Omg I left that rancid ass fanbase too 😭 but I occasionally like yuuji art that comes my way cause I just can’t fully detach from him it seems. But yes, you can’t usually tell it’s ship based because the most important thing is they love the characters first. Whatever comes after that involving shipping isn’t really my business and I don’t judge in general.
Well I guess the reason why all we are stuck with is itfs art and the like is because jjk fandom believes Yuji’s life revolves around mostly Megumi which just isn’t true. It’s also probably why they kept reinforcing stupid takes about his MC status, cause if they read anything apart from AO3 headcanons they would know Yuji has a lot more interesting dynamics to also talk about and like without it being shipping related. It all just got so insufferable and I was tired of feeling suffocated by them when they treat him like an accessory to another character instead of his own person. And just when I thought maybe they had changed, modulo came out and they were on his neck again about stupid stuff related to shipping 😭 it’s why I can’t stand itfs and any other Megumi ships cause they are always throwing yuuji in the middle of it as some villain.
Anyway it feels semi good to let this off my chest randomly. Thank you for being kind and responding I wasn’t expecting that 🥹