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whateverisbeautiful · 1 year

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Darksided Takes Seen On The Internet:

It became The Woke Dead after R&M got together 😑

I stopped watching and deleted TWD from my DVR after R&M became a couple because I don’t want my kids to see that (on a show with some of the most graphic gore and several interracial couples, Richonne is where they drew the line) 🤡

RJ isn't a legitimate son to Rick - and just an overwhelming amount of dismissive-at-best downright-racist-at-worst attitudes towards a child 😪

Taunting that we’ll only be getting about 240 minutes of R&M in their spin-off 🤣 (like sis, we would have been grateful for just a 5 min Richonne special during an AMC commercial break so 240 minutes is a blessing)

Rick had more chemistry with insert-any-non-Black-woman (ones I’ve heard: Lori’s corpse, Andrea, Jessie, Jadis) 🙄

Rick is going to move on with a new woman and start a family in the spin-off, including starting a romance with Jadis (the spinoff didn’t even have to air for set videos and pics to already debunk this) 🥱

Rick only got with Michonne romantically because she was alive and one of the few women available 🤮 (sooo darksided & wrong)

Rick’s best wife was Jessie (this nearly convinced me media literacy is completely dead) 🫠

Michonne is a bad mother who left her kids behind for some horny reason (as if she’s not a wife seeking to bring home the father of her children)

I can’t possibly have an anti-Black take because I think Michonne and her sword are "totally badazz" I just can’t fathom any aspect of the show that highlights her humanity, desirability, and womanhood (this is never helping one's case the way they think it is) 🤔

I don’t usually address the parts of this fandom that have consistently spoken so negatively about this TV couple. I’d rather focus on the positive that we get to celebrate in actuality. And I promise returning to being positive and unbothered is what I’ll do after this post, that who knows if anyone will read and who knows if I’ll keep posted for long. But there’s been a lot of degrading comments that go beyond just “opinion” or fair discussion lately so…I just had to respectfully vent. And it ain’t brief. Cuz if this blog has shown anything it’s that - Brief? I don’t know her lol.

Here’s the thing I’d want to say kindly to those that “just don’t buy Richonne” and go out of their way to be negative about the TV couple - You don’t have to like the pairing. Truly you don’t. You don’t have to see the (blazingly blatant) chemistry. Just know, you not seeing it doesn’t mean it’s not there.

And the issue isn't about you not being a fan of a TV couple or even voicing that Richonne isn't your thing. The real issue is whenever you spend time in your real life demeaning the pairing online with real-life implications of real-life racism and hatefulness.

Look, I hadn’t been expecting Rick and Michonne to get together romantically before they went canon. It wasn’t cuz I thought they didn’t have chemistry and it def wasn’t cuz I thought they were like siblings. (Ain’t nobody should be looking at their sibling the way they looked at each other lol.) Upon first watch, I just loved R&M’s dynamic and thought the bond and family they found with each other was really sweet and special and I had left it at that.

But when they got together romantically it immediately felt so right. It felt earned. It felt alive, authentic, utterly fitting, and beautiful.

And then shortly after when I went back and watched compilations of their pre-canon moments, I realized why it felt that way. It’s because it was all always right there. All that build-up was evident. All the desire. All the love. I wasn’t only seeing the pre-canon looks they shared and the attraction they felt because I now knew they’d be a couple. I was seeing it because that’s simply what it was. What it always was. Like from a media literacy standpoint, a romance is where Rick and Michonne's story was heading. It was me that missed it. And it would be weird for me to act like their love story wasn’t there just because I initially missed it. That’s on me.

How you feel about their love story doesn’t mean it wasn’t there. It doesn't mean their journey wasn’t well done. Some people just miss it because it wasn't heavy-handed and others just refuse to see it and we know why.

And if it’s just a silly TV show to you and you’re adamant that you don’t care about the couple or about anything, then do yourself and everyone a favor and don’t comment. Cuz people who actually don’t care and think it’s just a TV show aren’t taking any time out of their day to comment negatively about something that was made to be enjoyed. If you enjoy the couple, great. Revel in all their glory. If you don’t - ask yourself why it would at all be necessary to talk down on the pairing so harshly unless their union does bother you more than you care to admit and for reasons you refuse to say aloud. (But trust, the reasons behind why you spew vitriol toward the pairing are still so loud)

Whether you buy it or not, Richonne factually didn’t come out of nowhere. Their love isn’t an afterthought. It’s a patient and passionate slow-burn that wonderfully unfolded into an out-loud soulmate type of love from both of them equally. You don’t have to see it or like it. That’s okay. (Even tho I do feel pretty confident if you close your eyes and imagine Michonne looking like Lori or Jessie or even Andrea I think all of a sudden you’d read their scenes as more than platonic) But nothing will change that an epic love story is what Rick and Michonne’s journey literally is. Not just to “shippers,” but to people who receive actual paychecks as part of the show. Everyone involved with that show knows and values that Rick and Michonne have a grand love story. And the fact that a whole spinoff about their love story is on the way is proof that Rick and Michonne's love wasn’t just a part of TWD it was one of the elements at the very heart of TWD. Why keep fighting to survive if not for the love and family you build in that world?

