On one hand, I can understand why people dislike Sayaka

but the tag is full of nothing but hate toward Shun/Sayaka…

which hasn’t been confirmed a thing???

Like… Shun kind of just treated her like he would probably treat Ruri, and considering that Sayaka and Ruri have been best friends since before the war, Shun and Sayaka have probably known each other for YEARS. Shun kind of just treated her like family? He’s gone out of his way to protect younger kids before, after all. Plus, imagine him having to tell Ruri that Sayaka got smooshed by a boulder after all is said and done. Not a good thing.

Shun would have jumped into that mess for any of his present comrades. Sayaka just happened to be the one in immediate danger, which is likely going to be a huge part of her character arc, as she learns to face her fears and stand against the enemy with her allies instead of giving into her panic. She’s not going to just magically be OKAY I’M GOOD TO FACE THE ENEMY when she sees Chaos Giant – remember what happened to most of her classmates and fellow resistance members the last time she saw it.

And there wasn’t even like, romantic subtext in Sayaka’s flashbacks in the last few episodes? She just felt really guilty about what happened to Ruri and felt like a burden on Shun, who has likely spent the last year protecting the younger resistance members and helping them train before he fucked off to Standard. They’re basically just… family, really. If Sayaka were a male character, nobody would give a single shit about what went down, and it highly likely wouldn’t have spurred this amount of tag spam, either.

I mean I’m not even a huge fan of Sayaka as a character, though I do think her role is really interesting. But seriously? Cut it out. If you’re going to say things like “ugh this ship makes me wanna PUKE” kindly don’t tag your posts and keep that negative shit to your blog, not displayed openly across the community?? We’re all here to have a good time, and you’re ruining that.

Some people are going to like things you don’t like, and if you have constructive criticism, feel free to make conversation about it or whatever if you are prompted and the other person is willing to engage. But imagine if someone posted such things about one of your favorite ships before you feel like tagging a bunch of angry and senseless hate. Yeesh.