I agree about the Ben's GF stuff except for 1 thing; Ben being in a relationship with a man instead of his GF doesn't make him a gay stereotype and shouldn't be portrayed as such. It's fans being disappointed about something a bit annoying but it's not reducing the character to a stereotype.
Nah chat, Ben being in a relationship with a man would not be a stereotype and I would never mind that but it is the fans’ attitude towards women and straight-passing relationships you’ve gotta consider
Ever since Camp Cretaceous, when Ben was a small scared nerd character, people have headcanoned him as gay
There is nothing wrong with having headcanons like that and I in fact also used to be a gay Ben truther
But with Chaos Theory, it was revealed he likes women and in fact DOES have a girlfriend
Now, this was awesome to hear, as it meant more expansion towards Ben’s character AND a new character to enjoy. However, a lot of people who headcanoned Ben as gay started complaining about how there was no way she was real and how he should be with Kenji/Darius instead. That is simply just a bad attitude rooted in fetishization of mlm ships. If Ben had said boyfriend instead no one would ever have acted like he wasn’t real, and they’d be waiting in anticipation to see him.
People treat him as if he is only supposed to be gay due to how he acted in childhood and how they perceive gay men. That IS a stereotype, that’s what the mindset is. People cannot accept that Ben, as a man, likes women as well. They act like he cannot be pan, or bi, or omni, or unlabeled, or anything in between. People just want GAY GAY GAY, it’s always been about being able to fetishize gay male ships.
Also..we don’t need another prominent gay ship in the series. We have Sammy and Yaz, which is GROUNDBREAKING. We hardly get canonical sapphic relationships in media, not to mention they are interracial. They are incredibly important representation that already gets slept on by a lot of people in this fandom in favor of gay ships.
I don’t care what y’all say, you just wanna see Ben with a man because he’s your silly little gay white boy to you.
I would’ve been happy with him being with anyone, but there’s a reason why I’m so happy his girlfriend is real. You’ve all got to stop stamping your feet and whining about how he’s “better with a man”..your gay fetish roots are showing and they are blatant.
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