2013 Cronkri was the worst thing to happen to the dancestors. Fujoshis came flooding in and history was set to have those characters shown 100% wrong for years to come.

roachpatrol:

lizardlicks:

culljoy:

A fact.

@mcsiggy I love you but you enabled a cult of yaoi.

Nah, it’s a good ship and Siggy’s characterizations are solid.  ANY popular MLM ship gets reduced to an anime trope.  Look at 2012 erisol.  Look at 2011 johnkat.  Fuck, look at current davekat.  That’s because it’s popular, which means it’s highly visible and gets a lot of attention from outsiders coming in including (GASP!!) young people.

The problem isn’t “Fujoshis and their gross yaoi!!1!” the problem (in so much as there is one) is inexperienced writers sticking characters into trope boxes  because that’s how they understand the dynamics.

It’s a problem that gets solved by continuing to have fun with fandom (even if you don’t approve of the way they do it) and flexing their bitty creativity wings until they can finally leave the safe, comforting nest of anime tropes and develop the chops for things like in-depth character analysis and consistent writing voice.  It’s a skill that takes time to learn.

(Seriously though, can we not with the “ew, this is the WORST” cringe culture bullshit, especially with throwing around terms like

Fujoshi which is HEAVILY rooted in misogyny?  I kind of expect better consideration from you, Cro.)

calling girls fujoshis is misogynistic, period. no amount of acting woke about gay rights or ‘representation’ changes that your primary issue is a blatant contempt for girls’ sexual expression.