#and as somebody who’s recognized some .. interesting .. names in their own works’ kudos before

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i mean, a ship can be very popular in the fandom and still be considered "the worst" by sections of it. it's not like ship value is an objective quality , it's all down to taste. i used to haaate maxiel in its heyday (altho i'm very much buying it now)

Ummmm I agree it has nothing to do wid the ‘objective quality’ of a sh1p because also there’s no such thing it’s literally sh1pping 😭 Ig my og point was more about cognitive dissonance than anything else. Like all sh1ps voted into the top 5 ‘worst sh1ps’ are also the top 5 most read on ao3. So I’m just curious like: who’s reading and writing those f1cs? Where did the demand come from? Max is still the most popular f1 driver on ao3, even wid sharl in the mix since 2019, and yet a lot of people swear up and down they don’t want anything to do wid him. I just find that funny like listen maxiel and lestappie writers are fairly active but they’re not that active fndksksk

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#ask #disk horse #I don’t doubt there’s people who truly have max/sharl or max/daniel blacklisted to protect their peace #i think ive written about this before like #it’s normal for a sh1p that goes mainstream to also have a lot more haters #but the numbers. don’t add up #and as somebody who’s recognized some .. interesting .. names in their own works’ kudos before #I just can never take these type of polls srsly 😐