I was (still am) super fixated on mp100 for the last several years.. I didn’t really have ships in mind the first few years, I just watched the show over and over and re read the manga a lot.. eventually I ventured into reading fics and getting more active on socmed to look at fanart since I needed more content lol,,

I wasn’t super picky and just looked at anything and everything that piqued my interest; Reimob resonated w/ me instantly bc of their obvious chemistry together, but I also liked multiple other ships too.. I stumbled upon a ritmob fic and it sort of changed my brain chemistry.. I was dumbfounded by how gross and sweet and codependent their relationship could be, it was just so fascinating to me and reignited my love of problematic fiction,,

I should mention I had a buried desire in dark fiction for a loooong while.. I enjoyed grotesque/scary/toxic/nonconsensual/ fiction just as much as fluffy, wholesome content but I felt a lot of internal shame and didn’t really allow myself to indulge in that creatively,, I was afraid I’d get made fun of or shunned and I had a fear of people being upset at me so I just.. didn’t.. I also didn’t really let myself be creative in general for those reasons,, I didn’t want to be seen as “cringe” and so I’d barely draw anything, would never write creatively, wouldn’t let myself make the stuff I really wanted to

Well ritmob sort of opened the floodgates and gave me the push to start indulging and creating c: I began to intentionally seek out more ritmob content as I started to fixate on the ship and just got more motivated to allow myself to have fun and find what I enjoyed.. and when I ran out of content I was forced to make my own.. I started getting serious about learning how to draw and dipped my toes into making fanfiction all because I wanted more ritmob LMAO

Reflecting back on it, I think I really like ritmob bc it has the capability to be both incredibly sweet and loving while also being super fucked up.. I know that can be applied to a lot of other mp100 ships but with Ritmob specifically it felt more intense bc they’re family, brothers.. mob would never disown ritsu, could never escape him.. like even if their relationship is super wholesome it would never be healthy or ethnical bc ~incest~ and I adore that.. doomed yaoi.. plus the dynamic of obsessive vs. submissive always gets me.. also I project a lot onto mob and make him suffer in my place fbdjsj and Ritsu’s character design and personality are just,, so hot to me personally,, sorry this was so long, I’m insane about them, ty for the question!!