#some examples include:

[shouts-into-the-void]

I really don't think we appreciate how feral Renee is. Like, she puts on the front of a good Christian girl, and she is trying so hard, but the second anything goes slightly wrong she defaults to crime immediately.

[iabandonedmybois]

realizing i only enjoy omegaverse when the omega is Pissed Off about it. when the character cannot fucking BELIEVE they’re an omega. just an angry hissing clawing biting omega, and the alpha is so very chill in comparison and also astonished that the absolute bastard they’re looking at is an omega.

[starlight-and-stormy-nights]

When I read or watched something like Harry Potter as a kid, I mostly just wished I were as cool/talented/overall impressive as the characters in the movie or show or book. But when I consume that same media as an adult, mostly all I feel is grief for those same characters because they’re CHILDREN and they never should have had to face this 😭

[beelikesbirds]

i think i have officially figured out that my favorite characters almost always fall into one of two categories for some period of time. either:

a.) the (at least seemingly) ruthless one who thinks they’re better than everyone else

and/or alternatively

b.) the ball of pure anxiety

[theautismincarnate]

Some of my favorite hyperfixations are the ones that I’m clearly not in the target age demographic for anymore.

Like- it instills an inherent shame deep within me, but GOD DAMN do I enjoy myself with those fixations.

Love em’. I love enjoying wide ranges of media. :D

[thedeadgayson]

My gendar is composed soley of naive, happy, sunshine, optimistic and good hearted young boys from musicals who get their whole life fucked up by a higher power who messes and takes advantage of them.

[authorofthemoon]

One of my least favorite things that happens when a new fandom appears:

Male character appears who has very obvious mental health issues, he does some bad things because he those issues.

Fandom uwufies him to hell and back, ignoring all flaws and just depicts him as a poor depressed sad boy who can't do anything wrong.

Someone goes 'um, you guys realize he's actually a bad person and an abuser? It's pretty weird you like him.'

Immediate 180 from fandom

Character gets demonized, all complexities of his characters are ignored. People are suddenly like 'if you like him or identify with him, there's something wrong with you' and things of that ilk.

If it's the protagonist, people start calling the piece of media problematic as if it justifies his behavior even when it clearly doesn't.

Does this make sense to anyone else or am I insane? Like, I know in fandom male characters are generally over praised or focused on while good female characters get pushed to the side which is also bullshit. But I feel like looking at characters without nuance, especially ones with mental health issues, isn't as progressive as some people think.

[molar-mass]

i don't get jealous shipping my f/os with other characters. im projecting on to the other characters. im living through them