A topic I heavily need to cover, because this has happened to me more than I can count as well. My friends and I have had issues with partners trying to force shipping RolePlays on us, and I really wish to make some things clear.

Please, do not ever assume the partners you pick, will be into romance genres. It would take a lot of grit off if you take the courtesy to ask first, or even read their profiles to see what they do and don’t accept. Approaching your partners with “Do you want to do romance?” or “Do you do muse x muse?” is a good way to drive away a partner. It makes them uncomfortable, causing them to think you only want to RP with them just to ship your characters.

I myself have had many MANY cases, where my partners have only wanted to chat with me for shipping purposes. I don’t care if you want to ship, I just don’t want it to be the only thing you want from me. In the past, I have had to block many Prompto, Ignis, Lunafreya and OC makers due to this issue. The moment they read my profile and see I do not allow Romance genres, they no longer wish to RP with me and move on to someone else. 

You see... it really does hurt us, as your partners, if all you want from us is a Romance. There is so much more to RP than Romance, we are not here to fill your shipping fantasies, we are here to make stories and development. When you leave our chats or block us for rejecting Romance RPs, it makes us question ourselves and leads us to create rules that restrict Romance genres.  All we truly want is a story with development, and when you push us away, we begin to believe we will not find partners to build stories with.

Please keep this in mind the next time you ask a partner for Romance Genres. Not all of us want it, but a lot of us want a developmental story. Some of us are perfectly fine with shipping, as long as it’s developmental and not forced.