Sometimes, I see people trying to will BarretxTifa into existence.

(Spoiler: It’s Aerith.) Astroturfing is apparently a thing in fandom and not just online media and marketing.

And it’s true the other way around: Cloti fans ship Zerith even though they either don’t actually have much investment in the pairing or they don’t actually like one of the characters in the pair. But I also guarantee that some people reading this page grind their teeth at the word “Zifa” because they know that Clerith fans ship the pair out of cynicism and convenience. Some people genuinely like the idea of Zack and Tifa getting together, and in the abstract - devoid of canon and context, who knows: maybe they could be a good match. And finally you got your bad faith shippers who want to “pair the spares”. You got your LGBT+ shippers, your crack-shippers. You got people who just like canon and are happy when Darcy walks across the field to confess his love to Lizzie. You got normal people who just like to ship everything under the sun: the multishipper, who ships in good faith. I have one angle on it, and this may be shocking to some: I think there’s a lot of psychological warfare in online fandom. Click to expand.You’re touching on an interesting topic.

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