User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 453: A Father's Job, Review and Commentary/@comment-2214433-20150919114605/@comment-4449950-20150919115532

It's because of two reasons I think. First, the fandom is so large, and second, there are many, MANY young/immature people in it. Young people who can't accept that people have opinions that differ from theirs and make it all about accepting a single ship. Others then argue back, and you get to the stage where everyone is looking for the smallest of hints to confirm their ship and push it above another .-. It's why I've pretty much stopped shipping in FT altogether. Heck, due to the way Jerza's been handled (or just ignored) lately, I don't even really care all that much for it any more either :/