Well, I think that meta was the intention but they seemed to mostly devolve into arguments, especially in open forums where the B/J shippers would clash with the B/M shippers. But yeah, there was a lot of meta, especially around the end of S4 and S5 when the spoilers were coming out.
Which leads me back to my first original comment up there. I would sometimes, out of curiosity, poke my nose into the occasional B/M discussion, and I was really surprised at how many B/M shippers either strongly disliked or outright hated Brian. Some of the things they said were shockingly hostile and it really made me wonder why the hell they were shipping their beloved Mikey (*eyeroll*) with someone they couldn't stand. Especially when they had a canon ship with Ben, who was a wonderful character in his own right (and in a three way tie with Emmett and Ted as my second favorite on the show).
I can see liking one character more than another. I'm obviously a Brian fan. I liked Justin, but my interest in him was primarily his relationship with and importance to Brian; I had very little interest in Justin outside of Brian-related storylines. So in that vein, I can see why you would like McShep even though you don't really like John all that much. What I was responding to was the "I HATEHATEHATE JOHN" comment, because that's rather more vehement than disinterest.
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Which leads me back to my first original comment up there. I would sometimes, out of curiosity, poke my nose into the occasional B/M discussion, and I was really surprised at how many B/M shippers either strongly disliked or outright hated Brian. Some of the things they said were shockingly hostile and it really made me wonder why the hell they were shipping their beloved Mikey (*eyeroll*) with someone they couldn't stand. Especially when they had a canon ship with Ben, who was a wonderful character in his own right (and in a three way tie with Emmett and Ted as my second favorite on the show).
I can see liking one character more than another. I'm obviously a Brian fan. I liked Justin, but my interest in him was primarily his relationship with and importance to Brian; I had very little interest in Justin outside of Brian-related storylines. So in that vein, I can see why you would like McShep even though you don't really like John all that much. What I was responding to was the "I HATEHATEHATE JOHN" comment, because that's rather more vehement than disinterest.