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21, THEY/THEM, CAMBODIA

21, THEY/THEM, CAMBODIA

The only ship wars were like “Naruto is married to Hinata, how can you ship him with Sasuke, that is cheating!!1!1” but ship wars were strictly between groups that preferred X ship over Y ship. Omegaverse was something exciting and scary, not grounds for trans discourse (I am trans and I love omegaverse.) There was drama but never SJW puritan flavored. People called Orochimaru pedobear and moved on, didn’t harass Orochimaru stans (like me) for “condoning” pedophilia or whatever. AH I MISS THAT. 

— 21, They/Them, Cambodia


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