to tell OP "Hey this ship you like is Morally Wrong"
☽ ʀᴏsᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ
I normally keep my nose out of it and I don't even ship it but they're both adult characters
Alice
oh, I get you. it's especially irritating when the morality police start harping on fictional consenting adults. part of it is that there are too many kids with limited experience thinking they know more about relationship dynamics than they actually do, imo
MNK Zoomies
if you're dealing with actual adults then age gaps can get weird sometimes. It's not the same as dealing with teens and such. But...yeah, try telling twitter that pff
Alice
yeah, Twitter is up there with Youtube comments, tbh
Alice
I mean, my RL partner is 8 years older than me or so and I've known adult couples with greater age gaps than that. and it... doesn't really matter that much once you get to that adult stage of life
Alice
and the bottom line is these characters aren't real anyway. they don't have thoughts, feelings, emotions, rights, etc. there's no danger to protect them from because they're figments of imagination which Twitter loses sight of
MNK Zoomies
there is always that. I'm not gonna moral police people that do problematic ships unironically but I may or may not silently judge them instead
☽ ʀᴏsᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ
Surprisingly, this was Reddit. XD It isn't often I see the Morality Police there but HOOBOY are they present in some fandom subreddits..
MNK Zoomies
oof ;;
Alice
Reddit... I'm not as familiar with but I've heard Tales
Alice
not as many as the Twitter cesspool but a few
🌸 𝕝aila𝕗ell
oh yeah, I've definitely seen them on Reddit.
☽ ʀᴏsᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ
I've seen some in the Cookie Run (duh) subreddit...
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