#You're not: you're an amateur armchair enthusiast. And there's nothing wrong with that!

[rahabs]

I'm forcefully removing these historical characters from your grasp until you learn to distinguish fictional representations of historical figures in a television show from the real historical figures.

#This is not fandom-specific I have just Seen Too Much #Like I really don't care if people have their zanny headcanons #Do whatever you want honestly say he had twelve arms and liked cross-dressing just don't start claiming it's 'real history' #Real problem with people e.g. projecting their own gender stuff onto real historical figures because of a TV show and then refusing to like #Acknowledge that the fictional portrayal of that character is not necessarily accurate or reflective of who they really were. #And again this isn't fandom specific I see it far too often in any fandom based around historical media #People getting unhealthily attached and projecting and refusing to separate fiction from non-fiction etc #This happens in non-historical fandoms too but in fandoms of historical media you just get that #Extra ick layer of people with zero degrees in the subject insisting their headcanons are now Real History and taking things out of context #Acting like they're authorities. #You're not: you're an amateur armchair enthusiast. And there's nothing wrong with that! #But let's not be a certain Historical Fiction Author for a Certain Time and go around saying you're historians because you wrote a fanfic #Because you're not. #You love history and that's wonderful! #That doesn't make you an authority or a historian. #text #misc