*This Archive was collected over 3 years and compiled to provide further context and evidence presented in a fandom journal 2023 publication's article 'Hate narratives, conditioned language and networked harassment: A new breed of anti-shipper and anti-fan – “Antis”.' (The article has not yet been published at this time; a link to the article will be provided when it goes live.)

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2021 Symposium mentioned in the article's introduction:

https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/2147/2829

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Definition of 'Anti':

• "In the early 2000s ‘anti-shippers’ became known as anti-fans against specific fictional relationships or ships in media (Fanlore Wiki 2022b). Their focus was largely on a hatred of the ships themselves and not necessarily the individuals favouring them. The present-day ‘anti’ movement still centres around hatred for specific ships, but this focus has largely shifted to hatred of the shippers themselves [...] Over the years, antis have been thoroughly documented protesting dynamics they find toxic or abusive in fiction, most commonly noting depictions of rape, incest and paedophilia. While individual antis’ beliefs can vary, their most consistently expressed beliefs are that, firstly, even if intended for adult viewing, fictional media with abuse and sexual violence will cause viewers to think those behaviours are acceptable in real life and thus are more likely to be imitated. Secondly, people should not create content about characters experiencing sexual trauma as it could trigger consumers, and people who explore their own trauma in this way are actively self-harming. Thirdly, anyone who creates erotic content of a character experiencing sexual trauma (e.g. rape or dubious consent) is either tactlessly glorifying real-life abuse or is an abuser themselves. Fourthly, anyone who creates sexualized content of fictional characters under 18 are paedophiles and sexual predators in real life. Antis frequently insist consumers retain no agency and are at constant risk of becoming either victims or perpetrators of sexual violence. This belief has ultimately pressured many fans to choose sides with the overall threat from antis being ‘if you like _ in fiction, you like _ in real life’."

  • Sources: (Hate narratives, conditioned language and networked harassment: A new breed of anti-shipper and anti-fan – “Antis”)

  • https://fanlore.org/wiki/Anti-shipper

    • Direct Quotes From Antis in Archived Examples:

      • "Just because you don't condone it in real life doesn't mean anything"

      • "I do believe minor proshippers deserve redemption"

      • "Treat fictional characters as REAL people"

      • "You should treat fictional children like real ones"

      • "It kinda scares me that some therapists endorse proshipping [...] young proshippers need better help and adults"

      • "As a young teenager proshipping is disgusting and I'm so glad I was picked up by the right side"

      • "You must ALWAYS make sure the characters are vilified for their actions and behaviors to reinforce the fact that these things are NOT OKAY IN REAL LIFE"

      • "If you're an adult in fandom [...] you have a moral obligation to make sure it doesn't literally traumatize children"

      • "If they're under 25 [...] then it is still pedophilia because the brain is still developing until you're 25"

      • "I can get very proshipy type urges, though I suppress them"

      • "You do not have to be sexually attracted to children to be a pedophile"

      • "If a minor is a proshipper, they are undeniably a victim"

      • "The proship community is literally a groomer honeypot"

      • "If you ever see a proshipper who is a minor [...] PLEASE PLEASE be gentle with them, show them kindness, and be patient with them."

      • [25 year old discussing a 12 year old] "I'm so ashamed of her. We tried helping her leave the proship community and she was trying. We were all helping to build her up [...] Disgusting"

      • "Rape is rape, regardless of if it is a work of fiction [...] you are fantasizing about being a criminal, therefore you will be treated like one by me"

      • "It [the fiction] had an affect on reality by making someone feel a certain way"

      • A:"Kid, you're fucked in the head" B:"PSYCH WARD" C:"If her parents won't do anything she needs to be driven offline by force"

      • "You are fetishizing your trauma and therefore self-harming"

      • "Those who glorify any abuse should go through it before romanticizing it"

      • "You don't get to call yourself a survivor [...] if you think it's okay to support [...] you're actively hurting real survivors"

      • "I want to let any minors know that you can always come to my DMs [...] I'm here for y'all"

      • "You are being taken advantage of. My DMs are open if you need to talk [...] It's so fucking sad seeing children fall for proshitters BS"

      • "These children proshippers deserve a second chance [...] [they] don't know what's right or wrong, we should help them [...] so they won't be going down the wrong path."

      • "When I was 13 [...] I started having intrusive thoughts of gross ships [...] the thoughts came back to me a few days ago but I told myself it's not okay, and I distanced myself from those ships."

      • [to 13 year old] "You're making the choice to be like your abuser [...] You said you are a proshipper because of [abuse] that happened to you, you are making the choice to be like that person [abuser]"

      • "You're just as bad as your abuser if you're using this to cope <3"

      • "Stop reblogging from pedophile and incest supporters; no matter how cute or innocuous their art or writing may appear to be, it will always have been tainted by their disgusting paraphilias and abuse fetishization."

