#fandom problem 4558

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #4558:

"I really care about LGBTQ and you can't write them different sexuality in your fic, that's phobic, we barely have any representation, don't take this away from us!"

*Asexual, sex-repulsed character appears*

"Nah, it never confirmed that they were actually ace, and even if it did it just fanfiction, I have a right to write them as I want to!"

Why am I even suprised?

[ao3feed-nurseydex]

these nights shall become us

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2X5qrXW

by farfetched

Nursey starts sharing a room with Dex. The weird thing is, Dex never seems to actually sleep in it.

Nursey thinks it's a problem Dex has with him. He's also determined to work this one out, however much Dex tries to avoid it.

Words: 4558, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Check Please! (Webcomic)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Derek "Nursey" Nurse, William "Dex" Poindexter, Chris "Chowder" Chow, Eric "Bitty" Bittle

Relationships: Derek "Nursey" Nurse/William "Dex" Poindexter

Additional Tags: Getting to Know Each Other, Late Night Conversations, Nightmares, Night Terrors, dex tries to hide things with lots of caffeine, it doesn't exactly work, Sharing a Bed, Sharing a Room, Literal Sleeping Together, Getting Together, First Kiss

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2X5qrXW

[damnfandomproblems]

Fandom Problem #4558:

This isn't a super common but there's a trope in anime where Japanese characters are mistaken as much younger by Westerners. For example, there this "get rich quick" isekai where an 18 year old girl who graduated from high school can hop back and forth from her original world to fantasy medieval Europe world. She keeps on getting mistaken for a child and she eventually gives up on correcting them that she's an adult because they just don't believe her. I can understand her being mistaken for a middle schooler since she's short but she's actively mistaken as someone younger than 13 years old. Thre's also this anime where a literal white American who was trying to capture a high school girl and he said she reminded him of his younger sister. But then you find out in the omake page that she reminds him of his 12 year old sister which is honestly ridiculous considering because not only was she wearing her school uniform when he was trying to capture her, she's pretty tall for her age. 

I used to think this was just an exaggerated joke by Japanese creators but recent discourses about anime characters' ages when they very clearly do not look like children has me reevaluating that. I'm Asian myself (though not Japanese) and recently went abroad for my studies. And you know what, I can concede that the average height of white people are taller than Asians and since height is associated with the perception of age, we may look younger to them as a result. But I have also seen a lot short white people too so I don't get why so many Westerners are acting like they have never seen a short person before. 

So much of this discourse happens on Twitter. There are a lot of Japanese creators on there. It genuinely would not surprise me if in 10 years we get an anime adaptation called "I got transported to another world but I keep getting mistaken for being 17 years old even though I still have my old body of a 40 year old salaryman". And the discourse would be whether or not the anime pedophilia because his main love interest is a 25 year old woman. And about who the pedophile is, the MC for liking a 25 year old or the 25 year old woman for liking a 40 year old guy she thinks is 17.