lovely-rave:

One of the worst excuses I have heard from people hating on self insert ocs being romantically involved with a canon character is “Oh, that character would NOT be interested in your mary sue. It’s out of character and cringy. Don’t try and change the canon…” To which I respond with many points:

1. How do you know they wouldn’t be interested? This especially confuses me if other characters in the canon have fallen in love. Even if they haven’t, love has a tendency to come up in really random places, unexpectedly. And generally, the “mary sues” have carefully thought out backgrounds that puts them in a position where the two falling in love is plausible and acceptable. I know I spend hours thinking of how my characters could meet with my faves.

2. Is it really out of character? I mean, unless the character is confirmed aromantic, which not a lot are. Everyone is capable of falling in love, right? Is it out of character for somebody in real life who is single to fall in love? It’s a common thing among the living…

3. The whole point of fan works is to extend or change the canon in order to entertain ourselves, the fans. We (usually) aren’t making the things we make for the creators to look at and say “hm. Yes thats accurate. Good job!” We are making it for us, and everyone has their own reasons to self ship. Just because it’s a twist on the canon doesn’t mean it’s not interesting or exciting. Sometimes, the canon sucks so hard that we change it in order to enjoy it more. But I’m going to stop myself from digressing.

Bonus argument: “if it’s just for you, why would you post it? Nobody cares?????”

This is kind of a silly thing to say if you consider the size of the self ship support community. Everyone is supporting eachother and honestly I look forward to seeing other peoples’ ships. Saying that nobody cares is completely wrong. (Even people who get zero notes, just come to me and tell me about your faves and I’ll follow you and support you.)

that is all, I guess. Sorry if somebody else has made these points before… it’s frustrating.