Idk how to explain how I feel when a fandom focuses on romance when the actual media is focused on family/friends without using extremes.
Let’s say Princess and the Frog, this gorgeous movie lots of Louisiana culture tied in. Then the fandom goes and makes every fic and fan art in Antartica.
While yes you can do it free will and all, but only by fundamentally changing the story. Then it’s impossible to find anything with the Louisiana culture because “the fandom prefers it this way”. It’s not the same anymore though! It could be a great AU but please for the love of everything where are the cannon fans? Jokes on you there are none, shame on you for not thinking Princess and the Frog works better in Antartica, you’re weird for not accepting that AU. Do you hate penguins? You must because you don’t like the popular fandom AU. Stupid global warming fan. Princess and the Frog is set in Antartica and you have to accept that because most of the fandom accepts it as cannon and will call it cannon in every post.
You get it now? It’s infuriating. Once again, free will, but stop calling it cannon and please appreciate non-romantic relationships. Without shoving romance into it.
No hate to anyone but this is genuinely how some of you sound to me with ships. It just doesn’t make any sense to me