THE FANDOM FLANDERIZATION MEME

[elfstoned]

We all know how fandom flanderizes characters, but what if Save the Earth were a television show?

How would fandom get it wrong?



HOW IT WORKS:
Post a comment with your character journal explaining generally what the twisted and horrible fanon version of your character is. What less significant personality traits do they fixate on? How do the thirteen-year-olds on fanfiction.net write them? Who are they shipped with ad nauseum? What are they like in Omegaverse?

OPTIONAL: Reply IC to others' comments as your own flanderized fanon character, or feel free to have the real version express horror and disgust (or vicious amusement).

Have fun!!

Comments

[hoennmaihime]

(this is true. and the reason why 99% of her fanon pairings wouldn't work - she wants to be topped, why can nobody do it >8( )

Keeping with the 'tumblr finds haruka problematic' theme: there's a small portion of fans that criticizes the fans of this pairing, even though nobody really thinks it's going to happen.

So when her main writer jokes at a con panel that if she ever saw him, she'd think he was hot for an old guy, tumblr is once again set aflame due to haruka-related causes.

[caosgo]

(because they're all terrified.)

then a subset of tumblrites retaliate with fic and art of Karson attempting to call her out. Half of them end with her curbstomping him, the other half end with her crying and apologizing for her behavior. It's all terrible.

(some people ship her with Hikari so they can viscerally murder people with words together. Though usually they just end up hating each other more.)

[hoennmaihime]

( >8( )

oh no

but on the bright side, I might have just stumbled upon their shipping matrix name ('problematic'?)

(those two. when they meet in person it's going to be the best worst most terrifying and extreme thing ever I can send you links)