To my knowledge, after being so goddamn confused by the recent shipwanks that I read a ton of "anti-anti" blogs ("educating-antis" was one I started with), a ton of antis (including the APH ones popping up now) like to go after ships that could be perceived as "like siblings" or "close" "like siblings" (this also includes the major Klance vs. anti-Sheith shipwar in Voltron fandom) because they consider "found family" headcanons to be more valuable and "wholesome" and "pure", or something. And they want to protect "adopted kids", or something (even though lbr this does shit for actually adopted kids in fandom who disagree with the antis) but that's their "excuse" for wanting to "eradicate" those ships anyhow
So an "anti" might argue USUK is "like siblings" therefore they absolutely shouldn't be shipped because a "found family" scenario would be better, even though the nation's ages are all over the fucking place and even innacurate to history in many circumstances, and because Himaruya's interpretation is apparently law to said antis now. Even though, like, the whole past drama around South Korea, for example. Apparently being respectful to history and minority groups is out the window now when it comes to antis and their potential interpretations of "incest" :/
(I don't mind Himaruya's interpretations but it really grates on me when antis insist their interpretations or Himaruya's are the only ones that matters, even going against people of those ethnicities/countries, or adopted kids, who give their own opinions. Antis in other fandoms like Voltron also apparently like to "take away" someone's ethnicity / race / disability / survivor status etc. card too when someone says something they disagree with, like that isn't racist/etc. at all?? I just. Don't understand this anymore.)
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So an "anti" might argue USUK is "like siblings" therefore they absolutely shouldn't be shipped because a "found family" scenario would be better, even though the nation's ages are all over the fucking place and even innacurate to history in many circumstances, and because Himaruya's interpretation is apparently law to said antis now. Even though, like, the whole past drama around South Korea, for example. Apparently being respectful to history and minority groups is out the window now when it comes to antis and their potential interpretations of "incest" :/
(I don't mind Himaruya's interpretations but it really grates on me when antis insist their interpretations or Himaruya's are the only ones that matters, even going against people of those ethnicities/countries, or adopted kids, who give their own opinions. Antis in other fandoms like Voltron also apparently like to "take away" someone's ethnicity / race / disability / survivor status etc. card too when someone says something they disagree with, like that isn't racist/etc. at all?? I just. Don't understand this anymore.)