Hot Takes expect mine ARE humanely

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Kaylazz

seal

@Kaylazz theres nothing wrong with darkshipping (proshipping isnt the correct term) as long as it remains fictional. most darkshippers ive met did it due to previous trauma. also #5 is sort of weird because its common for those with ocd to find comfort in cleaning and dinosaurs is a very common special interest among autistic people
i agree with 4 but it isnt that simple. people who are in cults are basically being groomed to stay

and 8 is invalid because some opinions are harmful. yes, opinions are okay until its things like "trump 2028" "trump wasnt in the files" (im using him as an example because its real-world things happening Now.)

willoftheworld

I agree with all of this, especially the bit about proshipping. I understand where people are coming from when they say it's a coping mechanism, but them those same people will turn around and say fiction doesn't affect reality. If it doesn't affect reality, how is it helping you, a real person in a real reality, cope? It would have to affect reality to some extent then, right? Also, sure it's a coping mechanism, but not all coping mechanisms are healthy. It can feel like it's helping, but it really just makes things worse. It's comparable to saying self inflicted harm is "just a coping mechanism." Sure, it is definitely a way people cope, I should know as someone who's gone through it, but that doesn't mean it's helping.

NeverLetMeDown

This is all true (for the most part...) but I dont really see the problem with proshippers lol they aren't harming anyone unless they condone the stuff they ship irl. Fiction is fiction imo

spwnchild

@seal yey fellow darkship/support :D?
(#copeingisepic)

spwnchild

@JaniesGotAGun ohmySpawn thats what i was thinking yayy

seal

@spwnchild yep!

Kaylazz

@seal I am not a Republican.

seal

@Kaylazz eh?

spwnchild

@willoftheworld better to have a ship with grooming then get groomed again.

after you get away you start to miss it.

freedom fries

@spwnchild What

seal

@willoftheworld from what ive seen a lot of my darkshipper moots actually did recover by darkshipping. projecting their trauma onto fictonal characters would help them understand what happened and why it happened, as well as whats wrong about it

though im not too fond of darkshippers who do it just because they want to

willoftheworld

@spwnchild While I can see where you're coming from, and can unfortunately confirm that statement to be very true because of my own personal experience, it still isn't a good or healthy thing to do to get over it. Professional help is usually the way to go rather than leaving a part of you to romanticize grooming and such. This is in no way a statement of hatred or hostility, but rather concern for those who DO darkship and such.

NeverLetMeDown

Fiction vs reality who will win

spwnchild

@willoftheworld true probs
i was lucky and got over mine without help
(talking abt my stuff makes me cringe and 'shut down')

willoftheworld

@seal In a case like that, I feel it's a bit different. By projecting trauma onto characters to see what happened from an outside perspective seems like an actual decent way to get a better understanding of what had happened. It's when people start to just ship characters together for the sake of enjoying seeing the dynamic of unhealthy ships that it becomes a bad thing. Or like you said, people that do it just because they can

spwnchild

imo this post is funny because im not exactly human :3
and he said his takes r humanely

spwnchild

@willoftheworld agree with that :D

willoftheworld

@spwnchild Hey I get that and I hope that whatever it is that you've had to go through is all completely over now, and I hope that you are able to be happy and healthy in life