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“Shipping discourse” is a term that refers to arguments and conversations that concern shipping. “Shipping” in fandom language denotes imagining someone (most commonly fictional characters) as a couple, as well as creating and viewing artistic works, dedicated to this couple.
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== Common Controversies ==
[[File:Enbylove new.png|thumb|The enbylove symbol]]
Enbylove, enby child love or enby kid love is a MAP attraction to nonbinary youth. A person experiencing such an attraction is called an enbylover (commonly abbreviated as EL).


=== The Topics ===
== Definition ==
Shipping discourse on the most basic and primary level consists of discussing which ship (short for “relationship”) is better or worse. Some people try to apply real world ethics to fictional relationships to brand them as bad. The following ship tropes are considered controversial or “problematic” by some people:
Just like [[boylove]] and [[girllove]], enbylove is an orientation that does not indicate the MAP’s own gender or any co-occurring attractions. Enbylovers who are attracted to particularly young enby children may call themselves little enby lovers, commonly abbreviated as LEL.
*Abuser/abuse victim ships;
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*Minor/adult ships;
File:Little enby love new.png|The little enby love symbol
*Adult/adult age gap ships;
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*Any minor/minor ships that are not completely SFW;
*Ships that contradict canon queer sexualities;
*Incest ships;
*Human/animal ships;
*Human/creature (monsters, aliens, robots, etc.) ships.


=== The People ===
== History ==
People that are against some or most controversial ships may call themselves anti ship/antishippers or antis. The word “anti”, frequently used to denote a [[Mapmisia|mapmisiac]], originates precisely in shipping discourse. It started as a self-identity, but nowadays fewer and fewer people actually use it as such and instead describe their position (e.g. “against abusive ships”). Their opponents still call them antis, as well as fanpol (“fandom police”), fantis (“fandom antis”), fancops, or puriteens (“puritan teens”, originating from an ageist assumption that teenagers are more likely to be antis). </br>
Enbylove as a term was created as a nonbinary counterpart to existing MAP identities because attraction to nonbinary children cannot be grouped together with attractions towards boys or girls or made synonymous with [[childlove]], as it is not necessarily gender-blind and can exist as a clear preference.</br>
The antis’ opponents may call themselves pro ship/proshippers, pro fiction, pro fantasy, comship (“complex ship”), or - rarer nowadays - anti anti and pear (“pro expression, anti repression”). Some have also adopted the label “anti harassment”, despite many being okay with harassment motivated by reasons unrelated to shipping. Antis call them proshitters, freaks, and pedophiles.</br>
Controversial ships are almost universally referred to as “problematic ships”. In addition to that, antis may call them abusive ships or unhealthy ships, and proshippers may call them dark fiction or “dead dove do not eat”<ref>[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Dead_Dove:_Do_Not_Eat#:~:text=Dead%20Dove%3A%20Do%20Not%20Eat%20is%20a%20warning%20or%20tag,explicitly%20condemning%20the%20sensitive%20aspects. Dead Dove: Do Not Eat], Fanlore.</ref> fiction.


=== The Arguments ===
The term has been in use since early 2019. It is unclear whether it was coined previously, and one of the coiners recalled it did not feel like making up something new, but filling a self-evident gap. </br>
The key argument of the anti ship side is “fiction affects reality”. They believe the effects of fiction to include normalization of the narrative’s themes and don’t want people to normalize real life abuse by making and spreading stories about fictional abuse. Other common arguments include believing some fictional works may be used to groom and sexually abuse children and retraumatize abuse survivors. Antis most often describe their position as a “normal person” position and believe the majority of non-fandom people to be on their side.</br>
 
