I thought it was funny and comedic when we all started using the words yaoi and yuri ironically but lately I've seen a couple people talking abt fujoshis/being fujoshis and I am just a bit concerned that we have forgotten a little bit why people stopped using those words.
I think potentially there needs to be some discussion within the fandom about fetishising gay people especially with the amount of woobification and infantilisation that happens, especially with some of the people in the bigger ships (e.g. jimmy, scar, grian, etc.), though I will acknowledge it does sometimes extend beyond just the shipping side of things for some of those people. I think it also shows up a bit in the anti straight ship undertones of the fandom as well, though ship whoever you want.
I know there are a lot of queer people in the fandom but being queer doesn't necessarily make you immune to fetishising other queer identities. In fandom this is most frequently seen in queer women fetishising mlm relationships (though that's not to say no one can ship gay ships and anyone who does is fetishising, it's a complex topic and theres a lot more nuance than fetishising is good vs everyone who ships gay ships is evil).
This is definitely a discussion that has been hashed out many many times within fandom as a whole but mcyt fandoms do tend to skew younger so there will likely be a decent portion of people who haven't been through it before, especially because I can't recall the conversation ever happening for dsmp or the mcyt fandoms I've been in since and I know that dsmp was a lot of young people's first intro to fandom.
I do still think saying yaoi and yuri is funny and a fun reclaiming thing but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can we keep it ironic and just in general check in on how you're portraying and engaging with gay relationships to make sure you're only being a freak about them in a good way. <3
I've genuinely been here for most of the last three years and I want to talk to the mcsr people so bad because you guys seem cool but unfortunately I'm Scared :(
i promise we don't bite nonnie we love new people :3
and even if you just want to lurk enjoy watching the shenanigans and seeing fanart :3
people will probably ship q!quackity and q!elquackity if it turns out they arent like related. like how people did with a another smp that i will not mention
“scar is being so mean this season…” people hateeee to see a girlboss winning honestly. hes always been a cunt (/aff) and now people are thinking hes taking it too far.
i had a dream about dating grian and it made me realize that I think i'd hate dating a minecraft youtuber. I kept trying to schedule dates with him and he kept saying "Sorry I have homoerotic roleplay with my friends, maybe some other time?"
hi kod party cat. i'm more than a little bummed due to a situation with my source. if i could get a little snail emoji in response to this that would make my entire day. thank you. i haven't fronted in a really long time, but i've always loved this blog, and what you've done for fictionkind :)
i always wonder how he'd react if he ever somehow stumbled onto this blog
the mods of this blog are far more scared that joel is gonna find it and send something on anon so nobody will ever know. but if ethoslab does happen to discover this blog we'd like it on the record there are currently 65 more confessions submitted that have yet to be unleashed to the world
dont get me wrong, i absolutely adore most grian ships from rarepairs to scarian but i cannot stand the way he is portrayed in fanfiction and ship art. there is absolutely no reason to be drawing or writing him as a babyfaced twink with sparkling brown doe eyes or some shit. i think the worst thing ive seen is de-aging for absolutely no reason at all. like? im sorry, this is supposed to be taking place in 3rd life why is he 22? the only exception would be in yhs or ts but that man is 30 years old pls stop the old man erasure. or when people write scar as like a massive hunk and grian tiny and about to blow away in the wind. i DO hc grian as short due to hybrid qualities and being an avian and whatnot but that man is BUILT. dont be afraid to write or draw short characters as chubby and/or buff. diversity is what keeps this fandom alive!!
anon i agree with you but 30 is not old in the slighest