Thread:Angel Emfrbl/@comment-31195725-20190926104050/@comment-31195725-20191002105645

Here it is not a matter of incest itself, but that people are so used to reading any relationship as romance, that even platonic family love is read by them as a romantic subtext. Not to mention the rivals, it’s enough to recall the "X-Men. First Class", where any discussion of the relationship between Eric and Charles will somehow be reduced to a homoerotic subtext between them. To such an extent that one of the commentators on the Shiping Wiki quite seriously claimed that their game of chess in the last film should be taken as confirmation of them as a canonical couple.

The funny thing is that some Vocaloid's producers are fully aware of this and even intentionally upload ambiguous "friendship song" with vocals of Miku and Luka to see how people will emotionally argue about whether the song is gay or not.

Anyway, I'm a 21st century guy, I have no problems with people who enjoy the slash shiping or the LGBQ community in general. But at the same time, I was just tired of feeling uncomfortable because of the obsessive people who require that every second work should be perceived as a gay love story only because they ship the main characters. This becomes such a big deal that many people even seriously seriously try to manipulate the LGBTQ community to blame homophobia on those who don't share their attitude. For example, when one of the ANN reviews passed by the popular interpretation of Liz and Blue Bird as a subtext lesbian love story, some people in the comments attacked the author, demanding that he be considered lesbians as “politically important”.

" I've seen so many arguments such as "its headcanon" as a defence, but thats weak because headcanon often replaces canon for that person" - In anime fandom, this is often called "interpretation." Even if it’s obvious that a person is simply trying to rewrite the actual plot to fit his fetishes or POV in general, you should still respect this and take it as a serious option just because “people have the right to interpret”. Moreover, people themselves will never be friendly to any of your interpretations, even trying to organize bullying of you if shiping is a big deal in this situation.