The best example of this is an author called prettybadmagic, who I call the Jeffrey Epstein of her fandom. That isn't used lightly. She popularized the "unblooded girl child" comment and even sold her fanfic as an original book with the names swapped - with the original fic still up. She even has a group chat for her "I'm owning the 4chan chuds but the Hispanic is a rapist" story. Link / Archive. The Lulu shop is here. Ironic the pedophile wants age verification for her 4chan race rape play.
I was curious and saw this thread about why gay shipping is very overrepresented in fandoms despite straights being the majority
These people are always 100% lying and you can see it in the very media they consume. They don't like damsels in distress, but they are perfectly fine with Omegaverse, which features the most misogynistic tropes available, but it's OK because it's progressive and they are exploring gender through a 'cuntboy', not a woman, even when the narrative treats them as female and designates their 'feminine gender presentation' as something lesser in the eyes of society.
"Gay ships are a lot more natural" - Again, this is a lie and/or cope. They will utilize these stereotypes as they see fit; they don't like 'gendered performances', yet automatically assume that the one with long hair and so-called 'feminine mannerisms' should be the bottom/get pregnant/act as the mother, etc. They are always speaking out of both sides of their mouth. Mind you, they are only saying this about MLM ships; they don't give a damn about lesbian ships. They will always focus on males because they believe, and will admit, that males are the only ones who can be true equals and that their love is the purest, highest form of intimacy because it's free of sexism thanks to the absence of women.
Can anyone please explain the power imbalance argument? Sure, there are probably some boy focused shows that have a boring straight couple where the girl isn't that interesting, but I dont understand this argument at all. I never felt that a large portion of straight ships were a man was in charge of it and the girl was helpless . Big example is in Kpop Demon Hunters where the two main leads have their own personalities and flaws. They have a dynamic where it doesn't feel forced and you can see the chemistry. Also, I said this before, but its really ironic how these people talk about how straight relationships dont feel honest and performative and yet, Ive seen people ship two same sex people together even though their ship dynamic makes 0 sense for them to be together. The pair just feel like a performative gay ship that was just made to make the queer fan base happy.
I think @Chandelier explained your average fujoshi thinking the best, but here's my summed up version:
Hell its so non taboo that people start to headcanon one or both people in the relationship as trans to make an mpreg story and the relationship more "spicy".
Its like I said before, these people make the claim that its more natural and yet I can give a perfect example of a gay ship that became a thing only because the fans wanted it to be canon. Tweek and Craig from South Park. They literally only became a thing because of a joke about yaoi and even in the episode, everyone kinda forced them to be in a relationship because if they weren't, everyone in the town would be sad. Wow, so "natural". I've also seen gay ships get completely astroturfed because its a gay ship even when its two characters who have never interacted with each other, or it would make 0 sense for them to be together. I wouldn't care about what people shipped if these exact same people weren't hypocrites about it and complained about straight ships that actually makes sense, but of course they act like its unnatural for two people who share a few similarities to be together.
THE CHAD YUMEJOSHI VS THE VIRGIN FUJOSHI
Personally, I think both are bad and nerfe down the quality of female character/straight romance writing. But aside from "growing up and getting into a real relationship", which is often impossible for these people, I don't know what kind of alternative to offer for them. It's the same situation as with self-insert bros and yuricucks.
The alternative is always to get off the internet. Nothing is more toxic to the female autist brain than being terminally online.
Unless something drastic happens to challenge that, I feel each new generation will be sucked into the internet more and more. Media and art will turn into a full substitute for interpersonal relationships and identities.
Sorry for double post but this is another thing that has been bugging me as well. Homosexuality isn't taboo and yet I still see people going on about how they see subtle clues about a character being gay even in shows that have gay characters in it. Like what the fuck would be the point of a show's creators to put subtle clues about a character's sexuality, especially in a show that already has gay characters on it? Why wouldn't they just make it canon if there was anything there? Its also the same people who go "The way they interact with each other is in such a queer way" and its clearly women who dont understand male friendship and think their interpretation is the correct way. I saw one argument go "Because there would be backlash to this character in particular being gay" and its like "What backlash"? The only backlash I could see is how people would get annoyed at how the show's creators are bowing down to fujo's interpretations of a male friendship as gay and how the majority of characters are LGBT when its so fucking pointless to have this many characters be gay. Its like they got their gay rep on the show already, why do you need every character to be LGBT? It once again shows the sheer narcissism of this community.
Fujoshi need so called "food" to thrive. If you give them a stable, gay couple from the beginning it will be welcomed, but lukewarm. What gets them is the "slow buildup" - innuendos, certain character interactions, story episodes, even wardrobe. These are the materials they need to make more gay porn. Like most fanfiction, it's always about porn. I guess one could compare shipbaiting in general to mental female edging, but in this case for girls who are too insecure about pursuing straight relationships.
