It Was Such A Good Era - Blog Posts

God, I miss Pinecest 😩

I started this blog as a pinecest-specific sideblog, but even then I was late to the party. Literally days after making this blog, doublepines password-locked her blog, and then soon after deleted it. Everybody aside from a few lovely stragglers was kinda over it, every art had been drawn, every fic had been written, every theory had been theorized. It was time to move on. Sure, there was a fun little afterparty when the twins turned 21 and a few more times after, but the hype and interest had largely fizzled out.

Don’t get me wrong, I LOVED being a part of that afterparty. I just wish I could’ve been there for the golden days of Pinecest. When GF was getting new episodes, and people were realizing how cute these twins were together. I wish I knew what the culture of this little corner of the fandom was like, before the party started to die down. Back then, I wasn’t exactly an anti or anything, but the concept of being pro-ship was entirely foreign to me, and things like shipcest seemed gross, yet deep down I was intrigued. I missed out before I even knew the party had started. I can romanticize it in my mind all I want, but I really have a feeling that it was something special. Pinecest as a ship is so deceptively wholesome, people see “cest” and clutch their pearls, but when the oh-so-delicious taboo and angst are stripped away, they’re a cute, loving couple who only want the best for each other. I imagine the fandom surrounding the ship must’ve been just as wholesome in its heyday - excluding the occasional toxic fan and of course the rabid antis, but that can’t be helped.

I dunno, I just… I wish we could revive that again in earnest. I miss you, Pinecest 😭