What's the appeal of character shipping?Seems like a huge waste of time to me. At least powerlevel faggotry leads to interesting crossovers being made, while most shipfags don't do crossover shipping. When i fap to a doujin i couldn't care less who the guy who's fucking the girl is since i'll just self insert as him anyway.
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>>284153575Then why aren't they putting their time to better use, like sucking my cock
>>284152936I would never ship one character with another because that makes them unrelatable, and if I'm not able to relate to a character, then my immersion in the story or their journey is broken. All characters should be relationshipless in order to retain maximum relatability.
>>284152936For most, it’s just fun. But be careful, you’ll end up summoning him
>>284153575fpbp. Shipping is a women's hobby.
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>>284152936I'm cool with casual-shipping, where it's just people talking about characters they'd like to see together.I'm not so keen on shipping-wars and people trying to weld minor details into ironcast proof that the character they like will get together, or talking about what a great betrayal it was when the author doesn't have that happen
>>284153832>>284153575Yeah this. I automatically assume that every male "shipper" is actually just pairing the female character he likes with his self-insert.
>At least powerlevel faggotry leads to interesting crossovers being madeNo it doesn't, it's the same crap as shipping.
>>284152936>i couldn't care less who the guy who's fucking the girl is since i'll just self insert as him anyway.good man, the anti-ntrfags could learn a lot from you
>>284154154Yeah that's the only context in which i can somewhat understand shipping.>>284154190Maybe crossover shipping but that's rare. Crossovers are fun so any excuse to make crossovers has at least that going for it
>>284154241Yeah i don't like NTR plots but ultimately if the sex scenes are fine i'll still fap to it
>for narrativeIt's obvious why women do this, but maybe some effeminate men are interested in relationship gossip for the same reasons women are.>for fantasyNobody ships when they're having a sex fantasy, they just imagine themselves fucking the character. However when you're creating fanart and fanfiction it's considered bad practice to create an original character that represents yourself, because it's too weirdly personal for public viewing. It's better to be impersonal and attempt to 'lead' the reader to the fantasy.>for influenceI have a suspicion a lot of people get invested in shipping to try and persuade the author of an ongoing work to support their ship, probably because they believe it will result in a greater amount of fanfiction/fanart being made for their favorite character.
>>284154190>No it doesn't, it's the same crap as shipping.I really don't see how?
>>284154414NTA but i kind of do. Both are extremely autistic hobbies that lead to flame wars and weirdly deep rabbit holes.But shipping seems a lot more pointless to me, having known both communities. At least powerlevel faggotry can be fun sometimes, shipping is just boring
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>>284152936Powerlevel and shipping, both are retarded but there are a specific cases where can be interesting to do it.>i'll just self insert as him anyway.Self-inserting is cringe too.
>>284155504Self inserting is normal, especially in pornI have no idea on which planet you live
>>284155555Nice digits.You don't self-insert. That is a stupid way to name it.What happens when you watch porn is that you activate mirror neurons system which triggers sexual arousal.It's not something you do voluntarily like "self-insert".
>>284155762That's how most people use the term self inserting
>>284155989Only women self-insert, whereas men get inspired.
>>284155989Too many people use it as LITERALLY ME the same way foids do when they have an episode over their fav ship not playing out.
>>284156139Then why are most videogame MCs you're prompted to name male? Even Pokemon didn't have a feMC until well into gen 2
>>284155989Most people don't know what self-inserting means in the anime community and its meaning is not well defined.But equalizing a brain mechanism with someone saying "he is literally me" because you relate/agree with him is retarded. Both are very different mental process and have different source.>>284156139This is somewhat true, i used to like self-insert when i was a child but now doing it is cringe for me because now i see anime characters are very crazy and schizo.
I'm pretty sure literally me posting is ironic most of the time, it's a meme. It's basically another way to call the guy based.
>>284156139Yeah I'm sure people "get inspired" by Kirito or the faggot MC of Nagatoro.
>>284156347Yeah, actually is meme. Very few weebs do "self-insert" unironically.The guy thinking that self-insertion is normal, is not good at detecting irony it seems.
>>284152936>notes: a fucking spergoutnobody cares
>>284156347not anymore
>"I want to be abused by a brown girl like the MC faggot of nagatoro"Dude you could be honest and call it a beta fetish instead of hiding it behind the "self-insert" word.
I guess he's having a break
>the MC faggot of nagatoroSee this is the thing that people get wrong about whatever they believe "self-inserting" to be. You are not supposed to "self-insert" as Naoto. You're not supposed to do anything with him, at all. You're supposed to completely forget he exists while you have a fuck fantasy about Nagatoro.
You are the most mentally ill person in the word. You will never make anyone think your boogieman is real.You are so do dumb and think that I reply to all the baits when actually I just ignore it sometimes and change posting style as I please. You will never be epic troll.
>wall of textNot gonna read all that
>>284156843So you admit that you're being baited, and that posting styles exist?
>>284156843shaky post
>>284156822>to actively enjoy this piece of media, you must pretend that the central aspect of it doesn't existYou might as well read/watch CGDCT or yuri at this point.
>>284158194>CGDCTIf you don't require any stimulation or guidance when it comes to heterosexualizing the girls, sure.>yuri Now I'm certain the fuck fantasy part didn't get through to you.
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>>284158412>any stimulation or guidance when it comes to heterosexualizing the girlsYou just said to ignore him. And if you can already imagine fucking a girl who likes another guy, why don't you imagine one that is fucking another girl?
>>284154100I'm afraid this opinion is far too balanced and sensible for this boardgood taste though
>>284156245because they're videogamesdifferent rules apply
>>284158455>You just said to ignore him.Alright I'll go back and address the false premises>to actively enjoy this piece of mediaIf you read my post you can see I'm referring to "what people get wrong about self-inserting", not their wholistic schema for engaging with the entire medium.>pretend that the central aspect of it doesn't existThe central premise of a sex fantasy involving Nagatoro is not Naoto, it's Nagatoro. How often do your sexual fantasies involve men that are not you? I've confused you with words like "discard", the truth is you're just not including him specifically within the sex fantasy. That obviously doesn't imply he serves no purpose.>fucking a girl who likes another guyOkay so I'm (imagining) fucking a girl who has a crush on Zac Efron according to some plot or whatever, so why don't I imagine her fucking someone else? Because I have no reason to do that at all. I don't get it. You might have to rephrase this.
>>284157940>>284158109Seek help.
>>284152936I've seen this shit posted several times, but can someone give me a QRD as to how this shitfit actually happened?
>>284154100>I'm cool with casual-shipping, where it's just people talking about characters they'd like to see together.Basically this, casual shipping is pretty normal because why wouldn't you be invested in the relationships between characters in a story you are reading.
>>284158597You say he has a purpose of heterosexualizing Nagatora but say to conveniently ignore him when it comes to the actual fantasy fucking her. You need her to express attraction to a guy at some point but then ignore that guy when it comes to your fantasy.>so why don't I imagine her fucking someone else?When I brought up yuri, it was in content of imagining fucking the girls in yuri yourself, not imagining them fucking other girls. My point was that if you can ignore a girl liking a guy, why can't you ignore a girl liking another girl? Isn't it the same logic?
