if you do start RPF shipping people who are genuinely ok people,

[msilverstar]

Honestly, the reason I drifted out of this RPF fandom isn't that the main people involved betrayed me horribly; they just fell in love with wonderful people that they got on well with, and after that I didn't want to ship them with anyone else, but also shipping the real relationships felt not fictional enough? So I wandered out, and quit RPF altogether for awhile. So there's your other lesson: if you do start RPF shipping people who are genuinely ok people, they will go on to have nicer lives than you managed to imagine for them and all your fic is outshone. (Possibly the real enemyship these past two days is me/rpf.)

Context is melannen enemyshipping recs for UK panel shows RPF

Comments

[yvannairie]

This is so true, and this is why I gravitate towards RPF with a stronger person/character boundary. I did actorshipping for a while but in the end it didn't really satisfy me in a wish-fulfille-y way and none of them were truly interesting enough for true Drama and Narrative :'DDD they seem decent! I just want them to have a good life! And if they do by all counts have a good life, good for them!