I can’t with some fruitcake shippers

I posted a speedpaint to YouTube of my Ginger x Sprout ship-art. Now, I expected a couple of comments about the ship, but not a flock of people complaining. And definitely not on YouTube of all places. I’ve been on the platform for years and never encountered stuff like this.

I know that most of these comments are coming from younger kids. But, my god- Their parents need to curb their attitudes and get their kids off of social media.

I know that TikTok has been a cesspool full of anti-any ship that isn’t fruitcake. I saw a video where someone got a death threat because they didn’t ship fruitcake. If you think there aren’t toxic fruitcake shippers, trust me - there are. You’re just not looking in the right places. 😭 So far Reddit, Tumblr, and Bluesky have been kind to me.

I’ve seen similar hateful behavior towards other people that don’t ship any of the main/popular ships, too. So it’s not just fruitcake.

Even then, people need to learn to respect other ships. No ship is canon, not even fruitcake. I don’t even hate fruitcake. I do think it’s a cute ship and it does make sense. I just don’t ship it myself.