Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31488396-20180604222449/@comment-36009152-20200818234300

Wannabewithyuu wrote: Jessssssiee wrote: The fact that we talking about characters that are not even confirmed to be together yet. Now that you mention it.

You might want to read this if you are interested.

https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/08/06/shippers-flood-my-hero-academia-mangaka-kohei-horikoshis-instagram-with-demands-for-ship-canonizations/

It gets worse with each author. Since it was raised that article makes for a good case study in publishing misleading information and leading statements. It also demonstrates the 'power of the media' and how it can shape people's view and shine a magnifying glass on a trivial matter then construe innocent comments a certain way. Lesson 101! With the word "demand" mentioned seven times the article is on a mission to convince unsuspecting readers that there are angry petty people attempting to force their viewpoints on a manga with the desired reaction in the reader to act affronted. The actual comments regarding shipping say otherwise and if anything were light hearted statements along the lines of voicing how people feel about a ship, certainly nothing demanding and not remotely "aggressive".

Notice how it's worded as pushing back to frame something harmless as a danger to be repelled, the article attempts to shape the reader's viewpoint to what it wants. Then even if true, to be taking part in a clearly legendary fight for the heart and soul of a series is quite the theatre. It is the replies that come across as petulant, eager to label those simply mentioning who they like with the overused nonsense term of 'toxic' though it's doing no harm.

What it really is: an incredibly biased clickbait style article with a dishonest account that hostile people were insisting that a pairing be made canon, filled with grand sensationalist leading statements all for fractious people to react at the imagined slight because nothing sells a story like making people angry... it's quite impressive the lengths it would go to, the megaphone hysteria of shippers, flood and demand were the best parts XD yet everyone deserves better in fact on that only Chapter 66 and the bearing on Yu and Shinoa is worth discussing here!