Proshippers respond to that by emphasizing that people are capable of liking something in fiction and being against it in real life. They often bring up horror movies, stories about murder and violence, which usually do not create concerns among antis. Proshippers sum up their stance as “ship and let ship”, “fiction is not reality”.
The first image, featuring the enbylove symbol, is a draft made by Pappy in July 2019 that also depicts experimental and discarded childlove symbols. A high quality EL logo appeared in March of 2020. In May of 2022, Pappy changed its shape to resemble the girllove symbol less.</br>
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File:CL symbols2019.png|The first draft, featuring the symbol
File:EL symbol.png|The symbol, made in 2020
File:Enbylove new.png|The updated 2022 version
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This symbol is available as an emoji on MAP fediverse instances.</br>
 
Pappy has also made an EL flag, following the line of CL/BL/GL [[map flag]] redesigns, started by Charles in 2018.
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File:EL flag.png|The EL flag
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== Usage ==
Enbylove is an identity most popular with nonbinary MAPs, who make up a large percentage of online MAP spaces – around 30%, according to some polls<ref>[https://wierstamann.net/2023/03/20/maps-lgbt-and-strategic-erasure/ Maps, LGBT, and strategic erasure], Wierstamann.</ref>.


== Connection To Map Discourse ==
As a part of trying to prove that proshippers are dangerous, antis often try to tie shipping discourse to map discourse. They use the presence of ships with underage characters as evidence that proshippers are secretly maps. The term “pear” is occasionally used by them synonymously with “map”<ref>[https://helplesscreator.tumblr.com/post/683702727623229440/the-maps-coined-a-new-term-to-call-themselves  “The maps coined a new term to call themselves”], via Tumblr.</ref>.</br>
In reality, while a randomly chosen proshipper has higher chances to be pro map than a randomly chosen antishipper, mapmisia is rampant in the proship community<ref>[https://kidscantconsent.blogspot.com/2021/01/when-pro-shippers-turn-on-maps.html When Pro-Shippers Turn on MAPs], Kidscantconsent.</ref>. Many believe that interest in controversial ships is valid only as long as it does not coincide with interest towards the same subjects in real life, even if the person in question is dedicated to not abusing anyone. Pro map proshippers often find themselves having to choose between staying silent about their opinions and losing support of proshippers they look up to. It is possible to say that map-related accusations from antis only fuel mapmisia in the proship community and make it a more hostile place for a map.
== References ==
== References ==
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Русский

The enbylove symbol

Enbylove, enby child love or enby kid love is a MAP attraction to nonbinary youth. A person experiencing such an attraction is called an enbylover (commonly abbreviated as EL).

Definition

Just like boylove and girllove, enbylove is an orientation that does not indicate the MAP’s own gender or any co-occurring attractions. Enbylovers who are attracted to particularly young enby children may call themselves little enby lovers, commonly abbreviated as LEL.

  • The little enby love symbol
    The little enby love symbol

History

Enbylove as a term was created as a nonbinary counterpart to existing MAP identities because attraction to nonbinary children cannot be grouped together with attractions towards boys or girls or made synonymous with childlove, as it is not necessarily gender-blind and can exist as a clear preference.

The term has been in use since early 2019. It is unclear whether it was coined previously, and one of the coiners recalled it did not feel like making up something new, but filling a self-evident gap.

The first image, featuring the enbylove symbol, is a draft made by Pappy in July 2019 that also depicts experimental and discarded childlove symbols. A high quality EL logo appeared in March of 2020. In May of 2022, Pappy changed its shape to resemble the girllove symbol less.

  • The first draft, featuring the symbol
    The first draft, featuring the symbol
  • The symbol, made in 2020
    The symbol, made in 2020
  • The updated 2022 version
    The updated 2022 version

This symbol is available as an emoji on MAP fediverse instances.

Pappy has also made an EL flag, following the line of CL/BL/GL map flag redesigns, started by Charles in 2018.

  • The EL flag
    The EL flag

Usage

Enbylove is an identity most popular with nonbinary MAPs, who make up a large percentage of online MAP spaces – around 30%, according to some polls[1].

References

  1. ↑ Maps, LGBT, and strategic erasure, Wierstamann.
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