Getting back into media rn and I am, personally, this is my personal opinion, so tired of the found family trope. It’s not even because of the fact that it’s prevalent everywhere. I like it when characters are close with each other. But it’s the assign of roles I often see. Especially roles in the nuclear family archetype. I’ve been fem presenting my whole life but because of how I act i’ve been called “the dad friend” and have had friends characterize me in ways that are just untrue. Or sometimes characters are labelled mom whilst male, and then are made into small little yaoi boys. This can also put a lot of unconscious responsibility on the characters shoulders, even if they are the same age as the “children”. Why can’t they all be siblings, or cousins? Maybe some uncle and niece/nephew shenanigans? Why is it always the nuclear family? Especially when the real life conventions of creating your own family from your friends directly opposes the nuclear family, why go back to that in every single piece of media you come across?
