#so unny to me that this all started after i saw jojo discourse like every single character in that show is an asshole one way or the other

[monomonster]

thinking about fandom dynamics and how people so viciously attack each other over different tastes in characters/ships/whatever

the cycle with “problematic characters” is always the same, character who is bad and fucked up exists and people like them but terminally online syndrome means that anything you like reflects on your personal morals and values so they somehow construct this elaborate alternate reality where that character is somehow justified in their fucked up-ness and attack anyone who criticizes said character cause they see it as a attack on them and their values specifically

and in turn people who hate said character will attack people who enjoy that character because they think liking a character=agreeing with everything that character has done

saw this happen ten years ago with komaeda and its now happening again with anasui because time is a flat circle

talking to lily about this and she says fandom discourse came to be as a stand in for political discourse in a era where actual political discourse is unfulfilling and somewhat pointless due to the rich class rigging the systems of power

this makes me think that the younger generation is using fandom as a “entry level” to politics, like if you are so young that you can’t really grasp actual political discourse and make sense of all the different layers of power then fandom is your only actual avenue to express your political beliefs

and that leads to people going as far as only enjoying characters they politically align with. the problem is when those people upheld everyone else to the same standart and go as far as to attack people for liking characters and ships they deem as problematic

i wish i had a easy solution to this but it all comes down to each individual person realising that your interests and likes don’t reflect on your morals and values barring extreme exceptions