Feb
6th
2021
ew · 2:23am Feb 6th, 2021
the amount of "straight shipping" groups I was a part of (which was two, already two too many) makes me grossed out with myself
(EDIT: I should note that it's not the groups themselves that I have a problem with, it's my behavior and the reason why I joined them. I used to be a homophobe, and seeing the groups in my list makes me feel grossed out with myself. It's nothing to do with the groups themselves, it's just me)
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What’s wrong with that?
How so?
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I mean, there's nothing WRONG with that, of course. I just remember a lot of borderline homophobic comments I've made and how I avoided any fics with homosexual ships and just...cringe at myself.
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Wait, you did? Huh.
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Yeah, I used too lol. I told myself "oh, I'm not homophobic because I have gay friends!" which to me feels like saying "I'm not racist I have black friends." But I realize now in the way I reacted to content like that and the thoughts I had about it I was just... not very accepting or supportive.
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Ah.
like.. oh, my, gawd!! straight groups? ugh...
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😂
Who cares about straight groups?
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For me it's not so much the groups themselves as the memories that I've associated with them. I was just... not a very accepting person and the memory of the comments I left makes me cringe.
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Well hay, points to you for being cognizant of that. I was raised a conservative Catholic, so I was never in favor of non-straight ships in general. Then I read Oversaturation. Now I ship Sunset Sparkle. And it's all FanOfMostEverything's fault!
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I was joking, to be fair.
Admittedly, I have similar bad memories about my earliest days on the Fandom network.
I’ve always liked the biggest straight shipping group on the site. It just exists to help categorize M/F ships and that’s it, plus homophobic content isn’t permitted (aside from treating it as a story theme and not an actual view). Plus it permits bi, trans, etc characters too. Unfortunately, the forum ended up indirectly attracting a lot of them, but the mods are decent at calling it out if you message them.
Idk, homophobic people tend to be ridiculously transparent a lot of the time and I just really like a lot of M/F ships.
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Yeah, for me my initial reaction to seeing them in my list of groups was just the bad memories I have of who I used to be. I joined those groups mainly because, at the time, I WAS something of a homophobe and tried to mask it behind "oh but I have gay friends." I don't have anything against the group, just the personal bad memories seeing them brings up for me.
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I mean, when I was really, really young I was raised that way too. I got better, that’s what’s important!
Oh, and I ended up being gay all along.
I’m always around if you want to talk still!
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Thanks!
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No problem! It’s great knowing that people are around and still safe during the pandemic.
Nothing wrong with straight shipping. Nothing wrong with LGBTQ shipping. Though there's definitely something wrong with my brother's shipping tendencies, but that's by design.
Reading through the comments I can understand why you'd cringe at the memories. I'd say it's less the groups (regardless of number) and the associations you've made with them.
Back when I was religious I'd tell myself the same things you did, it's taken a long time for me to get where I am and I'm still learning.
Owning up to what you did proves that you have changed for the better.
Well despite that everybody has their own thing even being straight or gay we are all people with feelings even though I'm straight I also have friends who are gay and they are the most kindest people I meet ever since high school