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queerbrainrot · 10 months ago

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"X is so genderidentity-coded" this "Z is b-sexuality and i will fight people on this" that, "10001 reasons why character C is [insert sexuality, gender identity, disability etc.]" shmat.

can we just go back to saying "I headcanon this character as being X, Y, Z"

If I see one more person use "[insert disability, gender identity, sexuality]-coded" in context of

"I personally view them as [sexuality] and a representation of [sexuality] and it's a positive thing and I will be upset if someone disagrees"

My brain will melt.

No one will fight you over headcanons, but some people will fight you over saying that a canonically pansexual character is 'actually lesbian/asexual/gay etc.'

#i feel like fandom etiquette is lost to time and fandoms and social media only suffers from it #bcs yes!! HC that this character is autistic or aroace or trans #everyone has headcanons!#but YOUR personal interpretation and takeaway of piece of media is NOT automatically canon #i remember writing an academic paper on queer-coding in american media and let me tell u none of it was positive #it started as filmmakers trying to pass the censorship by only coding characters as queer but it turned into just #coding villains and bad characters as queer #which harms the entire queer community #it applies to disabilities too #going 'oh they are so OCD-coded!' when a character just likes organizing and cleaning is not good #seeing a stereotype or crumb of stereotype and taking it as 'oh they are this then' is not great #ramble #qbr rambling

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