My friend (20f) is very into video games and anime. I am not, but I respect my friends’ interests and always encourage them to discuss them with me, as even though I don’t always understand everything, I am glad my friend has a place to talk about stuff that they enjoy.
Anyway, a video game my friend likes updated a character’s backstory, and apparently, because of the new update, there is a debate on whether or not these two characters are siblings or dating. My friend thinks they are siblings. They were explaining this to me and said they get mad how people are romantically shipping them. I was confused, as I didn’t understand what the big deal was, as I thought that, because they are fictional characters, it doesn’t really matter at the end of the day, especially since the creators have not made anything canon yet. They said that it makes them uncomfortable when people romantically ship them. They then asked me if I would be uncomfortable, and I said no and that I wouldn’t really care.
Now, they will not talk to me. I have reached out and apologized, but they won’t respond to me. It hurts as we have been close friends for a while, and it makes me feel as if the entire friendship didn’t matter to them. I understand that this ship is important to them, but since they are not real people, I thought it was okay for me to share my opinion, but maybe I shouldn’t have. AITAH?
Edit: grammar and typo
20’s too old to be having shipping wars that ruin friendships.
NTA. This person is having a tantrum not because you even disagreed with her, but because you didn’t explicitly agree with her… over fictional characters. She’s acting immature, and there really isn’t much you can do about it.
NTA. Your friend has apparently been brainwashed into fandom purity culture and can no longer distinguish between reality and fiction. If you don’t agree on which ships are forbidden, she can’t be friends with you, because you are a worthless sick degenerate to her.