proship

interchangeable with “anti-anti,” proship (or proshipper) is a label used by people in fandoms to describe individuals who are—as the name suggests—pro-shipping. proshippers are often misunderstood and labeled as “pedophiles” and the like, but in no way do (most) proshippers support irl (in-real-life) pedophilia (or other “problematic” things such as incest or bestiality). instead, proshippers are anti-harassment, and defend the right to creative freedom. their argument is that there is a fine line between fiction and reality that one should learn to differentiate.

there are many ways to identify proshippers, specifically on twitter. some emojis they may use are:
🌈🍖, 🐝🦂, 🌈🥩, 🌷🕊️ , 🕊️⚔️, ✏️🌷, ✏️🌈 , 🌼💌, 🌻💌, 🌈💌, 💌🍓, 💌🍒, 📃🍇
(source: symbolized emojis carrd)
they may also use 🎃⚰️ (coined by twitter user @thepatchycat)

person 1 💌🍒: hey guys just posted my new fic today!! problematic pairing is my favorite lol it’s so cute anyway i hope you all enjoy : )) love you guys
person 2: tw proship, incest, pedophilia // deactivate your account

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Proship

Proship is a term commonly confused with comship, to put a basis to it, proshipping is a moral, comshipping is an action, no problematic ship is a proship, under that label/context proship is invalid. *You cannot use proship to describe a ship, as proshipping is a moral that thinks that anyone can ship anything, it is NOT an action.*

Proship is a term that doesn't quite exist; as a Proshipper is someone who is for shipping any ship. However, proship could possibly be an action though I don't see it that way. You could say "I proship." in place of "I'm a Proshipper"... possibly. But keep in mind, if Proshipping is the moral that "Anyone can ship anything!" then proship cannot be used to describe what a actual COMSHIP is.

Person A: So, you proship?
Person B: No, I'm a comshipper.
Person A: The fuck is a comshipper?
Person B: A comshipper is someone who ships complex ships.
Person A: I thought proshippers did that?
Person B: It's a little complex at first, but proshippers just believe that you CAN ship those ships, they don't have too.
Person A: So... It's a moral... and comshipping is an action of actually shipping those?
Person B: Yeah, pretty much.
Person A: Okay.. so can a comshipper be a proshipper?
Person B: Not all proshippers are comshippers, but all comshippers are proshippers, yes.
Person A: You're still gross.
Person B: Save it for another day, you're hate reading for fucks sake.

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