Attention All Voltron Shippers of Every Kind. Take a chill pill.
Posts have probably been made about this but I’m just gonna throw in my input as well.
I have quite a few points to cover so bear with me.
First and foremost, can we just like stop fighting over the ships please? Like I definitely don’t mind people theorizing who’s gonna be with who and saying characters should be together and being really enthusiastic about it, but when people are like putting other people down and making them feel bad about themselves because of a it, that’s not okay. I mean seriously. Come on guys. It’s a kids show. Grow up a bit.
Anyone can ship whomever they please. Klance, Sheith, Shallurance, Lotura, Allurance, Hidge, Shunk, Lancelot, Pidgeance, Hance. Who cares. Even if certain characters do end up with each other doesn’t mean we can’t still have ships. I mean heck, people still ship Zuko and Katara from The Last Airbender. I’ve even seen Zuko and Aang. Yes Katara and Aang end up getting married. But like who cares?? They’re not real people.
Now don’t get me wrong. I ship Klance like nobody’s business. Do I hope they get together? Absolutely. Do I like reading people’s theories on Klance? Oh yes. Do I disagree with certain ships? Yeah. Am I a bit dissapointed by the way the ships went this season? Sure. Do I think people who have a ship I disagree with are stupid or “have some kind brain injury”? Absolutely not!
My next point is hating the screenwriters of the show. It’s okay to be disappointed if it didn’t go the way you had hoped. It happens all the time. In tv, movies, books. Does that mean the screenwriters are wrong in what they do? No! Guys this is their story. This is their creation. These amazingly talented people put their heads together to create an art. And you guys want to disregard that because things didn’t go your way? Why would you do that?
Everyone is allowed to do their own thing. And Shipping characters is fun. It brings people together. It inspires people to do art, write, and other incredible things. Why hate on people’s talents?
Another thing. Those who get offended by gay shippings (yes I’ve seen it) is it really the end if the world? I am straight as can be and I ship gays. Cuz I just believe in love and that’s all. It doesn’t make anyone a bad person. If you don’t like queer that’s okay too. I have friends who don’t believe in other sexualities and we still get along great. I’m not gonna go further into this because sexualities is a very touchy subject
Next thing, it’s okay to obsess over this show. I obsess over this show. It actually is what kickstarted my love for drawing. It even got my style mostly from Voltron. Now drawing is my life. How can I hate something that gave me such a passion to do something amazing? But if you’re so obsessed to the point where you are lashing out at others and at the screenwriters, even giving death threats! (I know there’s only a very small amount of people who actually do but still.), you need help okay.
A quick note on OCs. I love them. I love make them. I love writing stories about them with the canon characters. I LOVE seeing other people’s OCs. It’s awesome to create characters and stories. Like I can’t even begin to describe how awesome it is. So why do a lot of people have to hate on them so much? It’s not effecting you and your creations in any way is it?
Quick story time: One time in another fandom I posted a picture of an OC of mine together with a canon character and someone started commenting things like: “I hate your OC. This character belongs to me.” “You’re art is ugly. And you’re ugly.” I’m not making this up or even exaggerating, this actually happened. While I wasn’t too hurt by it, I still really didn’t appreciate it.
The point I’m trying to make here is: If you are harassing people because of a TV SHOW. Shame on you. Shame. On. You. We all agree and disagree on different things. But we need to look at the bigger picture here. What I like to see is things like “I don’t ship it but I like your art.” Not “This ship sucks, what is wrong with you? You’re art is bad.” (Yes I’ve seen it)
Let everyone be and do their own thing. Don’t dislike people just because they like or dislike something. Especially something so silly. And to those who are getting discouraged don’t let anyone or anything get you down.
Please everyone. Go. Draw, write, ship, theorize, roleplay, animate, make videos, make friends, fantasize, love characters. That’s what fandom should be about.
If anything at all, you don’t have to like everybody but just RESPECT EACH OTHER.
Those who read this entire mess, thank you. I was kind of just writing as I was processing my thoughts. I hope I helped at least a little bit. Love you all. Have a good day.
(Also send me your fanart, fanfictions, all that jazz. I’d love to see them and I’d love to get to know new people.)
