I have to let my frustration and angst out a little bit, so if any of my followers see this, don’t bother too much about this - but srsly WHAT IS WRONG WITH FANDOM - AND SHIPPING - CULTURE NOWADAYS??
I’m reading a webtoon right now (You should really install line webtoon, the stuff there is fucking good and you can support hard working artists by reading their amazing stories) and it made me realize that sth is wrong with us sometimes… I am reading I love Yoo at the moment - GO READ IT IT’S AMAZING- and when I read the top comments I realized sth…
SPOILER WARNING FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO READ IT OR ARE READING IT BUT HAVEN’T READ MUCH YET
First of all, the main character Yoo Shin-Ae meets two guys shortly after another, first Yeong-Gi aka Nol, and then his brother Kousuke and of course the shipping starts immediately - which is fine btw - and everything is fine and all but then shit get’s down and I KNOW these are fictional characters and I KNOW that you’re not supposed to take stuff like that so seriously but this made me REALLY upset bc when Kousuke wants to pick up Nol at some point, his mother comes along. And his mother is really excited about meeting Shin-Ae and she seems really supportive of her and she wants Kousuke and Shin-Ae to make out. And the three top comments focused on how pretty the woman was, how supportive she was and THEY. COMPLETELY. IGNORED. WHAT. HAPPENED. WHEN. NOL. SAW. HER. I only read the three top comments so I don’t really know about the others but the fact that most of them had over 50.000 likes shows, what the people were focused on. I didn’t like her at all because my precious little Nol was terrified when he laid his eyes on her. TERRIFIED. And I was wondering how these people could be like -Oh look how pretty she is, oh, our ship is sailing, oh, she wants our ship too, oh, I love her bc she supports our ship- WHEN THERE WAS A GUY STANDING THERE, TOO TERRIFIED TO SAY ANYTHING (again, I know it is fictional but still??) And it didn’t stop there - this horrible woman got manipulative and rude, putting pressure on Shin-Ae, making her feel OBVIOUSLY uncomfortable and she STILL got praised for being supportive of the ship - I thought I was seeing things, I mean is that ALL you can think of?? As the story continues it becomes VERY CLEAR that Nol’s family treats him like shit, over and over again - and almost no one seemed to care. The only important thing was that Kouske treated Shin-Ae well, and that she seems to have a crush on him and so on and so on - don’t get me wrong, of course you can be excited about how your ship is doing but how can you ignore other things like that?? I don’t know any of those in person who wrote these comments and I don’t want to insult any of them but it actually does make me uneasy. How do you react in real life then when you see sth like this?? If you were with your friends and you see someone you think is nice, but one of your friends is obviously afraid?? Are you going to ignore the suffering of a person for the sake of a relationship??
The more I was reading the better it got, more people got worried, more people started to just wish for happiness for the characters but still… I see a person completely broken inside - and Nol IS broken inside, it get’s very clear the moment he sees that shitty woman - and I get worried, while most of the others just fantasize about their ship - That doesn’t feel right at all… And AGAIN it is fictional, but goddamn that hit me really hard. It made me think about how one single little detail can cloud your whole vision.
There are still more things I want to add, but I am on my phone and my thumbs hurt, so I think I’ll edit this later
