My Stance On Ships/Pairings

Sadly, We're Not Talking About These Ships

Okay, so it's eleven o'clock at night right now and I woke up at about seven AM, so I'm kind of a bit tired as I write this, so if my thoughts seem a tiny bit disconnected and incoherent, that's why.

Alright, so I'm sure if you read my fic Hi no Nami: Black Diamond (And if you haven't yet, why don't you?) you would know that I updated the chapter three author's note to clarify my stance on certain ships and pairings. I feel that I might need to expand on this further. Basically, I stated that I'm fine with shipping siblings together. As long as the actors playing them aren't siblings in real life and no one is getting harmed as a result of it, then I'm fine. If you're having sex with your siblings in real life, though, I really suggest you seek psychological help, because there's obviously something wrong there.

As far as I'm concerned with shipping, though, there are just a few rules I try to abide by. I can't always as my inner bouncy fangirl sometimes takes control and I end up favoriting a few fics I regret, but still, in general, this is what I try to avoid:

• Celebrity/Real Life Ships: Yeah, for the most part, I try to stay away from these. Mostly because, one, I usually don't give a fuck about celebrities lives, and two, it just feels like I'm crossing some sort of line. I mean, think about it. How would you feel if you stumbled across a bunch of videos on You Tube where someone cut together a bunch of pictures and video clips of you and your best friend to some cheesy romantic music? Yeah. That'd be kind of disturbing.
• Ships That Violate Age of Consent Laws: Okay, for those of you that don't know what the fuck age of consent is, according to Wikipedia, it's "the age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts", so basically when you're old enough to screw whoever you like, regardless of age. Now, this is a tricky one as not all the media I watch is from the United States or takes place there. In addition to Anime, I watch shows that are made in and take place in Great Britain. (Such as Doctor Who and it's spin-offs.) So, if I'm not sure whether or not a ship falls into the age of consent laws in that country, I have to go look it up. In general, though, in the United States, it tends to be somewhere between sixteen and eighteen. (It depends on the state, for example, the age of consent of the state I'm in is sixteen, but in a state like California or Arizona, the age of consent is eighteen.) Also, in Great Britain, the age of consent appears to be sixteen across the board (The source I'm using could be wrong, though, as it is Wikipedia. If anyone in Great Britain wants to clarify the specific laws in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are, feel free to do so.) Japan, though, is where things get messy... Apparently the age of consent there is thirteen, but thirteen to seventeen-year-olds can only have sex with other thirteen to seventeen-year-olds, however, a girl can still get married at sixteen if she wants to... What? Okay, if someone could elaborate on this country's rules, too, that'd be great.
• Beastiality: Self-explanatory. 
• Canonical Abusive Ships: Yeah... This is another gray area. Nowadays any relationship that isn't portrayed as being a magical romance where the people involved feel nothing but undying eternal love for each other is considered abusive. However, this what I consider to an abusive WHEN IT COMES TO FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. I understand that in real life abuse isn't always someone hitting someone else and it's not always clear-cut. So, what I consider to be a canonical abusive relationship is when one or both people in a relationship hit, harm, psychologically torture, or even kill (or at least attempt to kill) the other person. I know people are going to say "Wait, then why do you write that stuff with Marci and Logan?", but I would just like to say that I do not intend for Marci and Logan to get together. In fact, Logan's actually gonna get what he deserves real soon...

Okay, so those are the biggest things I can think of right now. Once again, if you know anything about the laws in Japan or England, please leave a comment down below. I've been writing this for the past hour, so I think I'm gonna go to bed...