“how can m/f ships be good-” first of all through the power of bisexuality anything is possible so write that down. second of all if we start othering ships based on gender and nothing else we’re no better than the opposition. third of all you need to watch more addams family
this, this exactly. i am begging people (especially in fandom spaces) that gender doesn’t and shouldn’t define a relationship. believe me i am a big fan of yaoi and yuri — i’ll eat that shit up any day — but just because a relationship is m/f does not mean it’s inherently boring or “bad”
bi people exist, trans people, pansexuals, those on the ace spectrum — just because a relationship is m/f doesn’t mean it’s cis
not only that, but believe it or not there are good cishet relationships! both in reality and fiction (which is the focus here) there are plenty of wholesome and interesting dynamics to work with, it’s just that most mainstream media now just seems to pump out the exact same stories over and over again with these flat cishet characters so that’s all anyone ever sees. m/f is not inherently bad, the narrative is