#and its very prominent now in recent hs fandom. i think younger teens have been getting into fandom recently

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no i get why ppl were pissed about the fanon davekat content before because when i look at sakuatsu and seriei content now im shocked at literally the exact same dynamics repurposed for characters with different personalities.

i do get that people have a taste for certain tropes and dynamics but there is a difference between headcanons and interpretations that influence a certain perception of a character due to personal tastes and like, reducing complex and meaningful characters down to their most consumable archetypes to mass produce another artwork of twinks kissing

#overly obnoxious flirt whos secretly a disaster + tall and gruff looking partner whos secretly a softie #the flirt often has trauma that is either exaggerated or romanticised. the gruff guy is either inexperienced or a sex god #etc etc you know the drill #and i could make a venn diagram of the three ships i mentioned but they are in NO WAY that similar #seeing skts posts that are literally just hornier tskym #and its very prominent now in recent hs fandom. i think younger teens have been getting into fandom recently #the way you can see dynamics and hcs that are nearly identical to stuff ive seen circa 2016 #im not necessarily criticising it. okay maybe a little #ill let ppl do whatever this post is for ME but its genuinely eye opening to look back #on things that youve done with your own two hands and looking at other people and being like #wow! damn! i was not immune to the entry level appeal of these bitches holding hands when theyre presented with the Specific dynamic- #-im looking for! and then upon consuming the media youre already looking at it from a biased and subjective perspective #chat