#fandom problem 3855

The following responses came in on February 27th and will be numbered. Number 1 will be the last one that came in on this day.

1: Glad that the submitter of 3855 came to their senses and see that Mulan isn't trans. She is a historical figure who was a 100% biological woman. Submitter of 3855 was probably exposed to too many woke people. I feel bad for them. hope they find better people to learn from

2: Mulan is a historical figure in Chinese culture. She isn't just some Disney character that people can just make headcanons for. She is meant to be a 100% biological woman. So be respectful and just accept that she isn't trans, anon that keeps complaining that people won't respect their "headcanon."

3:

Tbh, the only correct response to the Mulan thing would be "that's not a fandom problem, that's a headcanon. Why did you even send it in?"

This blog is about venting frustrations with fandoms, everything that gets sent in will be critized by some people. Keep your headcanons to positivity blogs, unless you're trying to say "other fans are dumb for thinking otherwise"

Sorry you have to put up with this chaos, mod! I hope you'll get a nice long break soon :)

4:

Tbh, the only correct response to the Mulan thing would be "that's not a fandom problem, that's a headcanon. Why did you even send it in?"

This blog is about venting frustrations with fandoms, everything that gets sent in will be critized by some people. Keep your headcanons to positivity blogs, unless you're trying to say "other fans are dumb for thinking otherwise"

Sorry you have to put up with this chaos, mod! I hope you'll get a nice long break soon :)

5: the entire mulan thing starting from the submission itself was one big bait, stop taking the bait, christ. also to other anons, mulan is a woman willing to pretend to be a man but who ultimately and very comfortably returns to being a woman at the end.

(Mod note: It is hard to spot trolling. I have to see a pattern to be able to identify it.)

6: 710384943149285376 Mulan aside, being so enormously petty and childish that you'll immediately ban someone from a server just for floating the idea of a character being trans is a big yikes, it shows you can't stomach anyone with even remotely differing opinions (that's a good recipe for ending up in a tiny, tiny echo chamber), and it says a LOT more about you than anyone you're banning, pal.

(Mod note: The link takes you to the ask this anon is responding to.)

Here are the anon responses I received on February 26th or earlier with the newest being first:

1:

Have a strong feeling that the submitter is the same person who sent those responses as well.

Anyways, it always has been and always will be common for trans folk to feel seen by gender nonconforming characters, including cis crossdressing characters, that's not going away anytime soon (especially because canon recognition of ACTUALLY trans characters is even still pretty rare and even still not always handled as well as they should be).

However making the statement that a character IS trans despite it conflicting with their story, followed up with the twee annoying fandom person cliche of a bold inaccurate statement followed by "won't be taking any criticisms" is just looking to kick up a fuss. Followed by a whiny "fine i guess i just WON'T headcanon Mulan as trans now thanks guys". Like, as stated before, characters breaking gender norms is a thing, you're free to project on them but dictating that others do in the same ways that you do is annoying.