Thanks, I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this weird trend happening. Every time somebody would refer to the ~mythical interview~ I felt like I was taking crazy pills, because it was so clear they hadn't actually watched it. I love Stormpilot, but the interview isn't proof of it being canon the way so many people claim.
It's like ripples in a pond - one person claims the interview is proof Stormpilot is canon, and then several other people see their post and start saying the same, and then each of them reaches several other people, and so on, and none of them are actually watching the damn interview!
It seems to be really important to fans these days that their ship becomes canon. I don't know why, maybe because of things like Twitter meaning they can communicate with showrunners directly, plus so many shows like to include shoutouts to their fandoms (which backfires more often than not). Lots of fans get so personally and overly invested in the idea of their ship being canon that even suggesting to them that it might not be hits them like a personal insult. Which has got to suck, because not every ship can be canon, so someone is always going to end up hurt.
Oh yeah, I totally agree. They don't need him wearing a rainbow flight suit or anything, they just don't need to actively announce he's straight. And even if he ends up with a female love interest, I'm still gonna headcanon him as bi.
I mean, I'd love for him to be canon queer and have it clearly and undeniably voiced in canon. But I'm not getting my hopes up. And I think that people that do get their hopes up are, unfortunately, going to be disappointed.
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Re: (Possible Spoilers Re Star Wars Episode VIII)
(Anonymous) 2016-01-23 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)Thanks, I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this weird trend happening. Every time somebody would refer to the ~mythical interview~ I felt like I was taking crazy pills, because it was so clear they hadn't actually watched it. I love Stormpilot, but the interview isn't proof of it being canon the way so many people claim.
It's like ripples in a pond - one person claims the interview is proof Stormpilot is canon, and then several other people see their post and start saying the same, and then each of them reaches several other people, and so on, and none of them are actually watching the damn interview!
It seems to be really important to fans these days that their ship becomes canon. I don't know why, maybe because of things like Twitter meaning they can communicate with showrunners directly, plus so many shows like to include shoutouts to their fandoms (which backfires more often than not). Lots of fans get so personally and overly invested in the idea of their ship being canon that even suggesting to them that it might not be hits them like a personal insult. Which has got to suck, because not every ship can be canon, so someone is always going to end up hurt.
Re: (Possible Spoilers Re Star Wars Episode VIII)
(Anonymous) 2016-01-23 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)Re: (Possible Spoilers Re Star Wars Episode VIII)
(Anonymous) 2016-01-23 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)Oh yeah, I totally agree. They don't need him wearing a rainbow flight suit or anything, they just don't need to actively announce he's straight. And even if he ends up with a female love interest, I'm still gonna headcanon him as bi.
I mean, I'd love for him to be canon queer and have it clearly and undeniably voiced in canon. But I'm not getting my hopes up. And I think that people that do get their hopes up are, unfortunately, going to be disappointed.