question regarding that post u made about etho (and I mean this out of genuine curiosity! sorry if I come across as rude) but in yr opinion what's the difference between transgender headcanons and gay ones? i don't hold a horse in the race for etho, but I've seen multiple people hit back at it for being rude to the real guy, but I also see so much stuff calling him gay or bisexual or whatever, and I don't know what the difference is 😭 /g
So for me, I see no difference in claiming a YouTuber is actually really gay or bi, or claiming they're trans, when they've stated the opposite to be true.
I am all for rpf. I love shipping them all in an rpf way. I don't mind anyone having fun with it and joking about it being their actually real identity. But the people that claim others are transphobic or homophobic just for not also having that gay or trans headcanon are the ones with the issues here.
It's real person FICTION. I sometimes dabble in the "truthing" for other creators but at the end of the day, I know I'm just being silly about it all. It's not real. It's just selectively pointing at "evidence" and going "omg!!!"
Claiming you 100% know someone's real identity and deciding that FOR them when they have not come out publicly will never not feel wrong to me, whether it's claiming they're gay or claiming they're trans. You wouldn't claim Scott was actually straight or trans when he's publicly announced that his gay and cis.
And for the love of the craft, nobody from either side should be harassing anyone over this. None of this is so serious that anyone needs to be harassed over it.
That's my opinion on that. Do what you want forever, be happy, be cringe, be free. But be respectful to others!!