Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Strips 3516 to 3520 (3rd to 7th July 2017)
Tova:
--- Quote from: JimC on 09 Jul 2017, 06:16 ---In this particular case the creator has made it very clear that he objects to having his characters taken and used to construct relationship scenarios. To my mind its his privilege to object, and I have no problem whatsoever with it, and its entirely correct that this forum should follow his wishes.
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For whatever it's worth, I am thankful for this rule on a daily basis.
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: MrNumbers ---resonating with an idea enough they want to personally explore it and extrapolate it from their perspective
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The moderators would see a ton of difference between "Can two people with PTSD make a relationship work?" and "When are they going to fuck already?".
Thank FSM, there's the sub-Reddit, free of the constraint of being Jeph's property.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Jul 2017, 14:31 ---I would say it's rude to J.K. Rowling to force Harry and Draco into bed together, and don't see it as a form of literary exploration either, being instead simply prurient.
Some of the shipping that's happened here was just that childish and just that creepy. That was a long time ago but is what comes to mind for the moderation team.
MrNumbers, am I getting you right, that what you're describing as shipping is thoughtful instead? Like exploring how an organic and a synthetic could have a romantic relationship instead of writing Faye/Bubbles porn?
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Ah. That's ultimately what it boils down to, isn't it. Motivation and intention.
Is it being done to explore something, or is it purely prurient (maturbatory)?
EDIT: Harry x Draco and Cloud x Sephiroth are the two common examples given for male-male arbitrary shipping that goes against character. What are two examples of arbitrary female-female shipping that goes against the character's personality/motivations. i.e. Sephiroth wants to kill Cloud, not have sex with him.
BenRG:
It's my experience that a significant element of fan-shipping (especially between character antagonists) boils down to 'they look cute together' and has no other real basis beyond some strange idea that you can have a functional relationship based on violent passion moving from hate to lust.
I may ship on more than one occasion but there are some out there who do it...? Well 'crazy' doesn't come close to defining it.
Gyrre:
If the fanfic writer actually takes time to write full character arcs that work with their established character, I don't mind so much. But, as I understand it, that almost never happens.
Considering how many people write fanfic, at least one person has actually tried to make it believable within the confines of canon.
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