If it comes across as mean-spirited, then it's because the original anon for all their joy on achieving canon status for their ship phrased it in the most wanky way possible and then danced around going hyuck hyuck i was right you were wrong! at people who didn't ship their ship and then karma smacked them down HARD almost immediately.
There was nothing in either the original thread nor any of the follow-ups which made me think the reaction would have been any different if the ship in question was het or m/m. Wanky shippers who crow prematurely and then get their ships sunk are always comedy gold. See also the Faye/Chii (het) shippers in CLAMP/TRC fandom who celebrated prematurely because the anime creators were weirdly no-homo (about CLAMP!!!! the fuck?!) and played it too much and then CLAMP almost immediately slapped it down hard in the manga.
Re: wank containment area
If it comes across as mean-spirited, then it's because the original anon for all their joy on achieving canon status for their ship phrased it in the most wanky way possible and then danced around going hyuck hyuck i was right you were wrong! at people who didn't ship their ship and then karma smacked them down HARD almost immediately.
There was nothing in either the original thread nor any of the follow-ups which made me think the reaction would have been any different if the ship in question was het or m/m. Wanky shippers who crow prematurely and then get their ships sunk are always comedy gold. See also the Faye/Chii (het) shippers in CLAMP/TRC fandom who celebrated prematurely because the anime creators were weirdly no-homo (about CLAMP!!!! the fuck?!) and played it too much and then CLAMP almost immediately slapped it down hard in the manga.