Not really. I mean, it can happens, but it's much rarer than ship wars that share characters. I think the issue with Poe/Finn versus Kylo/Hux is some people not liking one pairing and wanting to see less of it on certain sites.
I've seen people get angry about Rey/Kylo and Hux/Kylo, but it's still not what I would consider a ship war since most of the anger is coming from people who don't ship either of the pairings.
The only thing I would consider even close to a ship war in fandom is the arguments about Poe/Finn versus Finn/Rey, but those tend to be about who's more "progressive" with their ship. I find the whole thing a bit mind boggling because either of them being canon would be a great step forward for gay couples or interracial couples. I know people complain about not wanting another het ship, but there are still a lot of people who are upset at the thought of a white woman being with a black man and there aren't many positive representations of interracial couples in major blockbusters, so it would still be "progressive" even though it's still a het ship - and I say this as someone who ships every variation of Poe/Finn/Rey.
DA your comment about "representations of interracial couples " really triggered a weird flashback for me. i remember star trek voyager, and how at that time, my classmates (all white) said: but hey, you must ship harry kim, because he is Asian. you are an Asian girl, that must be logical.
and i was like, huh?? (at that time, I didn't even think of any ships at all, all I could think was, wow 7of9 is hot, and Captain Janeway is female, cool!)
(just kidding, we ship what do. I am all for the ferengis from DS9...the things I learned what they were to supposed to represent and the race wankdrama surrounding the ferenigs about 20 years later..amazing! in case you did not know, they were supposed to represent Japanese people, which of course, went way over my head, not being American, and not know how Americans are able to decode all that kinds of things)
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Re: Reminds me of the SPN kinkmeme way back when
(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)I've seen people get angry about Rey/Kylo and Hux/Kylo, but it's still not what I would consider a ship war since most of the anger is coming from people who don't ship either of the pairings.
The only thing I would consider even close to a ship war in fandom is the arguments about Poe/Finn versus Finn/Rey, but those tend to be about who's more "progressive" with their ship. I find the whole thing a bit mind boggling because either of them being canon would be a great step forward for gay couples or interracial couples. I know people complain about not wanting another het ship, but there are still a lot of people who are upset at the thought of a white woman being with a black man and there aren't many positive representations of interracial couples in major blockbusters, so it would still be "progressive" even though it's still a het ship - and I say this as someone who ships every variation of Poe/Finn/Rey.
Re: Reminds me of the SPN kinkmeme way back when
(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)your comment about "representations of interracial couples " really triggered a weird flashback for me.
i remember star trek voyager, and how at that time, my classmates (all white) said:
but hey, you must ship harry kim, because he is Asian.
you are an Asian girl, that must be logical.
and i was like, huh??
(at that time, I didn't even think of any ships at all, all I could think was, wow 7of9 is hot, and Captain Janeway is female, cool!)
Re: Reminds me of the SPN kinkmeme way back when
(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Reminds me of the SPN kinkmeme way back when
(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)janeway/7of9 OTP all the way!
(just kidding, we ship what do.
I am all for the ferengis from DS9...the things I learned what they were to supposed to represent and the race wankdrama surrounding the ferenigs about 20 years later..amazing! in case you did not know, they were supposed to represent Japanese people, which of course, went way over my head, not being American, and not know how Americans are able to decode all that kinds of things)
Re: Reminds me of the SPN kinkmeme way back when
(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)That's exactly where my thoughts were going re: ship wars.
Really, I'd like to just second your whole post. That's a good post.
Re: Reminds me of the SPN kinkmeme way back when
(Anonymous) 2016-02-28 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)Fandom loves to argue about who is more progressive but what often ends up happening is further marginalization.