#white slash fandom – @aph-japan on Tumblr

One of the most disappointing things about joining a new fandom is finding a wonderful ship with a POC in it and only to find out that, once again, the fandom aggressively only thinks of it as a brotp.

They could fuck and it’s “there was no lead up”. But if two white characters have one conversation there will be 1000 posts on how they are destined for each other.

They could flirt and “they’re just joking”. But if two white characters fight it’s because they like each other.

They could say that they love each other and “it’s just as friends”. But if two white characters say they hate each other they’re actually in love.

I’m tired of seeing more content for two white characters who’ve never met than for ships with POC in it that canonically trust and love each other.

#fandom #fandom issues #fandom racism #anime fandom #shipwars #shipping #shipping issues #white fandom #white slash fandom #characters of color #black characters #dark skin characters #asian characters #latine characters #marginalized characters #mixed characters #interracial ships #(aka Reasons Why I've been Drifting from wider fandom participation outside of maybe my #(digimon adventure sideblogging)#(and all of these exact same issues happen constantly there too)#(because)#(it is the case for)#(every fandom)#(that has characters who are)#(NOT WHITE)#(like i have rivals to friends to lovers ships too but COME ON)#(there are reasons i drifted from so many of my other fandoms)#(and the sad thing is i didnt even want to maybe)#(its bad enough when you have to constantly remind fandom that these anime characters for the most part)#(arent even white)