      • "How can age not apply to an anime character when anime technically is just animated real life?"

      • "Adults need to learn how to grow out of fictional crushes when those characters don't age along with you"

      • "Whenever these proship minors become adults they WILL most likely qualify as pedos :(. They're like, Pedos in training. Pedo cadets"

      • "Your brain can't tell the difference between cartoons and real people which is why we feel attachment and attraction to characters"

      • "The sad thing about Cyber Tip Line is that fictional stuff is marked as spam [...] they throw out those reports. I sincerely wish they didn't"

      • "You support fictional relationships that are harmful to other victims [...] You're using the trauma myself and other victims have faced for your sick fantasies. Pro-Shippers who are victims are just as guilty and selfish."

      • "Child characters need to be protected [...] We need to protect what they represent, which is children [...] If we cut out sexualization of kids (real or fake) then we get rid of all the pedos"

      • "Anime characters are people [...] they live in their own universes with their own ideals and morals [...] jobs and goals [...] so yes they are people and fiction is still rooted in reality therefore they are still minors"

      • "Some harassment is alright if it does persist just for their own good"

      • "I don't even trust [proshippers] near their own kids"

      • "Proshippers are a mistake in the human genetic code"

      • "I think we should bring back public execution"

      • "You stopped deserving people's respect when you decided the things they went through should be seen as romantic"

      • "Fictional murder is very rarely glorified [...] but a good amount of fictional sex is shown in a positive light or brushed off without any regard for its moral implications, or used to turn you on"

      • "Good people can kill, but good people cannot commit sex crimes"

      • "Ideally, we'd solve this by education and helping people understand the impact of fiction on reality. Especially when it's minors [...] But grownass adults? Not my problem if something bad happens to them"

      • A: "I saw you relapsed" B: "I'm honestly desperately trying to break out of com/pro shipping because I feel disgusting but i always come back. I plan to delete this book and try over again [...] I wanna be a good person"

      • "Would you want a pro shopper around minors, your child, your siblings, or pets?"

      • "I'm proud! I'm also recovering from being proship and I'm glad we're both able to move forwards"

      • "How to tell if a ship is okay: Is it morally and legally okay to do in real life? If the answer is yes, then it's fine"

      • "Illegal, immoral ships normalize bad relationship and power dynamics and are often used to groom minors and vulnerable people into accepting said abuse"

    • [[See section further down the page 'Direct Quotes from NCOSE' from articles discussing the dangers of pornography for direct quote comparisons]]

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Definition of 'Pro-ship' and 'Anti-Anti':

• "These groups generally disagree with antis’ methods and identify themselves as being ‘anti-censorship’, ‘anti-harassment’ and/or ‘pro-fiction’. According to the Fanlore Wiki (2022a), the term ‘anti-anti’ came into use around 2015, and ‘pro-shipper’ by 2017. Recently some pro-shippers have debated abandoning the term altogether as they believe pro-shipping to simply be what ‘shipping’ itself was always understood to be until very recently – a fictional hobby with no correlation to people’s real lives or morals. While anti-antis and pro-shippers have their own unique histories, their general shared ideology is that a person’s actions towards others in real life matter more than the fiction they create or consume, and that the consumption of such media does not correlate to real-life endorsement or behaviour of said actions (Fanlore Wiki 2022a). So, if no real people are being deliberately harmed by a fan or creator, and their fictional interests do not extend beyond paper, anti-antis and pro-shippers believe fans and creators should be left alone. These two groups also understand that fans (including themselves) are allowed to feel disgust or hatred for certain media; they just believe that disgust should not permit the harassment and criminalization of others. Antis have argued that the existence of media that evokes such hate or disgust does cause direct harm as it evokes real-life (often triggering) emotional responses from them (Fanlore Wiki 2022a). In response to this, pro-ship and anti-anti groups largely emphasize that it is up to individuals to curate their fandom experiences and avoid content they dislike, not censor depictions of it."

  • Sources: (Hate narratives, conditioned language and networked harassment: A new breed of anti-shipper and anti-fan – “Antis”)

  • https://fanlore.org/wiki/Anti-anti

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Image Archive - Order of Sections:

1. General Examples

2. Anti Beliefs/Arguments

3. Examples of Antis Targeting Minors

4. Examples of Antis Expressing Xenophobia & Racism

5. Examples of Antis Engaging in Bullying, Harassment, Threats, and Suicide Baiting

6. Examples of How Antis' 'Fiction Affects Reality' Arguments Mirror Conservative Groups' Logic and Rhetoric

7. Relevant Citations & Further Reading

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