Hello! For the salty asks: 6, 7, 18, 19 and 22, Fullmetal Alchemist fandom.
6)Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?*
Yeah, I think so! Not for FMAB, but for another fandom! Before I joined Tumblr, my main OTP from Psycho Pass was Shinkane. But THEN...I was browsing the Psycho Pass tag and saw GinoAka art. I didnāt even realize GinoAka was a possibility until I saw fanart on Tumblr! Then I started thinking back on s2 and the movie and how supportive Gino was when Kou wasnāt there. Soon I started shipping GinoAka as my secondary ship, and now itās my main fucking ship for the series. Fucking Kou left the country to start up a terrorist organization that doesnāt do shit; heās not there for Akane! You know who isĀ there for Akane? GINO.
7)Is there anything you used to like but canāt stand now?*
Yeah. People arenāt gonna be too happy about this, but Akagami no Shirayukihime. I used to like it a lot, but once the anime came out, I realized how....bland and unoriginal the storyline felt to me. And to be honest, the fandom also ruined my opinion of the show. There were people hailing Shirayuki as a strong, independent, red-haired heroine, when all of her decisions revolve around what will make Zen happy. Not to mention calling her a super strong heroine is trampling on Yona from AkaYona and Nakaba from Reimei no Arcana, who are both absolutely amazing red-haired shoujo heroines.Ā
I also--on more than one occasion--encountered Shirayuki fanboys who called Yona aĀ āslutā orĀ āwhoreā (literally) because sheās surrounded by male characters. Honestly, that alone was enough to make me intensely dislike the fandom and the story. I know a fandom shouldnāt have the power to make me hate a manga/anime, but sometimes it happens.
18)Does not shipping something āpopularā mean youāre in denial and/or biased?
Hahahahah NAH dude. Well, it could indicate bias, but not denial. Sometimes you donāt like two charactersā dynamic together; sometimes you think theyāre moving too quickly; sometimes you see their relationship as toxic, etc. Or sometimes you think theyāre just better off as friends or enemies. I think accusing someone of being in denial and/or biased because they donāt ship somethingĀ āpopularā is a much bigger issue. >_>
19)What is the one thing you hate most about your fandom?
22)Popular character you hate?
You specified FMAB, so letās see.... I honestly donāt dislike mostĀ of FMABās characters, but I strongly dislike Wrath. There isnāt any one thing that makes me hate him; I just have no reason to like him. He needlessly kills a lot of people, exploits his wife for personal gain, hurts Roy, kills Fu and Buccaneer, makes Lan Fan suffer, and plays a pivotal role in, as a CinemaSins video once put it,Ā āa planetary Holocaust business.ā I get that heās a badass, and his fight scene with Buc and Fu is my favorite in the whole show, but I still hate him.
Thank you for the asks! :)