people are so fucking obsessed with romance and drama i swear to fucking god. whenever im close with some friend theres always afucking rumor or a comment that someone makes. i literallt just want to have friends why do people fucking do this uuuuuruguurugurguhgrhg tcd i hate weird people
Humans are social and sexual animals. Relationships are how we express these desires. By shipping, you can engage with hypothetical relationship dynamics without having to be involved directly. The shipping culture allows you to find people who think similarly about their relationship dynamics compared to you
This may be annoying to people who are more concerned with the actual content of the media as it distracts from the primary purpose of the media and displays illiteracy to these themes, but it is just something humans do based on animalistic impulse and desires
an actually very informative answer to my rhetorical question, ty for taking your time to write that