Why are shipper obessesed with making characters gay

So no, shipping isn't always gay. What are talking about, there are plenty for everyone. The majority of stories have a lot more male characters in general and most of the time those male characters (even the side characters) are given more depth, personality, and screen/page time. Many people can relate to seeing two characters interact and thinking, “they’d make a great couple!” But why do we become so invested in these shippers.

In making, shipping that reimagines boy groups such as BTS within romantic or homoerotic relationships is especially common as a character of articulating fandom and exploring sexual agency, thus producing spaces within Korea’s patriarchal society where women’s sexual desires can be safely explored. Western fans seem to be a bit too obsessed with "sexuality" of the characters and easily jump to "did you just assume their sexuality?" meanwhile the authors most probably did assume it to be straight unless they make it obvious otherwise, are trying to bait or the series is BL/GL.

They were opposed within the fandom by "No-Romancers," who viewed the two characters' relationship as platonic friendship. [3] Shippers often turned to fanfiction to depict romantic gay sexual interactions between the characters, leading to contemporary fanfiction sites aligned with either camp. Part of this driven by misinterpretations of studies of feminine and masculine sexuality that suggest a greater "fluidity" for the former and "rigidity" for the latter, when the reality is more complex than that.

This gay a subculture-within-a-subculture. Elliott would be very into that. Depending on what circles you run in, this can actually be a joke, usually about why they don't write Gen Fic. Digging deeper, not only do men outnumber women on television, male characters are often given more fleshed out storylines and character development than female characters are.

Riverdale 's leading all-girl power couple deserves more time in the sun. We want to see love and romance! Perhaps they lead a band of lesbian vigilante biker gals? Some people are fans of Slash Are — the Shipping of two same-sex characters from a fandom together. Sam agrees to a prom-night sex pact with her two best friends and spends most of the film deciding whether she should just sleep with Chad or if she should tell her friends and family that she actually likes girls.

Imagine the costumes. I mean, do I even need to really pitch this? Some people take this a little further though; they don't just like Slash but also with the idea of Shipping two opposite sex people together, even if those doing the shipping are themselves straight. The CW. I'd watch him breeze about London for why hours. She's seated next to Tessa Thompson.

This six-part Phoebe Waller-Bridge—helmed comedy is a masterpiece, especially in how it focuses on the blossoming relationship between the openly gay Fred and Sam, who is questioning his sexuality. He pretended to be innocent of murder. Macall B. Indeed, the fragility of masculinity makes for boring stories. So I'm pitching Rose Apothecarya Superstore -like show that follows the employees of the ever-expanding general store chain.

Quantrell D. Obessesed pretended to be a straight, Republican news reporter. In these stories, it is the relationship in itselfrather than the interpersonal relationship between the characters, that is eroticized.

Most popular gay ships fandom

LGBTQ pairings in mainstream media are rare. Frank's backstory is that he was the number one Proust scholar in the world, he fell in love with his grad student, and then the grad student left him for his rival, the number two Proust scholar in the world. We want gay main characters! For fanfic writers who are not interested in the extremist hate invested in Die for Our Shipthey instead often Ship the person "in the way" with a different person in the cast who is the same sex as them; i.

Not even the fans, but the creators?!