ehhhhhhhh ok lol so the timing of me answering this is kind of hilarious with the ongoing ship discourse in the fandom. personally i don't care for ship wars all that much, i don't think you'll ever (publicly) see me shaming a ship in that sort of way because at it's core those are Real friendships and we're all just making our dolls kiss yadi yadi yada, but i will say that these kinds of things probably happen because a lot of people either A) have a terrible case of ship-induced object permanence — someone actually sent me a really well-worded message about this a while back that basically sums it up for me —, B) view every (lack of) interaction between any member ever as fanservice/(not) feeding a ship when it's just guys being dudes, or C) get extremely bored during 'slower' periods where they're not actively performing or promoting or attending stuff and start instigating (even if jebes are still constantly churning out content, but i digress). oftentimes, it's a combination of at least two out of three.

oh and i guess this whole 'consumerist' mindset people have been talking about re: artists and writers in the fandom kind of extends to jebes themselves as well. so with that in mind i guess it makes sense that people cry out divorce or 'it's over' or claim we're in a 'drought' if their ship don't interact for two days. & to an extent i can also admit i have biblical-level greed and will say i miss by beloved maettael literally any second of the day but also, like, idk. it's funny, because we're really just here for shits and giggles LMAO & i thought we'd already established that these are real ppl with real friendships and don't have to constantly be attached or 'feeding us'...? idk man i've said this before sometimes ya gotta make your own meal with the ingredients you've been given even if it's not much. and i cannot emphasise enough how many different dynamics there are in a 9-member group each with their individual bonds, people should broaden their horizons a bit and have fun and not doompost! not even in an rps way either.

anyway yeah what i was trying to get at is that the whole drought/divorce stuff gets very boring very fast for multiple reasons. i've probably yapped too much for such a silly message but hope you get the gist!!