Friendly reminder: be a passionate shipper, not a toxic shipper

While I personally have not seen a lot of toxic fan behavior from the Jayvik side of shipping discourse, it is important as a community to disallow this type of behavior when you come across it.

Misogyny, racism, homophobia, and ableism should not be tolerated, and should not have a place in the community. Yes, there is a disproportionate amount of people in certain parts of the internet that spread alot of homophobic hate against people that interpreted Jayce and Viktors relationship as romantic. No, this absolutely does NOT mean you should fight hate with spreading more hate.

This sentiment is specifically relevant to the loud minority of shippers that put down other ships by bashing characters for "getting in the way". You can dislike a character without berating and grossly mischaracterizing them.

This is most commonly seen with Mel, and it is disheartening to see her character get trampled for simply being a previous love interest. If you want to actually have a nuanced discussion about a character's actions and motives then that's perfectly fine! But if you are reducing Mel to simply being a "disposable girlfriend" that only served to "get in the way" you really need to take a step back and reevaluate how you perceive relationships. Jayce and Mel had a relationship that didn't work out and the show acknowledged this, but from what we were shown they were civil about it and ended the relationship on good terms. Mel moved on to continue her story, and Jayce and Viktor chose to end their stories with eachother.

Let's prove to people that Jayvik nation is about spreading love, not hate.