forwhatislove
November 3, 2025 at 1:06:11 AM
hi genuine question seeking an explanation this is not rude at all abnd i dont intend for it 2 be. Dont have to answer this if you dont have to!
Why do you guys cosplay incest? Do you guys just enjoy the character dynamic, or do you ship them? If so, why do you ship them other then the fact they are technically canon? Do you not see any wrong with cosplaying incest around kids, or promoting incest?
Do you believe that media doesnt affect kids? And why do you insist so heavily that you cosplaying incest isn't your problem if it affects a kid?
Do you agree that other media that romanticizes dark topics like grape in hazbin hotel should stay off the safe server? In a hypothetical world where people would actually listen to such.
Why do you guys like being on the safe server, rather than the 18+? (or are you guys not 18+? /nf).
Is this a coping mech, or you just liking the dynamic?
So sorry if ANY of this came off rude, im just very curious. and slightly uncomfortable, as i am a kid who doesnt really enjoy seeing incest on my screen but ill probably hide you lot anyway ^_^"'
Replied on: November 3, 2025 at 1:35:27 AM
hi! thank you for being civil about this /gen <3 i love answering questions like these when proposed in this way
we cosplay andrew&ashley because we're both lovers of tcoaal, and yes we do ship them ! not only because it's canon—shipping characters together isn't always in a glorified/romanticized context, if that makes sense. shipping is just a way to explore the relationship of two characters, whether it be unhealthy in any way or not. personally we think the way them and their dynamic's portrayal was wonderful, we see a lot of the characters in ourselves (not the incest part, before anyone else sees and says anything. for example, as someone with borderline personality disorder i see a lot of me in ashley), and just generally it's fun to have that freedom of shipping whoever you'd like knowing your enjoyment of those tropes doesn't bleed into real life in the slightest. nobody is "promoting incest" by cosplaying characters on a pixelated pony game. there are minors on the safe server, sure, but the internet itself has limits on who should and shouldn't be there. if there are children young enough to be influenced by two names on two pixel ponies (which are only optional to look at) even on the internet in the first place, that's not our faults. blame their parents for giving them unrestricted internet access at their age, and letting them stumble upon those things without monitoring them. because i can assure you we will not be the worst thing they see /gen
media does very well affect kids! that's why internet access should only be given to people old enough to understand the line between fictional tropes and what you should do in real life. no one is going to cater their online experience to children, especially since they aren't supposed to be there anyway. they'll also be exposed to, like in your example, hazbin hotel, which deals with topics like murder, rape, really everything shitty since it takes place in hell—and an even farther reach by that logic, people cosplay forsaken ponies everywhere, which contains murder, worshipping & cults and topics of that like, etc. media certainly affects kids, but there is media with dark topics EVERYWHERE, and if a kid gets their hands on that, that's not at fault of the media creators or the people enjoying it. again, it's at fault of the parents for not monitoring their internet usage
none of the shows or medias listed romanticize anything. romanticizing would mean someone is promoting it as a good and ideal thing in real life, which nobody is doing. simply enjoying or joking about characters from a potentially dark media isn't promoting or romanticizing any of its topics, it's just indulging in fiction freely. i don't think it just existing in the safe server is an issue, especially considering the fact that again, you shouldn't be on the internet unsupervised if you're young enough to be influenced by it/vulnerable enough to be triggered by it.
i'm not an adult yet so i couldn't be on 18+ :,) i'd rather not sneak into a place i'm not welcome
it's a bit of both! most of the dynamics i enjoy in fiction have SOME kind of deeper meaning behind them, so sure it's definitely a coping mechanism in a way? but i don't like to call it that for myself, because we do it purely for the enjoyment of it and being able to explore fiction freely.
and yeah feel absolutely free to hide us if you're uncomfortable, we encourage it! again thank you for asking civilly about this <33