Truly, this is what happens when you think good writing is characters talking about how gay they are or speaking in nonsensical Gen Z-humor lingo that only said Gen-Z'ers can understand.
"Unshamely queer" my left cornea. If all what queer means to these people is dialogue like this then this is just ridiculous. Are furries standards for quality that unashamedly low? Is quality to them just "communism, trans jokes, gay gay homosexual gay, I LOVE PENISES!!!!!"?
This is what gets me about Fandom spaces (and even the TRA movement in general)! So many of these people will pretend that writing fanfiction, drawing fanart, posting on Twitter, etc. is real activism. Then they'll do that instead of things that actually make a difference, like writing letters, making calls, getting involved in their local communities, or even voting.
Continuing the discussion with Fandom users obsession with "queering" everything, I saw this Ovarit user give their thoughts about it and I have to agree with her.
Copying the full thing she said.
Escapism is okay and even healthy in reasonable doses, imo. A good number of fans wouldn't know reasonably or healthy if it hit them in the face. And these fans are going to be the most influent people, because unlike fans who have an otherwise reasonably active life they're going to be there all the time.
There's also fans who like to pretend things are different from the show like that a character is gay or trans when they're really not.
This is the result of typical fandom delusion mixed with social media performative activism, and it's so terrible.
IMHO, fandom was always delusional, and not just on LGBT topics. I suppose it's because for a lot of people, fandom is about liking something, and then tweaking it to make it something you like even more. "Canon" is a complicated concept, in that people want the canon seal of approval for their ships, theories and interpretations, but they also find their own version of canon much more valuable than whatever exists. It's not that different from TIMs being obsessed with the idea of women and yet barely even seeing real women, now that I think about it, except fictional content is not alive so it's not morally objectionable.
The Harry/Hermione VS Ron/Hermione "wars" are a good example of oldie fandom delusion. The outcome of Hermione's love life was obvious to even primary school readers from at least book 4, and yet grown adults were maintaining a space where the intellectually correct position was to say that we just couldn't know until it happened. The more involved shippers at the time did try to claim their ship was morally superior to the other, but I dare say it was mostly normal outgroup vs ingroup behavior: our fic writers are better, our analysis is deeper, etc.
Social media and the rise of performative activism gave an invaluable weapon for fans looking for power and moral superiority: the "bigot" accusation. Now you're not being silly debating which fictional characters should kiss each other, you're actively fighting for queer liberation. Because representation is important. Your comforting headcanons become civil disobedience in the face of a bigoted author that only cares about upholding white cisheteronormative narratives. Therefore, anyone criticizing them by saying stuff like "X is not gay since he's fallen in love with several female characters" or "there is no evidence that Y is trans" is also a bigot. Why would s/he care, mmmh ? Obviously homophobia and transphobia are the only possible reasons a fellow fan could care about canon content.
Edit: woow I wrote a lot. Sorry for this wall of text, fandom is like a bitter ex to me
