Hey sorry this was before my time, I’d love to have you elaborate on Scott’s acceptance of Flower Husbands changing the game for mcyt ships, so to speak. Like, what changed? What was it like before?
well. this is a little disorganized bc its off the top of my head and from memory but.
Hermitblr (which trafficblr/empiresblr is closer to than dsmpblr i'd argue) had just come out of a nasty discourse conflict about hermitshipping. doxxing and harassment abound. so people were really. scared. to even touch shipping again, knowing how it had once been.
Then 3L started and we got Scott and Jimmy were married in the first episode. They were canonically husbands for the entire series. The fact that neither Jimmy nor Scott were hermits and the canon relationship helped. thaw tensions a little bit, in my opinion. still people were anxious and even people who are now vocal shippers of flower husbands/known for flower husbands were tacking on "platonic" any time they referred to fh as husbands.
But Scott was so encouraging of the flower husbands name and expressed clear consent with shipping him with jimmy that it felt. safer. that people couldn't make the argument shippers were breaking boundaries. the canon aspect of fh coupled with dogwarts clearly playing characters in the form of the red king and his hand, it helped make the distinction between shipping the youtubers and the characters a lot more evident.
I genuinely don't think we would have gotten to the acceptance we have of shipping quite as quickly if we hadn't had flower husbands. like maybe we would have got here eventually. but scott really helped ease that process through i think.
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So, I was checking out Rin’s page in the Ultra Analysis book
And I came across THIS:
I am absolutely reeling at how cute this interaction is??? 🥺🥺🥺🥺
I can just imagine the context of how it might have happened…
Rin is in line at a hero meet and greet, tightly clutching an autograph book and wearing his best piece of hero merch, trembling with anticipation as he waits to meet his favorite hero, Ryukyu
On the outside, he keeps his usual composure (or most of it, anyway) but on the inside, his heart pounds harder with every step he takes towards the front of the line
And finally, he comes face to face with Ryukyu
They exchange greetings, Rin muttering a quiet “ni hao” as he processes that oh my gosh I’m talking to my favorite hero right now-
And after Ryukyu has signed Rin’s autograph book and returned it to him, Rin tries to muster up the words to tell her how much he admires her, how much she’s inspired him in his own journey to become a hero, inspired him to wholeheartedly embrace his quirk and push it to its limits…
But all that comes out is:
“Your… your quirk is so cool, ma’am…”
Aiyah! What am I, five? That sounded so lame!
He quickly perks up when Ryukyu smiles warmly and thanks him, then asks him about his own quirk
Rin’s eyes light up like a Christmas tree, and he quickly goes into detail explaining how his quirk works and his special moves inspired by her, barely able to contain his excitement
“You can shoot your own scales? Incredible!”
Rin’s heart nearly stops- did he hear that right?
This hero that he admires so much
This powerful hero in the top 10
With the coolest quirk he’s ever seen in his life
Thinks HIS quirk is incredible??
HIS???
QUIRK????
It takes every last bit of restraint Rin has not to break down in happy tears right then and there
Instead, he sincerely thanks her, his voice a bit wobbly in spite of himself, and when they pose for a picture together, Rin’s smile is bright enough to blind a room
He leaves the meet and greet walking on air and still smiling brightly, hugging his autograph book close to his chest
Today was a treasured memory that he won’t be forgetting any time soon
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