But the issue didn’t go away. Most of the “serious” writers, like the above-mentioned Messrs. Nowak and Wikstrom (and Matt Plotecher, and Michael Demcio) skewed towards Chip/Gadget. On the opposite side was this female writer who hated Chip and constructed this whole ‘fic universe where Gadget was into theatre and everyone was vaguely Wiccan and eventually Gadget hooked up with this female OC and they were arty lesbians together.
Double you. Tee. Eff.
(Yay for a rant about Rescue Rangers! Childhood fandoms represent. ♥)
The thing about shipping is...in the right hands it's just another aspect of fandom, but in the wrong hands it's a bomb waiting to go off and make a mess of things. And unfortunately, fandoms tend to have more wrong hands than right hands. I firmly believe that Avatar: The Last Airbender fandom would be at least 50% less explosive if there was no shipping involved at all, in fanon OR canon.
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Double you. Tee. Eff.
(Yay for a rant about Rescue Rangers! Childhood fandoms represent. ♥)
The thing about shipping is...in the right hands it's just another aspect of fandom, but in the wrong hands it's a bomb waiting to go off and make a mess of things. And unfortunately, fandoms tend to have more wrong hands than right hands. I firmly believe that Avatar: The Last Airbender fandom would be at least 50% less explosive if there was no shipping involved at all, in fanon OR canon.