Anon 1: That’s very
true. Even if characters are shown to have romantic feelings for one another
(which does happen in canon), the pairing itself isn’t canon unless the creator
explicitly says so – either through dialogue, author’s notes, blog posts,
character notes etc.

To be honest, this is
just my opinion, but if you’re truly interested and invested in a fandom, how
other people enjoy it shouldn’t interfere with your own enjoyment of it (ludicrous
as you being called weird is).

Anon 2: Thank you! To
clarify, I love shipping in this fandom. I don’t want you to think that there’s
anything wrong with it! I just wish that it wasn’t the only content people are
interested in/ read stories for.

Ex: I’ve found myself
catering to fanfiction audiences by only writing romance stories, otherwise
people don’t read them. This is separate from my original writing, so of
course, I want as many people to read them as possible. Although, recently I’ve stopped caring as much and have begun to write more humour-oriented fics 🙂