And then there's RPF shipping, which (at least for me) exists on a highly aestheticised level. You ship those two bandmembers together because you think they'd look cute kissing, or they did a photoshoot where they've got a sexy vampire look and that gets your gears turning, and it's not really about liking the "characters", it's about liking the aesthetic, moreso.


(also, like, polyshipping exists? i beg these people to justify "these nine teenagers are all living together and in a polycule" as amanormative.)

also ARO PEOPLE CAN LIKE THE IDEA OF FICTIONAL STORIES WITHOUT BEING ACCUSED OF BEING COMPLICIT IN THEIR OWN OPPRESSION THANKS AND GOOD NIGHT