#fandom complaint

It's like an annoying bug in my ear constantly yapping abt the same things like oh my GOD. SHUT UP ABOUT STEVE!? he's not the only character in the show omllll 😭😭😭

Honestly the GA is making me hate steve

*Adds to the list of Anit-MalleYuu Asks*

It's kinda like with how often girlbosses / girlfailures (or female characters who generally some fandom's punching bag) are treated with fan spaces, insultingly simplistic for characters who are usually much more layered and deserve more analysis and love than the ones they're usually given *cough Mel Medarda*

Even when it's coming from a place of love, it still reduces any complexity from a female character that a lot of us already know is less likely to happen to a male character.

I lived for so long as an arospec person thinking that the only way I could have a close bond was having a romantic relationship and when that romance was denied I felt. Entirely hopeless. Learning to unpack that worm in my brain that put romance on a pedestal and instead valuing the relationship I had with that friend—and all my friends in general saved me more than the hypothetical of me getting into that relationship ever could. It quite hurts seeing the agreed upon prospect of one of my favorite characters being she must remarry if their bond with their ex is to be fixed!!!!!

Evan Hansen, though a total shy fluff ball in every fic and fandom work out there, is not a puppy.

As much as the songs and script might make it seem so, the play and delivery really portray him as a deep character who tends to aggressively lash out when others push him.

He raises his voice to a shout, he says hurtful things, he gets defensive not in a sad or cute way but in a stop-it-get-away-from-me way.

I like this character far more than the ones I see in the fandom simply because it is more flawed, more relatable, more understandable. More human.