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hilacopter · 8 days ago

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probably a very very hot take on this website but I kind of hate the fandom culture of taking two characters (not always but usually same sex) with a very deep or strong bond and going "omg they're so queercoded" "they're literally canon" when like 90% of the time the things they do yes, show a deep devotion to one another, but could just very much be read as platonic love. it's very amatonormative imo and paints romance as the ultimate and deepest form of love rather than just another type of it that can be equally as strong as platonicity.

#if you want an example of this trend that's actually queercoded look at pearlina from splatoon #a lot of the stuff they do/say has an explicitly romantic subtext that you can tell the creators meant for #like how marina draws pearl or when she gets mad at acht for flirting with her #as opposed to a ship like marcille and falin from dungeon meshi #where people go “they're so lesbians” but most of what they do can very well just be platonic and show a strong friendship #yes even the bath scene. friends of the same gender taking baths together is very normalized in japan.#take this with a grain of salt because i have only really seen the anime but from what i've heard and seen of the manga #i doubt there are really many examples of romantic subtext there either #wrightworth is like the flagship example of “they're so canon” to me and that one's complicated #like there are very much examples of romantic subtext and we know the creators took inspiration from yaoi from the second game onwards #but a lot of the scenes people point to as examples of queercoding can just be read as platonics #i'm sorry gang but “unnecessary feelings” doesn't necessarily imply romantic feelings #i get that it's fun to go “teehee they're so gay look” but it's at the point where it's a meme. and undermines what actual queercoding is.#as i've drifted away from fandom culture because of the antisemitism™#i don't feel nearly as much of a need to justify my ships based on canonicity anymore #like yeah it can suck for your favorite ship to not have much evidence when you need it for shipping wars #but have you considered shipping wars are fucking stupid in the first place #who cares. one of my otps have barely interacted in canon and idgaf.#i like them because i think they're a good match not because i have proof of them acting gay #and again it's very amatonormative and the prioritization of romantic relationships over platonic ones in fandoms are a whole other convo #i don't even identify as arospec anymore and it still bugs me to no end #amatonormativity #hila has spoken

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