9 seasons of watching Rick Grimes and they’re ending the main character’s arc with an epic love story between him and the greatest love of his life for a reason. Because no matter who likes or dislikes it, sees the chemistry, or doesn’t - regardless of it all, the characters of Rick and Michonne deeply love each other, need each other, and desire each other. And they have for a long long time. Fans of them are not reveling in an opinion or speculation that R&M’s story is a romance. We’re appreciating the story that was and is literally being told.

Their love story is fiction. Their love story is also a fact and no opinion changes that. And anyone who is willing to just step back, turn off biases, and watch what is literally happening on screen - in the words of Michonne…you’ll see :)

Oh and if you don’t - you don’t. No sweat. Like what you like. Dislike what you dislike. Just keep it respectful and know that the opinion you’re entitled to doesn’t change the facts. So back to reality & positivity, I go. 😌

#richonne #FeltExasperatedMightDeleteLater #BackToReality&Positivity

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theangryjikooker · 2 years

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For your survey: the very first BTS ship that caught my eye was vmin. Honestly, I still have a soft spot for them and I'll read fics from time to time. My fascination with them has A LOT to do with my own biases, because I'm a sucker for a good ol' Best friends to lovers. They've got a very interesting dynamic, where you can see that over the years they've learned to match each others' energies really well. Also, they do have flirty moments, although the more I watch them, the more I feel like it's more affectionate flirting ("you're so cool and I need you to know you're cool") than hopeful flirting ("I'm flirting in the hopes of getting somewhere"). Idk if that made sense lol. Right now they're more of a brotp of mine, but even when I hardcore shipped them I knew it was more wistful thinking than anything of substance. In fact, in the first few months I tried to watch videos and compilations about most pairings (because, while this fandom demonises them, I feel like they give you a starting point to understand how most one-on-one relationships work in a group, and each group of shippers will know a tiny bit more about that individual relationship than any other shipper) and I kind of had already clocked in on the fact that jikook had a... Peculiar relationship? I kid you not, at first I was like "okay this is what I ship, but these ones? They def Did Something". It was a combination of gcft + some of the more outrageous flirty lines (the 'arrest me' thing had me SCARRED) + the serendipity thing. I had already observed a few of the relationships within the group, and I'd tried to establish in my mind what was the norm within the BTS' system, and I already knew this group had different boundaries than what I was used to seeing, but with Jikook it felt like they often surpassed those boundaries and unspoken rule. Slowly but surely, the more I watched content the more I started to actually ship Jikook, but at first it was a very weird experience lol especially because I had been surrounded by shippers of That Ship Which Shall Not Be Named and 1. I swear I tried with all my might to see what they tried to imply they were seeing, but nada. 2. Jikookers had a very bad rep in the fandom spaces I frequented (to the point where it was the only ship I tried very hard not to focus on, for the first few weeks).

That said, another ship other than Jikook that still makes me go "uhuh, maybe there's Something there" is Vhope. I know some jikookers joke a lot about "ah-ah, since they've done this thing, now t-kk isn't real and Vhope is" but like... Maybe it actually is? I'm not talking about that joke of a kiss they shared, bc that was The Cringiest, (although an interesting fact about the kiss is that Tae said, in the 2014 (I think?) Festa profile that the video that best represented him was precisely that scene). There's this last vacation together in Hawaii, there's the fact that Tae literally made a series of pics and videos about Hobi called "Oh" because apparently the only thing one can say when they see Hoseok is "Oh" (which is very fanfic-y of him, did he mayhaps read about the "Oh" moment in fanfiction?), and there are many different little private outings they've documented over the years that feel a little like dates. (There's other stuff too, but I'm not /that/ into the Vhope rabbit hole and I've already talked too much, I fear.)

Now, all this to say: if I were a betting woman and I had to bet on who is more probable to be in a relationship, I'd put my money on jikook, but if in the end it'd turn out to be Vhope I wouldn't be surprised either.

(disclaimer: even if I don't mention it in the ask, I'm well aware I know Nothing about their actual relationship and/or relationship status. These are just speculations, and I hope I didn't take too much space. I hope you have a good day, TAJ!)

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I love this answer, anon, thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to go in depth when you didn't need to, but I think you're also the first person who came into Jikook from another ship, which I also find fascinating.

So far, it seems like the majority of Jkkrs (following this blog, at least) latched onto Jikook right away, so reading it from your POV is really cool!

#TAJ asks #darling anon #survey

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