>>43516074Fujos spend a fuckton on small merch (posters, keychains, plushies, etc), while waifufags spend more on "big" merch (figures, manga volumes, games, etc.). Since most of TPC money come from merch, and specially small merch, they are pandering to the groups that buy it the most, aka fujos.
Anyways, to answer OP's question
>>43515791No, you idiot. They aren't pushing a ship. That image only reflects the rivalry between these two in the same way pics of Ash and Go reflect their friendship. The thing with fujos is that you don't need to make the characters gay to make them wet their panties because they'll create gay fantasies regardless of their canon preferences. In fact, not giving male characters a sexual preference only makes fujos hornier because they can create bigger headcanons with cherrypicked scenes, (like your pic).