Yeah, unfortunately this is true - there have always been certain pairings that have been picked on, often for no apparent reason. I mean, look at the MsScribe story and how she basically waged a one-woman war against Harry/Ginny shippers, to the point of alienating them from some of the biggest fandom spaces. It's terrifying, the effort people will put into hurting others for something as simple as enjoying different fictional couples!
The only thing I respectfully disagreed with in the comment I replied to (I don't know if that was yourself or somebody else) is the notion that what's happening to Reylo shippers doesn't count as a personal attack because it's being done for internet cred.
Like, to use a somewhat awkward analogy, if a kid is being picked on by the popular kids in class, and other kids start to pick on that kid too so that they can fit in, even if they don't personally have an issue with that kid, then at the end of the day that kid is still being picked on. Doesn't matter the reason for it, they're still being put through that ordeal. I know classroom bullying and ship attacks are very different creatures, and I'm not trying to compare the severity of the two. What I'm trying to say is that all levels of harrassment and bullying and trolling will still be personal to the victim, no matter the intent behind those attacks. If that makes sense.
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Yeah, unfortunately this is true - there have always been certain pairings that have been picked on, often for no apparent reason. I mean, look at the MsScribe story and how she basically waged a one-woman war against Harry/Ginny shippers, to the point of alienating them from some of the biggest fandom spaces. It's terrifying, the effort people will put into hurting others for something as simple as enjoying different fictional couples!
The only thing I respectfully disagreed with in the comment I replied to (I don't know if that was yourself or somebody else) is the notion that what's happening to Reylo shippers doesn't count as a personal attack because it's being done for internet cred.
Like, to use a somewhat awkward analogy, if a kid is being picked on by the popular kids in class, and other kids start to pick on that kid too so that they can fit in, even if they don't personally have an issue with that kid, then at the end of the day that kid is still being picked on. Doesn't matter the reason for it, they're still being put through that ordeal. I know classroom bullying and ship attacks are very different creatures, and I'm not trying to compare the severity of the two. What I'm trying to say is that all levels of harrassment and bullying and trolling will still be personal to the victim, no matter the intent behind those attacks. If that makes sense.