Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-12698523-20130719122453/@comment-24400457-20140422043211

@MattK First of all, sorry for offending you; I didn't actually have any intention to come across as rude or snarky.

As for Freezerburn, I've seen a bit of it. It's definately not as abundant as Monochrome, Bumbleby or White Rose but it's out if you're looking for it. I think the reason for that is that people only ever seem to be able to ship Yang with Blake. Which isn't actually a bad thing... unless you don't ship the... which is a surprisingly large amount of the fandom when you consider that almost every fanfic writer or fan artist have shipped the two at some point.

I've always been of the perspective that romance is an element that needs to be imbued into a universe such as this to make it seem real. Sure that doesn't mean we need every character going out with someone, truth be told you could give that impression just from Arkos, Noren and Snow Monkey without a need to explore further. But I do feel like it is integral to making a world fully immersive and relatable.

Also I've never seen a reason to get upset just because people are shipping; I mean sure it irks me when people go about shipping everything based on assumptions ("Goggles looks to be an archtypical tom boy! Quick add her to Jaune's harem!") and neutral gestures ("Adam save Blake's life! #Tauradonna" Oh really? There's me thinking he'd let her die so he doesn't end up leading her on...), and yes I really don't want to see Ruby/Jaune, Blake/Sun or Blake/Adambut the actually act of discussing say... Snow Monkey, Noren, Arkos, Bumbleby or White Rose (ships that COULD realistically happen^ with satisfying results for everyone and do a great job developing the pair's characters)

^It is worth mentioning that whilst Bumbleby is realistic, entertaining and would go along way to evolving Blake and Yang as characters, Monty HAS said that it's not happening.

I'd be interested in hearing exactly why you're against shipping.