tbh half the time incest allegations just mean people can't deny a ship loves each other in some way, so they have to find a different way to make it morally unacceptable to like it because we can't just not be into things i guess. like, genuinely. if you're not into incest like. it is not a cope to tell yourself this this is straight up the case much of the time. like please do not let these people bother you if they call your ship incest because if they are, it's because it bothers them that deeply that it's so obvious that they care about each other. i'm not knocking not being able to get into a ship because you can't see their affection in a shippy way btw like i Get it and icl i do feel that way about some ships. it's when you spin it that other people are Bad and committing thoughtcrimes because they personally see it otherwise that i think is ridiculous.

and the other half of the time it feels transparent that op is in deep denial of their own incest kink like people tweet some of the craziest things and i'm like damn i'm open about having an incest kink and this is too much even for me. coughs at a baby wanting skin to skin contact with his mother. like some of the things antis playing the incest card say are even freakier than gunwook responding to matthew saying he wished he was his daughter with "kyaa daddy stop kissing me." i know what kind of freaky hentai he's watching btw

frankly, i feel like rather than trying to deny freakiness, we're much better off just embracing it. like yes matthew calls gunwook his brother but like he also calls him sexy every other business day and let's him send it from his ifreak all over him. and like... he wants to be called oppa let's be serious here for a moment. gunwook doesn't use honorifics with him anymore and only calls him hyung when he wants something. like let's be real.

and to hop off a ship you mentioned like yes hanbin has repeatedly expressed at length that he feels like he carried matthew in his womb for nine months and wishes he had been able to experience the miracle of his birth. like. embrace that. there are always going to be antis that say your otp are literally brothers or literally father/son or literally whatever. your otp might also say that. just roll with it. ignore it. embrace it. there is always the chance the incest allegations will come from inside the house. make peace with it in whatever manner you see fit. life goes on, love endures, and discourse never dies.