Thursday, January 8, 2015

Shipping

#Ihaveajobandhaventhadtimetopostorwritethings2k15


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Ugh.
I didn't know what to write today.
I'm pretty sure this wasn't the thing to write today.
But
ugh.
Today's Real Talk Topic is...
Shipping.
And no, not of the package kind.

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Let's talk about shipping.
I know you know what it is.
And if you don't,
that's a real cute rock you live under.

For those of you who do live under cute rocks,
shipping is when you take two characters/people/objects/whatevs
and decide that they should be involved in some sort of relationship.
More often than not, its of the romantic type.

Now that we have that figured out,
lets talk about some like..
Pros and cons
and some general rules
of shipping.
I'm going to list a few things that are
OKAY
and
NOT SO OKAY.
About shipping.

OKAY.
Shipping two men together.
Shipping two women together.
Shipping a man with a woman.
Shipping a woman with a man.
Sharing your ship with people who might find it interesting.
Respecting others opinions and ships.
Politely explaining why you ship something that someone else may not.
Writing fan fics or creating fan art of your ship/OTP.
Respecting a person(s) personal boundaries.
Having fun with the fandom.

NOT OKAY.
Telling two men that they have to be together no matter what!!
Telling two women that they have to be with each other no matter what!!
Telling a man and a woman that they have to be with each other no matter what!!
Telling a woman and a man that they have to be together no matter what!!
Telling your ship that they can only date each other and that if they don't they are wrong!
Telling other people that their opinion/ship is wrong.
Yelling at/attacking/or bullying someone who has a different ship than you.
Making your ship/OTP uncomfortable!!
Disregarding a person's feelings because they're your “OTP”
Taking things too far.

Now that we've established that lets talk pros and cons.

Pros
Getting to know new people who share your interests and ideas.
Discussing theories with people who understand what you mean.
Being surrounded by a community.

Cons
Ignorant people.

Try to keep these things in mind.
Realise that not everyone is going to agree with you
and that you're not going to agree with everyone else.
Don't make that an issue.
Make friends.
Be kind.
Respect other people.

Understand that your OTP may not be comfortable with you shipping them
and respect their boundaries.
This is so so so so so so so important.
RESPECT PEOPLE'S BOUNDARIES!!

Okay
I think that's as far into this topic as I'm going to go for now.
Mostly because
I know someone is going to get offended by this.
And also
I want to this be concise.
Happy shipping everyone.


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Well that was fun.
Stuff like this is fun.
For the record,
I love shipping.
So don't take this as me saying to stop doing it.
I'm fully aware that that's never going to happen.
Also
if you'd like..
go ahead and leave a comment with your OTP
or something like that.

That's it for this post.
I'll talk to you guys...
when I talk to you.
Okay.
Byeeee


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