something that’s been bugging me lately

I’ve noticed that, in several fandoms, things are starting to get a bit toxic. anyone who ships any pairing other than the most widely accepted is getting attacked.

it seems that it has to do with making fandoms more ‘wholesome’ or ‘pure’, to keep abusive or pedophilic ships out of said fanbaase. don’t get me wrong, some relationships in canon are extremely unhealthy, but with some of the ships i’ve noticed that the ones that are not the mainly accepted ship coughvoltronklancecough are really attacked. other ships, that in canon may not be that bad, are blown out of proportion by the fanbase to make their primary ship the most widely known and accepted.

i don’t think this is ok.

of course, if a ship is extremely abusive in canon or unhealthy in canon, maybe don’t ship it.

but don’t blow the proportions out of the water just so you can make sure your ship is endgame.