If a Tree Falls on a Mime, Does it Make a Sound?

Fandom Problem #7326:

Yeah, it's an unpopular opinion, but if a female character had a terribly written male love interest in canon, that doesn't mean the whole fanbase insists she should only be shipped with other female characters.

That does not mean the entire fanbase can never ship her with any of the other male characters or male ocs. It just means a part of canon sucked and her attraction to men doesn't go away because of this.

Fans should be free to explore and have fun, with few limits.

Fandom Problem #14,466:

I hate how people fighting over characters' sexualities, races, gender identities, etc. has started bleeding into oc creation now.

My friend got bullied to the point she deactivated her account on here because she made an oc that was a black girl with straight hair and people called her a racist and said she was whitewashing her own oc for not drawing her with curls. My friend is black and she gave the oc her own hairstyle, which WAS straight. They even told her she was faking being black because, and I quote, "black people can't have straight hair". God forbid a black woman be born with straight hair or choose to straighten it because that's what makes her feel pretty.

Someone else I follow got called a sexist because he shipped his female lead with a male character and that apparently "took away all her strengths and agency by making her too reliant on a man" (actually what they said). She was still the main character, she still fought just as well as she had prior to the relationship, and she was still the boss of the operation. I don't get how that took away her strengths or agency or how it shows her being "overreliant" on men. Apparently women are just not allowed to want to be in a relationship now???

Another person I'm mutuals with got called a homophobe because a majority of her ocs are either asexual or bisexual shipped with the opposite gender. She still had gay and lesbian ocs and ships, but the majority of her ocs were ace or bi because she's a biromantic asexual with preference towards men and she was heavily projecting onto her ocs. But according to the angry anons in her inbox, she was le bad because her not having more gay/lesbian ships meant she hated gays/lesbians.

Fandom Problem #14,466:

I hate how people fighting over characters' sexualities, races, gender identities, etc. has started bleeding into oc creation now.

My friend got bullied to the point she deactivated her account on here because she made an oc that was a black girl with straight hair and people called her a racist and said she was whitewashing her own oc for not drawing her with curls. My friend is black and she gave the oc her own hairstyle, which WAS straight. They even told her she was faking being black because, and I quote, "black people can't have straight hair". God forbid a black woman be born with straight hair or choose to straighten it because that's what makes her feel pretty.

Someone else I follow got called a sexist because he shipped his female lead with a male character and that apparently "took away all her strengths and agency by making her too reliant on a man" (actually what they said). She was still the main character, she still fought just as well as she had prior to the relationship, and she was still the boss of the operation. I don't get how that took away her strengths or agency or how it shows her being "overreliant" on men. Apparently women are just not allowed to want to be in a relationship now???

Another person I'm mutuals with got called a homophobe because a majority of her ocs are either asexual or bisexual shipped with the opposite gender. She still had gay and lesbian ocs and ships, but the majority of her ocs were ace or bi because she's a biromantic asexual with preference towards men and she was heavily projecting onto her ocs. But according to the angry anons in her inbox, she was le bad because her not having more gay/lesbian ships meant she hated gays/lesbians.

Fandom Problem #14,466:

I hate how people fighting over characters' sexualities, races, gender identities, etc. has started bleeding into oc creation now.

My friend got bullied to the point she deactivated her account on here because she made an oc that was a black girl with straight hair and people called her a racist and said she was whitewashing her own oc for not drawing her with curls. My friend is black and she gave the oc her own hairstyle, which WAS straight. They even told her she was faking being black because, and I quote, "black people can't have straight hair". God forbid a black woman be born with straight hair or choose to straighten it because that's what makes her feel pretty.

Someone else I follow got called a sexist because he shipped his female lead with a male character and that apparently "took away all her strengths and agency by making her too reliant on a man" (actually what they said). She was still the main character, she still fought just as well as she had prior to the relationship, and she was still the boss of the operation. I don't get how that took away her strengths or agency or how it shows her being "overreliant" on men. Apparently women are just not allowed to want to be in a relationship now???

Another person I'm mutuals with got called a homophobe because a majority of her ocs are either asexual or bisexual shipped with the opposite gender. She still had gay and lesbian ocs and ships, but the majority of her ocs were ace or bi because she's a biromantic asexual with preference towards men and she was heavily projecting onto her ocs. But according to the angry anons in her inbox, she was le bad because her not having more gay/lesbian ships meant she hated gays/lesbians.

I'll remember to mention that.