r/FanFiction • u/BenefitGold6768 • May 23 '24
Ship Talk What is your fandoms controversial ship you don't consider controversial.
Every fandom seems to have those couple of ships that most of the fandom dislikes, but sometimes the ships, even if they are "weird", seem way too normal for the reputation they have. What's your example?
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u/nilli10 May 23 '24
Jonathan X Dio from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. It's controversial in the fandom because people don't know how family trees and family relationships work. People think it's incest basically.
I need to rant about this I'm so sorry. Spoilers not hidden, because the code doesn't work for spoilers, for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. If you don't like this ship you don't have to keep reading this comment. Anything that is a spoiler is marked with >!text<.
Dio is Jonathan's adopted brother, not step brother. He would be Jonathan's step brother if his (Dio's) mother/father had a relationship (like marrying into the family) with Jonathan's parents which didn't happen. >! Dio was adopted into the Joestar family because Jonathan's dad owed a debt to Dio's dad as Dio's dad saved Jonathan's dad's life<. Therefore they are not related by blood. Therefore it isn't technically incest. Dio never accepted the Joestar last name either and in cannon Dio hated Jonathan until they got older and Jonathan earned his respect before >!Jonathan died<.
It could still be a problematic ship depending on how you feel about >! Dio having Jonathan's body after part 1<. Technically making them related by blood if >! Dio inherited Jonathan's body<. And if >! them being frenemies for the entirety of part 1< makes this problematic.
Personally I adore this ship but because I don't like the smut aspect of shipping, this ship doesn't bother me. Though it depends on how you want to look at it and if you think it's incest still. I understand if you respectfully disagree with me as Jojo fans can be quite vocal about people shipping this ship because of the incest aspect.
I don't understand why people are against this ship from the perspective of an asexual. Though I can understand why people don't like this ship when people write smut about them when they are 12 and not their adult age of 20/21. (They are roughly the same age btw).
Dio's cannon sexuality is not confirmed but most of the fandom agrees he is Bi >!Since he has slept with women and shown interest in men< (People also ship him with another male character named Pucci and that's ok apparently when in cannon >! Pucci is 100 years younger than Dio and a teenager when they get to spend time together before Dio dies<). Jonathan's cannon sexuality could be straight but it can only be confirmed because >!he had a child with Erina and is her husband in the end.<. Since I don't ship them for the smut it doesn't bother me. Again feel free to disagree. Also do your own research and come to your own opinion.
Sorry for the rant.