thoughtgained reblogged
This is genuinely apropos of nothing but I am thinking about how annoying I find it when people insinuate that shipping is like, somehow diametrically at odds with being invested in a narrative for its own sake because like……I have rarely ever been interested in a ship that was not itself an expression of the narrative themes and character arcs. Investment in the narrative IS the very reason I care about a ship.
I feel like it makes no sense to pretend like these are entirely separate activities (although I understand for some people they are/can be) when to me MOST of the time, for most of the things I seriously ship, they are inextricable.
#this is how I feel about Harrykim#and why it irritates me when people are like#THE FANDOM ONLY CARES ABOUT SHIPPING#like if you can’t see how the themes of queerness are woven through the story#themes of new beginings and redemption and moving forward#of love lost and love clung to and love reborn anew#and see all those things represented canonically in the most integral relationship to the game#then I’m very sorry but you missed something please read it agaib#no one needs to think hard about these two men frotting if they don’t want to but by god is it textual sorry