What do you guys think about shipping in Hamilton?
I’ve already explained my experience with it in my disclaimer but I’ll say it again. So In 2018 I was introduced to shipping by my friend. At first I wasn’t into it, I just thought that it was a little weird; but then I was introduced to Jeffmads and I started to like this one after a while
Jeffmads is the only ship that I ship (LITERALLY and outside of this fandom). I am barely a shipper. do like some ships outside of Hamilton but not in this intensity. Istg God was just messing with me when I discovered it, even I’m weirded out by it sometimes
It took me last year to finally be comfortable drawing the ship. I actually used to be kind of mean when it comes to weird things and make fun of them but when I had my own weird revelation I started to be more carefree about it
My concerns with the ship are no longer my feelings towards it but how I’m affecting other people. I know a lot of people hate the shipping in the fandom and I hate to be the person who makes people not enjoy this fandom. I’ve watched a lot of essays on Hamilton and on almost every one someone is complaining about the ships in the fandom; how it’s so gross and disgusting. Idk… I feel dumb…
I don’t mind if people don’t like the ships because I used to not but yea, it’s how I feel
I apologize, it’s another vent blog :p
Comments (15)
its fine if ur not romantizing or glorifying the founding fathers or being weird n fetishy
but i think historical ships are weird
but the whole "respect the founding fathers" shit when its ppls arguments for shipping is bs. they dont deserve an ounce of my respect
i just think historical ships r weird bc its the actual people and they were probably bad people in history same thing goes for everyone else. the ppl in the musical r characters so ya
i find it a bit iffy i guess? i used to be a bigggg shipper like 3 ish years ago and a little bit last year but now the interest kind of went away with me drifting from the hamilton fandom. its a pretty complicated question because while the musical portrayals of these people are different from the historical figures, they’re basically meant to be the same person (if that makes sense; sorry it’s 3am so idk if i’m just saying word garbage). but at the same time they are a lot different (especially with appearances, and adding au’s and such separate them even more). but again, i still find it iffy. the times where i do find it completely bizarre is when people ship the real historical figures together, which i’ll never understand
Well I like shipping, it's fun and I'm personally sucker for romance-
I have come up with random ships in Hamilton because of roleplays and just because of my own things in my head and it brought happiness to me to be able to draw those ships. I don't mind other people shipping unless the ship is like, illegal
I don't like when people say stuff like 'oh if you ship this ship you're a bad person' or 'shipping is so cringey, kids are weird' like-they're kids, let them be. Let them do stuff that makes them happy
I used to ship A LOT. I'm not as into the non-historical ships as I used to be, but personally I normally shipped the characters from the play and associated them differently from the real people. If that makes any sense at all?? Dissociating from history ??
Bro do we like have the same brain or something??? I relate to all of this
I myself don't like to draw/share ships for this exact reason,, (not just this community but all of the fandoms I've been in in general)
Like I don't wanna make people feel uncomfortable. I think most of the ship art here are cute but I myself don't indulge in it much because I'm like "wtf are you doing you're contributing to the de-characterization of these people" and I just get all paranoid,, it sucks
But I do think there's a line between the musical character portrayal and who were talking about historically and I think if we kinda keep that line in the musical area then you're ok!! I think if you're not promoting toxic themes then I think it's fine,,
If this doesn't make sense sorry I just woke up lmao
I made this post at 2 am, I think you’re good :sweat_smile: