I keep seeing these posts about Jamie and Lord John from Outlander, and it occurs to me that people never seem to get this upset about characters being headcanoned as straight. Like, THE dominant interpretation of Tavington on Ao3 is that he's straight, even though the only time he even speaks to women in the film is when he addresses a mixed gender audience . . . and then he murders them all! The only thing to even hang that interpretation on is the idea that straightness is the default of humanity, and his sexuality isn't explicitly stated.
Even though I extremely disagree with that interpretation, I've found it possible to not badger people about it. Idk what's wrong with people who can't do that.
Preach 👏👏👏
I think there's a simple answer to that: queerophobia. Those people see everyone as defaultly straight, and can't stand the idea that someone can see it differently. It's sad.
