^^ I don't think that's necessarily true

Some pairings just have more chemistry than the canon pairing. We can interpret media many different ways, regardless of the creator's intention

Well think about media that wasn't allowed to be queer, like the moomins

It was made in the 1940s when lgbtq stuff was illegal, but the creator, tove jansson, was a queer woman herself and had a long-term relationship with a woman

Two of the characters have obvious chemistry and are based on two people who dated in real life, and they are both male

This is why shipping is important

I disagree with like half of these but i think the better argument would just be to be civil about shipping

No amount of propaganda could ever make me respect boschlow or boschmity shipping as far as canon is concerned (AUs are fine and i think they're kinda fun in those regards), and i think gustholomule is a really mediocre ship

But like that doesn't matter?? Idk why people on either side get so aggressive about it it legit doesn't matter

If you're not hurting anyone who cares we're allowed to disagree

So does Huntlow not exist then despite being somewhat canon? /nm

Ships are pointless unless they’re canon. Otherwise you’re just disrespecting the creator’s purpose

Veggie it's called having fun and interpreting the media with your own brain 😭

Veggie it's called having fun and interpreting the media with your own brain 😭

exactly what I wanted to say oh my god

Yeah, let people ship and interpret characters however they want.

Shipping was never the main thing I liked about TOH, but I don't bother people about it. You should do the same.

(There is this one ship from a movie that just came out a while ago that grinds my gears, but I digress)

Veggie it's called having fun and interpreting the media with your own brain 😭

Ships ruin some parts of Fandoms and leads to toxicity. When it leads to that, there is nothing fun about it

I just try to ignore that for the most part. It can only affect you if you let it

Like Duch said it only ruins fandom if you let it

Fandom isn't like politics, you're supposed to have different viewpoints and opinions and ships and interpretations and all coexist in fandom