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1- To me an anti giving away a false sense of comfort with "I'm against everything that's bad in real life so I only depict acceptable themes in fiction" and then actually depicting a complex and serious subject is worse than a proshipper making a dark fic with messed up themes but also properly tagging it and calling the abuse what it is. Some might disagree but oh well.

2- [The poll with "adjacent" options, though I didn't read many of the notes on the post so I don't really know if there is useful info]

[The only poll that matters, obviously... haha]

[The anti and cult article, though I haven't read all the details]

3- Definitely an interesting bunch, and everyone is welcome even if they just want to lurk. (Funny enough there are non-profic members of the kink community so I guess that happens)

4- Even so, even if you added European voices for example, it'd still be western-heavy. Which is fine unless you're trying to make a general statement about the state of internet in the whole world. Like take Japan for example, besides the politics, the way dark content is viewed is so much different than the western fandoms. I think the way living under a censoring government affects one's views on this topic is very interesting too, though it's not the same thing as your initial subject. Oh also, apparently there is an alt right proshipper population as well?.. It's all complicated and nuanced, and I'll be honest I'm not really interested in politics except for the sociological effects and such.

I hope you as the admin will be okay mentally while running this blog! It can be hard.

And also antis posting on here should probably know what's the actual meaning of proship before doing so. "Proship in my opinion means [something completely different]" there's no "your opinion", it's a word that already exists with an already existing meaning.

(Unless what one says is like "proship in my opinion means ship and let ship or anti harassment" because those *are* included in the definition. But you know they're not acknowledging what it is because being against "no harassment" makes them look like the bad guy, which they pretty much are sometimes.)

Thank you so much for your concern, but please don’t be afraid. I also run a side blog regarding mental health (apologies, I won’t link it as it has more information about myself there and I’d like to keep it separate from my psychology/sociology study.)

I have noticed that antiship people tend to have a “different definition” of proship based on who. Such as the en.stars fan base which considers a 16 and 18 year old to be EXTREMELY problematic and pedophilia. From a someone with a grass healthy relationship, those individuals seem rather grass deficient. The psychology and maturity is hardly different between those ages.

Anyway, I digress, unfortunately in order to understand someone when they speak, we must come to terms with the ways in which other people are defining words. For more information about such a topic, I highly recommend the book “How to Read a Book” by Charles Van Doren and Mortimer J. Adler. (PDF) So while there is a word that exists with a definition, it is like using the words gay, retard, and molest. The words have taken different meanings. Likely, the words people associated with them are: homosexual, a slur describing one of special needs, and improper sexual advances. Originally these words meant happy, to slow, and to disturb. Not only do words change but their perception can as well, such as me calling people homosexual is often met with dislike. Like it or not, this is at the very least something important to consider when making these discussions. (Sorry for the large block on this, I find the subject fascinating!)

Unfortunately, even with my brief interactions, I’ve been finding myself in a rather, perplexing position. I’ve been accused of harassing individuals in a tag and being a drama blog (though apparently being mistaken as not being op makes it better?) while mistakenly being accused of being proship (I state myself rather clearly in my bio.) I’ve sifted through dozens of blogs that were academically impossible to use in a healthy discussion since the tags or blog included threats, suicide baiting, amongst other deplorable words. This topic is interesting, but I’m watching a lot of unhealthy behaviours. I even blocked a fandom callout blog recently for existing in the sense of wanting to harass others. So, it’s interesting, but so hard to find people who are genuinely interested in having a civil conversation from that perspective.

Iris agate is a truly stunning variety of agate that displays a rainbow of colors when held up to light. Photo: Yanzz_Crystals

Good day fellow proshippers ;u; remember to find something fun to do today to make yourself feel better! Go do the thing you want to do! You have a right to have fun! I hope you all are having a good day and I hope you all get to feel some joy today!

Actually dragon stuff would be great! :D

Kinda wanna start doing some art on this blog now that I have some awesome proship followers. If you guys have any ideas on what things I should draw let me know! Nothing too in depth, maybe sketches from my fandoms or something, especially proship related! I want to finally post some art here and I hope you guys love them! If you guys wanna see some dragon stuff too let me know!

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