>>83644294Normal people ship too, the fuck you think Finding Dory is going to end up about? The fuck you think Moonlighting is about? The fuck you think obligatory love interests in every goddamn movie is about?
What's different is that most people aren't going to obsess about it, they'll have picked up on the chemistry in the movie and just moved on. There's pressure to not ship a male and female lead because it's cliché and often limits the role of female characters, but the solution to that is writing that doesn't encourage shipping in the first place rather than causing audiences to cheer on a relationship just to disappoint them. Most people who don't want to see them together are more concerned about it not being something that derails a good film or feels forced - had Judy and Nick just kissed at the end for a Disney ending, it'd have felt forced even to shippers. The chemistry wasn't quite at that point yet, but it's just close enough that it gets shippers going wild.
It's possible they could write their way out of them being romantically involved without making it feel unsatisfying, but I don't see it going that way. The usual solution of just pairing them up with new characters almost never works out. And, well, people enjoy shipping. Why go to through the extra effort to stop people from having fun?
